Photo: Ryan Gamma
Photo: Ryan Gamma
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Program Guide
Schedule At A Glance
FREE DAY
Second Sundays @ SAM
Sunday, December 12 from 11 am – 4:45 pm
Second Sundays @ SAM
Sunday, January 9 from 11 am – 4:45 pm
Second Sundays @ SAM
Sunday, February 13 from 11 am – 4:45 pm
SPOTLIGHT / CURATOR / ARTIST TALKS
SPOTLIGHT TALK
David Budd: Motion Within Stillness
Thursday, January 13 from 6 pm – 7 pm
CURATOR TALK: INSIDE LOOK
Fall/Winter Exhibitions
Thursday, January 27 from 6 pm – 7 pm
CURATOR TALK
Effigies: Felix Gonzalez-Torres and Danner Washburn
Thursday, February 10 from 6 pm – 7 pm
ARTIST TALK
Danner Washburn
Effigy : Hemric
Thursday, March 10 from 6 pm – 7 pm
JAZZ THURSDAYS
Jazz Thursday
Thursday, January 13 from 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Jazz Thursday
Thursday, February 10 from 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
December
FREE DAY
Second Sundays @ SAM Activities
Sunday, December 12
Join us for Second Sundays @ SAM!
Bring your friends and family to explore new art and thought-provoking exhibitions, and participate in our fun activities.
Musical Interludes – 12 pm to 1:30 pm
Join us for music on the Marcy & Michael Klein Plaza.
Mary’s Front Porch – 1:30 pm to 2 pm
Storytelling performance for all ages where they can share their imagination and creativity
Storytelling performance for all ages where they can share their imagination and creativity
What’s your medium?- 2 pm to 4 pm
An intergenerational art activity for discovering various artistic mediums
Ringling Studio + Digital Arts Free Studio Day Activities – 11am to 4:30pm
Free ceramics activity! Personalize your own ceramic puzzle piece! Help to create The Community Puzzle!
Free figure drawing session with a live model! Bring Your Own Drawing Materials!
Support for Free Second Sundays @ SAM is provided by the Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation.
January
FREE DAY
Second Sundays @ SAM Activities
Sunday, January 9
Join us for Second Sundays @ SAM!
Bring your friends and family to explore new art and thought-provoking exhibitions, and participate in our fun activities.
Musical Interludes – 12 pm to 1:30 pm
Join us for music on the Marcy & Michael Klein Plaza.
Mary’s Front Porch – 1:30 pm to 2 pm
Storytelling performance for all ages where they can share their imagination and creativity
Storytelling performance for all ages where they can share their imagination and creativity
What’s your medium?- 2 pm to 4 pm
An intergenerational art activity for discovering various artistic mediums
Ringling Studio + Digital Arts Free Studio Day Activities – 11am to 4:30pm
Free ceramics activity! Personalize your own ceramic puzzle piece! Help to create The Community Puzzle!
Free figure drawing session with a live model! Bring Your Own Drawing Materials!
Support for Free Second Sundays @ SAM is provided by the Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation.
Oil on canvas, 60 x 60 in.
Collection of Ringling College of Art + Design
Photo: Ryan Gamma
SPOTLIGHT TALK
David Budd: Motion Within Stillness
Mike Solomon and Emory Conetta
Thursday, January 13
Sarasota High School Alumni Auditorium
6 – 7 pm
FREE for Members
$20 Not-Yet Members
Mike Solomon, artist, friend, and specialist of David Budd, will join exhibition co-curator, Emory Conetta, to discuss the life and work of the artist, in addition to his time painting in Sarasota.
This program coincides with extended gallery hours. We invite you to enjoy the exhibitions before and after the program.
This program coincides with extended gallery hours. We invite you to enjoy the exhibitions before and after the program.
Tickets to this talk are not available yet, they will be available in mid December. Meantime, check out our other happenings.
Jazz Thursdays
Jazz Thursday
Thursday, January 13
6 – 7 pm
Sarasota Art Museum
FREE for Members
$20 Not-Yet Members
Sarasota Art Museum invites you to be our guest at our first Jazz Thursday at SAM!
Sarasota Art Museum is partnering with the Jazz Club of Sarasota for Jazz Thursdays. Join us for our special late night performances on the Marcy and Michael Klein Plaza and in the galleries.
