Why Pinellas County needs a traveling community art experience and the project's progress thus far.

1. Creative Pinellas
Traveling Community Art Project
Progress Report
MARCH 30, 2018

2. Project Mission Statement
 Our mission is to foster community through a county-wide traveling art project by
transforming and activating public places. By bringing interactive art to the
community, we encourage our residents to have a personal experience with the
art. In doing so, we aspire to create a legacy of communal participation and
ownership across Pinellas County.

3. The Established Need
 Pinellas is a fractionalized county.
 There’s a general lack of enthusiasm to move about within the county.
 Geography, population, etc. have created a mental separation.
 Localities have been left to shape individualized and very specific identities
that can be a barrier.

4. Why This Project?
 However, Pinellas is a county with enormous potential.
 This project has the power to excite and unite our citizens with a shared
experience.
 We can harness art as a catalyst to create shared community experiences
and pride for where we live and the people who shape that.
 This gives us a foundation of building an experiential, united identity for
Pinellas.

5. What Does That Mean?
 This project is both unified and unifying.
 It isn’t separate projects but one solid, defined, innovative project.
 With one project, there is scarcity but also impetus to go and be a part of it
before it’s gone.
 It may mean different things to different people, but the importance is that it
means something to them.
 People can gather to experience it as a community.

6. What Does That Mean?
 There is a need and desire for a return to county-wide arts programming.
 We acknowledge that it is going to be more work.
 Yet, this work is redefining the status of what it means to be a Pinellas
resident.

7. Critical Path

8. Our Panelists
 Selected from fields such as arts administration and exhibition, business,
education, outreach, public planning, social services and urban design.
 Allison Casper Adams
 Sarah Howard
 Robin Nigh
 Mark Ormond
 Nestor Ortiz
 Ken Rollins
 Ryan Swanson

9. Allison Casper Adams
 Founder and co-director of Tampa’s Oxford
Exchange
 Third-generation McDonalds franchisee,
operating 53 branches in the Tampa Bay area
 Employs “conscious curation” at her
businesses, leading to the success of the
Oxford Exchange
 Brings knowledge of how culture shapes
Tampa Bay’s business and creative economy

10. Sarah Howard
 Curator of Public Art and Social Practice
at USF Tampa
 Coordinator of “The Music Box: Tampa
Bay” an interactive multisensory music
and public art experience
 Empowers marginalized groups and
expands community engagement with
the built and natural environment
through art
 Has partnered with numerous local
organizations to bring engaging,
thought-provoking public art initiatives

11. Robin Nigh
 Manager of Tampa’s Art Programs Division
 Developed nationally recognized programs
such as TPA Photographer Laureate and
‘Lights On Tampa’
 Integrates programs and placemaking into key
city initiatives including the Tampa Riverwalk
and new major event park facilities
 Former president of the Florida Association of
Public Art Professionals and current member
of the Americans for the Arts Public Art
Network Council

12. Mark Ormond
 Independent curator, author, lecturer and
consultant and has held positions at the
Ringling Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of
Art and the Corcoran Gallery of Art
 Has over 25 years of experience in the art
world
 Has organized dozens of museum exhibitions,
and has scheduled, coordinated, designed
and installed over one hundred others

13. Nestor Ortiz
 COO of the nonprofit University Area
Community Development Corporation
 Familiar with/works in low-income areas
and works to build strong community
engagement
 Has a science background that helps him
understand how hands-on experiences help
better educate, inform and engage people
in the material or message at hand

14. Ken Rollins
 Past director of Deland Museum of Art, Polk
Museum of Art, Gulf Coast Museum of Art,
and Tampa Museum of Art
 Has served on the Boards of the Clearwater
Arts Foundation, CreativeTampaBay and the
National Society of Arts and Letters Advisory
Board
 Current board member of Creative Pinellas
 Recipient of the Florida Art Museum Directors
Association Lifetime Achievement Award

15. Ryan Swanson
 Founder and executive director of The
Urban Conga, a design firm focused on
promoting community activity and social
interaction through play
 Works within communities to find what
they need and how to continually
activate public spaces
 Visiting professor at USF School of
Architecture and Community Design,
developing data around urban
interventions and its effects on
communities

16. Site Evaluation and Selection
 What are we looking for in our potential sites?
 Accessibility (ease of access, parking, ADA-compliant sites)
 Safety (lighting, security or other safety monitoring)
 Existing programming (drop-in recreation, festivals and programmed events)
 Potential partners (local organizations, businesses and resident groups)
 Amenities (restrooms, concessions, water fountains, etc.)
 Proximity to municipal offices, businesses, restaurants, lodging, etc.

