On Wednesday, November 13 at the ART Ovation Hotel, Arts Advocates launched the new "Speaking of The Arts …" series. Gayle Williams, Music Critic for the Herald Tribune called this series "a Town Hall for the arts." The overwhelming success of this event is a tribute to Suzanne Weitz, chair, and committee members Barbara Blackburn...
Arts Advocates members may sometimes wonder how impactful a $1,000 scholarship can really be for a student. I agree that while $1,000 is just a drop in the financial bucket that it takes to earn a college degree, when combined with other funds, that bucket can overflow and result in enabling a student to achieve a stellar career in the arts. ...
Arts Advocates members discovered a Sarasota hidden gem on the November 6, educational tour to the Elling Eide Center. Located at the end of a barely noticeable one-lane road off S. Tamiami Trail in a seventy-two-acre nature preserve on Little Sarasota Bay, the Elling Eide Center is a private research library dedicated to the study of classic...
"It's a long story", Ken Knowlton began. Indeed it is. It's been more than 50 years since Knowlton and fellow Bell Labs engineer Leon Harmon created what is thought to be the first computer produced nude. It started as a prank.Knowlton and Harmon decided to see if they could create a portrait of choreographer Deborah Hay by scanning her pictur...
Sarasota violinist Matt Dendy was a five-time Fine Arts Society of Sarasota scholarship recipient from 2005-2009. Matt graduated from Booker High School in 2005 and attended The University of South Florida where he was Assistant Concertmaster and, in 2010, earned his Bachelor's degree in Music Performance. It's well known that music can have ...
Speaking of the Arts... Marin Alsop, Conductor of the Baltimore Symphony and Sao Paulo Symphony Music Director, will speak 11/13/19 at the Art Ovation Hotel on "Adventures On and Off the Podium". Tickets available here: https://www.artsadvocates.org/alsop. Gain insight into Ms. Alsop in this video where she answers a quick 20 questions....
This month's interview is with Fine Arts Society scholarship recipient and flutist Nicole Riccardo. Nicole graduated Magna Cum Laude from Florida State University with degrees in Music Performance, earning her Bachelor's degree in 2012 and her Master's degree in 2014. She resides in Austin, TX where she is a professional classical music...
For 50 years, the Fine Arts Society of Sarasota has been working to preserve and support a variety of art forms and their creators. It will continue doing that under a new name. The organization announced Monday a rebranding program that ...... Read the full article > https://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20190916/fine-arts-s...
I'm going to go out on a limb and say it's the rare hotel that has its own cultural curator. I'm not talking a concierge who can secure tickets for a show or suggest a local restaurant. The job of a cultural curator is to ensure cultural experiences within the hotel for its guests and the public. Enter Lisa DiFranzo and Art Ovation Hotel. On my ina...