Embracing Our Difference News Today

The Embracing Our Differences art exhibit is back at Sarasota's Bayfront Park near Marina Jack. The larger-than-life art pieces display talent from across the world.

Since 2004, Embracing Our Differences has used the power of art and prose to promote respect and kindness. One way it achieves this is through its annual, juried international outdoor art exhibition comprising 50 billboard-sized works of art, each accompanied by an inspirational quotation.

The cancellation of the exhibit at SCF Manatee-Sarasota follows a push from Gov. Ron DeSantis to remove diversity, equity and inclusion programs from Florida's public universities.

The cancellation of the exhibit at SCF Manatee-Sarasota follows a push from Gov. Ron DeSantis to remove diversity, equity and inclusion programs from Florida's public universities.

The State College of Florida requested the Embracing Our Differences exhibition remove some artwork from the line up but now organizers have canceled the stop.

Embracing Our Differences, which pairs art work with inspirational messages in Sarasota, marks 20 years by expanding to Bradenton and North Port

The Barancik Foundation awards grants in the areas of education, humanitarian causes, arts and culture, the environment, and medical research.

The work depicts a young Black man holding an infant on his lap with the words, “At What Age Do I Become a Threat?”

Embracing Our Differences plants the seeds of diversity, equity, and inclusion in billboard-sized art installations sprinkled throughout four parks in Washtenaw County. Join Deb Polich on this edition of "creative:impact," and meet organizers Nancy Margolis and Lynne Settles to hear more about this exciting project.

“At what age do Black men and women become a threat to society?” asks   Alexis Thompson, a university student at North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University from Roxboro, North Carolina, and the winner of this year's 'People's Choice Award' at Embracing Our Differences' 19th annual outdoor juried art exhibit celebrating diversity.