WADA Education Event: Women Changemakers in the Arts

Our Monthly WADA Education Event:

Women Changemakers in the Arts

A WADA Panelist Discussion

Wednesday, March 22, 6:30 - 8:00 pm

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Event Description:  Please join the Warehouse Arts District as we celebrate Women’s History Month with seven trailblazing women of Pinellas County and the City of St. Petersburg who have paved the way and continue to work diligently for the advancement of the arts here in our beautiful city and county. They will answer questions concerning their beginnings, impact, and visions for the future in the arts.

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The moderator: Leigh Davis, Director of Donor and Advisor Relations with Pinellas Community Foundation.  As well as having worked with Creative Pinellas as the manager of their arts and cultural outreach, as she asks important and thought provoking questions to our panel of women change-makers in the arts.

The panelists:

• Bula Barua, Owner of Bula Barua Gallery
• Katie Deits, CEO Florida CraftArt
• Liz Dimmitt, CEO and Co-founder of Fairgrounds St. Pete
• Jake-ann Jones, Co-founder of Pinellas Diaspora Arts Project
• Maureen McDole, Founder and Executive Director of Keep St. Pete Lit
• Terri Lipsey Scott, Carter G. Woodson African American Museum
• Barbara St. Clair, CEO of Creative Pinellas

You will not want to miss this informative evening as the panelists discuss their beginnings with involvement in the arts, what projects are on the horizon as well as who their mentors were and what it takes to make change.

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Light refreshments will be served

This event is a WADA Member Benefit

presented by the WADA Education Committee.