By Troy Bernardo. The 2023 Emerging Artist Grant gave me a feeling of professionality and legitimacy – like I was actually moving toward being a successful writer and not just doing the work. What I didn’t expect was that I would also be making art for the Gallery at Creative Pinellas. … Read More
Genre: Largo-Indian Rocks Beach
Dalí on the Fly
By Harriet Monzon-Aguirre. Dropping off my children at school one day I noticed a shipping container in the parking lot and painted on the side read, “Dalí on the Fly” with a small rendering of a young Salvador Dalí clad in a blue sailor suit holding a hoop. “Wow look at that guys, you have a mobile Dalí art exhibition right here at your school!”… Read More
Asking the Right Questions
Creative Pinellas CEO Barbara St. Clair announced that she’ll be retiring from her role at the end of this year. Today we celebrate her role as an arts advocate – and the pleasantly surprising conversations she’s recorded with a wide range of artists on the Arts In podcast. … Read More
Beach Art Center’s Creative Kids Camp
By Suzanne Norman. The Beach Art Center is where you’ll find summertime adventures ideal for kids who dream of crafty, artsy fun. It’s a wonderful place to learn art, clay and craft skills from multi-talented instructors – with family-friendly kids summer camps and one-time classes for adults on nights and weekends…. Read More
Mission accomplished
Blog Post 13 – Agueda Zabisky I just delivered all ceramic sculptures for my exhibition “Journey to Equilibrium” in The Gallery at Creative Pinellas, Botanical Gardens, Largo. Mission accomplished!!!… Read More
Unleash Your Creativity at the Beach Art Center
By Suzanne Norman. The Beach Art Center is a wonderful art meeting place centrally located in mid-Pinellas County on Indian Rocks Beach. Weekly classes at all skill levels are taught by award-winning, experienced artists, and the gallery features the work of well-versed artists and new artists in varied mediums…. Read More
An Afternoon at the 2021 Arts Annual
By Yuly Restrepo An Afternoon at the 2021 Arts Annual . . . Through December 19 Creative Pinellas Gallery Details here . . . Visiting this year’s Arts Annual feels… Read More
Creative Loafing on Creative Pinellas
November 24, 2020 . . . . Our Arts Coast Journal correspondent Jennifer Ring wrote an in-depth feature on Creative Pinellas in Creative Loafing. Find out more about the current and… Read More
The Secret Language of Intimacy
November 16, 2020 Visual artist Saumitra Chandratreya shares this new series of work developed in collaboration with poet Kevin Mooney. “The Secret Language of Intimacy” is part of the Creative… Read More
The 2020 Creative Pinellas Arts Annual
Creative Pinellas’ 2020 Arts Annual is returning for its third year – and this year, like so many other events scheduled during the pandemic, it will also have a virtual… Read More