Sarasota’s public art to be highlighted at annual conference | City of Sarasota

Francesco Abbruzzino, The Uncensored Report, LLC

 

 

City of Sarasota, FL: Sarasota’s public art will be in the spotlight next week as the Florida Association of Public Art Professionals annual conference comes to town.

 

Sarasota will host this statewide conference for public art professionals April 27-29 at the Art Ovation Hotel in downtown Sarasota. The conference will include three sessions that will be open to the public:

  • “Nuts & Bolts: Foundations for Success in the World of Public Art,” 9-10:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 27: Artists and professionals are invited to this “town hall” moderated panel setting with working professionals from around Florida.
  • Year in Review, 9-10:15 a.m. Thursday, April 28: A virtual tour of diverse public art installations completed in 2021 throughout Florida, plus some of the public art projects that received the prestigious Americans for the Arts “2021 Year in Review” Award.
  • Keynote speaker Jane Golden, 10:30 a.m. to noon Thursday, April 28: Golden has been the driving force of Mural Arts Philadelphia since its inception, overseeing its growth from a small city agency into the nation’s largest public art program and a global model for transforming public space and community through art

All three open-to-the-public sessions will be held at Art Ovation Hotel, 1255 N. Palm Ave., Sarasota. Participants can register online for any of the free sessions.

During the three-day conference, registered attendees will take part in additional discussions on current trends, best practices and issues involving public art. City staff will participate in a panel discussion about art in roundabouts and make a presentation on the City’s Public Art Master Plan.

In conjunction with the conference, the City has also produced a capsule audio tour highlighting the art and artists of Sarasota’s public art collection. The audio tour is available for free to the public can be accessed anytime by downloading the Otocast app, available for Apple and Android.

For more information, visit FloridaPublicArt.org/conference or contact Mary Davis Wallace from the City’s Office of Public Art at 941-263-6349.