Tickets for Arts Annual 8 are available at the door in Pinewood Cultural Park in Largo.<\/p>\n
LARGO, Fla. \u2014 Creative Pinellas says its Arts Annual<\/a> is now being hosted for its eighth installment at The Gallery at Pinewood Cultural Park in Largo, marking the last time the nonprofit presents this exhibit since “being defunded by the county in September.”<\/p>\n The cultural organization began presenting the Arts Annual exhibit in November and will be open to the public until Jan. 4, 2026, before it vacates its offices by Feb. 2026, a spokesperson said. This will turn the exhibition into both a “celebration and a farewell,” Creative Pinellas<\/a> said.<\/p>\n According to the cultural organization, the exhibit features 119 works of visual art presented by 73 artists. Creative Pinellas says it will showcase paintings, sculptures, ceramics, mixed media, film, assemblage, as well as a site-specific installation from the artist BASK<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cMy goal was a show with a major wow-factor \u2014 high-caliber artwork that is all from Pinellas, shown in a museum-like setting that really allows the works to sing,\u201d Curatorial Director Allison McCarthy said. \u201cThroughout the show guests will see little groupings of works by unrelated artists whose pieces, sometimes in vastly different mediums, rhyme with each other in some way.\u201d\ufeff<\/p>\n Some of the artists who are featured in the exhibit shared their thoughts about the contributions of Creative Pinellas.<\/p>\n Laura Spencer, an artist known as Miss Crit, who will also have her visual artwork presented, credited Creative Pinellas as being an important part of her career.<\/p>\n \ufeff\u201cCreative Pinellas has always been there for me and our artistic community. It’s an absolute honor and privilege to participate in the final exhibit at the gallery,\u201d Spencer said. \u201cI’m forever changed by the power of Creative Pinellas, and hope to continue to grow alongside this prolific organization.\u201d\ufeff<\/p>\n