Community Events & Things to Do
Near Bradenton & Sarasota

Hermitage Fellow NI'JA WHITSON explores how nature and the environment influence their practice, sharing excerpts of works-in-progress inspired by the Hermitage’s Manasota Key campus and Florida wildlife.

Digital artist Elisabeth Trostli creates fantastical photographic collages, in amazing detail, using her own original hand-rendered illustrations, antique papers, exquisite embellishments, photography and geometrical fractals.

1st Saturday Valentine's Affair. Come and celebrate At Feb 05,2022 21:00 Veterans of Foreign Wars Palmetto

Join a private tour of the David Budd exhibit, Motion Within Stillness, at the Sarasota Art Museum (SAM) led by SAM and Arts Advocates docents Judy Levine and Stephenie Frasher.

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, American Theater Hall of Fame Honoree, and Hermitage Fellow Paula Vogel offers an exploration of playwriting in which Paula and members of the audience will write a short play and work on writing exercises together.

Bring that someone special and enjoy a romantic evening of great food, libation, and togetherness. At Feb 11,2022 18:30 Publix Aprons Cooking School at University Walk Sarasota

Spend your Valentine's Day bathing in Compassion at Little Bear Sanctuary! At Feb 14,2022 10:00 Little Bear Sanctuary Punta Gorda

Arts Advocates is pleased to offer a new series of walking tours that will introduce participants to some of Sarasota’s public art.

Enjoy a Waterfront Valentine's Day Dinner at Sunset Terrace in Englewood, Florida! At Feb 14,2022 18:00 260 Maryland Ave Englewood

Learn about the past, present and future of Newtown, including an initiative to open an African American Art Center and History Museum.

The Hermitage Artist Retreat is pleased to partner with Manasota ASALH in presenting saxophonist and composer Matthew Evan Taylor.

A soloing member of pop superstar Beyoncé’s band and Artistic Director of New York’s Urban Playground Chamber Orchestra, violinist Lady Jess offers an informal concert of music composed for acoustic violin and electronics.

The Hermitage Artist Retreat presents the next installment of its “Artists & Thinkers” with Tony Award-winning Broadway producer Tom Kirdahy (Hadestown; The Inheritance; Little Shop of Horrors).

Jerry Chesley’s watercolor paintings, giclées and mixed media set the stage for surrounding oneself in a rich indulgence of colors.

ter Tony Reinemann’s oil paintings have been described as a blend of social and magic realism that evoke a highly exaggerated Edward Hopper in a Hitchcock film.