Carrie Seidman

SARASOTA — Neither Patti Smith, Selby Gardens' inaugural artist in residence, nor Lynn Goldsmith, whose exhibition, “Shared Light,” running through Sept. 13, can exactly remember the first time they met.

SARASOTA — When arts organizations in line for tourist tax grants were asked in July to acknowledge new diversity, equity and inclusion stipulations to receive public funds for 2027, most

Chronological milestones – graduations, weddings, retirements – are contemplative times, ideal for looking back at memories and accomplishments and forward to changes and new challenges.

SARASOTA — Chronological milestones — graduations, weddings, retirements — are contemplative times, ideal for looking back at memories and accomplishments and forward to changes and new challenges.

SARASOTA — When Iain Webb, who took over the artistic direction of the Sarasota Ballet in 2007, is brainstorming programming possibilities for a new season, he confesses he often channels

Sixteen years after leaving her native Venezuela to settle in Tampa where she would become an associate instructor of dance at the University of

SARASOTA — A young Mexican American man reluctantly enters a rundown former synagogue, now a community center, in the barrio of East Los Angeles, where he’s been sent by his

SARASOTA — The 15 women filing in to the Education Room of the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on this first of fall Thursday afternoon look like any random sampling

It has been more than two years since the one-two punch of Hurricanes Helene and Milton left the nine-acre property on Manasota Key the Hermitage

Carrie Seidman and Jay Handelman | ArtsBeat It has been more than two years since the one-two punch of Hurricanes Helene and Milton