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    OVERVIEW
    The Academy of Entertainment Arts is divided into four areas of concentration. Students will either pursue the filmmaking, design, digital music, and gaming/animation.  Students can choose to take courses in multiple studios if their schedule allows. Elective courses are also offered to the Entertainment Arts students including 2D Animation, Special Effects in Film, Photography, and 3D Creature Design. 
    All incoming students will need to apply to The Academy of Entertainment Arts and then select the studio they wish to pursue after being accepted into the academy.
    Please download our brochure for more information!  Please also visit our Academy Website!
     FACULTY
      
    Michael Pineda Ron Flowers Kristen Pineda   Nick Stefanic Kyle Brown
    MICHAEL PINEDA
    Digital Cinema Production
    Special Effects for Film
    RON FLOWERS
    3D Animation
    KRISTEN PINEDA
    AICE Photography
     NICHOLAS STEFANIC
     Digital Music Production  
    KYLE BROWN
     Commercial Art  
    FACILITIES
    The new Academy of Entertainment Arts facilities are under way. Walls are down! Electrical is going in! Very exciting. We will have a completely renovated facilities that better tailors to what we do in the academy: filmmaking, photography, graphic design, gaming, and digital music production.
     
    New classroom New Classroom New Studio   Classroom/Computer Lab More Classroom Space
    CERTIFICATIONS 
    We offer the following certifications in the various Academy of Entertainment Arts studios.
     PS   AI   ID   FL   DW   PR   MS lpx
     
    CONTACT 
    Assistant Principal of Programs
    Ms. Nicole Holcombe
    holcomben@pcsb.org

    Program Secretary
    Mrs. Mary Citek
    citekm@pcsb.org

    Program Coordinator
    Dr. Nick Stefanic
    stefanicn@pcsb.org
     
    The Academy of Entertainment Arts
    Dixie M. Hollins High School
    4940 62nd St N  St. Petersburg, FL 33709

    (727) 547-7876 | (727) 547-7727 (fax)