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According to The Herald Tribune in Sarasota, the Sarasota County Commission recently awarded Art Center Sarasota a $36,832 Tourist Development Cultural/Arts grant to help fund its 2021-22 exhibition season. The season, comprised of seven exhibition cycles, most encompassing up to four exhibits, will showcase the works of professional and emerging artists from Florida and around the nation. “We are incredibly grateful to receive this support and recognition,” ACS executive director Kinsey Robb said. “These funds are instrumental in making our visual arts projects come to life. Art Center Sarasota has a longstanding history of serving the community of Sarasota and its visitors and we look forward to an exciting year ahead, welcoming art enthusiasts from all over the region and world.”
THE 2021-22 EXHIBITIONS WILL INCLUDE:
• Sept. 1-Oct. 2: “Probable Realities” features vividly colored, detailed, marineinspired vignettes on paper by Art Venti; “She Persisted” celebrates the Petticoat Painters’ annual exhibition; and “A Fine Line” is a group exhibition of drawings by figurative artists juried by Craig Carl. • Oct. 14-Nov. 27: Featuring work by Kirk Ke Wang, a painter, sculptor, photographer, mixed-media artist, and professor of visual arts at Eckerd College; and Sibel Kocabasi, a multidisciplinary visual artist working in painting, staged photography, and installations. • Dec. 9- Jan. 15: Works by the Egyptian-American painter Bassmi Ibrahim (19412019), whose abstract paintings invoke the etheric realm in graceful, sensual abstract expressions that explore the depths of human consciousness. • Jan. 27-March 6: Work by the Louisiana-based artist Vitus Shell, a mixed-media collage painter whose work explores the Black experience through images that deconstruct, sample and remix issues of identity, civil rights, and contemporary Black culture. Art Center Sarasota, 707 N. Tamiami Trail, is a member-supported organization that offers curated and juried exhibitions, adult and youth education programs, outreach initiatives for underserved youth, and culturally related public programming. For more information, visit artsarasota.org or call 941-365-2032.
