Events

Annual Garden Tour: Pop-Up Art Gardens

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Join us for this annual spring event that showcases artist gardens throughout the Village of the Arts.

This year’s Garden Tour coincides with the April Artwalk weekend. As you stroll through the Village during Artwalk on Saturday April 7, you will find a variety of traditional gardens and unique Pop-Up Art gardens nestled around the colorful historic cottages. Master Gardeners will be on hand to talk with visitors about Florida native plants and other gardening topics.

This year’s Garden Tour also features a VIP Experience! Visitors who donate $20 to the Artists Guild of Manatee can receive VIP treatment at 4 featured gardens within the tour. The VIP Experience includes beverages, a plant to take home, and an art postcard from a Village artist.

We’ll be adding more information as we get closer to the big day. So mark your calendars, and check back soon for updates!

Engage Sarasota: Arts & Culture

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FORUM: Our Impressive Cultural Heritage

Sarasota is known as the arts center of Florida.

This is your opportunity to meet the Sarasota Arts World with presenters from Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, Asolo Repertory Theatre, The Sarasota Ballet, Sarasota Orchestra, Sarasota Opera, The Ringling Museum of Art, Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County and more.

Location: To Be Determined

NOTE: YOU MUST BE AN ENROLLED MEMBER OF ENGAGE SARASOTA TO PARTICIPATE! PLEASE CONTACT BARB HINES FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO ENROLL: bhines@sarasotachamber.com or (941) 556-4026.

Celebration of the Arts

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$5 donations welcomed!
Join the Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County for their annual FREE Celebration of the Arts, the kick-off event of the 12-day-long fall celebration of arts and culture called InspireSarasota! This event is open to the public featuring performances by some of our great arts organizations and honoring community arts leaders. The Celebration takes place October 23, 2017 at 7 p.m. at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall.

InspireSarasota! Festival

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Join the Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County on November 4, 2017 from 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. for the FREE arts and cultural InspireSarasota! Festival in downtown Sarasota at Five Points Park! The festival will feature performances by youth and cultural groups, booths with information from arts and cultural organizations on their upcoming seasons, a book give-a-way for children, food, and activities for all ages.

Opening Ceremony at the 2017 World Rowing Championships

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On the evening of September 23, Sarasota-Bradenton welcomes the world to Florida’s beautiful Suncoast for the 2017 World Rowing Championships!

THIS IS A FREE AND NON-TICKETED EVENT
CEREMONY BEGINS AT 7:00 P.M.
PARKING IS $5 AND WILL BE LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE SOUTH END OF THE MALL AT UNIVERSITY TOWN CENTER (WHERE THE CIRCUS TENT WAS LOCATED DURING THE CIRCUS SARASOTA WINTER SHOW).

In a stunning display of local talent, the Opening Ceremony will tell the story of Florida’s Suncoast and how it became the amazing coastal and cultural community it is today. Acts include:
• Circus Sarasota (Circus Arts Conservatory and Sailor Circus)
• Jah Movement Reggae Band
• Sarasota Cuban Ballet School
• Sarasota Pops Orchestra
• Sarasota Ski-A-Rees Water Ski Show Team
• Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe
At the end of the evening, Creative Pyrotechnics will light up the night sky with a dazzling firework show over Nathan Benderson Park. Spectators can also expect several surprises!

Ringling International Arts Festival 2017

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Ringling International Arts Festival
October 18 – 21, 2017

Experience the brilliance of internationally-acclaimed musicians, actors, and dancers! Find the full schedule of performances and events: https://www.ringling.org/events/series/ringling-international-arts-festival

Performances are affordably priced and presented in three theaters within walking-distance, you can park the car once and enjoy the entire day. Lunch and dinner are available on-site.

