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10 Tampa Bay: Sarasota’s vibrant arts scene still thrives to this day
Watch the video with Executive Director Kinsey Robb. August, 2024
Click for our story with Executive Director Kinsey Robb, a part of Visit Sarasota County: Florida's Cultural Coast video.
Suncoast View: Sarasota communities come together for new beautiful mural. Jan 2023. Click here to watch video.
Art Center Sarasota welcomes a new leader on eve of 100th birthday, Observer, Monica Roman Gagnier, Jan 2025
Art Center Sarasota's New Exhibitions Cycle, Broadway World, Blair Ingenthron, Jan 2025
Art Center Sarasota names new management team, Observer, Dec 2024
2024-2025 Exhibition Season, West Coast Woman, Oct 2024, PDF
Boys & Girls Club of Manatee County partner with ACS for new exhibit. With video. Fox 13, Sept 2024
Art Center Sarasota Welcomes Clara Reynardus de Villanueva to its Board, SRQ Magazine, Sept 2024
Art Center Sarasota leader stepping down after three years, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Jay Handelman, Sept 2024
Clara Reynardus De Villanueva Appointed To Board Of Directors, Broadway World, Sept 2024
Art Center Sarasota executive director is stepping down, Your Observer, Monica Roman Gagnier, Sept 2024
What to Do in Sarasota This Week, Sarasota Magazine, John Thomason, Aug 2024
Four Exhibitions Open at Art Center Sarasota, SRQ, Philip Lederer, Aug 2024
Arts on the Horizon, Siesta Sand, Rodger Skidmore, July 2024
Art Center Sarasota's Annual Regional Juried Exhibition Beyond Comfort Opens May 23, SRQ Magazine, May 2024
Annual Regional, Juried Exhibition BEYOND COMFORT Opens This Month, Broadway World, May 2024
Earth Day at The Bay unites community in support of the environment, Observer Group, Ian Swaby, April 2024
Sarasota County Schools 2024 Spring Art Show, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, April 2024
ACS to Present The North County K-12 Spring Art Show, Broadway World, April 2024
Local artist donates work to Community Day School, Sarasota Patch, April 2024
Relics of a Drowned World: Art Center Sarasota sculptures speak of lost and found beauty. Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Marty Fugate, April 2024.
Announcing Views From the New Horizon: Portraits From Sarasota Magazine’s ‘Listening to Black Voices’ Series, March 2024
Registration underway for Art Center Sarasota's creative weekday summer camps, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, March 2023
Art Center Sarasota's New Exhibitions: March 14-April 20, SRQ Magazine, Feb 2024
Art Center Sarasota Presents Celebrate with Joseph Melançon February 16, SRQ Magazine, Feb 2024
Carole Lyles Shaw – Modern Quilter, Creative Pinellas, Feb 2024
Ringling College Grad shows off new styles in bold Art Center Sarasota Exhibit. Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Marty Fugate, Feb 2024
Announcing Views From the New Horizon: Portraits From Sarasota Magazine’s ‘Listening to Black Voices’ Series, Sarasota Magazine, Cooper Levey-Baker, Feb 2024
Graffiti-inspired drawings come to Art Center Sarasota, Emily Leinfuss, Your Observer, Jan 2024
Artist Christopher Skura Returns to Sarasota With ‘Social Studies’ Exhibit, John Thomason, Sarasota Magazine, Jan 2024
Things to Do: Holiday Art Festival, Observer, Dec 2023
Art Center Sarasota Presents A Holiday Art Festival, SRQ Magazine, Dec 2023.
Art Center Sarasota 2023-2024 Exhibition Season, Pg 24, West Coast Woman, Dec 2023
Art Center Sarasota is Selected as a Finalist For Impact100 SRQ Grant, Tampa Bay Newswire, Oct 2023
A Harvest of Art Openings, Creative Pinellas, Tony Wong Palms, Oct 2023
Art Center Sarasota Selected as a Finalist For Impact100 SRQ Grant, Broadway World, Oct 2023
Education Matters: Celebrating Creativity at Art Center Sarasota, Scene, Kaileia Suvannamaccha, Sept 2023
Art Center exhibitions director forges her own path, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Marty Fugate, Sept 2023
Art Center Sarasota's New Season Opens With Four Exhibits, Broadway World, Sept 2023
Art Center Sarasota Receives Substantial Tourist Development Cultural/Arts Grant, Tampa Bay Newswire, Sept 2023
The Patterson Foundation Kickstarts Art Center Sarasota's Entrepreneurial Plan Fundraising With Up to $50,000 Match, SRQ Magazine, Aug 2023
Patterson Foundation Kickstarts Art Center Sarasota’s Entrepreneurial Fundraising Plan, Scene Magazine, Aug 2023
Art Center Sarasota’s New Exhibitions, Tampa Bay Newswire, July 2023
Art Center Sarasota's New Exhibitions, Broadway World, July 2023
New Exhibits at Art Center Sarasota, SRQ Magazine, July 2023
