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Arts Advocates Gallery Free Docent Tours
Arts Advocates Gallery Free Docent Tours
Saturdays, June 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Arts Advocates Gallery, The Crossings at Siesta Key, 3501 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34239
Gallery Hours: 2:00-4:00 p.m.
The Arts Advocates’ collection of Sarasota Art Colony and Florida Highwaymen works is on permanent display in the Arts Advocates Gallery, which is open every Saturday from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Admission is free. Free docent-guided tours are available for gallery visitors who wish to learn more about the art and written information is available for self-guided tours.
Sarasota Art Colony: From the 1930s through the 1970s, Sarasota was a thriving art colony, recognized nationally for the celebrated painters and sculptors who had homes and studios in the area. These energetic artists came from across the United States and had a significant impact on the local art scene, representing major styles and trends of twentieth century art. Pictured here: Ben Stahl's “Thunder on the Beach.”
Florida Highwaymen: The Florida Highwaymen were a group of 26 African-American landscape artists, mostly self-taught from the Fort Pierce, Florida area, active from the mid-1950s into the 1980s. They painted on inexpensive Upson board or Masonite and made frames from crown molding. Because of the racial climate at the time, no galleries would accept their work. As a result, they sold their art door-to-door or from the trunks of their cars, often still wet, along Florida’s eastern coastal roads. In 2004, the 26 Florida Highwaymen artists, which included one woman, were inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame.
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