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Skyway 2027: A Contemporary Collaboration

April 25–September 26, 2027

Now in its fourth iteration, Skyway is a triennial exhibition celebrating the gamut of regional creativity and contemporary art practices flourishing in Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, and Sarasota counties. Originating as a collaboration among art institutions in the Tampa Bay area in 2017, Skyway has galvanized the artist community in the region, introducing artistic talents and vigorous practices to a larger audience. This year, Sarasota Art Museum proudly joins four other esteemed institutions: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art (Sarasota), Museum of Fine Arts (St. Petersburg), Tampa Museum of Art (Tampa), and University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum (Tampa).

Sarasota Art Museum’s Skyway 2027: A Contemporary Collaboration is organized by Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College of Art and Design and curated by Lacie Barbour, curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at Sarasota Art Museum.

This exhibition is made possible, in part, with generous support from:


Platinum Sponsors
Judy and Fred Fiala

Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation Logo

Gold Sponsors

Stanton Storer Embrace the Arts Foundation

Silver Sponsors
Karl Copas
Marge and Leon Ellin
Keith Monda and Veronica Brady

Gobioff Foundation
The Modern

Essay

Happenings

Large pink playscape on a green lawn with children playing in the foreground

Sarasota Art Museum Announces New Site-Specific Outdoor Playscape, “Natural Curiosity,” is Open for Play

Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College of Art and Design (SAM) is pleased
to announce the addition of a new playscape located on the Museum’s Great Lawn. Titled “Natural Curiosity,” this piece will serve as part art installation, part outdoor classroom, inspiring creativity, social connection and well-being for locals, tourists and school students alike.
Designed by Brooklyn, New York-based, award-winning multidisciplinary design studio The
Urban Conga, this inviting, site-specific installation will create a dynamic outdoor respite for Museum visitors, sparking connection with nature and social activity through open-ended play.