Emerging Artist Grant 20
A Grand Experiment – Emerging Artist 2020!
By Emily Stehle
2020: NOT THE BEST YEAR Blog #1, Nov. 4, 2020 I have to admit, 2020 has not been a stellar year for most of us. But it is the year… Read More
Listen Up Film Series presents We Are Little Zombies
By Lea Umberger
By Lea Umberger You may have heard/ read in my previous blog that Listen Up Film Series hit it 2nd Anniversary and we are celebrating by teaming with Oscilloscope Laboratories… Read More
Emerging Artist Grant 21
How Long Does it Take to Write a Play
By Tatiana Baccari
By Tatiana Baccari How long does it take to write a play? For some, they write a play in 24 hours. For others, it can take weeks, months, even… Read More
A Petrified Forest
By Takeya Trayer
A Petrified Forest The trunks and branches bare no leaves The trees still made sound The wicked wind from the West huffed and puffed The roots held tight to… Read More
The Opening
By Yuly Restrepo
Emerging Artists Paint a Vivid Picture of the 2021 Emerging Artists Exhibition When I walked into the Creative Pinellas Gallery on Wednesday, July 14 for the opening of the 2021… Read More
From Solitude to Togetherness
By Chelsea Catherine
Emerging Artists Paint a Vivid Picture of the 2021 Emerging Artists Exhibition Writing has always been a solitary pursuit for me. I’m an only child of much older parents and… Read More
Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon or My Misadventures in Social Connecting And the Installation Blog #26
By Emily Lee Stehle
We were done with Blog #25, so I thought. But some things have happened since then that will complete Part 1 of my Emerging Artist journey. My story, my work… Read More
Emerging Artist Grant 22
The Show Is Over
By Marie Cummings
The Art show at Creative Pinellas is over. The paintings I created for the show are down and neatly packed into my small studio. Now I’m pondering the question, “Where… Read More
Syncronicity
By Marie Cummings
A month after it was delivered I received a facebook message from CalNY asking me if the painting “Huey Tiatoani” was still available for purchase. I confess I do not… Read More
Hank Rippert, My Dad
By Heather Rippert
What can I say about my Dad? I could speak for hours and hours about him and about our relationship. I’ll do my best to give a deep glimpse into… Read More
Ricks and Rippert; A Friendship Steeped in Forever
By Heather Rippert
Ricks & Rippert, a friendship steeped in forever… Kellie Ricks and I met in art school at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in 1989. Kellie’s roommate, Tracy, was in… Read More
Emerging Artist Grant 23
Beyond the Exhibition: The Artistic Journey Continues
By Jenipher Chandley
As the Emerging Artist 2023 exhibition draws to a close, I find myself eagerly looking forward to what lies ahead in my artistic journey. This transformative experience has provided me… Read More
Navigating the Artistic Path: A Guide for Emerging Artists
By Jenipher Chandley
As an artist who has walked the path of emergence, I understand the excitement, passion, and uncertainty that comes with beginning a career in the art world. Many newer artists… Read More
Embracing Growth: My Journey as an Emerging Artist in 2023
By Jenipher Chandley
As I reflect on my journey as an emerging artist in 2023, I can’t help but feel an overwhelming sense of excitement and gratitude upon receiving the prestigious grant. This… Read More
A Visual Artist’s Journey of Inspiration
By Jenipher Chandley
As a young girl, my journey as a visual artist began with a profound fascination for the Romanticism period of art. The use of symbolism and metaphors in the masterpieces… Read More
My Teaching Philosophy
By Marie Cummings
I believe that every person is creative. We are born that way. Art comes from our souls; it is sacred and therefore there are no “mistakes.” I encourage my students… Read More
Emerging Artist Grant 24
The Push in the Pushcart Prize
By Antonia Lewandowski
The Push in the Pushcart Prize We who submit work to publishers, agents, magazines and literary journals know the odds. Nearly everything comes back with – generally – a polite… Read More
Not Just a Decoration
By Antonia Lewandowski
Not Just a Decoration The comma, that is. Commas, and punctuation in general, confuse many people. Maybe that’s why students and some writers avoid using them. I’ve been seeing more… Read More
Artist Mentors – The Greatest, Immeasurable Gift
By Luci Westphal
As our 2024 Emerging Artist Grant Cycle comes to a close (this is the last week, you can see our group exhibit), I want to highlight and celebrate one of… Read More
Why Poetry?
By Antonia Lewandowski
Why Poetry? A better question might be, why not? The story forms we currently rely on are video games, streaming, and maybe reality shows that package how we live or… Read More
Making-of Video and Art Talk for “Public Walls and In-Between Spaces” Installation
By Luci Westphal
On June 1st, I hosted an artist talk about my interactive mixed-media installation at the Creative Pinellas Gallery. As much as the opening reception in May was the highlight of… Read More
Pinellas Recovers Grant 2022
Pinellas Recovers Grants
By Creative Pinellas
New Funding Opportunity for Pinellas Arts Organizations and Professional Artists.
Get ready to apply to Creative Pinellas’ Pinellas Recovers grants funded through the National Endowment for the Arts.
