Sarasota, FL

Sarasota is a city located in Sarasota County on the southwestern coast of the state of Florida in the United States. Its current official limits include Sarasota Bay and several barrier islands between the bay and the Gulf of Mexico.
These islands separating Sarasota Bay from the gulf near the city, known as keys, include Lido Key and Siesta Key, which are famous worldwide for the quality of their sandy beaches.
Today the keys that are included in the boundary of Sarasota are Lido Key, St. Armands Key, Otter Key, Coon Key, Bird Key, and portions of Longboat Key and Siesta Key. Previously, Siesta Key was named Sarasota Key. At one time, it and all of Longboat Key were considered part of Sarasota and confusing contemporaneous references may be found discussing them.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Sarasota had a population of 52,488 in 2007.[1] In 1986 it became designated as a certified local government. Sarasota is a principal city of the Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, and is the seat of Sarasota County.

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Contemporary Art

Contemporary art can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since World War II. The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collections as consisting of art produced since World War II.

About

s/ART/q is a dynamic, new, not-for-profit entity consisting of professional Sarasota artists who strive to present the community, the region, and visitors to the area with contemporary art events of the highest caliber.

Our mission is to provide collaborative meeting and working spaces for artists as well as quarterly group shows, open studio visits, and an ambitious schedule of monthly educational, outreach, and public service programs. This group of painters, sculptors, and photographers maintains a commitment to collaboration with other art groups, local businesses, and enthusiasts in order to advance the creative culture of Sarasota county and increase the standard of local visual art.

Website Designed, Built and Maintained by Daniel Miller and Tobey Albright.

Joseph Arnegger

Born in Boston in 1969, Joseph Patrick Arnegger grew up in Connecticut, New York and Florida. He began painting at an early age and remembers spending time at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and visiting artists' studios in the Hamptons not far from his grandparents' house in Montauk. He graduated from Ringling School of Art & Design in Sarasota in 1994.

Brian Haverlock

Brian Haverlock's work expresses recalled memories, impressions, and aspects of his rich life from his time in monastic orders, to sensitive reflections of events, situations, and individuals he has met, known, or experienced. Havelock holds an M.A. in theology from Washington Theological Union, as well as a B.F.A. in painting from East Carolina University. He is a 2007-08 recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant, among other awards, and his works have been featured in solo and group exhibitions at Green Contemporary and Allan Stone Gallery in New York City, and throughout the US. Brian was born in North Dakota and now lives and works in Sarasota, Florida.

Tim Jaeger

He's been called passionate, humble, witty, and one of the five rising artist talents in Sarasota by Sarasota Magazine, and aficionado art collectors. At 29, Tim Jaeger has achieved local and increasingly national recognition. .A 2002 graduate of the Ringling School of Art and Design, Jaeger decided to remain in the resort coastal town of Sarasota after earning his bachelors of arts, where he now works and paints. Born in Michigan and raised in Paducah, Kentucky, Jaeger is attracted by the colors, warmth and light of Florida, as well as its sophisticated and growing artist communities.

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Daniel Miller

Daniel Miller attended Ringling School of Art and Design from 1999-2003 within the Graphic and Interactive Communications department. In 2002 Daniel Miller co-founded Porch Magazine and Spooky-Maceo Productions which dealt with social issues in the community and exposed artists, self-published between 2002 - January 2007. Daniel is currently the Creative Director for The American Tin Ceiling Company located in Bradenton, Florida as well as S/aRt/Q. Daniel's artistic focus is heavily based on print making, drawing and painting. Technology, 'experience' and relationships are major influences to his art work off the computer.

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Daniel Perales

Daniel Perales has completed undergraduate studies in Anthropology and Fine Art and has a Master's Degree in Photography. Son to a Spanish father and American mother, Daniel's work reflects his interests in the study of people and culture. Daniel has received grants and commissions related to art and social development. Daniel has also taught photography courses and workshops for The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, the Sarasota County school board, and Working with Artists in Denver, CO
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Jeff Schwartz

Schwartz received his BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and his MFA in painting and drawing from American University in Washington, D.C. He has also studied at Chautauqua in New York, The Vermont Studio and the Lorenzo di Medici School of Fine Arts in Florence, Italy. He has been the winner of numerous awards and fellowships and has exhibited nationally. Schwartz has been teaching at the Ringling School of Art & Design since 1998. Before that he taught painting at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. He lives in Sarasota with his wife Kate and their children Olivia and Alexander.

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Sabrina Small

Sabrina Small, a Philadelphia-born artist, earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from The Maryland Institute of Art in Baltimore. After working in Berlin for five years, in 2008 Small returned to Sarasota, Florida, her former home. Her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries in Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, Budapest, Berlin, Mallorca, China, and all over South Florida.

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Tom Stephens

Tom Stephens is a Florida native born in Cocoa Beach. Tallahassee, is where he grew up and where he originally began to paint. While in school, at the Ringling College of Art and Design, Tom worked on the offshore fishing boats docked at Marina Jack?s close to the Ringling campus. Currently, Tom spends his time on the water, or in his painting studio at his home, near the Ringling mansion in Sarasota. He and his wife, Beth, also a Ringling graduate, operate their own businesses in the arts. They hold exhibitions of Tom?s work annually and have studio visits by appointment.

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David Piurek

Born in Amsterdam, New York in 1967, David Piurek now lives and works in Sarasota, Florida. In 1998 he received his BFA from the Ringling College of Art and Design. He has since been employed by the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art as Conservation Technician/Gilder. During his employment at the Museum, he has had the priviledge of working on many special projects which has influenced his own Art. His latest work incorporates gold, silver and copper gilding with epoxy resin and paint.

Nathan Skiles

Nathan Skiles was born in Anderson, Indiana. He received his MFA from Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey and his BFA from Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida. Nathan is represented by Greene Contemporary in New York City and is currently working toward an upcoming 2010 exhibition at Sloan Fine Art in New York.

Veronica Pastore

Veronica Pastore is a new media and PR expert at Vision PR & Marketing, a Sarasota-based firm specializing in marketing arts organizations. She draws upon this expertise to serve as director of PR & Media for S/ART/Q. Hailing from the midwest, Veronica has a B.A. in philosophy and studied graphic design at the Ringling College but her time in Italy and France fomented a love of fine art. Focused on efficiency and efficacy, she enjoys using Helvetica Neue as often as possible and experimenting with social media.

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Ariana Franco

Ariana Franco graduated from Ringling College of Art and Design in 2008 with a BFA in Fine Art, sculpture and painting, focusing on site specific installation. After graduation she decided to stay in Sarasota and participate in the art community by volunteering. When she discovered the birth of the S/aRt/Q collective, she made herself accessible to the group as a volunteer. Shortly after the Inaugural Exhibition she was brought on as Volunteer Coordinator extending an invitation to the community to participate as a volunteer.

Sponsors

sARTq proudly acknowledges our sponsors for 2009. Without these sponsors sARTq's impact on the arts community of Sarasota wouldn't be as deep or expansive.