Angels for Artists
For the first time in Sarasota, a significant selection of Afro-Caribbean artworks from the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art will be on view to the public. The PFF Collection brings nearly 30 works by 23 artists to Halo Arts Project at the John Sims Studio in Sarasota, creating a powerful dialogue between legacy, identity, history, and contemporary expression. TH-FRI 4pm to 8pm and Sat/Sun 1pm to 6pm.
ARGUMENT OF TIME Visit to an Extinct City“Visit to an Extinct City” holds a fresh, personal lens to a seldom-seen, venerable ghost-town and archaeological site. It casts a rueful glance at the folly and profundity of ‘historical reconstruction’ – it raises an eyebrow towards guidebooks, tourism and what we think we do when we travel abroad – and with both hands, …
“Florida Now” Collaborators Blair Petersen Updike and Nathan Leemis October 23 – November 28, 2026 Wild Florida Is Still Here. Wild Florida is not a fading memory. Along the St. Johns River, vast expanses of unspoiled wilderness remain—landscapes of extraordinary beauty, quiet majesty, and enduring spirit. Through their traditional oil paintings, Blair Petersen Updike and Nathan Leemis reveal a Florida …
Call to Artists “The Shape of Things to Come” it is not fixed – it’s restless, unfinished and alive.
Artist’s submission deadline Dec 31st One work. One deadline. A Real Impact!
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Join us for Halo Arts Project’s 8th annual
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 – 24, 2027.
All proceeds support $5,000 Halo Fellowship Awards for visual artists of Florida.
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.
On the 24th the artworks will be hanging at Sarasota Waterworks for our lively auction and art cocktail party.
The ArtistSelf portrait circa 1999Mixed-media acryllic and ink on paper 20 x 20 inches “FULTON ROSS Sixty years of MOODS, BLUES AND BEATITUDES” Gale Fulton Ross January 28, 2027 – March 15, 2027 Drawings and paintings from the artists studio.
“From the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection” Selected works March 24, 2027 – May 30, 2027