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Installation of different colored basketballs with two prints on a blue wall in the background

Sarasota Art Museum to donate 650 basketballs from installation by David Huffman to local area schools and community centers

Sarasota Art Museum to donate 650 basketballs from installation by David Huffman to local area...

Black and white drawing of youth lying on their side with the words "Some Glad morning" written in cursive beneath. Gold ceramic flowers surround the head of the figure.

Chris Friday Creates Sanctuaries of Nostalgia and Rest from the Modern World in Mixed Media Exhibition

Chris Friday Creates Sanctuaries of Nostalgia and Rest from the Modern World in Mixed Media...

Lillian Blades (Bahamian, born 1973). Installation view of Boundless, 2022. Courtesy of the artist and Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama. Photo: Nick Drollette Photography.

Artist Lillian Blades invites visitors into an immersive labyrinth of veils and reflection at Sarasota Art Museum, beginning June 1

Artist Lillian Blades invites visitors into an immersive labyrinth of veils and reflection at Sarasota...

Sarasota Art Museum Brings Gee’s Bend Quilts and Paulson Fontaine Press Prints to Sarasota for the First Time

Sarasota Art Museum Brings Gee’s Bend Quilts and Paulson Fontaine Press Prints to Sarasota for...

Mr. Bailey, Octopus Shoe, 2018 Collection of Mr. Bailey Courtesy American Federation of Arts and the Bata Shoe Museum

Sarasota Art Museum Presents
Future Now: Virtual Sneakers to Cutting-Edge Kicksas part of National Tour

Sarasota Art Museum Presents Future Now: Virtual Sneakers to Cutting-Edge Kicks as part of National...

Artist Joe Fig Debuts New Works in Exhibition that Records One of the Largest Gatherings of Vermeer Paintings to Date

Artist Joe Fig Debuts New Works in Exhibition that Records One of the Largest Gatherings...

Martha Posner, Photo: Larry Fink; Peter Barberie, Photo: Zoe Strauss

Creative couple’s work presented together for first time in ‘Larry Fink / Martha Posner: Flesh and Bone’

Creative couple’s work presented together for first time in ‘Larry Fink / Martha Posner: Flesh...

Sarasota Art Museum Commissions Amalgam, a New Site-Specific Installation by Renowned Ceramic Artist and Designer Molly Hatch

Sarasota Art Museum Commissions Amalgam, a New Site-Specific Installation by Renowned Ceramic Artist and Designer...

Never Records installation at Sarasota Art Museum

Hermitage Artist Ted Riederer Returns to Sarasota Art Museum

Hermitage Artist Ted Riederer Returns to Sarasota Art Museum June 3-9 to Create Additional Vinyl...

Janet Echelman (American). Study (Butterfly Rest Stop 1/9 scale), Rome, Italy, 2022. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Giovanni DeAngelis.

Sarasota Art Museum Announces its 2025-2026 Season Exhibition Schedule

Sarasota Art Museum Announces its 2025-2026 Season Exhibition Schedule Upcoming exhibitions feature works by internationally...

Sarasota Art Museum Announces 2024/2025 Season Exhibition Schedule

Sarasota Art Museum Announces 2024/2025 Season Exhibition Schedule Upcoming exhibitions feature contemporary art by local,...

A Group of people with easels in a painting class

Take Art Classes Where Art Lives

Take Art Classes Where Art Lives Adult Art Classes Available at The Studios at SAM...

Judy Pfaff (American, born 1946). Installation view of ar.chae.ol.o.gy at the Pamela Salisbury Gallery, Hudson, New York, 2021. Mixed media. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Peter Aaron/OTTO.

Florida Hurricanes Inspire Sarasota Art Museum Fall Exhibition Featuring Judy Pfaff

Florida Hurricanes Inspire Sarasota Art Museum Fall Exhibition Featuring Judy Pfaff The monumental installation marks...

Juana Valdés. The World Stripped Bare and Flat, 2017, and Imperial China, 2017. Installation view at The American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora, Miami, FL, 2017–2019. Mixed media (bone china, wood, metal, and sheetrock), 96 x 15 x 144 in.; Framed digital photographs on Hahnemühle paper, 11 x 14 in. (each). Courtesy of the artist.

Juana Valdés: Embodied Memories, Ancestral Histories at Sarasota Art Museum Features Powerful Works Anchored in Historical and Personal Narratives

Juana Valdés: Embodied Memories, Ancestral Histories at Sarasota Art Museum Features Powerful Works Anchored in...

Laura de Santillana (Italian, 1955-2019). Uran, 2014. Blown and slumped glass,13 4/10 x 25 x 7 in., 20 x 21 x 6 in., 24 x 19 x 6 in., 27 x 18 x 6 in. Collection of Richard and Barbara Basch. Image courtesy of Ringling College of Art and Design.

Selection of Exquisite and Boldly Shaped World-Class Glasswork by 16 Renowned International Artists Featured at Sarasota Art Museum

Selection of Exquisite and Boldly Shaped World-Class Glasswork by 16 Renowned International Artists Featured at...

Sarasota County Schools teachers participate in art-making activities featured in INSIDE OUT: Educator and Student Resources K-12 guides. Photo courtesy of Sarasota Art Museum.

