Art Center Sarasota

Exhibitions

Receptions from 5 - 7 p.m. Open to the public.

RECEIVING TIME FOR ALL EXHIBITIONS IS 1 - 6PM.

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Masquerade, Mystery and Mischief May 12 - July 3 2009

Gallery 4 (Main Gallery): Masquerade, Mystery and Mischief An All Media Open Juried Exhibition In this exhibition artists are invited to submit works of art in all media exploring mysteries, disguise, the theatrical, mischief, frivolity adventure, the strange and forbidden. In this exhibition as in the Masquerade… normal rules don’t apply! Gallery 1 (Front gallery): Jour ouvert: Let the Fete Begin Curated by Jane Smith Jour ouvert marks the beginning of Caribbean Carnival a bacchanalian, pre-Lenten festival. In this exhibition costumes worn by the revelers will be displayed. Gallery 2 (Glassed-in gallery): New College Fine Arts Student Exhibition Gallery 3 (Center gallery): Art Center Sarasota Members Sales Gallery Receiving: MAY 5 Runs: MAY 12th – JUL 3 Reception: MAY 14 Pick-up: JUL 3

Gallery 4 (Main Gallery): Green: The Primary Color All Media Open Juried Exhibition For those who reside in Florida year ‘round – appreciating the natural environment unconditionally or rather “air-conditionally” we invite you to join us in an exploration and celebration of the Florida Environment. Artists from around the state are invited to submit works of art in all media expressing their relationship to the natural environment. Gallery 1 (Front gallery): Seeing Florida: Florida Environmental Artists Curated by Suzanne White Florida - an exotic paradise, brimming with biodiversity, fabulouslandscapes and the promise of sunny days, is facing overdevelopment, diminishing water resources, pollution, and violent storms. This push/pull of realities has been constant in a state that attracts millions of visitors every year. Twenty four outstanding Florida Artists exploring environmental issues will be represented in this exhibition – one that will no doubt ignite a meaningful dialogue about Florida’s changing environment. Gallery 2 (Glassed-in gallery): Paintings and Prints by Chris Lundy Gallery 3 (Center gallery): Sarasota Sumi-e Society The painters in this exhibition use a technique referred to as East Asian Brush Painting. Sumi-e painters use an ink and wash technique that requires great skill and concentration. Forms found in nature are expressed in ink freely yet with a controlled brush stroke a stroke that once it is painted, cannot be changed. Receiving: JUL 7 Runs: JUL 14 – SEPT 12 Reception: JUL 16 Pick-up: SEPT 12

Gallery 1 (Front gallery):  Arte Outsider Hispano  Creativity is elusive and in continual flux from its initial beginnings, the seed, to full bloom and brilliance.   At each stage humanity is expressed and as yet can never be fully understood or grasped.  The artistic works in this exhibit find art in its purest state –  the work of the outsider artist! This exhibition will culminate in a  community Day open house celebration of “Dia de los Muertos” Day of the Dead. Gallery 2 (Glassed-in gallery) Gallery 3 (Center gallery) and Gallery 4 (Main Gallery): Show Us What You’ve Got!:  A “Members Only” All Media Juried Exhibition  All artist members of Art Center Sarasota are invited to show us what they’ve got.  Everyone has a chance to exhibit one or more works in this exciting multi-media exhibition. Receiving:  SEPT 29  Runs:   OCT 8 – OCT 31 Reception:  OCT 8 Pick-up:   NOV 7

Gallery 4 (Main Gallery):  6th Annual Florida Photography Open  Juried Exhibition  Artists from around the state are invited to submit photographs black & white, color and digital. Receiving: NOV 3 Runs: NOV 17 – JAN 9 Reception: NOV 19 Pick-up: JAN 9 Gallery 1 (Front gallery):  Shades of Light – Water Color  Paintings by Dean Mitchell An award-winning painter of figures depicting black middle and lower class people and landscapes from his southern background and other personal experiences, Dean Mitchell was inspired by grizzled laborers, time-worn elderly faces, and persons like himself who have lived in a segregated environment. His career hit an upswing 2002 when art critic Michael Kimmelman wrote in The New York Times that Mitchell was ‘a virtual modern-day Vermeer’. Gallery 2 (Glassed-in gallery): Featured Artists:  Richard Brownbill, Jimmy Peters, and Arieh Aizenberg   Three outstanding artist and Art Center Sarasota Members have been selected to show their recent photographs each exploring a unique perspective of  humanity, animal life, and patterns and textures of our environment. Gallery 3 (Center gallery):  Art Center Sarasota Members Sales Gallery

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