Nights Out - Golden Evening with Kathy Lee Patterson
2024-02-09 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Herrig Center for the Arts
Come with a friend, go home with a piece you’ve created!
Includes all supplies, complimentary beer or wine and snacks.
Ages 21+

Nights Out - Wine Carrier Basket with Kay Johnson
2024-03-01 18:00 - 21:00 | Herrig Center for the Arts

Snatch It Art For Grabs
2024-03-09 18:00 - 22:00 | Herrig Center for the Arts
March 9, 2024, 6-10pm
Get Ready, Get Set, Go! That’s the cry as another group of five gets ready to go for their prize at Snatch It! Art & more for grabs. Paintings, jewelry, pottery, quilts, trips, wine baskets, boat rides and weekend getaways are just some of the prizes ready to grab at this hilarious biennial event. Every prize is valued at a minimum of $250 and some are valued at over $1,000. Add delectable hors d’oeuvres, top shelf drinks and an emcee with a lot of personality and it’s not hard to see why this is such a popular event! At $150 per “Snatcher” ticket, it’s a steal! Bring a buddy and have them “Cheer” you on! Cheerer tickets are $50 and include food, beverages and lots of fun!
The event attracts art and fun lovers of all ages!
Live Music, Hors d’oeuvres, Top Shelf Drinks, Desserts

"Fine Tuned" featuring Larry Felder & Joel Hunnicutt
2024-03-12 - 2024-04-05 | Herrig Center for the Arts
Kellogg Gallery
A dual show featuring oil painter Larry Felder, known best for his hyper realistic large scale paintings and Joel Hunnicut, a wood turner from Ashville, NC, who specializes in segmented wood turning, giving his work the luminosity of glass while using the forms of ancient pottery.
Opening reception, March 14, 5:00 – 7:00 pm

Spring Forward Open Juried Show
2024-03-12 - 2024-04-05 | Herrig Center for the Arts
Spring Forward
All Media Open Juried Show
Searle & Reid Hodges Galleries
An open all media show that asks artists to share their favorite thing about spring.
Opening Reception, March 14, 5:00 – 7:00

Get Creative With Animals! With Robin Poteet
2024-03-14 - 2024-03-16 | Herrig Center for the Arts
Advanced Beginner to Advanced
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Mar 14, 15, 16 9:30-4:00
What’s not to love about painting animals — especially when it involves humor and imagination?!! This workshop is just plain fun, beginning with brainstorming ideas and numerous, short exercises. You’ll see how one creative step leads to another and another until you have a host of animals eager to be painted in out-of-the-ordinary ways. In addition to the creative aspect, you can count on Robin’s seasoned teaching skills for thorough explanations and demonstrations of watercolor techniques. By working small (8×10’ish) students will have time to create several pieces and Robin will show ways to creatively mount or frame finished pieces. She also reproduces her work on everything from pillows to notecards and will explain the process.

This workshop is a great springboard for developing creative approaches to your work, regardless of the subject. There will be time for interaction and painting throughout our three sessions. Robin demonstrates in watercolor but students may use acrylic and gouache. Let the fun begin!

Manatee County School District Annual K-12 Exhibition
2024-04-09 - 2024-04-26 | Herrig Center for the Arts
Kellogg, Searle & Reid Hodges Galleries
Opening: April 11, 5 – 7 pm
Herrig Center for the Arts once again joins with the School District of Manatee County to showcase the work of K-12 visual arts students. In Manatee County, we’re fortunate to have a Board of Education that has made a continued commitment to teaching the visual arts in its elementary, middle and high schools. By partnering with Herrig Center for the Arts, that commitment is furthered by giving these young artists a ‘voice’ – three museum-quality galleries – where their work can be professionally displayed and where the artists can receive positive recognition by a wider audience.

Dreamscapes Open Juried Show
2024-05-01 - 2024-05-31 | Herrig Center for the Arts
April 30 – May 31- 1 Exhibition
Dreamscapes
All Media Open Juried Show
All Galleries
We invite artists to explore the world of dreams, imagination, and fantasy. Artists are asked to submit artwork that reflects their deepest desires, aspirations, fears, and emotions, allowing artists to push their boundaries and explore new dimensions of their creativity.
Opening Reception: May 2, 5 – 7

Big Art Blow Out
2024-08-10 | Herrig Center for the Arts
August 10, 9:00 – 3:00
Original art by local artists for your home or office. All media. Nothing priced over $100.

Create Open Juried Show
2024-09-04 - 2024-09-27 | Herrig Center for the Arts
Herrig Center for the Arts’s annual season opening exhibition, features higher award monies for winners.
Opening Reception: September 5th, 5-7 pm

Used But Useful Sale
2024-09-07 09:00 - 15:00 | Herrig Center for the Arts

Used But Useful Sale
2024-09-07 09:00 - 15:00 | Herrig Center for the Arts
Shop gently used art supplies. September 7, 9 am – 3 pm

Night's Out: Dichroic Patchwork Pendant with Darlene Johnson
2024-09-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Herrig Center for the Arts
S1: September 27, 7:00-9:00 $55
Join Darlene in this easy fun class! Make a dazzling dichroic glass pendant, patchwork quilt design. Bring yourself and some friends! No experience needed. Includes all supplies, beer, wine and snacks. Must be 21+.

