When: January 25, 2026 • 4:30pm-8:30pm
Where: SRQ Waterworks • 1005 N. Orange Ave., Sarasota FL, 34236
Register & Purchase Tickets For Angels for Artists
If you would like to bid on artwork in the auction please register by clicking the button on the left. To purchase tickets to attend the auction in person please purchase your tickets by clicking the button on the right. Tickets go on sale January 1, 2025. Thank you. We look forward to seeing you there!
SAVE THE DATE for Sunday January 25, 2026!
Join us for Halo Arts Project’s 7th annual
benefit Online & LIVE Art Auction and Art Cocktail Party. The benefit is Halo Arts Project’s key fundraiser and you can bid in-person on over 100 artworks from January 4 – 25, 2026. All proceeds support $5,000 Halo Fellowship Awards for visual artists of Florida.
This event is an evening full of fun and excitement at the Historic Sarasota Waterworks
Doors open at 4:30pm
Sign up for a historic tour of Waterworks
LIVE Auction begins: 8:00pm and the excitement climbs by demand until the final seconds
Online Auction ends – 8:30pm
To add to the energy, the works which you will see online from January 4–24, will be hung in the John Sims/Halo Arts Project Gallery: 1639 Tenth Street, Sarasota, FL 34236. The next day they will be hanging at Sarasota Waterworks for our lively auction and art cocktail party.
View the 2026 Angels for Artists Art Catalog (beginning January 4, 2026)
There are Three Ways to Attend Angels for Artists
(Tickets will be available in November 2025)
BECOME A SPONSOR
All Sponsors
All levels receive tickets, plus are invited to an exclusive Art Talk Cocktail Party at the Gallery. All Medici, DaVinci, O’Keefe, Halo Angel sponsors are invited to be a part of the Halo Arts Project Event Committee.
Medici… 20 Guests We will commission a framed 14×16 framed painting for you. Invited to an exclusive Art Talk Cocktail Party at the Gallery
DaVinci … 10 Guests We will commission a framed 12×12 framed painting for you.Invited to an exclusive Art Talk Cocktail Party at the Gallery
Georgia O’Keefe … 6 Guests Invited to an exclusive Art Talk Cocktail Party at the Gallery
Halo Angel … 4 GuestsInvited to an exclusive Art Talk Cocktail Party at the Gallery
EVENT TICKETS
Ticket $25 – Includes Aperitivo & Art Cocktail Party + Historic tour of the Waterworks building.
(Tickets will be available in November 2025)
Artists and Collectors!
Interested in donating a piece(s) of ART?
EVENT TICKETS
Participating Artists Ticket – Complimentary – Includes Aperitivo & Art Cocktail Party + Historic tour of the Waterworks building.
Live Music by C KNIGHT & THE DAZE
BLUES…BEADS…BOOGIE
A “New Orleans ” Style of Party
- TICKETS are AVAILABLE ON JANUARY 1ST – ARTISTS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING BY DONATING THEIR PAINTING ARE GIVEN A COMP TICKET. All other tickets are $25 — includes Aperitivo
- SNEAK PEEK AT THE ONLINE ART CATALOGUE BEGINS JANUARY 4TH. YOU MUST REGISTER TO PREVIEW. THERE IS NO REGISTRATION FEE.
- WE ARE OPENING THE AUCTION FOR ABSENTEE BIDDING BEGINNING ON WednesDAY, JANUARY 7th at Noon. YOU MUST REGISTER TO BID. THERE IS NO REGISTRATION FEE.
- Artworks Auctioned — Bids starting at $75
- Join us to support artists Fellowship Awards. Great opportunity to add exceptional art to your home/office collection
- In person Gallery event at SRQ Waterworks on January 25th begins 4:30pm and ends 8:30pm EST sharp
- Aperitivo, Mingle with the Artists and Visit the Historic Waterworks
- ALL BIDDING ENDS ON Sunday THE 25TH of January AT 8:30PM EST. YOU WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY NOTIFIED ON YOUR CELLULAR DEVICE WHEN YOU ARE OUTBID.
FOR MORE INFORMATION EMAIL INFO@HALOARTSPROJECTS.COM
2025 Angels For Artists Event Photos
Artists Participating in Angels for Artists 2025
Anneke Long
Ann Burroughs
Anita Wexler
Beck Lane
Craig Palmer
Catherine Armbruster
Christine Hales
Christina Jensen Vicente
Cosette Kosiba
Criag Thomas Marks
Clifford McDonald
Daniel Cleal
Deborah Van Brunt
Daniel R Wilkerson
Debra KealKahn
Drita Hajroja
Elisabeth Trostli
Gianna
Grace Howl
Jackie Cutrone
Jonathan Herbert
Joyce Berger
Janice Newman
Joan Davidson
Junrey Lee
Ingeborg Angeli
Kathy Wright
Karen Diamond
Leslie Butterfield
Lucy Barber
Larry Forgard
Lee Oberlander
Lori Childers
Lisa Craven
Meg Pierce
Margaret Swedzikowski
Monica Swartley
Midge Johnson
Marjorie Sayer
Michelle Ver Way
Melissa Libutti
Nicole Bedoya
Philomena Marano
Rylee Boyce
Robyn Holl
Sandy Wachowski
Sheila Golden
Sunny Strickland
Suzette Jones
Steven L. Guthrie
Teresa Carson
Zerbe Sodervick
Frequently Asked Questions
Angels for Artists Event 2026 will be held on Sunday, January 25th. The event begins at 4:30pm and ends at 8:30pm EST.
We are opening the bidding early, artwork will be available to absentee bid at the Online Art Auction beginning January 7th at Noon EST.
To participate in the Online Bidding, you must register to bid with name, address, phone number and credit card info. Credit card info is not saved for any other use than the item(s) you are bidding to win. To register click here.
Artists have donated their time and important artwork to benefit Halo Fellowship Awards for Visual Artists. Many artists donate year after year and love attending the event, knowing they are making a difference supporting other artists and the arts community. Therefore, 100% of the proceeds collected from the Art Auctions, private donations and Events goes to fund the Halo Fellowship Awards. Click to see previous awardees.
Halo Arts Project Inc, is a registered 501 C 3 IRS charity. Donations are deductible within the extent of the law. Halo Arts Project, Inc is a registered Corporation in the State of Florida. Doc# N19000001673.