Florida Botanical Gardens Inspired Creative Pinellas’ New Exhibit

LARGO, Florida – Seeing art every day is a gift that the Surface Design Guild demonstrates in the latest exhibit at Creative Pinellas.

“Everything in the gallery was inspired by something in the Florida Botanical Gardens,” said Beth Gelman, senior director of arts and culture programming. “You’ll see a lot of floral work as you walk through, and you’ll see these flowers done in all sorts of different ways.”

These different ways range from wall hangings to quilts and from jewelry to dresses.

“The whole idea behind surface design is to take something and beautify it,” she said. “It’s really beautiful and exciting work.”

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Artists were challenged to bring the beauty of the outdoors inside and make the commonplace incredibly beautiful.

“Most of the Surface Design Guild’s work is designed to be used,” Gelman admitted. “There are so many different types of work. In each of the four galleries, there’s a dress, and the dresses are completely different from each other.”

The ultimate goal is to create beauty in an object that seems common, but can be used in so many different ways.

To learn more about this exhibit or to plan your visit to Creative Pinellas, click here.

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