February 2020
Arts Advocates Art Collection Tour
The Fine Arts Society of Sarasota, Inc. Arts Advocates began acquiring works of art in 1970. The collection now contains over 50 pieces by Florida artists which represent a wide range of media and styles dating from the 1930s to the present. The collection is on display at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, 777 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. Join a docent-led tour of the Arts Advocates’ collection and learn about the art and the artists as you walk through…
Find out more »Speaking of the Arts: A Conversation with Lynn Ahrens
Arts Advocates continues its Speaking of the Arts series with Tony Award winner Lynn Ahrens and Asolo Rep’s Assistant Artistic Director Celine Rosenthal in conversation about creating the lyrics and music for “Knoxville.” “A Conversation with Lynn Ahrens” will be February 27, 2020, 7:00 p.m., at the Art Ovation Hotel, 1255 N. Palm Avenue in Sarasota. Doors/cash bar open at 6:00 p.m. Tickets, available through artsadvocates.org, are $50 for Arts Advocates members, $60 for non-members, and $100 for patrons who…
Find out more »March 2020
Arts Advocates Monthly Program
Thursday, January 16, 2020, 10:30 a.m. - Street Fairs of Paris and Their Carnival Folk in Stories and Photographs, 1900s Writer, educator, and arts patron Charlotte Perret shares the fascinating stories behind the creation of her book, At Their Doorstep – an historic and pictorial account of the itinerant street fairs that brought mass entertainment to the neighborhoods of early 20th-century Paris. While residing in Paris in the early 1980s, Ms. Perret went directly to the few surviving carnival folk who owned and operated these great game stands, carousels,…
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