Member Preview Day 5/16/26

Saturday, May 16, 2026

10 am–5 pm

Members Only! Get a first look at our new exhibition Beautiful Ideas: The Prints of Sol LeWitt.

10–11 am | Member Coffee
Bistro at Sarasota Art Museum
Start your day off right with a complimentary cup of freshly-brewed coffee at Bistro.
Advance registration not required.

10 am–1 pm | BeWell Tasting Table
Bistro at Sarasota Art Museum

Enjoy two nourishing samples: Chicken and Black Bean Taco Flatbread and Chicken Egg Roll in a Bowl.

The Museum’s on-site exclusive caterer, Constellation Culinary Group, is pleased to present a BeWell Tasting Table to showcase how you can master your macronutrients and balance your nutrition. Enjoy these healthy bites and learn practical strategies from a registered dietitian about the foods that fuel your body, and how the nutrients in what you eat shape how you feel, move, and live each day. 
Advance registration not required. Samples are available while supplies last.

11 am–12 pm | Guided Tour

Join us for a guided tour of Beautiful Ideas: The Prints of Sol LeWitt. Meet in the Wendy G. Surkis & Peppi Elona Lobby.
Advance registration not required.

1 pm–2 pm | Opening Day Talk with David S. Areford
Sarasota High School Alumni Auditorium at SAM
Join guest curator David Areford as he explores the prints of American artist Sol LeWitt (1928-2007). When LeWitt began pursuing printmaking in 1970, he quickly focused on the medium’s inherent technical and mechanical properties that best served his approach to conceptual art. Two print-specific characteristics were especially productive—reversal and rotation. LeWitt employed these strategically to achieve a range of meanings and effects, from clever references to Italian Renaissance art to dynamic activations of pictorial space. 
Advance registration required.

Reserve discounted Member tickets

While you are here, don’t forget to use your Member Discount at Bistro and in the Museum SHOP!

Sol LeWitt (1928 - 2007) Distorted Cubes, Plate #04, 2001 Linocut 28 × 35 1/2 in. New Britain Museum of American Art, Gift of Sol LeWitt © Estate of Sol LeWitt 2025
Sol LeWitt (1928-2007). Distorted Cubes, Plate #04, 2001.
Linocut 28 × 35 1/2 in. New Britain Museum of American Art, Gift of Sol LeWitt © Estate of Sol LeWitt 2025

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