About the speaker
CHAD MIZE is a multimedia artist, curator and creative mainstay in the Tampa Bay arts scene. Since moving to St. Pete in 2003, he’s spent the last two decades filling walls, galleries and public spaces with colorful, playful work rooted in community and culture. From murals and exhibitions to opening creative spaces and curating 100+ art shows, Chad brings people together through art — usually with a little humor, a lot of color and an eye for the wonderfully unexpected.
Local partners
Roundhouse is a creative production studio rooted in video, motion graphics, and powerful storytelling. Based in sunny St. Pete, they provide clients from coast to coast with stories that evoke emotion and inspire action. As the CreativeMornings/TB headquarters and official production partner, Roundhouse provides monthly support to the chapter’s ongoing operation.
Michael House Passionate about bringing quality storytelling to all!
Based in Saint Petersburg, Florida. Partnered with several local non-profits and serving local small businesses today.
Web, editorial, email, social, and live events. Whatever connects your intended audience.
Earth Conscious. Health Conscious. People Conscious. Women owned and locally operated, Mother Kombucha built their business by making products that are not just delicious, but also cleanly sourced and fairly made. They brew every small batch by hand, the right way, right here in Florida.
Look Alive Coffee is a local specialty coffee roaster based in St. Petersburg, Florida, serving creative and approachable coffees for people chasing what drives them. We’re a full-service partner for cafes, offering equipment, training, and ongoing support, built on a commitment to quality and to honoring every hand that makes it possible.
TeBella Tea is a loose leaf tea retailer with four locations in the Tampa Bay and Sarasota areas: their original shop on Davis Islands, Oxford Exchange, Central Ave in St. Pete, and University Town Center in Sarasota. TeBella Tea offers a thoughtfully sourced loose tea collection with a heaping helping of tea education. They work directly with tea gardens and estates that use sustainable, fair-trade practices, and donate their used tea leaves to local community gardens for composting.
FloridaRAMA is an immersive art experience in St. Pete’s Warehouse Arts District, blending contemporary art, digital play, storytelling and interactive installations into a vibrant, hands-on celebration of Florida’s weird and wonderful side. Created with work from 80+ artists—most of them local—FloridaRAMA invites guests to explore, touch and play while discovering new surprises with every visit.
Additional details
Join us for CURATE with Chad Mize — St. Pete multimedia artist, muralist, curator and longtime hype man for Tampa Bay creativity. Known for his colorful, playful, tongue and cheek work, Chad has spent the last two decades shaping the local arts scene through murals, galleries, collaborations and community-building.
For CURATE, Chad will be immersing CM Tampa Bay attendees into his creative vision and newest installation at FloridaRAMA; then exploring his latest curated show in the Factory!
Creativity isn’t just about what we make — it’s about what we choose to amplify, surround ourselves with and put out into the world. Expect entertaining stories, big energy and plenty of inspiration to color outside the lines.
We’re posted up at new venue partner 🚨FloridaRAMA🚨.
We’ll have our beverage buddies TeBella Tea there, Mother Kombucha.
🚨Hot coffee provided by our local partner Look Alive Coffee.🚨
Programming starts at 9:00a, doors open at 8:30am, Pre-registration is required (but free!). Lots of parking is available in front of the building. FloridaRAMA is located right on the Pinellas Trail, so feel free to walk, bike, carpool, or take public transportation as well.
In order to ensure our global impact is more about great ideas than garbage, we ask that you please BRING YOUR OWN MUG. Big ol’ gold star if you bring a mug AND a friend!
Location
Hosted at
FloridaRAMA
2606 Fairfield Ave S Building 5,
st petersburg, Florida United States 33712
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