Take the Creators & Collectors Tour

 

21st Century Sarasota, the "New" Old Masters

Dates: 2 days, March 12-13, 2010, 10 am to 4 pm

Location: Various artist studios, Gallery Exhibit at Ulla Searing Student Center & State of The Arts Gallery

Tickets: $20 can be purchased on our website
In Sarasota:  Van Wezel, Davidson Drugs, State of the Arts Gallery, John Norman Tuck at Diane K's Salon on Main Street

In Venice:  Collector's Gallery and Framery, O Gallery, Paper Pad, Venice Stationers

Art Centers:  Longboat, Manatee, North Port, Venice

Contacts: 941-330-0680, FASSmarketing@comcast.net



For 39 years, the Fine Arts Society of Sarasota has held an annual Creators & Collectors Tour. The tour is a 2-day, self-guided Tour of artist studios around Sarasota, coupled with a gallery show of other outstanding local artists at Ringling College. The public gets a rare opportunity to see where artists live and work, see works in progress, talk with the artists whose work appeals to them, and experience how artists create and live with art on a daily basis. The tour dates are Friday, March 12 and Saturday, March 13 from 10 to 4 each day. All artwork is for sale.

This year you will visit the studios and chat with these award-winning artists:

Painters Joseph Patrick Arnegger*, Tim Jaeger*, Susan Klein, David Piurek*

 

Sculptor Scott Moore* 

Sculptors Diane Linscott and Marilyn Rothschild have been invited by Scott Moore to exhibit at his studio during the Tour.

NOTE:  The * indicates graduates of the Ringling College of Art and Design. 

 

                   Joseph Patrick Arnegger                      Tim Jaeger                                                        Susan Klein

                                              


                                             David Piurek                                                                     Scott Moore

 

 

Now moving on to Ringling College campus, the Fine Arts Society has created a major art exhibit at the dramatic new Ulla Searing Student Center. There you will meet 12 more artists, all from southern Sarasota County, displaying a variety of work, from pottery to painting.

The artists that have been selected for the Ulla Searing Student Center Exhibit are: 

Basket Makers: Elaine Cunningham and Marge Schemanski
Jewelry Designer: Melissa Erlenbach Searle
Painters: Francesco Agresti, Marilyn Gross, Sylva Hutchins, Linda Larisch and Susan Turconi
Photographer: James Johnson
Potters: Pat Kelly and Walter Yovaish
Sculptor: Julia Hyman

Finish with a stop at the Official Art Gallery of our Tour, State of the Arts Gallery, in downtown Sarasota located in the emerging new downtown hot spot of State Street. The gallery plans a special exhibit during the Tour, Locally Grown and Certified Organic, and represents several former Tour artists. This contemporary fine art gallery seeks to enhance the cultural canvas of Sarasota's visual arts community, representing local and nationally recognized artists. The client-friendly gallery's philosophy stems from the belief that we are all collectors at some point in our stage of art appreciation.

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Event: Art & Van Wezel Backstage Tours

Dates: Tuesdays January 5, February 2, March 2, April 6 and May 4 at 10am.

Location: Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall

Tickets: $5.00

Tours of the Society art collection at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall are offered to the public on the first Tuesday of each month, October through May. Tour guides will walk you through the “gallery” of paintings and sculptures of Florida’s most renowned artists. The exhibit covers a wide range of media and styles of art dating from the 1930s to present. The Tour also allows you the rare opportunity to go behind the scenes of the Van Wezel for a look at the workings backstage. Tours begin at 10 am in the Main Lobby of the Van Wezel, tickets are $5 per person, and benefit both the Van Wezel and the Fine Arts Society of Sarasota. Tickets can be purchased at the Van Wezel Box Office or by calling the Charge Line at 941.953.3368.

Oscar Lakeman's "Containers #410 on exhibit at Van Wezel

 

Each year the Fine Arts Society of Sarasota plans and promotes events to support its community outreach grants, scholarship, and acquisition programs. The Society provides cultural and educational opportunities for its members and organizes projects which benefit the entire community and its many visitors. The Society’s art collection is on display at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Center. The Fine Arts Society of Sarasota is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, all-volunteer organization. 

Our Mission 

To promote and stimulate appreciation of the Arts of Sarasota County:  Painting, Sculpture, Literature, Theater, Music, Dance and Architecture.  To establish a permanent collection of qualified works by locally and nationally recognized artists with a Florida connection, which will be placed on public exhibition for the enjoyment of Sarasota residents and visitors.  To provide grants, awards, and scholarships, for talented and qualified residents of Sarasota County for study in the field of Fine Arts.