Genre: Grantee Story

Hello, my name is Jenipher Chandley, and I want to dive right into why I am a painter and what drives my artistic expression. Creating art has been a part… Read More

Hello everyone! My name is Aimee Jones, and I am so honored to be a grantee of Creative Pinellas Emerging Artist Grant 2023. I want to first introduce myself and… Read More

Hey everyone, I put together a short video on my writing studio and some items in it that help keep me inspired. I’m so excited to write more this year… Read More

Over the past several months, I’ve been creating a new series of paintings that have emerged by letting go of expectations and tuning in to a deep space of tenderness…. Read More

Before I met up with my mentor Jason Hackenworth I had a few paintings I needed to revisit and review, they were not making any sense to me. If they aren’t… Read More

“You should be angry. You must not be bitter. Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. It doesn’t do anything to the object of its displeasure. So use… Read More

Photo by Celso Yamachita     Blog Post 2 – Agueda Zabisky   Although applying for the Creative Pinellas Grant seemed bureaucratic and even daunting at first, I thought it… Read More

If I was a mathematician I might have sprung into action quicker but, slowly as I began to realize by the scoring and the odds I would be one of… Read More

One of my roles as a Creative Pinellas 2023 emerging artist is to create several blog posts over the course of the grant cycle. For this first introduction to my… Read More

Blog Post 1 – Agueda Zabisky   On October 17, 2022, I received wonderful news. This news came out in an open review and the grading was via Zoom. I… Read More