Creative Pinellas announced the recipients of their Stretch Grants today. The grants, which are new this year, were created with the goal of expanding existing arts and cultural events throughout… Read More
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Art in the City
St. Petersburg-based Filmmaker Makes Film About Art Healing War Wounds When St. Petersburg-based indie filmmaker Jabaar Edmonds set out to make his current film, äóìArt in the City,äó he knew… Read More
Much More Than Art For Sale
The Community Embrace of Carla Bristol’s Gallerie 909 On entering Gallerie 909, you’ll notice wall-to-ceiling displays of artwork in all media, African-inspired fashions and crafts vie for your attention…. Read More
From the Guest Editor, Carla Bristol
Our Guest Editor this month is Carla Bristol. Bristol is a curator and gallerist of St. Petersburg’sæGallerie 909. However, both Bristol and her galleryæhave grown beyond those titles. She can… Read More
For Art Museums to Survive, They Must Serve Minority Audiences Better
Art museums are failing to serve minority audiences äóñ and if they want to survive, that has to change. According to a recent assessment by the National Endowment for the… Read More
From Florida to New York | Emily Miller
A Young Painteräó»s Journey from Pinellas to the Capital of the Art World. Pinellas County has a thriving visual and performing arts scene, and attracts young artists from around the… Read More
Gentrification Cycles: The Artists
This article is part one of a three-part series in which we explore the perspectives of three groups of people affected by gentrification. Gentrification has been weighing on the… Read More
Derek Donnelly’s COVE Displays a Broad Spectrum of Visual Art Trendsetters
All images by Daniel Veintimilla for Creative Pinellas Derek Donnelly, muralist, Carmada painter, æformer owner of Saint Paint and member of Bloom Collective, helped bring awareness to St. Petersburg’s 600… Read More
“The Point is to Encourage and Uplift” | A Conversation with Catherine Bergmann
Catherine Bergmann does things her own way. Having studied art and religion before becoming, first, the education director and then the curator she is today at the Dunedin Fine Art… Read More
When I Step on Stage in Front of a Piano… | Interview with Elizabeth Baker
Thanks to the efforts of sound maven Elizabeth A. Baker, whoäó»s culmination of influences national and international has bestowed Florida with some quality avant-garde music programming, we have The New… Read More
