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!

This is event is FREE for Arts Advocates members but registration is required. “Bluebeard, the Autobiography of Rabo Karabekian” by Kurt Vonnegut is a novel told as a first-person narrative describing the last years of fictional abstract expressionist painter Rabo Karabekian. The character is loosely based on Syd Solomon, who was a prominent member of the Sarasota Artist Colony. Ed Eliasberg will lead the discussion. 

Lace up your walking shoes, grab a bottle of water, and join Judy Levine, Nanette Crist, and Stephenie Frasher for a 90-minute tour of some of our city’s sculptures and murals.

Mark Ormond, curator of the Arts Advocates collection, Stephenie Frasher, Barb Sander, Ann Durloo, and Meg Krakowiak present an informal conversation about our collection which includes paintings by renowned artists from the Sarasota Art Colony and the Florida Highwaymen. Learn about the art and consider becoming a host; there is no obligation by attending this free seminar. 

Lace up your walking shoes, grab a bottle of water, and join Judy Levine, Nanette Crist, and Stephenie Frasher for a 90-minute tour of some of our city’s sculptures and murals.

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!

We will tour the Bishop Museum which includes fossils, pottery and tools of early cultures as well as that of the Paleo-Indian culture. The second floor includes maritime as well as other artifacts from the Manatee River area and Tampa Bay illustrating later settlement. Included in our tour is the manatee rehab center, a planetarium show, and the Mosaic Backyard Universe. In addition, we will see an international photography exhibit of birds with award-winning photos. 

Lace up your walking shoes, grab a bottle of water, and join Judy Levine, Nanette Crist, and Stephenie Frasher for a 90-minute tour of some of our city’s sculptures and murals.