ARTS & CULTURE
39 May/June 2020 StPeteLifeMag.com
relief: “I was able to cover the rent on my studio this month.” “This
to our amazing arts organizations, joining forces to help.”
The partners understood that the need still far exceeded the funds
has already been procured, and applications are being accepted
as this issue goes to press. If you are an artist in need, please visit
pinellascf.org/pinellasartsrelief to check availability of funding.
Donations are also still being accepted.
Virtual and Online Arts
YouTube, and our new best friends, Zoom and Twitch TV. I, for one,
collective resolve of the crazy talented artists in our midst and their
these independent programs with varying degrees of return.
Creative Pinellas decided to go that concept one better when it
devised Arts In, a hugely innovative program launched recently on
creativepinellas.org. AI, an arts content platform, houses a large
archive of video and audio arts content available for public viewing
anytime.
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Davis, arts and culture outreach manager.”
This is the kind of thinking that will help see us through
this craziness, and I do so love “win, win” solutions. Visit
creativepinellas.org/artsincall or for questions, email artsin@
creativepinellas.org,
“We Are Family,” a multi-hour, multi-talent performance festival,
premiered in May on the Creative Pinellas Facebook page to a large
and engaged online audience. The talent extravaganza raisied
over $5,500 for the aforementioned Pinellas Arts Community
Relief Fund through ticket sales. We got to enjoy poetry from a
poet laureate, Broadway quality vocals, readings and even a little
bossa nova. Singer and ACT (Arts Conservatory for Teens) CEO Alex
Harris hosted the opening hour, fundraising and interviewing many
community artists and arts executives.
Around the time COVID-19 began lowering the boom, the Gallery at
Creative Pinellas was enjoying a time of great growth, with regular
exhibitions, expanded gallery hours and signature programing like
shows, classes and events. When the gallery closed to the public,
a beautiful glass exhibition, “Glass in the Gallery,” featuring the
works of great craftsmen like Duncan McClellan, was in full swing.
Artist Mark Mitchell is interviewed for the opening of the Creative Pinellas Emerging Artists Exhibition.
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