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A Celebration Like No Other: Sarasota's Living Arts Festival

In just under six weeks, Sarasota will experience something that it never has before. Yes, the city that is home to Florida’s Cultural Coast™ has had art festivals before. The Ringling International Arts Festival was a beloved tradition. The Sarasota International Chalk Festival returns this November, larger and with more variance in its programming than ever before. The Sarasota Film Festival continues to live on.

But the people of Sarasota have yet to immerse themselves in the spectacle that is the upcoming Living Arts Festival. From November 10-17, the festival, produced by the non-profit Sarasota Rising, will engage nearly all of the area’s arts organizations in an effort to promote and cement Sarasota as the cultural hub of Florida’s Gulf Coast. “The idea was to make it as simple as possible. We don’t want to make organizations jump through hoops and produce something special for the festival. We want to support whatever an area arts organization’s mission is,” says Jeffery Kin, Executive Director of Sarasota Rising. “We want more people to walk through their lobbies, more butts in their seats, more people in the restaurants, more heads in beds. Really, we’ve realized, over the course of the two years, that we’re almost more like an arts movement. We’re more than a festival, more than a street fair, more than a kids art day, it's a movement of helping us all come together, celebrating who we are, what we are and enjoying what makes us so unique and different as a city.”

In its inaugural year, the Living Arts Festival will feature a bevy of produced events for attendees, special premieres of works from established organizations and even specially produced work by some of the organizations for the festival. The fun starts two days before the official opening of the festival, with a pre-festival “Living Arts Festival Fete” on Friday, November 8 and a family-focused free arts exhibition on November 9. The party officially kicks off on November 10, with the opening rooftop bash, “A World of the ARTS”, celebrating the global influences within the Sarasota art scene. That event is followed by “Our Embrace Reimagined”, a “super collaboration” between a number of local organizations, featuring a performance walking tour through Marie Selby Gardens’ Historic Spanish Point campus. “All Roads Lead to Venice” will highlight the plethora of arts organizations in the city of Venice and “Arts Roulette” will allow participants to spin the roulette wheel to win tickets to events of the festival’s participating organizations. The festival will close in the Circus Arts Conservatory’s (CAC) Sailor Circus Arena with “Sarasota Rising –Celebrating Our Youth”, a massive, highly orchestrated production from the CAC and Key Chorale that will feature performances from many of the participating organization’s youth programs.

The Living Arts Festival takes place November 10-17, 2024.


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This Week's SRQ DAILY Editions



Friday Weekend Edition – Oct 4, 2024

October 4 is Member Preview Day for The Orchid Show 2024: PURPLE •  Art Center Sarasota's New Season Opens with Four Exhibits, Artist Talks and More •  Arts Advocates Announces November 2024 Events •  2024-2025 Season at Sarasota Orchestra's Harmony Gallery •  A Celebration Like No Other: Sarasota's Living Arts Festival •  Embracing Our Differences Receives Empowering Arts Grant Award from Gulf Coast Community Foundation •  St. Pete Beach Recovery Efforts Underway Following Hurricane Helene •  Sarasota County Arts and Cultural Venues Begin Repairs Following Hurricane Helene Damage •  Disaster Relief Supply Donations at the Bradenton Public Market •  Businesses Begin to Reopen After Hurricane Helene

Thursday Family and Recreation Edition – Oct 3, 2024

Creative Oasis •  New College Earns Recognition From Heritage Foundation as a Great Option for Higher Education •  Classic Movies at the Opera House •  Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota Presents One Quartet, Two Trios, and Three Statewide Piano Competition Winners in November •  Hurricane Helene Relief Music Event This Saturday UTC District In Sarasota •  Hurricane Recovery Updates •  Sarasota's October Fresh Event to Raise Funding for Hurricane Helene Relief •  Celebrate Sarasota Christian School at Annual Inspire Gala

Wednesday Philanthropy Edition – Oct 2, 2024

Raise a Glass to Support the Child Protection Center •  Aviva Senior Living Receives Heartfelt Gifts from Grateful Families and Residents •  Suncoast Relief Night Fundraiser and Donation Drive •  FloridaCommerce Announces Disaster Unemployment Assistance is Available to Floridians Impacted by Hurricane Helene •  Hurricane Helene Causes Restaurant Closures •  All Faiths Food Bank Feeds Community after Hurricane Helene •  All Star Children's Foundation Receives Grant from Community Foundation to Update its Donor Relations Outreach •  Hurricane Relief Bradenton - Bishop Museum, Realize Bradenton •  Bradenton Public Market Hurricane Relief

Tuesday Dining and Food Edition – Oct 1, 2024

Forestar Announces Groundbreaking for Star Farms at Lakewood Ranch Poolside Bar and Grill  •  BookStore1 Bookseller Roxanne Baker Talks About The Outrun •  Wellen Park Announces 44,000-Square-Foot Expansion for Downtown Wellen •  October Events at Creative Liberties include Exhibitions, Family Art Day, Chalk Fest Parade Workshops and More •  Libraries and Historical Resources Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Betty J. Johnson North Sarasota Library •  En Francais •  Sarasota Orchestra Opens New Season with Free Family Concert •  Recovering from Hurricane Helene •  The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota Unveils Rufa, A New Al Fresco Dining Experience •  Sarasota Orchestra Opens New Season with Free Family Concert

Monday Business Edition – Sep 30, 2024

Rejuvenation Station •  Realtors Earn Prestigious Honor •  Melissa W. Wandall Recognized with Prestigious Peter K. O'Rourke Special Achievement Award •  Grapevine Communications Names John Butzko as Partner  •  SMH Nursing Home Named One of America's Best •  Manatee County Gopher Tortoise Resort Welcomes 100th Resident •  Meghan O'Connell Inducted to the Sarasota County Bar Association Young Lawyers Division •  Moran Argues Voters Should Toss Ford-Coates

Saturday Perspectives Edition – Sep 28, 2024

Full Circle: The Story of the Collaboration Between D-Trans, LLC and The EDC of Sarasota County •  Nature Courses Through Midnight Pass Debate •  Selby Gardens Update After Helene

Friday Weekend Edition – Sep 27, 2024

The 2024-2025 Van Wezel Season is Here! •  New Heights •  Hermitage Announces Three New Fall Programs and More •  Sarasota's La Musica Announces New Season Lineup •  2024 Fall Lunch Selby Gardens •  Keep it Classy at the Inaugral Suncoast Composer Festival

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