Florida’s West Coast Resource for Visual Art

There are many reasons why our year round residents reside here and why tourists decide to visit every year. One of them is culture, particularly visual art. Southwest Florida offers a broad spectrum of visual art to stimulate the mind and soul. We believe providing the content with the accessibility, and visibility, enthusiasts will attend and visit our galleries, museums, and programs.

Sarasota Visual Art is the premier online destination providing in-depth detailed coverage of the visual arts for the West Coast of Florida. We are comprised of Ringling College of Art & Design graduates and art professionals. Utilizing the area’s resources, and creating our own, we have quickly become the resource for Sarasota’s visual art community. We see the importance of being an artist here just as being an artist anywhere else in the world. Embracing one another and presenting our works locally enhances our community and our connections to each other.

• Tim Jaeger

• Co-Founder & CEO

• Studied Fine Art at the Ringling College of Art and Design, Jaeger decided to remain in the resort coastal town of Sarasota after earning his bachelors of arts, where he now works and paints. Jaeger’s work is featured across the country, but he’s more than an artist. Though poised with paintbrush in hand, his creative mind expands into the business and politics of Sarasota’s visual arts. As CEO and co-founder of sarasotavisualart.com and co-founder and president of local arts collective SARTQ, Jaeger works toward engaging the community and fostering new artistic partnerships.

• regeajstudio.com

• Daniel Miller

• Co-Founder, CTO & Editor

• Daniel operates as the Creative Director and Chief Information Officer for corporations and non-profit organizations. After graduating from Ringling College in 2003, Daniel worked for the New York Times Co., published a local art magazine, developed SARTQ Artist Collective, volunteered hundreds of hours to local non-profits, and continually creates art in his personal time. Not only does he make stuff, but he’s also an avid chess player and professional ear wiggler.

• danielmiller.me

• Kevin Costello

• Literary Contributor

• Artist, lecturer Kevin Costello was born in St. Peter Port, Guernsey, English Channel Islands and graduated the Chelsea School of Art and Goldsmith’s College, University of London. After emigrating to the U.S. in 1973 he taught visual arts and art history at the San Francisco Academy of Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and worked as a carousel wood carver for the San Francisco Art Commission. Costello is well-recognized on the west coast of Florida for his 6 year role as Art Correspondent for the Sarasota Herald Tribune and Contributing Writer for Arts and Culture Magazine. He is also an active member of the City of Sarasota Public Art Committee.

• kevincostelloart.com

• Kevin Dean

• Literary Contributor

• B.A., M.A., Director of Selby Gallery,
  Co-Coordinator of American Humanities. He has written for the Galesburg Registered Mail, Chicago’s New Art Examiner, Longboat Observer, Bradenton Herald, Sarasota Magazine, Art Voices Magazine, Sarasota Arts Review and numerous exhibition catalog essays. In 1985 Dean began teaching studio and art history at Sarasota’s internationally-renown Ringling College of Art and Design and became the director of the art college”s Selby Gallery nine years later where he now works today.

• ringling.edu/selbygallery

• Joan Altabe

• Literary Contributor

• Former visual arts critic for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune and the Bradenton Herald, former New York City art teacher and longtime award-winning art and architecture critic for U.S. and overseas publications, is referenced in “Who’s Who in American Art” and “Who’s Who of American Women” and currently writes as the St. Petersburg art Examiner and National art Examiner. Altabe has written several books including “Art Behind the Scenes” (100 painters in and out of their studio) and “Sculpture off the Pedestal” (25 sculptors in and out of their studio). Both available at Amazon.com.

• examiner.com/joan-altabe

• Jennifer Nugent

• Literary Contributor

• Jen is a Sarasota native, Ringling College of Art + Design graduate, and is now part of SARTQ. She is really smart, has a way with people, and makes awesome art. Until she provides us with her bio, you should know that she’s really awesome.

• jennugent.com

• Danny Olda

• Tampa Correspondent

• Born in New York city in 1982. His family moved to the Tampa/St.Petersburg area in Florida when he was about three years old. Danny graduated from Clearwater High School in 2001 and shortly thereafter attended St. Petersburg College. In 2004 he moved to California and attended the Academy of Art University San Francisco. Danny married in 2006 and once again lives in Clearwater, Florida.

• artatbay.com

• Natalya Swanson

• USF Student Correspondent

• A native to Sarasota, Natalya drives to Tampa multiple times a week. Her focus is in Art History with a keen eye, and interesting opinions on art. Beyond her incredible intellect, she is very good with art making, as well as getting thoughts into text for your reading pleasure. We are very lucky to have such an awesome addition to our team.

• Sishirprithvi Bomakanti

• Ringling College Student Correspondent

• Born in India (1990). He Lived India, New Zealand, New Jersey, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota and is currently living in Florida. Sishir is a freelance illustrator, designer and painter whose illustrations and focus are geared towards conceptual narrative and figurative arts. His subject matter involves big juxtaposing objects within a composition, while his design works focus more on abstract compositions.

• sishirbommakanti.blogspot.com

• Steve McFadden

• Videographer

• Stephen shoots, edits, and produces videos specializing in short form web content. His passion is to deliver your message through engaging web videos to be used on your website, social networking sites, and on-line marketing campaigns. Through a collaborative client relationship, he will help you share your unique story with your local community to the business world at large.

• mcfaddencreative.com