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2021 Hermitage Greenfield Prize in Theater
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Hermitage “doubles down” on safe, expanded outdoor programming for 2021-22
The Hermitage Artist Retreat has been one of the nation’s earliest and most successful
Sarasota Scene Spotlight: Artists Blossom at the Hermitage
by Wendy Lyons Sunshine, Sarasota Scene Magazine, September 2021 Earlier this summer, 80 creative
Hermitage receives grant from Gulf Coast Community Foundation
The Hermitage Artist Retreat has been recognized by Gulf Coast Community Foundation as one of
Composer David ‘Clay’ Mettens wins 2021 Hermitage Prize in Aspen
The Hermitage Artist Retreat and the Aspen Music Festival and School (AMFS) announce that David ‘Clay’
Hermitage announces new members of national curatorial council
The Hermitage Artist Retreat recently announced its 2021-2022 Curatorial Council, comprised of distinguished national
Hermitage welcomes Programs Manager James Monaghan
Andy Sandberg, Artistic Director and CEO of the Hermitage Artist Retreat, announced today the
A Statement from the Hermitage
As an organization and as a community of artists, we at the Hermitage vow to hold ourselves to the highest standards in combatting racism. There is no place for hate – in art or in life. We are deeply committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and we proudly support our Hermitage Fellows who engage in social justice reform and the stories that matter.
THE HERMITAGE ARTIST RETREAT
The Hermitage is a multi-disciplinary artist retreat serving artists, the creative process, and the community. Located on a nine-acre campus in Manasota Key at the southern tip of Sarasota County, we provide accomplished and diverse artists with multi-week residences to create new works of theater, music, visual art, literature, and more. All artists are selected by our Hermitage Curatorial Council, composed of visionary arts leaders from nationally and internationally renowned cultural institutions. Hermitage Fellows have described their experiences as “life-changing,” “magical,” and “transformative,” regularly noting that they accomplish more in their time at the Hermitage than they ever imagined possible.
Hermitage Fellows have included twelve Pulitzer Prize winners, multiple Tony, Oscar, Emmy, Grammy nominees and winners, Poets Laureate, MacArthur “Genius” and Guggenheim Fellows, and hundreds of extraordinary artists from around the world. The award-winning, impactful, and diverse original works created at the Hermitage are presented in renowned concert halls, theaters, museums, and galleries throughout our region and across the globe. Works created at the Hermitage have been shown at New York’s Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center, The Museum of Modern Art, The Vienna Opera, Roundabout Theatre Company, Carnegie Hall, Disney Hall, Mass MoCA, The Kennedy Center, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, to name a few.
Audiences in the greater Sarasota area are offered a “sneak peek” into the works and minds of these brilliant artists through the Hermitage’s community programs, many of which are in collaboration with fellow arts and cultural organizations throughout the Gulf Coast region. In addition to the unique and invaluable experience we provide to artists, we take pride in our complementary missions of historic preservation, ecological restoration, and community engagement.
Now on the National Register of Historic Places, the Hermitage was built in 1907. The “Hermitage-Whitney” district was reconceived as the Hermitage Artist Retreat in 1999 and officially incorporated as a non-profit organization in 2002.