As the region takes on the moniker of “Arts Coast,” Creative Pinellas, the county’s arts agency, is playing a crucial role in helping to shape the local arts environment. Last March, writer, producer and journalist Jake-ann Jones received the Creative Pinellas Artist Laureate Grant along with the Professional Artist Grant.
Creative Pinellas recognize the Artist Laureate as a model partner and collaborator, sharing their skills and expertise and supporting the organization’s mission throughout the grant period.
“I definitely saw this as an ambassador position; as I saw it, my job was to introduce more Black and Brown folks to Creative Pinellas, and vice versa,” noted Jones, a Harlem native who, after almost two decades in Tampa Bay, considers the area her adopted home. Read more at www.theweeklychallenger.com
