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Arts + Culture

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  • Nick Reichert
  • August 28, 2015
Art Center Sarasota opens last exhibition of the 2014-2015 season

Galleries dedicated to text in art, artist Scott Bell and an open, juried exhibition opened and runs through Sept. 30

  • Arts + Culture
odditycoverweb
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • August 27, 2015
Do This: 'The Essence of Oddity' art show

Do This: 'The Essence of Oddity' art show

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • August 27, 2015
UF CityLab Sarasota opens

The University of Florida CityLab Sarasota Graduate School of Architecture opened at the Center for Architecture Sarasota

  • Arts + Culture
Incoming freshmen Ringling College students Mark Lim, Rebecca Morrello, Jack McCaffrey, Leandra Pearson and Lucas Riquenes bring different perspectives but a shared drive to Sarasota.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • August 26, 2015
Roll Call: Meet Ringling College's incoming students

The school's largest freshman class is ready to shape its campus and the city it now calls home.

  • Arts + Culture
Dustin Juengel standing in front of his mammoth piece in "Four Walls/Four Artists" at the Ringling College of Art and Design
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • August 26, 2015
Out of Frame: Artists illustrate on Basch Gallery walls

Four local artists are skipping the canvas and illustrating right on the walls of the Basch Gallery

  • Arts + Culture
Phillip Sink, winner of this year's Hermitage Prize, and Bruce Rodgers, executive director of the Hermitage Artist Retreat, in Aspen, Colorado.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • August 24, 2015
Phillip Sink wins 2015 Hermitage Prize

Presented in partnership by the Hermitage Artist Retreat and the Aspen Music Festival and School, the award for a young and promising composer includes a six-week residence at the Hermitage and a $1,000 prize.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • August 23, 2015
WATCH: Four Artists / Four Walls

WATCH: Four Artists / Four Walls

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • August 23, 2015
Speakeasy Sarasota takes the Devyn back in time

Full Moon Productions took Sarasota back to the time of Prohibition with their late-night themed party

  • Arts + Culture
Jeremy Guerrero and Alison Prouty in "Penitents" by Jack Gilhooley was presented during the Starlite Players' July series.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • August 21, 2015
Starlite Players announce lineup of new shorts for fall season

Two sets of comedy shorts will run at the Starlite Room in Sept. and Oct.

  • Arts + Culture
Married couple and fellow artists Matteo Caloiaro and Brooke Olivares spend their artistic free time in their cozy studio space in the Burns Court neighborhood.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • August 19, 2015
Studio Space: Matteo Caloiaro and Brooke Olivares

The two illustration graduates from Ringling College returned to Sarasota to expand not only their work but also impart tips and skills to the next generation of Ringling students.

  • Arts + Culture
Members of the reformed SARTQ, an artist collective, as they prepare for their inaugural show "Here and Now" at the State of the Arts gallery.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • August 19, 2015
SARTQ 2.0

The diverse artist collective returns after a three-year hiatus with a fresh lineup, a debut show and a new vision for the Sarasota arts scene.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • August 17, 2015
SARTQ opens "Here and Now" at the State of the Arts Gallery

The 16-member artist collective's first show runs through August 29.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • August 17, 2015
Urbanite Theatre opens "Isaac's Eye" by Lucas Hnath

The last show in the theater's inaugural summer season runs until Sept. 6

  • Arts + Culture
TWIS - Black Diamond
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • August 14, 2015
Black Diamond Burlesque set to tease Asolo audience

Black Diamond Burlesque set to tease Asolo audience

  • Arts + Culture
TWIS - sartq group
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • August 14, 2015
SARTQ returns to SRQ

SARTQ returns to SRQ

  • Arts + Culture
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