Creative Pinellas is excited to announce applications for Pinellas Recovers grants will open online on February 1 at 3PM…. Read More
Professional Artist Grant 19
July 20. . . Reading and Revising
By Sheila Cowley
July 20. . . Reading and Revising This week I get a new version of Dancing together, thanks to feedback from the teacher and students of the PlayPenn New Play… Read More
April 20. . . Trio, Duck, Perception Shift
By Sheila Cowley
April 20. . . Trio, Duck, Perception Shift Sending scripts out to development and production opportunities this week, like every week, and working on rewrites of The Burlesque Astronomy Play…. Read More
March 16. . . GASP!
By Sheila Cowley
March 16. . . GASP! When David Warner asked Helen Hansen French and I last fall to come up with an outdoor dance-theatre piece for Creative Loafing’s GASP! Festival,… Read More
Professional Artist Grant 20
Back to Teaching
By Sarah Emery
pc: Sorcha Augustine I have been teaching dance for 20+ years. When the pandemic happened, like many others, I took time to assess what I wanted for my life and… Read More
Beyond The Drama and Into The Symbolism
By JasonHackenwerth
The symbols happen spontaneously but are edited with consideration. Many of the marks I make even in the form of numbers, letters, or words happen spontaneously. There is often an… Read More
Why Make Them So Big
By JasonHackenwerth
Making Huge Paintings Is Exciting But The Challenges Are Just As Big An important component of my DARKMATTER exhibition are the four extra-large paintings. When guests walk in to the… Read More
Secret to Self-Tape Success
By Courtney Elvira
After a very active summer full of self-tape auditions and successful bookings (I booked a SAG film, but I’ll get to that in a future post), I figured I should… Read More
Happy New Year – a Sparks Collaborative Film
By Paula Kramer
September 8, 2020 BLOG #7 HAPPY NEW YEAR a Sparks Collaborative Film By PAULA KRAMER . . . Well, our interdisciplinary project has Sparked a wild, loop-the-loop ride through time… Read More
Professional Artist Grant 21
Do It Anyway
By Tenea Johnson
Well that went quickly. Already it’s time for the last blog post. The last 5 months have been packed with events both personal and professional. I’ve appreciated the opportunity to… Read More
Too Modest?
By Don Gialanella
By Don Gialanella Too Modest? An anti–artist‘s statement for my last blog entry! Self deprecating and satirical, from the point of an artist with impostor syndrome. Donald was born on a dark… Read More
Blueprints for Better Words
By Tenea Johnson
Writing speculative fiction acquaints one with liminal spaces: where things come to be, areas of transition. Luckily that’s one of my favorite places to be. Again I find myself in… Read More
Patron(Age)?
By Tenea Johnson
August 2021 | By Tenea D. Johnson An artistic career demands many decisions that enable one to create before you can even get to the decisions in the creative… Read More
Seeing Creativity in the People Around You
By Kaitlin Murphy-Knudsen
August 2021 | By Kaitlin Murphy-Knudsen Looking Outward – Seeing Creativity in the People Around You One of the best things about teaching and coaching writers is witnessing that… Read More
Professional Artist Grant 22
Developing AQ&REE: Brother Fire, Sister Fly
By Jake-ann Jones
The year of my fellowship is almost ending, if it hasn’t already. But the experience has been absolutely stellar for me. I delved deeper into incredible and impactful Tampa Bay… Read More
New York (Audition) State of Mind
By Courtney Elvira
September marks the beginning of the opera audition season! Let the singing begin! So, I’ve touched upon opera auditions briefly before in past blogs, but I figured I’d break down… Read More
Broadway Bound: Backstage with Blanche!
By Courtney Elvira
Broadway Bound was a MASSIVE success. Now that we finished our final show on Sunday (back-to-back performances, I might add), I’ve had time to relax and reflect on this amazing… Read More
That time I visited the National Museum of African American History & Culture…
By Tamia Iman Kennedy
Earlier this year, I had the privilege of visiting the National Museum of African American History & Culture and it was honestly the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen in… Read More
The Show Must…
By Roxanne Fay
Most of us will recognize the romanticized image of the tortured artist, suffering for their creative life. Artists have famously struggled with their mental health- Vincent van Gogh. Kurt Cobain…. Read More
Professional Artist Grant 23
That’s a wrap!
By Elizabeth Barenis
As the grant period draws to a close, I look back at the past five months in gratitude to Creative Pinellas for their continued support of my journey as a… Read More
A Rose by Any Other Name (except Idalia)
By Elizabeth Barenis
There’s nothing quite like the threat of losing everything to shake up one’s life. My first major hurricane experience came in 2017, when Irma was headed straight for us as… Read More
Making New Work
By Andee Scott
First of all, thank you. Thank you to Creative Pinellas for the incredible support you provide for artists in Pinellas County. Thank you in particular to Charlene Harrison. Charlene, please… Read More
The Shape of Memory
By Andee Scott
Video: The Shape of Memory (excerpt) I created this piece for my mother in the spring of 2023. I am so grateful that I have a place to put all… Read More
Upcoming Work: Robert Moses
By Andee Scott
Another project I have on the horizon is the commission of a new duet from renowned San Francisco-based choreographer, Robert Moses, for Bliss Kohlmyer and myself. We applied for and… Read More