Category: The Goods

The Farther South You Go the Further North You Are What does it mean to be Floridian and how would this manifest itself in art? It’s only in recent years...

Olda Reviews: Andy Warhol and (Facebook) Friends The Florida Museum of Photographic Arts highlights Andy Warhol’s photography in its outgoing exhibit, Andy Warhol and Friends. The exhibition features the photographic...

No Touching! An interview with a Ringling Museum Guard When you enter a museum, they are lurking in the corners, uniformed, silent, eyes constantly scanning the room. You may never...

Featured Artist: Jake Fernandez 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...

The Equality Gallery – Harvey Milk Festival May 11 – ‘The Silent T’ Art Opening will be held at The Ivory Lounge, presenting work from local and national artists on...

Featured Artist: Robert Lovejoy 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...

Ringling Museum and the Blue Madonna Visiting Ringling Museum – Dolci chose simplicity of theme rather consciously as his enemy and while we could argue the impact that that had...

Featured Visiting Artist: Kymia Nawabi 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...

Featured Artist: Claudia Ryan 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...

Olda Reviews: Like Water, Plain Yet Potent Michelle Fader’s clear technical skill shows her to be an adept photographer. More importantly, though, her promise in image and meaning manipulation shows...

Interview with Hermitage Fellow, artist Michael Eade A current Hermitage fellow, Michael Eade, a contemporary watercolour landscape painter from New York City, recently visited Sarasota for a residency and spoke...

Cat Pennenga Discusses ‘iconcept Fashion Show’ 2012 Art Walks the Runway when Art Center Sarasota presents the fourth annual iconcept event on March 30, but we talk to the curator...

Featured Visiting Artist: Sanford Biggers On Friday, March 30, his newest installation will be available to the public at Ringling Museum. Biggers will also be presenting, “Speaking of My Work”...

Olda Reviews: I LIKE MY ART LIKE MY VEGGIES… Art hasn’t always been (and presumably won’t always be) bought and sold the way it is today. St. Petersburg’s Morean Arts...

Featured Artist: Gale Fulton Ross My only challenge is what do I want to paint on what day. I paint because I am free to do so; not to become...

Sarasota has an art history, how about a future? Even before Ringling’s school began to draw World War II veterans intent on studying art under the G.I. Bill of Rights,...

Todd Smith on Romare Bearden: Southern Recollections The Tampa Museum of Art is pleased to present an exhibition of approximately 70 works of art that span the career of ROMARE...

Featured Content Interview with Glass Artist, Richard Jolley Richard Jolley has produced a remarkable body of sculpture that explores the human figure, its timeless beauty, and expressive potential. Richard Jolley,...

Featured Content A Conversation with Lesley Dill at the Sarasota Museum of Art Sarasota Visual Art joined in on a Q & A with the Brooklyn artist at the future...

Open letter to the Downtown Merchants Alliance Miami Beach gets the Basel Art Fair and we get Sarasota Masters Art Festival. Classing a street fair as a “Sarasota Masters Art...

Featured Content Featured Gallery: SCF Fine Art Gallery Sarasota Visual Art interviews Curator, and Gallery Manager, Joe Loccisano. “My dream exhibition, therefore, would effectively eliminate the perceived barriers between “artist”...

Featured Content Jack Dowd – 27: When the Music Died – http://bit.ly/AatJNK Acclaimed Sarasota artist and sculptor, Jack Dowd, known for his innocently hilarious full size figures, has shifted focus...

Featured Content Featured Artist: Jennifer Nugent – http://bit.ly/uJtjjY I’d like to see more experimentation in curatorial endeavors. I think many artists have so much more to say than maybe a painting...

Sarasota Visual Art wishes you a safe and happy New Year! Thank you for all your support, we’ll see you next year! Interview with Ann Albritton Interview conducted by Jen...

We wish you happy holidays! Sarasota Visual Art’s round up of exhibitions and events for Friday, Dec. 23 through Sunday, Dec. 26, 2011. Week in Review Featured Artist: Andrew Brehm...

Sarasota Visual Art’s round up of exhibitions and events for Friday, Dec. 16 through Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011. Week in Review Featured Artist: Andrew Brehm http://bit.ly/sd7ICM If I speak at...

Sarasota Visual Art’s round up of exhibitions and events for Friday, Dec. 9 through Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011. Week in Review Building Blocks: Interview with Michael Halflants – http://wp.me/p1DJvQ-iR Architect,...

Sarasota Visual Art’s round up of exhibitions and events for Friday, Dec. 2 through Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011. Week in Review Featured Artist: Kasey Lou Lindley http://bit.ly/slqeJ2 Featured Gallery: Stakenborg...

Week in Review Featured Artist: Jason Mitcham http://wp.me/p1DJvQ-bT Featured Gallery: Stakenborg Fine Art http://wp.me/p1DJvQ-gg FRIDAY – November 18, 2011 Small Works – Towles Court Art Walk http://wp.me/p1DJvQ-gL Third annual juried...

FRIDAY – November 11, 2011 Crystal Classic, Siesta Key Beach http://wp.me/p1DJvQ-30 Sand sculpture competition taking place on Siesta Key Public Beach. This year features master sculptors from all over the...