Warhol Exhibit at Selby Gardens

Warhol Exhibit Selby Gardens

Conservatory Selby Gardens

Warhol Exhibit at Selby Gardens

Warhol: Flowers in the Factory show, opens Feb. 11 and runs through June 30, 2018.

The exhibit, which highlights Warhol’s connection to nature (perhaps unexpected for many fans of the Pop art icon, who know him from soup cans and celebrities), carries on the theme of living art that has also been a focus of previous shows at the gardens, including one devoted to Marc Chagall. This one (curated by Carol Ockman) first takes viewers into the Conservatory, where the horticultural team has assembled a huge wall/grid of bromeliads echoing Warhol’s frequent repetition of imagery. You can actually take time to sit and enjoy that and other plant exhibits on a white couch in a sunken living room replica nearby.

On the grounds of the gardens, the Selby staff has also assembled a collection of epiphytic plants adorning a white frame backed by colored squares, while another frame, surrounded by large-scale hibiscus flowers created to complement Warhol’s own hibiscus images, bears the Warhol quote, “Land really is the best art.”

And inside the Museum of Botany and the Arts reside not only four colorful Warhol silkscreens of flowers, dating from the late 1960s and early 1970s (courtesy of Williams College Museum of Art), but poinsettia images and little-seen photographs of Warhol outdoors (albeit in a jacket and tie), on skis and even rowing a boat.

In addition, throughout the run of the show the “Food Factory,” in front of the Payne Mansion on the property, will serve items such as “Andy’s Pastrami on Rye” and a “Warhol Grilled Cheese,” along with salads, grain bowls and more.  For more information visit selby.org

Sarasota Magazine February 8, 2018

Independence Day Celebrations in Sarasota

july4th-SarasotaUpcoming Independence Day Celebrations July 4, 2015

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From downtown Sarasota and spectacular fireworks over Sarasota Bay, to Siesta Key and Longboat Key, live music, food, a parade and more will assure there’s something fun for everyone to enjoy.

 

Powerboats by the Bay at Centennial Park
Part of the Suncoast Offshore Grand Prix Boat Festival
10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Free admission and live entertainment

 

An American Tapestry
Gloria Musicae
4:30 p.m. First United Methodist Church, 104 S. Pineapple Ave

 

Fireworks Spectacular over Sarasota Bayfireworks - Downtown Sarasota 
Bayfront Park and Island Park.
9:00 p.m.

 

The 25th Annual 4th of July Fireworks Display over Siesta Key
On Siesta Key’s magnificent beaches – spectacular fireworks over the Gulf of Mexico.

 

Tropical Sarasota Fourth of July
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
Get ready for Barbecue and Ice Cream
6 p.m.
Bring chairs/blankets to view the Fireworks over Sarasota Bay

 

Longboat Key Freedom Fest Parade
9 a.m
Bay Isles Road
Kids, pets and decorated bicycles adorn the parade. Food, games for the children and more at Bicentennial Park

 

Sarasota Sailing Squadron’s Liberty Day Regatta and Family Festival
City Island
5:00 p.m.
Great family fun with a water slide, live music and more followed by the Bayfront Fireworks

Don’t Miss Opportunity for November 2013

Season of Sculpture – Downtown Sarasota

Grand Opening November 16
Bayfront Park
Exhibition runs through May 2014

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Holiday Arts and Crafts Show today and tomorrow

courtesy of Art Attack blog

 

Today marked the jolly (and busy) start of the Downtown Sarasota Holiday Arts & Crafts Show.  Plenty of people came out for a last-minute gift for their loved ones or a beautiful piece for their own home decor.  You can still catch the artists tomorrow from 10:00am to 4:00pm at Five Points Park.

 

 

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Something fun and useful

What a fascinating video from Sotheby’s!  Beautiful, artful and informative…see it for yourself!

 

 

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See a dance legend for free at RIAF

Want to see dance legend Mikhail Baryshnikov (named the greatest ballet dancer in history) at the Ringling International Arts Festival with Mark Morris Dance Group?  How about two tickets for free?  There are just two days left to win them, so click here for details and to enter!

 

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