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ART CENTER SARASOTA
707 N. Tamiami Trail
Sarasota, FL 34236
Jill Hoffman-Kowal, Education Director
Tel: 941-365-2032
artsarasota@aol.com
www.artsarasota.org

Art Center Sarasota provides a stimulating and inspiring way to encourage the young artists in our community. Students will have fun learning about Art through drawing, painting, collage, sculpture and much more!

Saturday afternoon classes are available during the school year and from June until school starts there is a Summer Camp for kids. Mondays - Fridays with a choice of 6 to 8 weeks. Instructors are professionals with enthusiasm and fun ideas for ages 6 - 12. Cost is $150 for a week including all art supplies.


Historic Spanish Point
Cary Conley, Director of Education
337 North Tamiami Trail
Osprey, FL 34229
(941) 966-5214, ex. 260
www.historicspanishpoint.org
cary@historicspanishpoint.org

Summer Camp at Historic Spanish Point, a fully accredited museum, encourages campers to explore and experience new and stimulating resources in our 30-acre preserve of lawns, gardens, woods and water. We promote a non-competitive atmosphere where campers can play and learn at their own interest level. Enrich your child’s life with opportunities to discover archaeology with hands-on thousand year old artifacts and cultural materials, enjoy sailing and rowing traditional watercraft built at the museum, trying survival challenge, take nature walks and participate in making puppets, sampling science experiments, and fishing for fun.


The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
Enrichment Programs
5401 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota, FL 34243
www.ringling.org
Education Department
941-359-5762
education@ringling.org

Share the joy as your children discover the world of art at The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. Your free copy of our self-guided Gallery Activities is available for checkout at the information desk. Plus, our Saturday Family Festivals provide a fun and friendly environment in which families can learn together, and the Circus Museum is always a delight for children of all ages. The Museum of Art, which is affiliated with Florida State University, is the most illustrious museum/university complex in the nation.


RINGLING SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN
Continuing Studies and Special Programs
2700 N. Tamiami Trail
Sarasota, FL 35236
Diane Zorn, Assistant Director
Tel: 941-955-8866
dzorn@Ringling.EDU
www.ringling.edu

Summer Teen Studios: mid June through July. Kick up your imagination with an exciting variety of classes. Explore your emerging style in visual arts and design through drawing, painting, illustration & design, color photography, sculpture, web design, photoshop, and printmaking. Each one & two week studio class is a unique session, so enroll in multiple weeks of the same subject to build your skill.

PreCollege Perspective: mid June through July. Students from the U.S. and abroad explore visual and verbal vocabularies of art and design while learning contemporary techniques in studio settings. Students live campus while studying with Ringling School faculty in interdisciplinary and collaborative curricula. Although geared for students considering a career in the visual arts or design, PreCollege is an excellent program for students eager to experience a college environment with challenging course content. Students age 16 -18 years. Earn college credits.

Community Art Program: Fall and Spring semesters offer weekend studio classes to teens and young masters. Teens explore and strengthen drawing, painting, and 3-D skills, and may take this opportunity to produce work for their college portfolio. Youngsters 6-10 Discover Creativity in a fun educational studio class that develops their visual language through drawings, painting, and texture projects. Various cultural content from art history is a baisi for projects.


Selby Gallery
Ringling School of Art and Design
2700 North Tamiami Trail
Sarasota, FL 34234
Laura Avery, Assistant Director
941/359-7563
selby@ringling.edu
www.rsad.edu/selbygallery

Selby Gallery is the premier contemporary visual art gallery for southwest Florida. Located on the campus of the Ringling School of Art and Design, the gallery offers free year-round changing exhibitions and programming the public. Special tours and activities are conducted for elementary, middle and high school age students through the public school system as well as community youth groups such as the Boys and Girls Club and Girls Inc. Fee-based classes are also offered through the Ringling School Continuing Studies and Special Programs department for middle and high school age students. For details on programs, etc. contact Selby Gallery.

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VISUAL ARTS
Art Center Sarasota
Historic Spanish Point
The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art
Ringling School of
Art & Design
Selby Gallery
PERFORMING ARTS
The Asolo Theatre Company
Florida Studio Theatre
FSU Dance Sarasota
Florida West Coast Symphony
The Hecht School of Music at the Flanzer Center
Open Circle Players
The Players of Sarasota
Sarasota Ballet
Sarasota Opera
Soulspeak
Van Wezel
Performing Arts Hall
Venice Little Theatre
Venice Symphony
     
 

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