Sarasota Pen Women Curated Exhibition
2024-10-01 - 2024-10-25 | Herrig Center for the Arts
Kellogg Gallery
Founded in 1897 when women journalists were not permitted to join male-only professional organizations. The League became an organization for writers, artists and composers, giving them an avenue for recognition of their talents. With now over 1600 members in 81 branches, Sarasota Pen Women is a branch of the National League of American Pen Women. We are artists, authors, and composers. The artists are a diverse group: painters in oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastel, mixed media, sculptors in various media, glass artist, etc. We also have artists who illustrate books authored by some of our writers. Members work in landscape, still life, figurative and collage.
Closing Reception: October 25, 4:30-6:30 pm

Open Book, All Media Open Juried Show
2024-10-01 - 2024-10-25 | Herrig Center for the Arts
Searle & Reid Hodges Galleries
The lines between books and art are definitely blurry; books inspire artists of all kinds whether it is a remarkable quote that becomes part of a painting, an inspiring passage that touches the spirit and guides the artist while they create, or even a sculpture made of books. Our language even coined phrases like “read me like an open book.” Artists are asked to share their interpretations of an “open book”.

Online Submission Dates: September 3 – September 20, 4 pm
Online Notifications: September 24, by 4 pm
In Person Receiving/Drop off: September 28, 9-12 pm
Closing Reception: October 25, 4:30-6:30 pm
Pick Up: October 26, 9 – 12 pm

The Artist's Journey, All media Open Juried Show
2024-10-29 - 2024-11-22 | Herrig Center for the Arts
The Artist’s Journey, All Media Open Juried Show
Kellogg & Searle Galleries
We are all on a journey in this life; some are just beginning, while others are entering the twilight of their quest. Along the way, we encounter bumps, triumphs and hopefully, joy and transformation. Artists are asked to share their journey, which can include but is not limited to: travel, vacation, personal journey, healing journey, exploration, progress, roaming, or voyage.

Online Submission Dates: October 1 – October 18, 4 pm
Online Notifications: October 22, by 4 pm
In Person Receiving/Drop off: October 26, 9-12 pm
Opening Reception: October 31, 5 – 7 pm
Pick Up: November 23, 9 – 12 pm

Veterans Art Center Tampa Bay - Honor Of Heros
2024-10-29 08:00 - 2024-11-22 17:00 | Herrig Center for the Arts
Reid Hodges Gallery
Curated Show
The Veterans Art Center Tampa Bay programs are designed to bring awareness, support, education, and community for mental health and healing, and suicide prevention for service members, veterans, first responders, and their families in the Tampa Bay area. Using alternative therapies through art as our avenue – our focus is mental health and healing.

Herrig Center for the Arts Holiday Extravaganza
2024-11-26 - 2024-12-27 | Herrig Center for the Arts
Searle Gallery
Herrig Center for the Arts is proud to present the 5th Annual Holiday Extravaganza, featuring holiday trees decked to their fullest with thousands of handmade ornaments, handmade holiday décor, gifts and more.

Herrig Center for the Arts Members Juried Open Show
2024-11-26 - 2024-12-27 | Herrig Center for the Arts
Herrig Center for the Arts Member Exhibition
Kellogg & Reid Hodges Galleries
An all media open juried exhibit featuring the work of our members. Our members are the strength of Herrig Center for the Arts, without which we would not exist. With that strength, comes a powerhouse of talent as each year the caliber of work continues to surpass our expectations.

Online Submission Dates: October 29 – November 15, 4 pm
Online Notifications: November 19, by 4 pm
In Person Receiving/Drop off: November 23, 9-12 pm
Opening Reception: December 5, 5 – 7 pm
Pick Up: November 23, 9 – 12 pm

Holiday Pottery Sale
2024-12-05 17:00 - 2024-12-06 19:00 | Herrig Center for the Arts
Shop handcrafted pottery made by Herrig Center for the Arts members/students.
Thursday, Dec 5, 5:00 – 7:00 pm
Friday, December 6, 9:00 – 2:00 pm

Women Contemporary Artists Curated Exhibition
2025-01-02 - 2025-02-28 | Herrig Center for the Arts
Kellogg Gallery
Women Contemporary Artists (WCA) is an established organization of women in the visual arts based in Florida’s Sarasota and Manatee counties. Their mission is to provide visibility, support and inspiration to women artists. Founded in 1984, a group of twenty women artists in the region developed a plan to form a group to encourage other women artists in their artistic journeys. This talented group of women artists has continually grown each year and now has more than 150 regional members.
Opening Reception: January 3, 2025 4-6 pm

American Watercolor Society 157th Traveling Exhibition
2025-01-02 - 2025-02-28 | Herrig Center for the Arts
Searle Gallery
The American Watercolor Society began as a group of eleven painters who gathered in New York City in 1866 and began to hold exhibitions of their work. