About this Event
Artist Talk with PCCA Faculty and Wasíl
Join us for an awesome in-person event where you can hear directly from the talented artists making up both shows. It's a great chance to dive into their creative process, ask questions, and get inspired up close! Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to connect with artists and explore their work in a relaxed, informal setting.
“ECHO” features four esteemed faculty from the Pinellas County Center for the Arts (PCCA): Steven Beverage, Ted LoCascio, Brian McCallister and Amber Quimby. PCCA is renowned for its curriculum, the passion of its instructors, and the alumni it has produced - not least of which are 3 of Werk Gallery’s staff. With this year's PCCA visual arts faculty exhibition, each of these artists explores how their artwork serves as an ECHO of their own individual life experiences. Also, by teaching and mentoring young artists at PCCA, they celebrate their contribution to the ongoing artistic ECHO within the greater St. Pete community. As a team, they aspire to create educational, collaborative, and holistic opportunities for their students at the Pinellas County Center for the Arts. Like an ECHO, the mentorship they provide resonates stronger, as evidenced by over 40 years of PCCA artist alumni whose work adorns our great city’s walls and galleries.
Wasíl has been creating his “Heart” series for over 30 years. His work is a synthesis of painting, installation and sculpture that combines unusual materials like up-cycled housing insulation, bamboo skewers and mica, with more traditional materials like acrylic paint, powdered pigments and fibers. With an artistic intent that seeks the spiritual in all things, Wasíl’s work is informed by a wide variety of personal experiences. He grew up in a small Pennsylvania town, serving as an altar boy in the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, was exposed to Eastern philosophies while earning his Bachelors of Arts at San Francisco State University, and delved deeply into the nature of consciousness while earning his Masters of Fine Arts in the John F. Kennedy University’s “Art and Consciousness” program. In addition to his robust studio practice, Wasíl also serves as curator at Forever Florida Real Estate in St Petersburg, where he has produced 24 exhibitions of highest quality since 2023.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Werk Gallery, 1st Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL, USA, United States
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