Multisensory Art Exhibit On Display At Creative Pinellas Gallery

LARGO, FL — Creative Pinellas will present "Look Touch Move," a dynamic artistic collaboration encompassing artist Sharon McCaman’s interactive art exhibition “Reiteration,” and “Reprise,” a new work choreographed by Creative Pinellas artist laureate Helen French through March 27.

Visitors' tactile, audible and visual senses will be engaged with “Reiteration,” which features large-scale sculptural pieces created by McCaman that use diverse textures, materials and technology to create a multisensory and participatory experience for visitors.

“Reprise” is created by Creative Pinellas Artist Laureate Helen French as she engages in a series of open rehearsals and workshops that explore the relationship between dance and McCaman’s interactive art sculptures. The premiere performance of “Reprise” is scheduled for Thursday, March 10 from 6 to 8 p.m.

Sharon McCaman is an interdisciplinary artist who works with a multitude of different media including, but not limited to, classical and contemporary movement techniques, digital media design, projection design, production design, sculpture, live video manipulation and sensor technologies.

She creates work that prioritizes the body and physical movement as well as the crafting of physical materials and the manipulation of technology. Aesthetically, her work often includes components of repetition and accumulation, while still leaving room for agency and interactivity, both for herself and for others.

McCaman is currently working as a freelance interdisciplinary artist, teacher and designer in St. Petersburg.

Helen Hansen French, a native of St. Petersburg, received her bachelor's degree in fine arts from The Juilliard School. Upon graduating, she was invited to join Buglisi Dance Theatre. Tobi Tobias of the NYC Village Voice hailed her as “altogether luminous," and Nancy Wozney of ArtsHouston said her, “generous and radiant performance stands out.”

Her choreography has been shown at The Peter Jay Sharp Theater, Clark Studio Theater, Kaatsbaan, Studio@620, The Palladium and St. Petersburg College. She was awarded a 2015 and 2016 Individual Artist Grant from the city of St. Petersburg.