Sarasota Art Museum Creates Multimedia Educational Resources Through IMLS Grant

Sarasota Art Museum Creates Multimedia Educational Resources Through IMLS Grant New INSIDE OUT: Educator and...

Visitors explore Sarasota Art Museum’s galleries. Photo Credit: Daniel Perales

Sarasota Art Museum Announces 2023/2024 Season Exhibition Schedule

Sarasota Art Museum Announces 2023/2024 Season Exhibition Schedule Visitors are invited to experience new installation...

Sarasota Art Museum Announces 2023-2024 Teen Arts Council Class

Sarasota Art Museum Announces 2023-2024 Teen Arts Council Class July 27, 2023 SARASOTA, Fla. (July...

Carlos Bunga, Photograph by Bruno Lopes, 2019. Courtesy of EDP Foundation.

Sarasota Art Museum to Present Immersive Installation by Carlos Bunga This Summer

Sarasota Art Museum to Present Immersive Installation by Carlos Bunga This Summer July 13, 2022...

Call to Artists Announced for Tampa Bay Area Exhibition Skyway 2024

Call to Artists Announced for Tampa Bay Area Exhibition ‘Skyway 2024: A Contemporary Collaboration’ Exhibition...

Chakaia Booker (American, born 1953). Handle with Care, 2010. Rubber tires, wood, and steel, 34 1/2 x 98 x 11 in. Courtesy of the artist © Chakaia Booker and Courtesy of the David Nolan Gallery; Photo: The Visual Arts Center of New Jersey.

Chakaia Booker: Surface Pressure at Sarasota Art Museum Explores Sociocultural Themes Through a Diverse Range of Materials

Chakaia Booker: Surface Pressure at Sarasota Art Museum Explores Sociocultural Themes Through a Diverse Range...

Sarasota Art Museum Continues Participation in Blue Star Museums Program

Sarasota Art Museum Continues Participation in Blue Star Museums Program May 18, 2023 SARASOTA, Fla....

Kirsten Hassenfeld, (American, born 1971) Millefleur (detail), 2019, salvaged textiles with mixed media, 78 inches diameter, (c) Kirsten Hassenfeld

Sarasota Art Museum Presents A Beautiful Mess: Weavers & Knotters of the Vanguard

Sarasota Art Museum Presents A Beautiful Mess: Weavers & Knotters of the Vanguard Opening Feb....

"Newfoundland (Green Boat)," c. 2006, by Richard Benson (American, 1943–2017). Multiple impression pigment print, image: 11 9/16 × 17 3/8 inches.; sheet: 12 15/16 × 19 inches. © Estate of Richard M. A. Benson. Collection of Barbara Benson. Image courtesy Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2021.

Richard Benson: The World Is Smarter Than You Are Opens Feb 5

Richard Benson: The World Is Smarter Than You Are Opens Feb. 5 at Sarasota Art...

Sarasota Art Museum Announced New Senior Curator

Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College is delighted to announce that Rangsook Yoon, Ph.D, has...

International Award-Winning Musical Artists Featured in Salon-Style Series Concerts

International Award-Winning Musical Artists Featured in Salon-Style Series Concerts New program kicks off Nov. 5...

Nationwide Art Initiative Debuts at Sarasota Art Museum

Nationwide Art Initiative Debuts at Sarasota Art Museum More than 500 Community Members from Sarasota...

Single-screen still from Janet Biggs, A Step on the Sun, 2012. Five-channel HD video installation, 16:9 format. 9:22 minutes. Courtesy the artist and Cristin Tierney Gallery, New York.

Journeys to Places Known and Unknown – Janet Biggs and peter campus

Stills from peter campus, strafe das meer: carmans river 2 and 3, 2022 Videograph.12:13 minutes,...

Sarasota Art Museum Announces New Senior Director of Business Operations

Sarasota Art Museum Announces New Senior Director of Business Operations August 30, 2022 Sarasota, FL...

Sarasota Art Museum Announces Fall Education Programs

Sarasota Art Museum Announces Fall Education Programs Registration for studio arts classes opens Aug. 16...

Steven and William Ladd, "Welcome to Santo Poco!", 2018, Archival board, fiber, trinkets, pins, shredded paper, wheat starch, glue, and dye, 60 x 162 x 4 in., Courtesy of the artists and Cristina Grajales Gallery

Steven and William Ladd: Lead With a Laugh to Open Sept. 4 at Sarasota Art Museum

Steven and William Ladd Welcome to Santo Poco!2018Archival board, fiber, trinkets, pins, papier-mâché, and dye60...

SAM Offers Summer Teen Studios and Studio Art Programs for Adults

Studios At SAM Photos: Daniel Perales Sarasota Art Museum Offers Summer Teen Studios and Studio...

Sarasota Art Museum is a Blue Star Museum

Sarasota Art Museum is proud to announce its participation in Blue Star Museums. Blue Star...

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

Sarasota Art Museum presents I M(O)ther: Threads of the Maternal Figure, the first U.S. solo...

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 at SAM

State of the Art 2020: Constructs Comes to Sarasota Art Museum Sarasota, FL – April...