Kinsey Robb is giving Art Center Sarasota a makeover, Observer Group, Monica Roman Gagnier, July 2023
Community Foundation of Sarasota County Grant upgrades donor management system. SRQ Magazine, July, 2023
Juried art exhibition focuses on what it means to be human, Town Chronicle, Patricia Horwell Correspondent, June 2023
Regional artists explore the human condition, Your Sun, June 2023
Art Center Sarasota Receives Grant from The Exchange, SRQ Magazine, June 2023
Art Center Sarasota Receives Grant from The Exchange, Scene Magazine, June 2023
Art Center Sarasota Receives Grant From Michael Saunders & Company Foundation, Broadway World, A.A. Cristi, June 2023
Art Center Sarasota turns its focus to students, Observer Group, Ian Swaby, May 2023
Longboat Key resident shows at Art Center Sarasota, Observer Group, March 2023
North County K-12 Spring Art Show to showcase work by hundreds of students in May, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, April 2023
Julie Ross Art Auction and Book to Benefit Art Center Sarasota Youth Programs, SRQ March 2023
Art Center Sarasota Presents “Mental Healthcare in the Latinx Community,” Tampa Bay Newswire, April 2023
Longboat Key resident shows at Art Center Sarasota, Observer Group, March 2023
Art Center Sarasota Selected to Participate in Margin & Mission Ignition, Sarasota Scene, March 2023
Art Center Sarasota addresses mental health in Latino community, Observer Group, April 2023
Art Center Sarasota Creative Kids/Emerging Artists Summer Art Camp, Observer, March 2023
Gulf Coast Community Foundation Supports Rearview Mirror Exhibit, Sarasota Magazine, March 2023
Art Center Sarasota Selected to Participate in Entrepreneurial Opportunity, SRQ Magazine, March 2023
Art Center Sarasota Selected for Margin & Mission Ignition with The Patterson Foundation, Tampa Bay Newswire, March 2023
Registration Open Now for Summer Art Camp at Art Center Sarasota, SRQ Magazine, March 2023
Art Center Sarasota’s New Exhibitions: March 23-April 29, Tampabay Newswire, Feb 2023
Art Center Sarasota Presents New Exhibitions By Karen Arango, Jeanne Guertin-Potoff And Rebecca Zweibel, Broadway World, Feb 2023
Luca Molnar: The art of pattern recognition, Observer, Marty Fugate, Feb 2023
Art Center Sarasota Welcomes Javi Suarez as Board Member, SRQ Magazine, Feb 2022
Art Center Sarasota's New Exhibitions, West Coast Women, Feb 2023
Art Center Sarasota's 2023 Visiting Artists Workshops Classes, Broadway World, Jan 2023
New student mural to decorate Art Center Sarasota, ABC 7, WWSB, Jan 2023
Four New Arts Leaders Shaping Our Future, Sarasota Magazine, Kay Kipling, Nov-Dec 2022
Art Center Sarasota Announces Artist for Mural Project, SRQ Magazine, Dec 2022
Art Center Sarasota hosts immersive destination workshops, Sun Newspapers, Su Byron, Jan 2023
Art Center Sarasota’s New Exhibitions: Dec 8-Jan 21 - Alexandra Hammond, Tampa Bay Newswire, Nov 2022
Art Center Sarasota's New Exhibitions Include Works by Alexandra Hammond, Jason Hackenwerth, and More. Broadway World, Nov 2022
Mary GrandPré: ‘Conjuring the Backstory’, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Marty Fugate, Oct 2022
Art Center Sarasota’s 2022-23 Season Promises Lots of Variety, Sarasota Magazine, Oct 2022
Art Center Sarasota’s 2022-23 Season Promises Lots of Variety, Sarasota Magazine, Oct 2022
Ringling College student’s photos illuminate Black male identity, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Marty Fugate, Aug 2022
Registration is Now Open for 2022-2023 Education Season, Broadway World, Aug 2022
Ringling student photo exhibit puts Black beauty front and center, Observer, Spencer Fordin, Aug 2022
Art Center Sarasota Launches “Youth Saturdays” Tampabay Newswire, Aug 2022
Explore curated art and juried show, Englewood Sun, Su Byron, Aug 2022
Modern Art Galleries Not To Pass Up, Visit Sarasota, Aug 2022
Art Center Sarasota Launches “Youth Saturdays” Tampabay Newswire, Aug 2022
Art Center Sarasota Launches Youth Saturdays, SCENE Sarasota, Aug 2022
Art Center Sarasota's New Exhibition Cycle Includes Jesse Clark's Photographic Works and More, Broadway World, Aug 2022
Artists explore who we are in Art Center Sarasota show "Faces and Places." Herald-Tribune, Marty Fugate, July 2022
Art Center Sarasota Welcomes Barbara Banks as Board Member. Tampa Bay Newswire, June 2022
Student Show Awards, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, June 2022
Student Art Show, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota Herald Tribune, May 2022
Summer Camp at Art Center Sarasota, SRQ Daily, May 2022
