Category Archives: 300 Words

300 Words: Sarasota Visual Art asks individuals to write about a particular discussion or evaluation of visual art. While we look to criticize art in the context of aesthetics or the theory of beauty, one of our goals is the pursuit of a rational basis for art appreciation.

Let optimism reign! 300 words by Jen Nugent

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by Jen Nugent The first art show I organized was in 2007. I was eighteen years old and running a small, bi-monthly zine complete with layout problems and typos, but also fantastic art, literature and the occasional crude joke. Digital Three Studios at the time was a small graphic design company on 6th Street and [...]

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Open letter to the Downtown Merchants Alliance

Joan Altabe

Miami Beach gets the Basel Art Fair and we get Sarasota Master Art Festival. Classing a street fair as a “Sarasota Master Art Festival” and touting unnamed vendors as “the nation’s finest artists” prompts the question, have you no sense of place, of history?

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I didn’t die today- in fact, most days I’m not in any immediate danger. By Jen Nugent

For me, there is so much weight associated with the term artist because it means that I must come to terms with what it is my work has to offer. It means I must believe, in my bones or whatever else I have, that I can actually give the universe something it has been missing. [...]

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A Sandwich Worth a 1,000 Words?

Jackson Pollock, Sandwich No. 20 (Almond Ribbons), 1950. Pasta and vegetables on bread

300 Words by Tim Jaeger As an artist, naturally I read everything I can about art and everything related to it. Whether it is about theory, a movement, or a critics’ perspective it is all interesting, however what really fascinates me is reading about the personalities of the people behind the paintings. One of my [...]

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PALM AVENUE PARKING GARAGE (PART 2)

Image credit to Skip Dyrda

300 Words by Joan Altabe, a second part to a previous entry.

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