A R T
A TEACHER, MENTOR
AND PAINTER
Carolann d’Allesandro-Mancuso
By Aaron R. Fodiman
The Gossip Queens gives the viewer insight
into the artist’s thoughts.
CAROLANN D’ALLESANDRO-MANCUSO
has both a Bachelor and a Master of Fine Arts
degrees and has been the curator and instructor
of children’s art classes at the Florida Gulf Coast Art
Center that was once in Belleair. She taught bright
young talent, including Christopher Still and Ernest
Simmons. She continued to teach at the Dunedin Fine
Arts Center and the Largo Community Center before
becoming an art teacher at St. Patrick School in Largo.
From there, she moved to Saint Paul’s School in
Clearwater, where she established a wide variety of
programs. Then, she moved to a new challenge at the
Country Day Academy in Seminole, before finally
settling in as a private tutor.
Tales Around the
Water Cooler is
the artist’s play on
words about one
of her favorite subjects.
JULY/AUGUST 2015 TAMPA BAY MAGAZINE 145