Photo: Ryan Gamma
Steven and William Ladd: Lead With a Laugh
September 4, 2022 - February 5, 2023
- Spend your life doing what you love.
- Be focused and disciplined.
- Collaborate.
Staying true to these core principles has enabled Steven and William Ladd to create—focused, yet freely—a spectrum of works that vary in technique, color, texture, and form. The exhibition will include past works, as well as new works being exhibited for the first time, that embody this range and the artistic evolutions along the way.
Platinum Sponsors
Shari and John Hicks
Gold Sponsors
Elaine and Bill Crouse
Mary Ann and John Meyer
Silver Sponsors
Huisking Foundation
Ernie Kretzmer and the Kretzmer Family Charitable Foundation
Elizabeth Moore
John and Charlotte Suhler
Shaboygen
2012
Board, plywood, metal, fiber, beads, paper, tulle, Angora bunny hair, and pins
40 ½ x 60 ¾ x 15 ½ in. (each)
Courtesy of the artists
Purple Maquette
2013
Archival board, fiber, and metal
10 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 3 in.
Courtesy of the artists and Cristina Grajales Gallery
Ant Infestation
2010
Archival board, fiber, beads, and metal
18 3/8 x 36 1/2 x 27 1/4 in.
Courtesy of the artists and Cristina Grajales Gallery
Welcome to Santo Poco!
2018
Archival board, fiber, trinkets, pins, papier-mâché, and dye
60 x 162 x 4 in.
Courtesy of the artists and Cristina Grajales Gallery
Photo: Ryan Gamma
Scrollathon
October 17, 2022 - February 5, 2023
Community groups in Sarasota were invited to create from their own stories and memories during Scrollathon. The Scrollathon was founded in 2006 out of the brothers’ belief in the extraordinary capacities of every human being and the awesome power of community. Empowering and engaging underserved communities through artistic collaborations, Scrollathon has served over 10,000 people from diverse ages, backgrounds and abilities to create public artworks at locations including the commercial development City Point in Brooklyn, NY, the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, GA and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. Through partnerships, the program has received funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, Knight Foundation and Bloomberg Philanthropies.
The collaborative artwork created between community members and Steven and William Ladd during Scrollathon will be on view from October 17, 2022 – February 5, 2023 in the Museum’s John & Charlotte Suhler Gallery.
PROGRAMS
Photo: Ryan Gamma
ARTIST TALK
Steven and William Ladd
Sunday, February 5
1-2 pm
3rd Floor Galleries
FREE for Members; Free with Museum Admission
Join us for a conversation with Steven and William Ladd. The artists, who are brothers, will talk about their exhibitions, Steven and William Ladd: Lead With a Laugh and National Scrollathon: Florida, their inspiration, their fascination with materials and process, and their commitment to community and society.
Photo: Ryan Gamma
ARTIST TALK
Steven and William Ladd
Sunday, February 5
3-4 pm
3rd Floor Galleries
FREE for Members; Free with Museum Admission
Join us for a conversation with Steven and William Ladd. The artists, who are brothers, will talk about their exhibitions, Steven and William Ladd: Lead With a Laugh and National Scrollathon: Florida, their inspiration, their fascination with materials and process, and their commitment to community and society.
Photo: Ryan Gamma
ARTIST TALK
Steven and William Ladd
Thursday, December 8
6 – 7 pm
Sarasota High School Alumni Auditorium
FREE for Members; Free with Museum Admission