Carrie Seidman is the Opinion columnist at Sarasota Herald-Tribune and a Freelance Journalist. She focuses on themes of arts and entertainment, theater, culture and society, and photography, covering topics such as plays and musicals, fine art, and urban art. Carrie has been featured in notable publications including Yahoo News, Bradenton Herald, and WUSF Public Media.
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Carrie Seidman’s coverage suggests she is most responsive to pitches tied to local arts coverage with a civic angle, especially around funding, policy shifts, and how they affect theaters and arts organizations in Sarasota. She also appears open to visually driven stories and culture pieces with a strong human-interest element.
Pitches are likely strongest when they include timely developments, concrete local impact, and access to people directly affected by the issue. Story ideas involving theater, visual art, community arts programs, or projects that show how a cultural change ripples through the Sarasota area should fit her beat well.
Her focus is local to Sarasota, Florida, so outreach should stay tightly centered on that area.
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By: Christian Casale, Carrie Seidman, Jay Handelman
Sarasota County arts organizations seeking a share of $2.1 million in public grant funding this year are facing a new requirement tied to new Florida restrictions on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
By: Carrie Seidman, Jay Handelman
of 7 Jon Joseph Gentry, left, and Tyler Gevas in a scene from the Urbanite Theatre production of “Monsters of the American Cinema.” Gentry
of 3 Photographer Lynn Goldsmith stands next to one of the panels displaying her flower photos on a pathway that weaves through Selby Gardens.
By: Christian Casale, Carrie Seidman
Sarasota County approved $2.1 million in arts grants without addressing concerns over new DEI restrictions, leaving Urbanite Theatre without its $40,230 award.
By: Carrie Seidman, Suncoast Searchlight
Commissioners approved $2.1 million in county support to 33 organizations. Urbanite Theatre, which declined to sign a DEI acknowledgement circulated by the Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County, was the lone exception.
During “season” in Sarasota, most local arts leaders barely have time to eat and catch a few hours sleep, much less do anything other than keep their organizations rolling. But
By: Christian Casale, Carrie Seidman
Urbanite declined to sign the DEI acknowledgement circulated by the Arts and Cultural Alliance.
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 — 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.
By: Christian Casale Suncoast, Carrie Seidman
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