Jazz Thursdays will occur on the second Thursday of each month.
Galleries + Bistro + Shop will be open
Sarasota Art Museum is partnering with the Jazz Club of Sarasota for Jazz Thursdays. Join us for our special late night performances on the Marcy and Michael Klein Plaza and in the galleries.
Jazz Thursdays will occur on the second Thursday of each month.
Galleries + Bistro + Shop will be open
Tickets to this event are not available yet, they will be available in mid December. Meantime, check out our other happenings.
CURATOR TALK: Inside Look
Fall/Winter Exhibitions
Thursday, January 27
6 – 7 pm
Sarasota High School Alumni Auditorium
FREE for Members
$20 Not-Yet Members
Join Assistant Curator Emory Conetta in exploring this season’s new exhibitions. The program will discuss the Museum’s newest initiatives and provide insight into the behind-the-scenes work that made these exhibitions possible.
Enjoy the exhibitions prior to the program!
Gallery hours are extended until 6 pm this evening.
Tickets to this talk are not available yet, they will be available in mid December. Meantime, check out our other happenings.
February
CURATOR TALK
Effigies: Felix Gonzalez-Torres and Danner Washburn
Thursday, February 10
6 – 7 pm
Thomas McGuire Hall
FREE for Members
$20 Not-Yet Members
Assistant Curator Emory Conetta will explore the works of Felix Gonzalez-Torres and Danner Washburn currently on view at the Museum; specifically, how each artist uses unconventional materials to create an effigy of a person, place, or memory. This event coincides with extended gallery hours. We invite you to enjoy the exhibitions before and after the program.
Tickets to this talk are not available yet, they will be available in mid December. Meantime, check out our other happenings.
Jazz Thursdays
Jazz Thursday
Thursday, February 10
6 – 7 pm
Sarasota Art Museum
FREE for Members
$20 Not-Yet Members
Sarasota Art Museum invites you to be our guest at Jazz Thursday at SAM!
Sarasota Art Museum is partnering with the Jazz Club
of Sarasota for Jazz Thursdays.
Join us for our special late night performances on the Marcy and Michael Klein Plaza and in the galleries.
Jazz Thursdays will occur on the second Thursday of each month.
Galleries + Bistro + Shop will be open
Tickets to this event are not available yet, they will be available in mid December. Meantime, check out our other happenings.
FREE DAY
Second Sundays @ SAM Activities
Sunday, February 13
Join us for Second Sundays @ SAM!
Bring your friends and family to explore new art and thought-provoking exhibitions, and participate in our fun activities.
Musical Interludes – 12 pm to 1:30 pm
Join us for music on the Marcy & Michael Klein Plaza.
Mary’s Front Porch – 1:30 pm to 2 pm
Storytelling performance for all ages where they can share their imagination and creativity
Storytelling performance for all ages where they can share their imagination and creativity
What’s your medium?- 2 pm to 4 pm
An intergenerational art activity for discovering various artistic mediums
Ringling Studio + Digital Arts Free Studio Day Activities – 11am to 4:30pm
Free ceramics activity! Personalize your own ceramic puzzle piece! Help to create The Community Puzzle!
Free figure drawing session with a live model! Bring Your Own Drawing Materials!
Support for Free Second Sundays @ SAM is provided by the Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation.
March
Porcelain figurine, NC 95 tobacco seed, collards seed, summer squash seed, sweet corn seed, neutral pH adhesive
3 x 1 ¼ x 2 in.
Courtesy of the artist
ARTIST TALK
Danner Washburn
Effigy : Hemric
Thursday, March 10
6 – 7 pm
Sarasota High School Alumni Auditorium
FREE for Members
$20 Not-Yet Members
Artist Danner Washburn (b.1994, North Carolina) and Assistant Curator, Emory Conetta, will discuss the artist’s current exhibition, Effigy : Hemric. The program will explore Washburn’s process of collecting and transforming found objects and his interest in the Yadkin Valley (North Carolina) tobacco culture and industry.
This event coincides with extended gallery hours. We invite you to enjoy the exhibition, Effigy : Hemric, before and after the program.
Tickets to this talk are not available yet, they will be available in late December. Meantime, check out our other happenings.