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.

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.

Imagine Museum proudly participates in Museums for All — simply present your SNAP Benefit card and photo ID to one of our associates upon arrival and enjoy $3.00 admission to the museum. Children ages 6 and under are free.

MAACM Art Deco Glass Class NEW DESIGN
Friday, February 20 and 27, 2026; 10am-1pm
Bring home the iconic international style of Art Deco in the form of a beautiful leaded glass panel. Now in a new design! Defined by its bold, geometric shapes and opulence, this Level I class is a great way to learn the craft of leaded glass. Registration for this class includes two 3-hr glass sessions. Closed-toed shoes are required to participate in class. Class fee: Non-members: $125, Members $110.

Join us for an artistic journey geared toward young artventurers every Saturday! Led by our friendly associates, children ages 4-11 will be guided through our world-class glass art galleries. They will then have the opportunity to unleash their imagination and express themselves with a fun and engaging craft activity.

MAACM Homeschool Day
Wednesday, February 25th, 2026, 10:30 am
Join us at MAACM for fun and learning for homeschool families through art and creativity.
Create your own pendant with our hands-on, fused glass workshop from 10:30 am – 1:30 pm
Gallery Scavenger hunt available all day. Suited for ages 5-12. Free with admission.

Mexican sculptor Jacobo Alonso brings a dynamic new body of textile work to Central Florida in this site-specific exhibition. Situated Body reimagines the classical human form through contemporary materials, especially felt, transforming traditional sculpture into colorful, expressive abstraction. Inspired by both pre-Columbian traditions and the Art Center’s Mayan Revival architecture, Alonso’s work, created during his 2025 residency at A&H, challenges assumptions about form, identity, and material.

Circus magic reaches new heights as the Circus Arts Conservatory announces "Circus Sarasota™ EPIC"—a jaw-dropping assembly of some of the planet's most extraordinary performers, including record-shattering daredevils and beloved "America's Got Talent" stars, coming together for just 23 days. This annual one-of-a-kind production of circus artistry arrives Sat, February 14 to Sun, March 8, 2026, under the iconic Big Top at Nathan Benderson Park.

Circus Sarasota™ EPIC features performers collectively holding more than 18 world records, including juggling phenomenon Danyl Lysenko making his North American debut, hand-balancing virtuoso Quincy Azzario (Gold and Silver Clown winner at Monte Carlo), master of balance Rubel Medini, and the breathtaking aerial straps of Duo Disar. Ringmaster Joseph Dominic Bauer, 15th-generation circus artist, returns to lead audiences through performances that honor Sarasota's rich circus heritage while introducing contemporary acts. The lineup also includes Duo Sirca Marea - Le Cadre, finalists on "America's Got Talent" 2025, performing their heart-stopping blindfolded aerial cradle act, and circus comic Chris Allison, Ringling Bros.' former Boss Clown and AGT alum, who will have the audience doubling over in laughs. The Olate Family Dogs, winners of AGT Season 7, bring their award-winning rescue dog spectacular, while international sensation Florian Blümmel, fresh from "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," delivers his world-famous artistic bike act. Precision, power, and raw courage collide with The Wheel of Steel, performed by The Cardenas Team from Chile, and more!

This family-friendly show is 50% off for opening weekend courtesy of ABC7; tickets are available at CircusArts.org or by calling 941-355-9805.

The Tampa Museum of Art invites you to join us in celebrating the opening of Avant Garde: Remarkable Women in the Permanent Collection, featuring recent additions to the Tampa Museum of Art’s permanent collection.

This special event includes a Curator’s Chat with Joanna Robotham, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, in conversation with three artists currently on view. Guests will enjoy delicious heavy hors d’oeuvres from local favorites, a cash bar, and gallery access.

The Tampa Museum of Art’s permanent collection of art continues to grow at a feverish pace. Many recent acquisitions highlight art made by women who are celebrated both nationally and locally for their creative achievements. The exhibition Avant Garde: Remarkable Women in the Permanent Collection features recent additions to the collection with works by Selina Román, Ya La’ford, Nneka Jones, Wendy Babcox, and Lorraine Genovar—all artists with roots in the Tampa Bay area. Avant Garde also features artists new to the museum’s holdings including Tao Lewis, Mika Rottenberg, Hannah van Bart, Kirsten Hassenfeld, and Quisqueya Henriquez alongside artists such as Alma Thomas, Niki de Saint Phalle, Marisol, Mernet Larsen, and Elisabeth Condon. Viewed together, Avant Garde: Remarkable Women in Permanent Collection will highlight the artists’ explorations of home, self, history, and womanhood through figuration and abstraction.

Your participation in this celebration directly supports the Avant Garde: Influential Women in the Permanent Collection exhibition and the associated educational programs at the Tampa Museum of Art, helping to foster a vibrant art community.

Southeastern Premiere. When President Kennedy vowed to put a man on the moon, the task landed in the hands of a band of maverick engineers – once the misfits of American science. With no rulebook, they embraced “blue-skying,” drawing inspiration from Buck Rogers, Greek myths, Louis Leakey, and even Snoopy and the Red Baron. An exhilarating ride through the wild imagination that made one giant leap possible!