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…. Read More
Archives: Articles
Entries for the Arts Coast Magazine
A Conversation with Poet Bernice Willis
February 26, 2021 | by Kelly Mitchell Important Now A Conversation with Black Woman Poet, Bernice Willis KM: In the fall of 2019, when I took Dr. Gary Lemons’… Read More
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… Read More
“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… Read More
All In Engine Unreal and Motion Capture Workflow Vlog
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… Read More
Revelations
(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… Read More
Emerging Artist Conversation
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… Read More
“Finding Art In Self”
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… Read More
Writing Advice
Blog #14 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… Read More
Inspiration for the Ages
Last night, I participated in Creative Pinellas’ Emerging Artist Panel, where I got to speak with my fellow Emerging Artist cohort about our processes, inspiration and work. Part of the… Read More


