Take a guided tour of the paintings and sculptures owned by Arts Advocates on display at the Van Wezel. After that, step onto the stage where a Van Wezel guide will give you a peek behind the curtain and share stories and anecdotes about the colorful world of show business!

Art Center Sarasota's executive director Kinsey Robb will discuss Sarasota’s art market and how we can all support the visual arts that are essential to the art ecosystem.

Take a guided tour of the paintings and sculptures owned by Arts Advocates on display at the Van Wezel. After that, step onto the stage where a Van Wezel guide will give you a peek behind the curtain and share stories and anecdotes about the colorful world of show business!

Mary Davis Wallace, senior planner and public art administrator for City of Sarasota, grew up in Asheville, North Carolina where she developed a lifelong appreciation for the arts, architecture, and design. She specializes in arts program development and fundraising, public engagement, arts education, and master planning, and is an active member of The Florida Association of Public Art Professionals and Americans for the Arts.  

Philomena Marano holds a B.F.A. from Pratt Institute, is an intimate of the visual poetry of Coney Island, created the winning poster for the first Spirit of Brooklyn poster competition, and is a master of papier collé, the elegant cut paper technique she learned as a studio assistant to preeminent artist Robert Indiana.

Take a guided tour of the paintings and sculptures owned by Arts Advocates on display at the Van Wezel. After that, step onto the stage where a Van Wezel guide will give you a peek behind the curtain and share stories and anecdotes about the colorful world of show business!