The Sarasota-Manatee area is ripe with an abundance of superior cultural life: opera, symphony, professional and civic theater companies, music and a flourishing visual arts community. Arts and culture has been shown to positively increase the quality of life in the region and with this Festival it is hoped that community leaders and citizens grow to further recognize and embrace the unique value arts and culture plays in the local, regional and statewide economy. The great news is the Festival is a catalyst for bringing several of the major arts organizations in town together to collaboratively market the arts during the Festival and afterwards throughout the cultural season. Every step, large or small, will help further reaffirm Sarasota and Manatee’s, and Florida at that matter, reputation as a leading arts and cultural destination throughout the world.
Archive for July, 2009
Bringing the Arts Together in Sarasota/Manatee
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009Spotlight on an Artist: Deganit Shemy & Company
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009Making headlines in her native Israel, Deganit Shemy has been making her way quite nicely in NYC’s burgeoning modern dance scene. As I dug around to find out more about this esteemed choreographer, I came across an article that sums up a performance of Arena and sheds more light on Deganit’s impressive talent. Enjoy and purchase tickets to her shows–I’m positive you won’t be let down.
Lynn Hobeck Bates, Public Relations Manager
Happy 4th of July
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009Over the holiday, the blog will be on hiatus while we celebrate our nation’s birthday. Happy 4th of July everyone!
Rainy Days and YouTube
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009It has been pouring rain the entire day here in Sarasota—a nice, and much needed, change of pace during these luridly hot summer days. Rainy days are best for crawling under the covers and grabbing a good book or popping in a movie or two. Unfortunately for those of us who must work, we aren’t afforded such a luxury. Lucky for us though YouTube can save the day. If you have the urge today, or any day, rain or shine, to curl up to a good book or movie but you’re regulated to your desk, take a moment to check out the Ringling International Arts Festival performer’s websites and YouTube videos. The videos don’t necessarily highlight the performances they will showcase at the Ringling Festival, but they will give you a taste of what you can expect.
P.S. Don’t tell your boss that I encouraged you to watch YouTube while at work. I don’t think it will go over to well.
Lynn Hobeck Bates, Public Relations Manager at the Ringling Museum
