Student artwork is also on display around campus, with a juried art show for grades 5-8 around Middle School and for grades 9-12 in the Student Activity Center and Janet Root Theatre Lobby. 

• Monday: "Cinderella" cast members perform at Lower School Town Meeting. Dr. Hank Hine, Executive Director of the Dali Museum, leads a Willis Leadership Lecture for US students. Dr. Hine judges Upper School student art.
• Tuesday: Student rock bands perform for LS.
• Wednesday: Middle School visiting artists. Middle School sidewalk chalk art outdoors.
• Thursday: Lower School Gallery Walk: Each student in the LS will have their art displayed. Students will walk with their teachers to view student works in ES, LS, MS and US. Middle School rock bands perform for Middle School. "Cinderella" opening night, 7pm.
• Friday: Visiting Artists in Experiential School and Lower School. 11am Experiential and Lower School performance. "Cinderella" at 7pm.
• Saturday: "Cinderella" performances at 2pm and 7pm.

Alexandria Crawford ‘12 came to Shorecrest Preparatory School as a freshman and spent her time heavily involved with the theatre program. After graduating in 2012, she went on to study at Rollins College in Winter Park, FL, where she graduated in 2016 with a B.A. in Theatre Arts and English.

During the 2016/2017 season at American Stage Theatre Company, Alexandria was an inaugural member of their Acting and Production Apprenticeship Program. After completing her apprenticeship in August of 2017, Alexandria was invited to stay on with the theatre as a teaching artist, leading theatre classes throughout Pinellas County in grades K-12. She has lead the drama club in the Lower School for the past two years. She also serves as a member of Shorecrest’s Alumni Association Board.

Alexandria is also a professional actress. She is getting ready to open Shakespeare’s MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (April 18th-28th) with St. Petersburg’s Shakespeare Festival in William’s Park, where she will play the role of Hero. Some of her past credits include: Rebel in COLUMBINUS (Innovocative Theatre), Martha Loomis Pentecost in JOE TURNER’S COME AND GONE, Pink in AMERICA: A MOSAIC (American Stage), THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES, REEFER MADNESS, LARAMIE PROJECT: TEN YEARS LATER, and ANNA IN THE TROPICS
(Rollins College).

Recently Alexandria accepted a full ride to Northwestern University’s MFA Acting Program, in which she will be a member of its inaugural class led by Tony Award Winning Director, Anna D. Shapiro. She will begin the Master’s program in the fall of 2019. Alexandria is an Equity Membership Candidate. 

Alexis Arrazcaeta is the Arts Coordinator at PARC, a center serving over 800 adults and children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Alexis holds a Bachelors in Arts in Psychology and Art Therapy with a concentration in Fine Art from the University of Tampa. She is currently a Graduate student at the University of Florida studying Arts in Medicine. Her undergrad experience includes creating art with the Pediatric Rehabilitation Unit at Tampa General Hospital, along with a silk scarf dying workshop offered to adult patients in the rehabilitation unit of Tampa General. Alexis has facilitated workshops at museums for arts and accessibility raising awareness and empathy for those who don’t always have the ability to advocate for themselves.

 

On a daily basis Alexis coordinates and facilities all art activities/workshops at PARC providing the clients that they serve with new opportunities as well as capabilities through the art experience and practice. At PARC, she helps others create using a variety of mediums such as, painting, sculpture, clay hand building, wheel throwing, drawing, paper making, candle/wax art, beading, mix media, and digital art. Alexis focuses her practice on making the arts fun and demonstrates the adaptability of the arts to meet the needs of the creator. Her main passion is to spread the love of the arts to everyone and demonstrate the power the arts have to help others connect and express themselves in a way words cannot.

Artist Derek Donnelly is a Florida native and grew up in St. Petersburg. He graduated from PCCA (Pinellas County Center for the Arts) at Gibbs High school in 2001. Donnelly then attended IADT in Tampa for graphic design, specializing in digital illustration and brand development.

Over the past several years Donnelly has focused on portrait and mural work. He started painting again in 2010 and met several other artists, including the late Bill "Woo" Corriea. In late 2011, Derek opened a small gallery in downtown St. Pete called Saint Paint Arts. This collective helped spawn several careers and is heavily involed in the ever-expanding St. Petersburg art scene. 

Donnelly has painted several murals in the St. Pete area since including the ceiling at Rococco Steak. Derek also live paints at events for different charities and organizations, donating pieces whenever possible. In early 2014 Donnelly closed the physical location of Saint Paint to focus on doing more murals, art exhibitions and curating local businesses & resturants with the amazing work of the 30+ artists involved in the Saint Paint collective. Donnelly continues to organize bigger and better events throughout the bay area, and has become an agent and representative for many Tampa Bay area artists.

Shalini Karnani Bonjour was born and raised in Michigan and spent most of her adult life in and around the midwest. From a young age and through college, Shalini choreographed and performed in numerous community and school theater productions touring throughout the United States, Canada, Russia and Denmark. After graduating college Shalini began her decade long journey as an am/fm radio broadcaster. Countless late nights and early mornings year after year, engrossed in a wide variety of music genres, music artists, associated events, and promotions, was just enough to feed Shalini’s musical interests.

Working with Music and Me LLC, Shalini uses her natural ability to connect the element of fun while sharing a musical experience with children. As a constant student of the art of teaching, Shalini frequently practices her S.Q. (silly quotient) with her son, Chaitan. His fun-o-meter proves to be a useful litmus test for lesson planning. Giving children a tool for life - their very own musical voice - and helping them access it, is Shalini’s goal for each of her students, adult and child alike.

At Big Sea, Maria Mora develops engaging ways to tell brand stories online. She strategizes and implements inbound marketing tactics for clients throughout the united states.

 

Maria has been working on the web since 2002. She has an English degree from the University of Florida and a professional background in digital marketing and editorial strategy. She's contributed over 1000 articles to publications like Yahoo, SheKnows, Azula, and Orbitz. As a fourth generation native of St. Petersburg, she's thrilled to work with local institutions like Stetson University College of Law, the Downtown Partnership, and the Economic Development Corporation. She is also a Charger parent. 

As a young adult author, Maria is represented by Erica Bauman of Aevitas Creative Management. 

"I consider myself to be an experience junkie. I have a natural desire to explore, discover and share all of the unique beauty and joy to be found in the places, people, food, music and art throughout the world.

I grew up in an artistic environment in Detroit, Michigan. My dad was a clay modeler at Chrysler and professional drummer, mom was a hairstylist. I loved to create art and music as a kid, but as I got older, I found myself in a technical career, information technology, and have spent most of my time in the problem solving part of my brain. It wasn’t until very recently, thanks to a gift from my amazing wife Lisa, that I started on a journey towards finding my own unique artistic voice.  

Lisa Unger is the New York Times and internationally bestselling, award-winning author of sixteen novels. Her latest, UNDER MY SKIN, is nominated for an Edgar Award and the Hammett Prize. Her short story, THE SLEEP TIGHT MOTEL, is a #1 bestselling Kindle Single and is also nominated for an Edgar Award. Published in twenty-six languages worldwide, with more than two million copies sold, her books have been voted "Best of the Year" or top picks by the Today show, Good Morning America, Entertainment Weekly, Amazon, IndieBound, Goodreads and more. Her nonfiction essays have appeared in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NPR, and Travel+Leisure. Lisa Unger lives on the west coast of Florida with her family.