The fourth annual New College Juried Student Art Exhibition features sculpture, painting, drawing and printmaking work by 16 New College of Florida. The exhibition is free and open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Jan. 20 through March 2 in the Isermann Gallery in the Caples Fine Arts Complex, 5313 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota. [...]
The Dancing Crane Gallery presents “Art Across America” with artist John Hannafin. Show runs through Jan. 28. The Dancing Crane Gallery is at 1019 10th Ave. West, Bradenton. Call (941) 744-1333 or visit www.dancing-crane.com. Pictured is “Siesta Key Sunset” by John Hannafin.
This week a circuit judge sentenced former St. Armands gallery owner Robert Preiss to two years in prison. Preiss, 47, promised if he could be sentenced to probation to repay around $350,000 to two companies and one elderly art collector for selling their consigned art without telling them or paying them the proceeds. But assistant [...]
Sarasota will be the first city in the world to present live opera on a set rendered in chalk at the Fourth Annual Sarasota Chalk Festival. The unique addition to this year’s festival partners the Sarasota Opera with Avenida de Colores to present excerpts from “Madama Butterfly.” The excerpts will be performed on an outdoor [...]
New, stricter regulations passed by the Sarasota City Council may have washed away any hope for the 2011 Sarasota Chalk Festival to go on as planned. Chalk Festival Event Chairwoman and Founder Denise Kowal’s beloved Annual Sarasota Chalk Festival brings in artists from around the globe displaying their street art in Downtown Sarasota’s Pineapple Avenue. [...]
The Dancing Crane Gallery opens its “Sensational Sixth Season” with the spectacular, bold and unique art of Anita Wexler. Reception to meet the artist is from 6 to 9 p.m., Oct. 7. Wexler’s show runs through Nov. 26 in Galleries 1 and 2. Grand opening of Gallery 4 for Books, Note Cards and Gifts d’ [...]
Art Center Sarasota presents “Clay’s Life.” Acclaimed artist Frank Colson will be performing an outrageous melodrama about Carla O’Brien’s philosophy of how clay parallels human life. Ceramic clay goes through many changes as it is formed and fired just as humans change from newborn to adult and beyond. This is the first of a series [...]
Abstract works by artists such as Vassily Kandinsky, Arthur Dove, Franz Kline, Jules Olitski, Louise Nevelson, Alexander Calder, Yves Tanguy and Richard Serra among others will be on view inviting visitors to explore this modernist paradigm. Asian ceramics have captivated collectors for centuries because of their exquisite forms, patterns and materials. Advancements in sailing and [...]
The Sarasota Chalk Festival is revving up its engines and gathering momentum and excitement for its fourth festival, which will take place this fall from Nov. 1-7. The festival began in 2007 with 20 artists and 5,000 attendees
Asolo Repertory Theatre has received a generous $25,000 grant from Publix Super Markets Charities to support the theatre’s education and outreach initiative, “Access to the Arts.” This program is a cornerstone of Asolo Rep’s mission to educate the community’s children through participation in superior educational programs. The support of Publix Super Markets Charities will ensure [...]
