Sarasota Art Museum is a Blue Star Museum

Blue Star Museums Program

Sarasota Art Museum is proud to announce its participation in Blue Star Museums. Blue Star Museum is a national program offering free admission to active duty military personnel and their families this summer from Armed Forces Day, May 21, 2022, through Labor Day, Sept. 5, 2022.

SAM debuts First U.S. Solo Museum Exhibition by Jamaica-based Textile and Fiber Artist Katrina Coombs

Katrina Coombs, Oshuns Glory, 2020

Sarasota Art Museum presents I M(O)ther: Threads of the Maternal Figure, the first U.S. solo museum exhibition of Jamaica-based textile and fiber artist Katrina Coombs, open May 22 – October 2, 2022. Co-organized with the Miami-based Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator (DVCAI), this exhibition will feature 12 fiber artworks including large-scale installations and intimate sculptures that reference the artist’s personal experiences, as well as experiences of other maternal figures in her life.

State of the Art 2020: Constructs at SAM

Ronald Jackson, In a Day, She Became The Master of Her House, 2019, Oil on canvas, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2020.85

State of the Art 2020: Constructs Comes to Sarasota Art Museum Sarasota, FL – April 13, 2022 – Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College of Art and Design today announced State of the Art 2020: Constructs will open at Sarasota Art Museum from April 24 – September 11, 2022. State of the Art 2020: Constructs Read More »

Artist David Budd

Artist David Budd, 1927-1991 Mike Solomon Excerpted from the memoir, Our Salon by the Sea © 2022 Mike Solomon Mike and David in East Hampton1975 Photo courtesy of Solomon Archive It’s an interesting and often comforting thing to have someone in your life that knew of your arrival before you were born. Artist David Budd Read More »

Day With(out) Art 2021

Felix Gonzalez-Torres

Katherine Cheairs, Voices at the Gate, 2021. Commissioned by Visual AIDS for Day With(out) Art 2021.Still courtesy of Visual AIDS Cristóbal Guerra, Nobleza(s) de Sangre, 2021. Commissioned by Visual AIDS for Day With(out) Art 2021.Still courtesy of Visual AIDS Danny Kilbride, The Mersey Model, 2021. Commissioned by Visual AIDS for Day With(out) Art 2021.Still courtesy Read More »