Creating a series of works for an emerging artist grant has been an extraordinary and transformative journey for me as a painter. This opportunity has not only been an honor… Read More
Ophidian Epiphanies: A Journey of Healing and Renewal
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Entries for the Arts Coast Magazine
Reflections on Portia Munson’s Feminist Work
Hello everyone! I’ve been really busy with doing artist talks with Creative Pinellas which I will write about soon, but I wanted to add in a blog post about another… Read More
What It’s Like Volunteering for a Literary Magazine
Literary magazines, journals, and presses are run by a team of readers, editors, and social media experts, most of whom are volunteers. I am fortunate to be a member of… Read More
What do orchestral musicians do during the summer?
Many orchestras do not have a summer season. Some have a short summer season, some have a summer season in an alternate location, and some play year-round. The Florida Orchestra… Read More
Finding Meaningful Character Motivations
The last video I posted had to do with stabilizing characters and making sure the choices they made in our stories felt consistent and meaningful. By using the alignment chart,… Read More
Time in a Feedback Loop
By Fatemah Tuwainah. Rico Gatson’s “Visible Time” exhibit at the USF Contemporary Art Museum gave me an experience I will never forget, because he made me see, feel, listen, and even touch history – and to search it…. Read More
Cropping to deny subjecthood
Alot of my work plays with the idea of the “gaze” and the power between the looker and the subject. In my final year of gradschool, I decided to take… Read More
THE PAINTINGS TELL THE STORY
THE PAINTINGS TELL THE STORY Titling paintings can be a challenge as it was when I finished the pieces that are in The Creative Pinellas Emerging Artist show. It wasn’t… Read More
2023 Florida Prize in Contemporary Art
By Tony Wong Palms. Organized by the Orlando Museum of Art, the ninth annual Florida Prize in Contemporary Art highlights artists living and practicing in all corners of Florida, including this year Akiko Kotani, the first Creative Pinellas Artist Laureate… Read More
Looking back and Forward
The wonderful experience of participating in the 2023 grant program at Creative Pinellas is the support I have enjoyed from every level. Promoting us, championing our efforts and providing opportunities… Read More
