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We offer more than 25 exhibitions annually, year-round classes for kids and adults, and collaborative programming with artists, performers, and arts groups. Here is where you’ll find news, stories and updates.

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Art Center Sarasota Receives Grant from The Exchange

Art Center Sarasota received a $10,000 grant from The Exchange during a grants ceremony on June 8, 2023. The grant will help fund the center’s free Youth Saturdays, a program that provides arts education and inspiration to youth ages 6-15.

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ACS Selected for Margin & Mission Ignition

Art Center Sarasota is one of four regional nonprofit organizations to have joined Margin & Mission Ignition, an entrepreneurial opportunity from The Patterson Foundation designed to build organizational capacity, boost revenue, and strengthen mission impact.

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Kinsey Robb, Executive Director

Sarasota Magazine showcases our own Kinsey Robb in their feature article, Four New Arts Leaders Shaping Our Future.

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Muralist Annie Dong

Artist Annie Dong, a New College student and muralist, was selected to create the mural for this biennial initiative, a collaboration between Art Center Sarasota and the Boys & Girls Club of Manatee County.

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Call for Muralist

Call to muralists! The selected artist will design the wall mural and outline the major details of the design. Youth who attend the Boys & Girls Club of Manatee County will then paint the mural, with supervision, over the course of four days in January.

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And the Winner Is…

Announcing the winners of the 2022 Juried Regional Show, juried by Amanda Cooper, chief curator at the Morean Arts Center in St. Petersburg.

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New Exhibitions in January

Art Center Sarasota’s 2021-2022 exhibition season continues with four exhibits, January 27-March 5. Vitus Shell, 31 Flavors; Javo, Revisited; Suncoast Black Arts Collaborative, Visions in Black; and Anything Goes, a juried exhibition.

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Art and Sound

Join us for a meditative Sound Bath with Stacy Tarter of Rosemary Court Yoga in our Bassmi Ibrahim Gallery on Dec 21, 2021.

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New Exhibition Includes “Cup Shop”

New exhibition showcases four exhibits Dec 9-Jan 15 with works by Bassmi Ibrahim, George Pappas, a juried show, and a Cup Shop for finding the perfect holiday gift.

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Art and Meditation

Art Center Sarasota is partnering with Sarasota Mindfulness Institute for an intimate evening of guided meditation and visual awareness on Dec 14, 2021.

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