Community Calendar

Sarasota Art Museum shines a spotlight on Art Deco as the artform celebrates its centennial anniversary. Art Deco: The Golden Age of Illustration showcases 100 rare posters from the Crouse Collection created by some of the world’s earliest master graphic designers during the 1920s and 1930s.

During the 1920s, a bold new artistic style roared to life: Art Deco. This exciting, dramatic, and glamorous new genre bid farewell to the soft, organic forms of Art Nouveau and soon took the world by storm. One of Art Deco’s most significant contributions was the art of printed graphics, giving birth to the disciplines of illustration and typography that permeate our world today.

Featuring subjects ranging from automobiles, airlines, and ocean liners to drinks and tobacco, the works represented in Art Deco: The Golden Age of Illustration celebrate modernity, dynamism, and luxury—the dreams and desires of the turbulent early twentieth century.

In addition to the iconic posters, Art Deco: The Golden Age of Illustration conjures the era’s design aesthetic with selected sculptural works and cocktail shakers from the Crouse Collection, and Art Deco furniture pieces on loan from the Wolfsonian Museum at Florida International University in Miami.

Art Deco: The Golden Age of Illustration is organized by Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College of Art and Design and curated by Rangsook Yoon, senior curator at Sarasota Art Museum.

Image credit: Installation view of Art Deco: The Golden Age of Illustration at Sarasota Art Museum, Sarasota, Florida, 2025. Photo: Ryan Gamma.

Find something for everyone on your list with unique gifts made by local artists and vendors at the Tampa Museum of Art’s Holiday Shopping Event! Explore the Harrod Family Museum Store’s extraordinary selection of jewelry, books, home accessories, stationery, children’s items and more! Art+ Members save 20%! l Not-yet-Members save 10%

Local Artists Include: Lisi-Tana Stationery, Designs by Moni Stationery, Samantha Uttech Jewelry Design, Lonni Hopkins Jewelry Design, Mill Atty Maison Accessories

USF’s world-renowned print atelier proudly presents a temporary exhibition in its main gallery celebrating the rich legacy of women artists who have collaborated with Graphicstudio over the decades. Showcasing the work of ten influential artists from the studio’s history—Diana Al-Hadid, Trisha Brown, Elisabeth Condon, Lesley Dill, Nancy Graves, Iva Gueorguieva, Graciela Iturbide, Mernet Larsen, Andrea Modica, and Janina Tschäpe—the exhibition highlights the remarkable diversity and innovation these women bring to the field of contemporary art.

Spanning a wide range of artistic practices, the featured works explore the boundaries of printmaking through experimental techniques that merge photography, sculpture, and mixed media assemblage. Together, they reflect the dynamic and evolving role of women in the printmaking tradition and the enduring creative impact of Graphicstudio’s collaborative model.

Graphicstudio is open to the public Monday through Friday, 10 am to 4 pm. Free parking is easily available for visitors. Closed on the weekends and USF holidays: November 11, 27 and 28, December 22 through January 2, and January 19.

Join Museum of the American Arts and Crafts Movement Master Craftsman, Carlos Velasco for this FUN Christmas Tree Fused Glass Class. Fuse colored glass together and create your own work of art. Finished projects are kiln-fired and can be picked up the following week. This 1-hour class on Thursday, November 13, 2025;10:30-11:30 a.m. Please pre-register online. Non-Members: $75. Members $65. Cost included all equipment and supplies.

Pangarap: Espero Reimagined transforms The Maitland Art Center gallery into a canvas of speculative storytelling under Filipino artist Isobel Francisco. Inspired by Jules André Smith’s decision to establish an artist colony in Florida, Francisco envisions an alternate reality where this decision leads to 1937 Philippines. The exhibition features fictional artifacts and artworks to encourage viewers to explore the parallels and contrasts between this imagined scenario and the museum’s history. 'Pangarap,' meaning dream or vision in Filipino, invites audiences to reflect on the cultural impact of one artist’s decision in 1937 and beyond.

Artist Series Concerts: How Low Can You Go?
Eleni Katz, bassoon and Nina Bernat, double bass
Featured Emerging Artists
Thursday, November 13, 2025 • 11:00 am performance followed by luncheon
Palm Aire Country Club, 5601 Country Club Way, Sarasota, FL 34243
Two of classical music’s most “under the radar” instruments step into the spotlight for a delightful program of unusual duets. A winner of the 2022 Concert Artist Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition, bassoonist Eleni Katz has established herself as a prominent soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player. Double bassist Nina Bernat is a recipient of a 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant, and recently made her concerto debut with the Minnesota Orchestra and Osmo Vänskä to great acclaim. They come together for a program titled “Basso Vox” that includes music by Bach, Mozart and Piazzolla. Single ticket: $75 (includes lunch). Series sponsored by Don and Jo Ann Burhart and Kandy Kaak. Artists sponsored by Patricia Bourke and Robert Downie. ArtistSeriesConcerts.org

Brenda McMahon Gallery is proud to host Lynn Taylor and her new book “Gulfport Rising” that shares personal accounts from Gulfport residents about the effects of Hurricanes Helene and Milton in 2024.

This evening event will also honor the memory of Qi Crystal Energy owner, Melissa Loven.

The gallery will have Melissa’s crystals for sale along with the art of other hurricane survivors, including Lynn Taylor & Nancy Poucher.

All are welcome to join us for an evening of art & the power of community.

You do not want to miss this!

**Photo Credit- Mural by Derek Donnelly**

Bring a lawn chair or blanket and join us at CAM for a free film screening of The Life of Brian (Maguire), the incredible life story of an internationally renowned artist who goes to the frontline to tell the real story of the world. The Life of Brian (Maguire) was directed by Mark Mc Loughlin for Bang Bang Teo and supported by RTE, Hugh Lane Gallery and Creative Ireland. Pre-movie popcorn and snacks will be served at 6pm, and the movie starts at 6:30 outside on the lawn. This event is free and open to all. For questions or more information send us a DM, an email at caminfo@usf.edu, or call (813) 974-4133.

A comedic murder mystery, complete with mistaken identities, six million bucks in diamonds, and a corpse in a wheelchair. An unassuming English shoe salesman who is forced to take the embalmed body of his recently murdered uncle on a vacation to Monte Carlo. Should he succeed in passing his uncle off as alive, Harry Witherspoon stands to inherit six million dollars. If not, the money goes to the Universal Dog Home of Brooklyn...or else his uncle's gun-toting ex!