Art Center to Host Panel Discussion Concerning Art and Childhood Development, Broadway World, May 2022
Sarasota N County Schools Spring Art Show, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, May 2022
K-12 Spring Art Show, Scene Magazine, April 2022
Summer Camp Registration Opens, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, April 2022
Artist Talk and Call to Artists for "Faces and Places" Sun Newspapers, April 2022
Arts on the Horizon, Rodger Skidmore, Siesta Sand, March 2022
Hundreds of art pieces go on display in Sarasota, Fox 13, March 2022
Exhibit puts a Face on Housing Crisis, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, March 2022
Best Things to do in Sarasota this Month, Sarasota Magazine, March 2022
Gulf Coast Community Foundation presents "A Place in the Sun" at Arts Center Sarasota, The Sarasota News Leader, March 2022
Suncoast Black Arts Collaborative’s ‘Visions in Black’ Opening, Sarasota Magazine, Feb 2022
Art Center Sarasota's New Exhibitions, SRQ Magazine, Feb 2022
Longboat Key artist wins Art Center Sarasota Show. Observer, Nat Kaemmerer, Feb, 2022
JAVO Returns to Art Center with New Work and New Perspectives, SRQ Magazine, Feb 2022
Review: Art Center Sarasota celebrates Black artists with two powerful exhibits. Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Marty Fugate, Feb 2022
Kirk Ke Wang’s New Art Center Sarasota Exhibit Tells a Tale of Class Disparity, Sarasota Magazine, Oct 26, 2021
New Exhibition Includes Work by Artist Vitus Shell, SRQ Magazine, Jan 20, 2022
Instructors and Students Invitational Show Opens Next Month, Broadway World, Oct 14, 2021
EDUCATION MATTERS | HELPING OUR COMMUNITY GET CREATIVE Ryan G. Van Cleave, Scene Magazine Sept 2021
New Exhibitions: Sibel Kocabasi: "Flare", Tampa Bay Newswire, Sept 29, 2021
ART CENTER SARASOTA RECEIVES TOURIST DEVELOPMENT GRANT Sarasota Magazine, Aug 2021
A Q&A with new Sarasota-area arts leaders about culture, community and the future Ryan G. Van Cleave, Special to the Herald-Tribune, Jan 2022
Art Center Sarasota Exhibits Work by Louisiana Artist Vitus Shell, Broadway World, Jan 14, 2022
Ceramic Artist and Exhibitor Osa Atoe, West Coast Woman, Jan 2022
PLAYERS THEATRE AND ART CENTER SARASOTA Jay Handelman, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Oct 2021
Four new exhibits opening at Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Dec 7, 2021
“ART CENTER SARASOTA WELCOMES SUMMERTIME HUES WITH ‘HERE COMES THE SUN’ EXHIBIT” -Marty Fugate, Herald Tribune, July 2021
ART CENTER SARASOTA PRESENTS "HERE COMES THE SUN" West Coast Woman, Aug/Sept 2021, page 14
NEW DIRECTOR WANTS TO BUILD AWARENESS AND CONNECTIONS Jay Handelman, Herald Tribune, August, 2021
Art Center Sarasota Announces Upcoming Visiting Artists Workshops, Scene, Dec 2021
THE ART OF THE COMMUNITY, SRQ Magazine, Nov 2021, Phil Lederer, Photo by Wyatt Kostygan
Upcoming Visiting Artists Workshop, West Coast Woman, Jan 2022
Meet the Director Kinsey Rob, Sarasota Magazine, Oct/Nov 2021
Herald Tribune Top 10 arts events in Sarasota-Manatee: Oct. 14-20 (Scroll down to the last paragraph)
Kinsey Robb, Executive Director, Art Center Sarasota, West Coast Woman, Nov 2021
“ART ON ART: COLORED PENCILS ARE HIS TOOLS TO SUCCESS” Observer Group AUG 26, 2021
Media Releases
ACS Announces New Exhibition Aug 15-Sept 28, 2024
ACS Annual Regional Juried Exhibition Opens May 23, 2024
ACS Presents North County K-12 Spring Art Show: April 30-May 13, 2024
ACS New Exhibition & Panel Discussions March 14-April 20, 2024
ACS Announces New Exhibition Jan 25-March 2, Jan 2024
ACS Selected as a Recipient For Impact100 SRQ Grant, Nov 2023
ACS Announces New Exhibition Nov 27, 2023-Jan 13, 2024, Nov 2023
2023-2024 Season Announced, Art Center Sarasota, Oct 2023
2022-2023 Season Media Releases
ACS Receives Substantial Tourist Development Cultural/Arts Grant, Aug 2023
ACS Receives Donor Management Grant from Community Foundation of Sarasota County, June 2023
ACS Receives Scholarship Grant from Michael Saunders & Co. Foundation, June 2023
ACS Receives Scholarships Grant from The Exchange, June 2023
ACS Panel Discussion: Mental Healthcare in the Latinx Community - ENGLISH VERSION
ACS Panel Discussion: Mental Healthcare in the Latinx Community - SPANISH VERSION
2021-2022 Season Media Releases
Instructors and Students Invitational Show, November 4-27, 2021
Florida Department of State Division of Arts & Culture Grant - Sept 28, 2021
Art Center Sarasota Annual Petticoat Painters Exhibition - Sept 2, 2021
Sarasota County Tourist Development Cultural/Arts Grant - Aug 30, 2021
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