Artist Grantee Posts
The latest blog posts from the Creative Pinellas Grantees
Reflection
Reflection by Nikki Devereux | 03.05.21 Today I was in my studio and I took a step back for a moment. I wanted to get the bird’s eye view, the bigger picture so to speak, at least of my current art world. As I looked over the pieces I’ve been [...]
LET’S SEE YOUR STUDIO! Uh, it’s half a coffee table. Blog #13
LET'S SEE YOUR STUDIO! Uh, It's Half a Coffee Table. Blog #13 Feb. 27. 2021 By Emily Stehle This week we're all thinking about our working studios. Our assignment is to videotape an introduction as Emerging Artists...We've been encouraged by Danny Olda, Tabitha Cervantes and Creative Pinellas Executive Director Barbara [...]
Inspiration for the Ages
For me, art and politics are closely linked. I am particularly drawn to women whose art not only paved new pathways in its form and style but also in furthering visibility around equality, feminism and queerness through their work; Audre Lorde, Georgia O’Keefe, Rebecca Solnit, and Roxanne Gay, to name a few.
Writing Advice
Writing Advice 2/26/21 Blog #14 By: Sara Ries Dziekonski I recently read Maya Angelou’s powerful collection of poems, I Shall Not Be Moved, and in her poem “Grandmothers” she writes, “When you learn, teach. / When you get, give.” It made me think of all the writing advice that’s [...]
“Finding Art In Self” by Nick Davis
"Finding Art In Self" by Nick Davis 02/26/2021 As we can all relate to last year, it was a roller coaster from the start. From political disputes to civil matters down to a global pandemic. We were all effected in ways no one could imagine. But I believe that 2020 [...]
Emerging Artist Conversation
Emerging Artist Conversation by Nikki Devereux | 02.26.21 Last night was our Emerging Artist Conversation, in which all 10 of the 2020-2021 Emerging Artists got together with Danny Olda, manager of curatorial programming, content and engagement, to chat about our experience in the Creative Pinellas Emerging Artist Grant Program. We [...]
Revelations
Revelations By Mason Gehring February 26th (I hope you enjoyed my badly photoshopped "businesswoman" vision board version of myself) A reflection of this process. I’ve had a couple of revelations in the past week that are putting some very obvious things in perspective for me. 1. I’ve been teaching art [...]
All In Engine Unreal and Motion Capture Workflow Vlog
First Vlog on My Creative Workflow with Unreal Engine and Motion Capture Gabriella Krousaniotakis / February 25th, 2021 Blog#14 My first vlog showing the process of how I create content inside of Unreal by using Xsens and Manus Prime II glove data via the MVN Live Link to Unreal Engine. [...]
Influences
Influences by Yuly Restrepo February 25, 2021 At tonight's emerging artists conversation, an audience member asked about our artistic influences. My fellow artists gave very lovely and articulate answers, and I thought I'd use this week's blog to write about one of the main influences on my writing. Edwidge Danticat [...]