17. Sample Target Sites
 Pier 60 Park, Clearwater
 Largo Central Park/Performing Arts Center, Largo
 St. Petersburg College, Tarpon Springs
 Josiah Cephus Weaver Park, Dunedin
 Oldsmar Public Library, Oldsmar
 The new Lealman Center, Lealman/north St. Petersburg

18. Pier 60 Park, Clearwater

19. Pier 60 Park, Clearwater
 Attractive qualities:
 Marked handicapped parking and paved paths, as well as full boardwalk
 Access to restrooms and concessions
 Playground area and events pavilion
 High volume foot traffic by county residents, domestic and international tourists
 Adjacent to nightly Sunsets at Pier 60 festival
 Exhibition can be coordinated to coincide with Clearwater special events such as the
annual Sugar Sand Festival, volleyball tournaments, and Pier 60 Cinema

20. Largo Central Park/Performing Arts
Center

21. Largo Central Park/Performing Arts
Center
 Attractive qualities:
 Marked handicapped parking and paved paths
 Playground and open gathering and recreation space
 Adjacent to the Central Park Performing Arts Center and highly visible to audiences
attending productions
 Close proximity to Largo Public Library
 Easily accessible via major arterials East Bay and Seminole Blvd.
 Common gathering area and surrounded by many residential communities

22. St. Petersburg College, Tarpon Springs

23. St. Petersburg College, Tarpon Springs
 Attractive qualities:
 Marked handicapped parking and paved paths
 Restrooms in various buildings like student center
 Multiple areas with open space for an installation
 Students looking to spend time between classes
 Located on US-19; high volume of foot traffic
 Can reach a broader audience by not focusing solely on parks
 Partnership and docent support at Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art on campus

24. Josiah Cephus Weaver Park, Dunedin

25. Josiah Cephus Weaver Park, Dunedin
 Attractive qualities:
 Marked handicapped parking and paved paths
 Restrooms onsite
 Fitness equipment/playground
 Popular community gathering place and surrounded by residential areas
 Next to the Dunedin Fine Art Center Cottage Campus
 Access to Pinellas Trail and Alternate US-19
 Programming can coincide with existing Dunedin special event and sunset concert
schedule

26. Oldsmar Public Library, Oldsmar

27. Oldsmar Public Library, Oldsmar
 Amenities/what makes it appealing:
 Marked handicapped parking and paved paths
 Access to restrooms in library
 Located at intersection of SR-580 and Tampa Road
 Diverse audience from library patrons and visitors to City Hall and directly adjacent
hotels, restaurants and businesses
 Accessible to a communities that are not traditionally served by traveling and cultural
programming

28. County Lealman Center,
Lealman/north St. Petersburg

29. County Lealman Center,
Lealman/north St. Petersburg
 Amenities/what makes it appealing:
 New community center/hub with diverse and active audience onsite
 Well-lit and accessible for evening interaction
 Access to restrooms inside the center
 Basketball courts and open fields for recreational activity
 County support and attention
 Potential partners through incubator

30. Additional Sites with Target Amenities
 PCSO Lealman Center
 Mobbly Bayou Preserve
 Park Station/Pinellas Park Auditorium
Complex
 Pinewood Cultural Complex
 St. Pete Beach Community Center
 Ridgecrest
 Banyan Park/Downtown St. Pete.
 Pinellas Hope
 Bartlett Park
 Lake Vista Recreation Center
 War Veterans Memorial Park/ Bay
Pines VA
 Weedon Island Preserve

32. Outreach
 Traveling Community Art Project website:
creativepinellas.org/communityart
 Press releases and media packets
 Interviews with local media (news/radio)
 Community meetings (Town Hall format)
 Partnership with PCSB Visual Arts
 Programming partnership with host sites
 Community input and voting

33. Next Steps
 Project Panel meets on April 11 to define project goals and expectations,
introduce members to experiential public art and provide a cohesive relationship
amongst panelists
 Two future meetings scheduled in April and early May to further refine project,
develop exhibition timeframe and craft Call to Artists
 Develop press, marketing and educational plans
 Secure relationships with host site municipalities and organizations
 Continually update project website with progress reports, educational materials,
video summaries and opportunities for public participation