Odili Donald Odita, Franklin Sirmans and Jennifer Packer At Sarasota Art Museum
Photo: J Caldwell
ARTIST TALK
Odili Donald Odita
Thursday 19 March 6 pm
Members $10
Not-yet Members $20
Odita’s work explores color both in the figurative historical context and sociopolitical sense, integrating hues from past personal experiences. Odita writes, “Color in itself has the possibility of mirroring the complexity of the world as much as it has the potential for being distinct. I explore in the paintings a metaphoric ability to address the human condition through pattern, structure and design, as well as for its possibility to trigger memory.” Come hear Odita speak about his process, as he shares insight into the creation of our site-specific installation Force Field, on view in the Jan Schmidt Loggia.
Photo: Angel Valentin
SCHOOL OF THOUGHT
Franklin Sirmans
Thursday 16 April 6 pm
Members $10
Not-yet Members $20
Join us for a conversation with Franklin Sirmans, Executive Director of the Pérez Art Museum, and Sarasota Art Museum’s Executive Director, Anne-Marie Russell, about the state of contemporary art museums and the challenges we face today in terms of shifting societal expectations. Relative to the art museum, how can we maintain scrutiny, accountability, and decolonization efforts in the face of a rapidly shifting world on the global and local scale?
Franklin Sirmans has been the director of the Pérez Art Museum, Miami since 2015. Previously serving as the curator of contemporary art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Sirmans has an extensive background in the fields of art criticism, curating, and writing.
Photo: Albert Hosia Jerriod Avant
ARTIST TALK
The Work and Influences of Jennifer Packer
Sunday 19 April 1 pm
Free
Registration required
