The St. Petersburg Arts Alliance (SPAA) is excited and honored to welcome Andrida Hosey to our Board of Directors!
Andrida McCall Hosey is a Tampa Bay Area arts educator, actress and choreographer. She is the former lead Theater Instructor of the Fine Arts program at John Hopkins Middle School. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Theater Arts from Marquette University and was the first African American female to graduate from that program.
In addition to starting several Bay Area liturgical dance programs, she is the founder and director of the liturgical movement ministry for Bethel Community Baptist Church, a position she has held for 25 years.
During her early career in the 80’s, Andrida found work in the Milwaukee and Chicago area with Hansberry-Sands Theatre Company where she received rave reviews for the role of Cat in the play “Nights Alone” and Abbie Putnam in the play “Desire Under The Elms.” Later in that decade, She primarily worked in the Pittsburgh area where she was raised, with the University Of Pittsburgh’s Kuntu Repertory Theatre and The Three Rivers Shakespeare Company. She received rave reviews for her portrayal of the character Millicent in Red Barn Theatre’s production of the South African play “Exclusive Circles.”
Recently Andrida performed in American Stage's production of “White Rabbit Red Rabbit.” In 2022 she performed in the stage reading of the play, “Brown Girl in the Ring" at American Stage. She is a perennial collaborator with the local story telling organization, Your Real Stories, and she was also an artistic contributor to the critically acclaimed “Songs of the Civil Rights Movement” directed by September Penn. She was an original cast member of a local Christmas production of “Black Nativity, directed by Bob Devin Jones. Andrida herself directed over 20 musicals at John Hopkins Middle School, including “The Wiz” in 2011.
She has been recognized by several community organizations including the St. Petersburg Alumnae Chapter Delta Sigma Theta Sorority award for “Arts and Letters Commission”; the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority “Footprint Service” award and the Gathering of Women “Art, Cultural & Heritage” award. In 2022 Andrida received the Community Impact Award from American Stage. Andrida along with her husband Boyzell, received The 2023 Studio Honors Impact Award for inspiring arts in the community. In November 2023 Andrida received the Brilliance Award from The Well for Life organization. Recently Andrida and her husband received the 2024 Gwen Reese Lifetime Award.
Currently, Andrida is enjoying retirement by pursuing film, commercials and voice- over acting in addition to stage production and custom designing artistic curriculum and programming geared toward inspiring youth and adults alike.
Andrida is the wife of Boyzell Hosey, Senior Editor of Visual Storytelling for ProPublica and co-founder of the Tampa Bay Collard Green Festival. They have two children and three grandchildren. Her passion is to help students gain personal self-confidence through the theatrical arts. The motto she strives to live by is, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”
SPAA is excited for Andrida's contributions to help us strengthen and sustain the art and cultural community in St. Petersburg through collaboration, economic growth, education, and consistent funding.
SPAA is excited to announce The Arts Business Academy Summit, a transformative two-day professional development event.
MUSE celebrates 10 years of diversity, innovation and inspiration for all the arts and culture in St. Petersburg.
The St. Petersburg Arts Alliance (SPAA) is delighted to present the third annual “Arts Advocate of the Year” Award to Shanna & Bryan Glazer at SPAA’s Garden Party Brunch, Hats Off to the Arts. The Glazers have supported the arts throughout the Tampa Bay area, including the Glazer Children's Museum, the SHINE Mural Festival, and the Golding Visual Arts Center at the Shanna & Bryan Glazer JCC.
St. Petersburg Arts Alliance, in collaboration with Americans for the Arts and Creative Pinellas announced that St. Petersburg’s nonprofit arts industry generated $132,530,557 in economic activity in 2022, according to the newly released Arts & Economic Prosperity 6 (AEP6), an economic and social impact study. This economic activity is comprised of $61,607,918 in spending by nonprofit arts and culture organizations and $70,922,639 in event-related spending by their audiences supported 2,121 jobs and generated $$26,529,721 in local, state, and federal government revenue. Spending by arts and culture audiences generates valuable commerce to the local St. Petersburg community, as well as making the city an attractive place to visit and to live.
Building on its 30-year legacy as the largest and most inclusive study of its kind, AEP6 uses a rigorous methodology to document the economic and social contributions of the nation’s nonprofit arts and culture industry. The study demonstrates locally as well as nationally, arts and culture are critical economic drivers of vibrant communities.
“The importance of the AEP6 study cannot be understated. With every analysis of the arts community’s impact on our economy, the results are evermore apparent. The key is ACTION. Can we together create adequate and sustainable funding for the arts? Can we connect and motivate a public and private partnership? Can we build the future along with artists, art organizations, individuals, businesses, government and the philanthropic community? I know we can." - Terry Marks, CEO of St. Petersburg Arts Alliance
Nationally, the Arts & Economic Prosperity 6 (AEP6) study reveals that America’s nonprofit arts and culture sector is a $151.7 billion industry—one that supports 2.6 million jobs and generates $29.1 billion in government revenue. “Arts and culture organizations have a powerful ability to attract and hold dollars in the community longer. They employ people locally, purchase goods and services from nearby businesses, and produce the authentic cultural experiences that are magnets for visitors, tourists, and new residents,” said Nolen V. Bivens, president and CEO of Americans for the Arts. “When we invest in nonprofit arts and culture, we strengthen our economy and build more livable communities.” AEP6 represents a reset from its previous versions, establishing a new benchmark in the AEP study series.
● Social Impact: For the first time, AEP6 expands beyond the economic and financial data to include social impact measurements of the arts and culture’s effect on the well-being of communities and residents.
● Equity and Inclusion: AEP6 broke new ground by prioritizing equity, community engagement, and inclusivity. With the goal of reducing systemic bias, Americans for the Arts transformed its approach and expanded the inclusion and participation of organizations serving or representing BIPOC- (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) and ALAANA- (African, Latine, Asian, Arab, Native American) identifying communities.
“The Arts are an essential element to the overall economic health of our engaged community. As a result of our dynamic and diverse footprint we attract global delegations, tourists and partners to our quaint city. St. Pete SHINES because of our brilliant artists. “ - Kimberly Jackson, Board Member of St. Petersburg Arts Alliance & Executive Director of the Institute for Strategic Policy Solution.
Nationally, the extensive research reveals proportional economic and community impacts among attendees at BIPOC and ALAANA organizations to the overall national average. These findings should initiate new, and escalate existing, critical funding conversations about BIPOC and ALAANA organizations receiving fair and proportional financial support.
By measuring the arts and culture’s wide-ranging impact, public and private sector leaders can work together to secure funding and arts-friendly policies that shape more vibrant and equitable communities.
The St. Petersburg Arts Alliance will hold an invitation-only event for a wide variety of community leaders to discuss an action plan moving forward. The event will be filmed and available as will the full report and summary on November 17. This will begin a campaign for the arts that will result in adequate and sustainable funding.
