July 20 Wednesday Meet and Greet

Our Monthly Meet and Greets during the summer of 2016 will be held on the third Wednesday of each month at the Sarasota Vineyard Wine Bar and Bistro in downtown Sarasota:

1528 Main Street

Sarasota Florida

5:00 pm to 7:00 pm

sarasotawinebar.com


July 20 Wednesday

Aug 17 Wednesday

No cost except for what you eat or drink.

No Reservations. 

Park on Main Street or the new free parking deck 93 paces from rear entrance of the Wine Club.  Go through the parking lot and alley. Or you can go via State Street to Lemon Ave to Main St.

Art Center Sarasota Newsletter

JULY 11, 2016 Galleries free and open to the public: Monday - Saturday, 10:00am - 4:00pm 707 N. Tamiami Trail Sarasota 34236 941.365.2032

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FLORIDA FLAVOR IV July 7- August 13, 2016 All Media, All Subject, Juried Exhibition in All Four Galleries Juror: Mark Ormond Curator for Exhibitions, Ringling College of Art & Design First Place Raymond Lawler (section of) Polyphobic Gardens (What is Your Phobia)

SEE ART MAKE ART BUY ART Visit the Galleries  10am -4pm Monday -Saturday

Congratulations to the Florida Flavor Award Winners Second Place: Joseph Melançon Green Behind Studio Third Place: Dirce Kennedy Inside Merit Awards: Jenny Medved, Florida Girl, Elizabeth Phillipson, Touchstone Special Recognition Award Winners: Helge Duemmel, Amy Ernst, Sven Mohr, Susan J. Klein, Javier Rodriguez, Robert Doyon Honorable Mentions: Joan C. Peters, Susan Covert, Ilene Phelan, Frank Bibbins, Steve Blumenthal, Gerald Obregon

JAZZ CLUB Wednesday July 13th 5-7 p.m. Art Center Sarasota Doors open @ 4:45 p.m. Admission: $10.00 for Art Center and Jazz Club Members $15.00 for Non Members “The Old Souls” a group of young musicians, who have received scholarships from the Jazz Club of Sarasota, will be performing an array of jazz standards in a special concert from  The group is made up of Bit Risner, trumpet and vocals, pianist Liston Gregory lll; drummer and pianist John Medico; and Jose Villalpanda  on bass, guitar and tuba.

SUMMER ART CAMP Weekly Sessions, Ages 6-15 June 6 - August 19 $210 - Art Center Sarasota Members $260 - Non-Members (youth membership only $25!) Week 7 & 8  Creative Kids is almost full, call to register. Week 7  Emerging artists is full please call for wait list.   Sign up soon as possible weeks are filling up fast!   11 weeks with two themed camps each week: CREATIVE KIDS ages 6-10 EMERGING ARTISTS ages 11-15 Summer Camp info and registration Scholarship applications available Campers must be 6 by June 2016 | All supplies included | free T-shirt before and after care  For more information call 941-365-203

CAMP SUPPLY DONATIONS NEEDED Camp teachers are looking for specific supply donations.  Supplies include: peanut butter jars with lids, river stones, white ceramic tiles, brown paper bags, shoe boxes, fake flowers, wood forms or shapes and more.  Please visit Supply List to download the revised list.  Drop off at the Art Center or call us at 941-365-2032

ADOPT-A-CAMPER We still have Scholarship Candidates who need your help! Give the gift of camp to young artists whose families can not otherwise send their young artists to camp. We cannot do this without your help!!! Please help them with one or more ($210) scholarships. Tax-deductible!  Thank you for supporting our artistic youth Call 941-365-2032 to give or email elizabeth@artsarasota.org

ADULT ART EDUCATION Those interested in receiving the  Education Programs Newsletter... Please check your preferences and make sure that you are signed up for the Education Newsletter.  Education will be sending out newsletters with more detailed info every other week starting in September. Scroll to bottom of this newsletter to update your preferences Summer Classes are in Session - if you would like to join in, visit SUMMER CLASSES

Evening Life Sessions CANCELLED    MORE EDUCATION INFO from a human, please contact Elizabeth Goodwill

VISITING INSTRUCTOR WORKSHOPS 2017 Now taking non-refundable deposits or payments in full for these 2017 visiting instructors.  RESERVE YOUR SPACE BEFORE THEY SELL OUT! To register please call or visit Art Center Sarasota.  Online registration & descriptions available soon.   January 9-11, 2017  Pat Dews Design Abstracts with Zing! Mixed Media, $425m/$465nm (waiting list) Feb 6-8, 2017   Don Andrews - Landscape in Watercolor $425m/$465nm Feb 13-17, 2017  Bob Burridge - Abstract Acrylic Painting & Collage Mixed Media, $675m/$735nm Feb 18-19, 2017  Bob Burridge -Experimental Workshop for the Advanced Painter (waiting list)   Mixed media, $275m/$305nm Feb 27-Mar 1, 2017  Fealing Lin - Painting Luminous Watercolor $425m/$465nm March 13-15, 2017  Alvaro Castagnet - Magic in Watercolor $490m/$530nm March 16-18, 2017  Alvaro Castagnet - Magic in Watercolor $490m/$530nm March 27-29, 2017  Carol Frye - Mixing it up with Mixed Media $350m/$390nm April 3-5, 2017   Jane Slivka - Freedom of Acrylics $325m/$365nm

Alvaro Castagnet Carol Frye

iconcept jr. September 25 2016 @Art Center Sarasota 11:30- 2:00 Calling all emerging fashion & costume designers! Students ages 8-18 create outfits made from “unconventional” materials for a spectacular runway show to benefit our youth scholarship and the Slice of Art outreach program. Limited to 30 participants. Almost full so sign up now! Please have participants fill out an application (so we have contact info) visit: www.artsarasota.org/iconceptjunior  For sponsorship or participation info, please call 941-365-2032 or email lisa@artsarasota.org  or iris@artsarasota.org

OPTIONAL!!! iconcept jr Boot Camp For participants in iconcept junior or any youth wanting to create things to wear! Instructors and adult iconcept participants Barbara Gerdeman and Ray Peper + other iconcept adult artists will work with the students to complete their projects.  2, 3-day Sessions:  - July 25, 26 and 29  - August 8, 9 and 12 10am - 3pm $115 per student limited supplies included.  Call 941-365-2032 to register

ART CENTER SARASOTA'S 90th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION  October 16, 2016 | $90pp More info about the 90th Art Center Sarasota is celebrating its 90th year by honoring those who have supported the center over the years. We hope to see you there to help us celebrate this momentous occasion! Reservations taken: August 15 If you are interested in being a corporate or personal SPONSOR of the event, please email iris@artsarasota.org or lisa@artsarasota.org  or call 941-365-2032

ART SALON August 12, 4-5pm Art Salon is free and open to everyone  all year long.   Next month, the Salon group will discuss the Harlem Renaissance.  With such notable artists as: Romare Beardon, Jacob Lawerence Aaron Douglas,etc .   The Block Romare Bearden

LIMITED EDITION T-SHIRTS  Show everyone how much you love  Art Center Sarasota Buy a T-shirt with the new logo  (while supplies last) Only $20 + tax ($1.40) Adult sizes only s, m, l, xl Black or Grey

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