Video views of art in the world
In conjunction with its current show, “Janaina Tschäpe: Between the Sky and the Water,” the Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College is offering a video series tied to the career retrospective of the artist. On Saturday and Sunday, the museum will be showcasing some of Tschäpe’s video works that were created from 2000 to 2014 and touch on some of the painted and sculpted pieces featured in the exhibition. Showings start at the bottom of every hour and will be limited to 20 people on a first-come, first-served basis. The videos are included with museum admission. The exhibition continues through May 2 at 1001 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. For more information: 941-304-4300; sarasotaartmuseum.org
Arts news for Sarasota-Manatee: Jan. 17-23
play reading series
Florida Studio Theatre is giving audiences a chance to see five new plays that are in development and support its Playwright Collective initiative.
The theater has been working dozens of writers during the pandemic to prepare new plays for future full productions. The readings will be presented online and each will be followed by a discussion and feedback session.
The series opens at 3 p.m. Jan. 29 with “Last Call at the Old Slave Quarters Lounge,” a new play by Kenneth Jones, author of “Alabama Story.” It is set in a popular Mississippi restaurant where some old secrets are finally revealed, altering the lives of a family of restaurateurs.
The Perlman Music Program/Suncoast, which for 15 years has brought young musicians to Sarasota in December for a two-week residency for study and performances with superstar violinist Itzhak Perlman and other professionals, has received a $500,000 gift from the Daniel E. Offutt III Charitable Trust.
The money will be used to provide virtual classical music education programs for elementary, middle and high school music students in Sarasota and Manatee counties.
For the first time since it launched in 2003 as an extension of the original Perlman Music Program in Shelter Island, N.Y., the Suncoast residency was canceled this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Perlman also runs a winter residency in Tel Aviv, Israel.