Members save 10% on all tickets / Non-Members save 10% when purchasing 4+ RIAF productions. Tickets may be purchased online, in person or by calling 941-360-7399

Age-Friendly Festival

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The Age-Friendly Festival will be a celebration of lifelong well-being in our region. This community event aspires to connect people of all ages. Individuals and exhibitors from businesses, government, nonprofits, and the media will share information on a variety of topics that optimize community assets and enhance quality of life.

The Festival will feature exhibits, education, experiences, and entertainment highlighting:
— Arts & Culture
— Health & Wellness
— Livability Options

There will be free live entertainment and food for purchase throughout the day.

ACS Florida’s Finest : Exhibition Opening

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Art Center Sarasota Presents: “FLORIDA’S FINEST”
A Statewide Juried Exhibition
On View: July 6 – August 11, 2017
Opening Reception: Thursday, July 6, 5-7 p.m.

“Florida’s Finest” showcases the wide-ranging talents of Florida-based artists, and includes two- and three-dimensional works in a variety of media. R. Lynn Whitelaw, the founding director and curator of the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art at St. Petersburg College, will jury this year’s exhibition to be installed in all four of the center’s galleries. The exhibition’s substantial awards ($1,500 for first prize; $1,000 for second prize; $500 for third prize; $250 for merit awards; and $100 for special recognitions) attract top artists from around the state. “Florida’s Finest” is funded, in part, by the Sarasota County Tourist Development Tax Revenues.

Pioneer Winter: Alone Vignettes

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“Pioneer Winter: Alone Vignettes”
One night only. Friday evening, May 12th at 7:00pm
Sarasota’s Historic Burns Court District
Pineapple Yoga Studio & Event Space
517 South Pineapple Ave, Sarasota, FL 34236

Tickets available now on Eventbrite:
$10 Students with ID
$15 in advance
$20 at the door

Pioneer Winter is a Miami-based choreographer, and director of the Pioneer Winter Collective – invested in physical theatre, contemporary dance, interdisciplinary collaboration, and transmedia. His Collective provides a platform for risk-taking, progressive, and experimental projects by democratizing performance through unexpected bodies, unexpected places, and unexpected social change.

Pioneer will be performing a series of vignettes from multiple works woven together into an intimate and provocative evening of dance. Vignettes will include include “PIE SOLO,” a reinterpretation of the ‘one-man show’, where Pioneer Winter examines faith in religion and culture from the vantage points of sexuality, age, and queerness. Video installation, tap dancing, and stripping will draw the audience into an intimate and interactive dialogue blending humor, isolation, and anecdote.

“Dance-making is the one way I have to be brave. My work democratizes performance through the unexpected. Through this, I champion unexpected bodies, telling unexpected stories and personal histories, in unexpected and hidden places. I am a believer in the beauty of vulnerability and humanness.” -Pioneer Winter

Pioneer will be presenting a workshop that is open to all on Saturday afternoon, May 13th. Please check the HMF website regularly for updates on Festival arts workshops.

https://pioneerwinter.com/pioneer-winter-bio/

This presentation contains nudity and mature content.

HMF Opening Night – Hope Will Never Be Silent

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“HOPE WILL NEVER BE SILENT”
Harvey Milk Festival 2017 Art Show
Opening Reception Thursday, May 11th from 7pm – 10pm
Pienapple Yoga 517 S. Pineapple Avenue, Downtown Sarasota

Harvey Milk Festival’s art exhibit this year, “HOPE WILL NEVER BE SILENT,” will feature both established and young emerging artists that promote LGBTQIA human experiences through their work, which is to be presented as a collective transmedia art exhibit on Thursday, May 1th 2017 in Downtown Sarasota, Florida.

“HOPE WILL NEVER BE SILENT,” is a famous quote by Harvey Milk, our country’s first openly gay politician elected to public office. By presenting artists who support diversity, reject discrimination, and promote equality for our LGBTQIA community, the Festival presents work that promotes everything that Harvey Milk stood for. If we present great art, we present great change to our community.

Photo: Irene Garibay’s live performance of “Covered in insides”
Performance by Jess Pope and Company.