Herrig Center for the Arts is the premier visual arts center in Manatee County. We serve a diverse community of artists from ages 4 to over 90. Our classes, over 400 a year, offer instruction for beginning to advanced students, both adult and youth. We offer classes and workshops year round in the morning, afternoon and evening, Monday through Friday. Classes and Workshops are often available on weekends.

Class proposals from high-caliber instructors are always welcome. We provide instruction in drawing, painting, watercolor, pottery, sculpture, jewelry and kids art. Areas to explore: oil painting, jewelry, stained glass and mosaics, photography, and basket-weaving as well as other areas, including fashion design, stone carving, film-making/videography and digital arts.

If you would like to submit a proposal to Herrig Center for the Arts, please complete the following form.

Thank you for your interest in Herrig Center for the Arts!

If you have an idea for an exhibit that you would like to present, please complete the following form and submit to Herrig Center for the Arts. The proposal should tell us what the physical work is, what the general theme is, and give a sense of scale. We would also like to know what the work communicates to the viewer.

Herrig Center for the Arts has one large gallery space which can be customized with movable walls to create a variety of smaller exhibit spaces.

Please make sure images are named as requested to be considered. All files marked with an asterisk are required.

Thank you for your proposal.

Herrig Center for the Arts Ground Breaking Ceremony

Board of Directors from left: Roberto Andreos, Jan Pullen, Jacquelyn Taylor, Mary Hoagland, Ted Camp, Linda Enberg, Carla Nierman, Bruce Body, Carol Krah, Kathy Simon-McDonald, Rob Moran, Christine Meyer, Donna Morrison, Jim Brandys.

September 14, 2023. The ground breaking ceremony held earlier today for the new Herrig Center for the Arts marks a new beginning for Herrig Center for the Arts and our community. The Center has been transforming lives and building community for over 85 years. We are the premier center for art in Manatee County, with significant reach into Sarasota and Pinellas Counties.

Construction on the new 28,000 SF, 2-story facility will begin in mid-November. Architects are Wannemacher Jensen and the builder is Bradenton-based NDC Construction. Completion is scheduled for late 2024. The architects have already received an award for the building design from the Tampa AIA.

The new Center will transform the entrance into Bradenton and provide greenspace that is so important to urban landscapes, as well as offer expanded gallery, classroom, office and storage space.

The ArtCenter will operate uninterrupted in their current facility while the new one is constructed. Once construction is complete, the building will be razed to make room for a community park and sculpture garden that will face 9th St W, creating a beautiful welcoming entrance into Bradenton.

Classes, exhibits, the gift shop and events will continue as scheduled.

We are grateful for the generosity of our donors especially our transformational donors: The Steve & Natalee Herrig Family Foundation, the Bishop Parker Foundation, the Johnson Singer Foundation, the Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, Bradenton CRA, Johnson PhotoImaging, Bradenton Riverfront Partners, Hatfield Development and the State of Florida. The new Center will meet the growing demand for visual arts classes, exhibits, and other arts programming, well into the future. The new Center will be named Herrig Center for the Arts. The new Center’s address will be 888 Avenue of the Arts (3rd Ave W).

The groundbreaking event featured key community leaders as well as the ArtCenter Executive Director.

The public portion of the Center’s Capital Campaign was announced at the ground breaking. The Bishop Parker Foundation offered a $500,000 Challenge Grant that will match all new donations received up to $500,000. The goal of the public campaign is to raise an additional $5.5 Million.

We invite you to visit the ArtCenter and discover all we have to offer, take a tour or a class, view an exhibit and learn more about our campaign and why the arts are so important in all our lives. You can help make our city a vibrant destination for the arts. Afterall, we’re not doing this for us, we’re doing it for you, our community and the generations that will follow.

Board of Directors and Capital Campaign Team

Capital Campaign Brochure

Project Scope

Capital Donors

Naming Opportunities

Pledge Form

Board of Directors and Capital Campaign Team

Capital Campaign Brochure

Project Scope

Capital Donors

Naming Opportunities

Pledge Form