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Arts Info Day

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MEET WITH AN ADVISOR:  Digital Media, Photography, and Visual Arts advisors will be here to help you choose a program and classes for next semester.

ASK QUESTIONS: Program faculty and staff will be around to answer questions you have about the program and/or our classes.

SOCIALIZE WITH YOUR PEERS: We’ll also have light refreshments.  So, stop by, meet your classmates, and enjoy free snacks between classes.

  • Seminole Campus
    •  Monday, October 23rd
    • 1pm – 4pm
    • UP 3rd floor hallways (outside UP 320)
  • Clearwater Campus
    • Wednesday, November 15th
    • 11am – 2pm
    • Crossroads building hallway

Arts Career Day: Preparing for College

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St. Petersburg College will be holding its second annual Arts Career Day: Preparing for College in the lobby of the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art (LRMA) on the SPC Tarpon Springs campus on Friday, September 29 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

This event is a college fair designed for students that plan to transfer to 4-year programs in the arts after they earn their associate degree. Representatives from colleges and universities in Florida will be in attendance to speak directly with our students about professional programs offered by their institutions in the following areas: studio art, digital media, photography, theatre, music, and dance.

The institutions listed below have already committed to attending the event, but more may be added before the 29th.

  • The University of South Florida -Studio Art, Graphic Design, Music, Theatre, and Dance.
  • The University of Florida – Art History, Graphic Design, Studio Art, Theatre, Dance, and Music.
  • Miano Academy – Academic Studio Art.
  • Florida Atlantic University – Studio Art, Graphic Design, Art History.
  • The University of North Florida – Fine Arts, Art History, Graphic Design.
  • Jacksonville University – Media Arts, Visual Arts, Theatre, Musical Theatre, Music, Dance.
  • Stetson University- Art, Digital Media, Photography, Theatre, Music.
  • Above image source: https://vvhs.vvuhsd.org/about-us/career-technical-education­ english/visual-performing-arts

Empty Bowls for Harbor Dish

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Buy a meal, give a meal.  

Guests choose a handmade ceramic bowl.  Created by local Florida artists.  Enjoy a meal of soup and bread with friends and guests.  The souvenir bowl is yours to take home as a reminder of all of the empty bowls in the world.  100% of the proceeds benefit the Harbor Dish, a 501(c)(3) organization.

Soup tickets:

  • ​in advance $20
  • at the day of the event $25
  • students with ID $15

​Saturday November 4, 2023

  • ​11am – 2pm
  • St. Petersburg College; 2465 Drew Street; Clearwater, FL. 33765
  • ES building room 104

Additional Bowls are available for purchase

Additional opportunity – the Collector’s Corner Artwork Drawing:

A separate drawing for special artwork donated by local artists will also be available to attendees.

  • One ticket for $5
  • five tickets for $20

SPC Theater Department Production: MACABARET

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Fall 2023:

MACABARET by Scott Keys and Rob Hartmann.

Directed by Scott Cooper/ Musical Direction by Juan Rodriguez

Synopsis:

A vaudeville/ cabaret type show where monsters rise from the dead and perform songs.   We will be doing this with the audience seated on stage (hopefully at tables) so we will turn the stage into a cabaret performance space.   Seating probably 60 per night.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Auditions: August 21-22 between 5:30-8pm

Rehearsals:

Performances:

  • October 19, 20, 21 at 7pm/. October 22 at 2pm. (No Saturday Matinees)
  • October 26, 27, 28 at 7pm/. October 29 at 2pm.

Mark Hunter’s retirement reception

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Join us for Professor Mark Hunter’s retirement reception May 1st, 2023

Clearwater Campus Library LI 109 at 3pm – 5pm

Stop by and share your appreciation and memories of Mark over the years at St . Petersburg College. Light refreshments are available and everyone is welcome.

Mark Hunter

Mark Hunter has been a professor of Humanities at St. Petersburg College since 1988. In 2010 he was awarded “teacher of the year” on the Clearwater campus. During his tenure at the college he has taught Humanities I and II, East-West Synthesis, as well as Introduction to Music. He holds degrees from University of Kentucky, Indiana University and has extensive independent coursework from California State University.

In addition to teaching

In addition to teaching, Professor Hunter is a trained organist with emphases on German Romanticism. His real passion however is harpsichord music from the Baroque. He has just completed redecorating his Flemish single harpsichord in an authentic 17th century style as typified in the works of Hans Ruckers. An extensive blog details the process from beginning to end. His harpsichord performances included solo recitals as well as ensemble work focusing on Baroque trio sonatas. You can also find videos of his harpsichord performances at his YouTube channel – Baroque Harpsichord. A choral work based on Tempus Adest Floridum was published in 1986.

Published

Hunter’s most recent writing includes an article entitled “To Attack Capitalism is to Attack Human Nature”. Before that he also wrote a cyber-fiction novella challenging the implications of postmodern relativism and its impact on The Human Condition.

Calyx reception and awards presentation

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About the event

The Calyx Schenecker Art Infinitum, is an annual High School Fine Arts Scholarship Competition, at St Petersburg College (SPC) and at Hillsborough Community College (HCC).

Art Show:

The St. Petersburg College Clearwater Humanities & Fine Arts Department is hosting the Calyx Schenecker Art Infinitum Pinellas County High School Exhibition. The high school arts exhibition features student work and is on display from Tuesday May 2 to August 7, 2023 at the Crossroads Gallery at the SPC Clearwater Campus at 2464 Drew St., Clearwater.

Reception:

All family, friends, and members of the community are welcome to our reception to meet the student artists and discover who the winners are this year. The reception is Wednesday May 3, 2023 at 6:30pm and will end at 8pm.
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About:​

The Calyx & Beau Schenecker Memorial Fund promotes the arts and altruism in today’s youth by allowing them to live their dreams through Character Development education and Scholarships for promising leaders, athletes, and artists. It was established after their tragic deaths in January of 2011 and has granted over $70,000 in scholarships for students and grants for non-profit organizations.

theater alumni are successfully finding jobs

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SPC theater alumni are successfully finding jobs and working in the theater careers.

Four of our current Saint Petersburg Theater tech students started today working for American Stage as crew for their Theater in the Park spring show of RAGTIME.

In addition to this—two alumni (Megan Phillips and Meyah Fortner) are technical theater fellows at American Stage working full time for the company.

In addition to that—Chloe DiPaola (SPC 2019) is the company’s resident stage manager.

Two SPC theater alumni (2018) Maria Lara and Martin Powers are in the 2023 educational tour production. Maria was also the lead in American Stage’s educational tour in 2022.

Dance Workshops

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SPC Theater Department Presents

Dance Workshops: learn new combinations and have a great time dancing with Lyla Menkhause.  This workshop will help actors preform better at auditions. 

  • ​Saturday April 22 at 12:30pm
  • Saturday May 13 at 12:30pm

On May 13 you will also get a sneak peak at the dance audition combination for “The Drowsy Chaperone” auditions for this summer musical production