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Fifteenth Season of Hermitage STARs Announced
The Hermitage Artist Retreat (Sarasota County, Florida) announced today that three Florida public school arts teachers will spend part of their summer on Manasota Key while working on

Hermitage Welcomes Ellen Sandor to Board of Trustees; Carole Crosby Continues as President
Stephanie Jones Steps into Role of Vice President, and David Green Named Emeritus Trustee The Hermitage Artist Retreat (Sarasota County, Florida) announced today that Ellen Sandor (Sarasota / Chicago)

Hermitage Celebrates with Acclaimed Artists, Writers, and Performers at Alumni Reunion Party in NYC
Over two decades of Hermitage alumni came together in New York on Monday, June 2 to celebrate the lasting legacy of the Hermitage and connect with

Hermitage Artist Retreat Announces Dates for 2025-2026 Benefit Events
The Hermitage Artist Retreat (Sarasota County, Florida) announced today that the annual Hermitage Artful Lobster benefit will be held on Saturday, November 8th, 2025, from 11:30am to 2pm on

Hermitage Returns to the Beach with New Program in June
The Hermitage Artist Retreat announces its return to Hermitage Beach on Manasota Key on Thursday, June 26th. This will be the first public program presented on

Hermitage Announces May 30 Program at WBTT Featuring nicHi douglas and Sam Steiner
The Hermitage Artist Retreat announces its newest May program, “Movement of Body and Story,” on Friday, May 30th at 4pm, featuring award-winning choreographer, playwright, and director nicHi douglas, alongside acclaimed
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 MISSION
The mission of the Hermitage is to inspire and foster the most influential and culturally consequential art and artists of our time.
The Hermitage is a multi-disciplinary artist retreat dedicated to championing bold and impactful new work, supporting the creative process, elevating the artist experience, and enriching the lives of audiences and arts appreciators around the world. An incubator for diverse and original works across all artistic mediums, the Hermitage aims to inspire creative minds to achieve their greatest potential. Beyond the unique and invaluable experience we provide to artists, we take pride in our commitment to historic preservation, ecological restoration, and dynamic community engagement.
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 fifteen 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.