Sarasota Visual Art
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For the past seven years Ringling Underground has been bringing a mix of exhibition and live music to Sarasota. This Thursday, March 2nd, Ringling returns with its second Underground of...
Karen Arango is an independent photographer, videographer and black and white gelatin silver printer. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Photography and Digital Imaging from Ringling College of Art and...
In recent years, functional ceramics, a medium often shunted into the category of craft, has been accepted into the vast world of contemporary art. The February Ringling Underground features three...
Thursday, February 5, 2015 Ringling Museum of Art 8:00pm – 11:00pm Ringling Museum starts 2015 with fourt mixed media artists: Nathan Wilson, Taylor Robenalt, Corbett Fogue, and Tyler Staggs. The event’s...
Sarah Viviana Valdez is an artist living and working in Tampa, FL whom I met through mutual friends, and as a fellow Ringling College of Art & Design and New...
Vladislav Yeliseyev in Studio Vladislav Yeliseyev, founder of Renaissance School of Art, is a vivid art educator, artist and architectural illustrator. Mr. Yeliseyev received his formal art education in 1977...
Most likely you already know who she is, and if not well now is your chance to meet Virginia Hoffman. From public sculpture, to advocating, to writing, to exhibitions, if...
It’s not everyday that we associate fine art with toys. Often the first image that comes to mind when think of art is a painting- something formal perhaps. However it’s...
Pamela Beck There are as many ways to think about art as there are to create it. Join Pamela Beck in her column, ARTdart, as she explores and considers the...
Caps Seurat, 2011 60x90" in one panel, and 88x132" in 3 panels Depicts 400,000 plastic bottle caps, equal to the average number of plastic bottles consumed in the United States...
Jake Fernandez graduated from the University of Florida and received his Masters of Fine Arts from the University of South Florida. He is known for creating complex pictorial structures through...
Lovejoy creates bold paintings that express his love of puns, interesting absurdities, or the power of symbols, and sometimes incorporate a jolt or surprise. Depicted is a look at people...
Nawabi, a first-generation Iranian-American artist, earned her MFA from the University of Florida in 2006 and BFA from East Carolina University in 2003. She is the recipient of numerous prestigious...
Claudia Ryan is one of the major female abstracts artists in the Sarasota / Bradenton area. A 2006 graduate of USF’s MFA program and Ringling College Graduate, Ryan has shown...
Paul E Mathisen Paul E Mathisen is showing his new work titled Transcending Topographical Landscape at State of the Arts Gallery on State Street in downtown Sarasota. Mathisen’s work is...
Artists of all disciplines come to the Hermitage Artist Retreat to do their work inspired by the history and ecology of its special location. A current Hermitage fellow, Michael Eade,...
Sanford Biggers is the 2010 recipient of The Greenfield Prize at the Hermitage Artist Retreat. Biggers has been included in several notable shows such as Prospect 1, New Orleans Biennial,...
Red Tide My father was my biggest influence. He was my champion. He is dead now, but never far from my mind. I am an artist because he could not...
Nancy is an artist printmaker who derives inspiration for her work from the people closest to her, from the news media, and from other artists. She uses art as a...
Golem #1; cuckoo clock with tools, 2011, foam rubber, 15 x 14 x 11 inches Please provide a brief statement about your current work. For my most recent body of...
Woodwind & Kite, (2010) What does it mean to you to be an artist living and working in Sarasota, FL? I just moved back here after a 17 year hiatus—I...
yellow duplex What role does history play in your work? History is very important to me and to my work. For the last couple years I have been working with...
The Family 1. What aspects of THE contemporary art WORLD would you change, if you could? There are many “art worlds” out there, more important than changing one might be...
1. What sort of art critic are you? Or, asked differently, who is your favorite art critic? As a critic, I tend to be pretty open-minded and curious. I like...
Currently, Art Center Sarasota is presenting a fascinating exhibition in the galleries titled Material Matters: A Look at Medium and Method. Given the sheer breadth and depth of each work...
Opening November 3, Art Center Sarasota will present a fascinating exhibition in the galleries titled Material Matters: A Look at Medium and Method. Given the sheer breadth and depth of...
1. What sort of art critic are you? Or, asked differently, who is your favorite art critic? The only critic that I really actually read for “pleasure” is Donald Kuspit....
Artist Statement In my current work, I attempt to communicate the artist’s source of inspiration and fascination with the discovery and exploration of a “new” environment. The work is a...