{"id":99100,"date":"2025-12-29T19:38:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T19:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/99100\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T19:38:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T19:38:46","slug":"creative-pinellas-last-exhibit-ends-next-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/99100\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Pinellas’ last exhibit ends next weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ACredit: Sandra Sonik \/ Courtesy of Creative Pinellas<\/p>\n

Creative Pinellas\u2019 eighth Arts Annual exhibition will be its last. <\/p>\n

The exhibition themed \u201cFrom Now to Next\u201d acts as its goodbye celebration as the publicly defunded<\/a> arts program prepares to close its office and gallery space in Largo by Feb. 1. <\/p>\n

A total of 122 works from 73 artists span the exhibition, including painting, sculpture, spoken word, ceramics, mixed media, assemblage, film, and a special site-specific installation from the artist BASK. <\/p>\n

Some of the exhibit\u2019s featured artists, like Miss Crit, aka Laura Spencer, credit Creative Pinellas with their success after being nurtured by the program. <\/p>\n

\u201cCreative Pinellas has always been there for me and our artistic community,\u201d Spencer said in a release. \u201cIt\u2019s an absolute honor and privilege to participate in the final exhibit at the gallery.\u201d <\/p>\n

Others, like Cristi L\u00f3pez, will show their work for the first time. In the gallery\u2019s closing announcement, she said being showcased in the last Arts Annual \u201caffirms that I made a great decision in moving here.\u201d<\/p>\n

There is no cover for Arts Annual: From Now to Next, running through Jan. 4 in Largo.<\/a><\/p>\n

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