Crealde.org Crealde School of Art in Winter Park, Florida.
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Crealde School of Art in Winter Park, Florida
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Founded in 1975, Crealdé was the brainchild of the late Winter Park businessman William S. Jenkins. In addition to owning a successful construction company, Jenkins was a talented artist. He established Crealdé to promote community artists by creating affordable studio rental space and a gallery.
Today this successful not-for-profit community arts center offers a year-round curriculum of more than 80 affordable classes in painting, drawing, sculpture, photography and ceramics for adults and children. Its faculty is comprised of more than 40 professional working artists who teach beginning, intermediate and advanced classes. Facilities include a professional dark room, ceramics studio, foundry, two galleries and sculpture garden.
Since 1995, membership has increased more than 400 percent, with class enrollment growing 79 percent over the same period. Crealdé’s future is bright and its role as a leader of Central Florida's cultural community is more important today than ever.
