Partnerships |

The Hermitage partners with organizations of all kinds to support residencies and to create meaningful arts programming for the community. Local, national, and international partnerships have included:

Alliance of Artists Communities

American Opera Projects
Brooklyn, NY

Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County
Sarasota, FL

Asolo Repertory Theatre
Sarasota, FL

Aspen Music Festival and School
Aspen CO

Camargo Foundation
Cassis, France

Charlotte County Public Schools
Port Charlotte, FL

City of Antwerp
Belgium

Community Foundation of Sarasota County
Sarasota, FL

ensembleNEWSRQ
Sarasota, FL

Florida Alliance for Arts Education
Orlando, FL

Florida Humanities Council
St. Petersburg, FL

Florida Studio Theatre
Sarasota, FL

Greenfield Foundation
Philadelphia, PA

Gulf Coast Community Foundation
Sarasota, FL

John & Mable Ringing Museum of Art
Sarasota, FL

Manatee County School District
Bradenton, FL

Nantucket Screenwriters Colony
Nantucket, MA

Ringling College of Art & Design
Sarasota, FL

SaraSolo Festival
Sarasota, FL

Sarasota County Schools
Sarasota, FL

Sarasota Film Festival
Sarasota, FL

Sarasota Museum of Art
Sarasota, FL

Sarasota Opera
Sarasota, FL

Sarasota Orchestra
Sarasota, FL

State College of Florida
Bradenton, FL

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe
Sarasota, FL

Coming Up Next

Feb

Fri

From Broadway to the Beach @ Hermitage Artist Retreat beach

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Feb 21 @ 5:00 pm

From Broadway to the Beach with Musical Theater Composer Adam Gwon

Friday, February 21, 5 p.m.
Hermitage Artist Retreat beach, 6630 Manasota Key Road, Englewood, FL 34223

Registration for this free program is required. Click here to reserve your seats.

Adam Gwon will play piano and sing his own songs, demonstrating how a musical is born and evolves from idea to stage.

Gwon was named one of “50 to Watch” by The Dramatist and hailed as “a promising newcomer to our talent-hungry musical theater” whose songs are “funny, urbane, with a sweetness that doesn’t cloy” by The New York Times. His musicals have been produced on six continents, in more than half a dozen languages. Gwon’s off-Broadway plays include Scotland, PA Ordinary Days, and Old Jews Telling Jokes. Among his many awards are the Helen Hayes Award, the Kleban Award, the Fred Ebb Award, the Richard Rodgers Award, the Frederick Loewe Award, and an ASCAP Award. Gwon’s songs have been performed by such luminaries as Audra McDonald, Kelli O’Hara, and Brian d’Arcy James at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, and other prominent venues. He served on the Tony Awards Nominating Committee from 2015-2018, and currently serves on the board at Roundabout Theatre Company.

Feb

Fri

Restoring Coastal Ecology and Creating a Sense of Place @ Hermitage Artist Retreat Palm House

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Feb 28 @ 5:00 pm

Restoring Coastal Ecology and Creating a Sense of Place
with Landscape Architect Michael Gilkey

Friday, February 28, 5:00 p.m.
Hermitage Palm House, 6630 Manasota Key Road, on Manasota Key

This event is free, but reservations are required and can be made here.

Michael will share his vision for the restoration of the Hermitage acreage, including the “Preserve,” which contains three distinct habitats; coastal hammock, dune and wetlands. Learn about native Florida plants and the process of creating an old Florida landscape. After the talk, join us for a walk on the beach to enjoy nature and a sunset.

Gilkey is a second-generation landscape architect and president of Michael A. Gilkey, Inc. He serves as the landscape architect on the Sarasota Tree Advisory Committee and his projects have won the highest awards from the Florida Nursery Growers and Landscape Association and the Florida Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Gilkey’s designs are informed by music, history and culture.

Mar

Fri

Sonic Meditation at Sunset @ Hermitage Artist Retreat beach

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Mar 6 @ 6:00 pm

Sonic Meditation at Sunset with Composer Evan Premo

Friday, March 6, 6 p.m.
Hermitage Artist Retreat beach, 6630 Manasota Key Road, Englewood, FL 34223

Registration for this free program is required. Click here to reserve your seats.

Teaching artist/composer Evan Premo will lead the community through several sonic meditations, designed to find connection and peace through deep listening and spontaneous sounding.

Premo, a double bassist and composer, is a member of the New York City-based chamber music collective, DECODA. He is the artistic director and founder of Beethoven and Banjos, a festival that brings together folk and classical musicians for cross-genre concerts in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Premo is also the co-founder and co-artistic director of Scrag Mountain Music.

Apr

Sun

Greenfield Prize Award Dinner @ Michael's On East Ballroom

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Apr 19 @ 6:00 pm

The Hermitage Artist Retreat is honored to present the 2020 Greenfield Prize in Visual Art to Jennifer Packer, widely considered one of the greatest painters of her generation.

The Greenfield Prize Award Dinner honors the recipient of the prestigious Greenfield Prize, and anchors a weekend of artist events. The $30,000 commission is awarded annually, and rotates among drama, music, and visual art. Ms. Packer receives a Hermitage residency along with the commission, which will have its premiere in Sarasota in 2022 with our presenting partner, The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art.

February – April 2020 Feb – Apr 2020

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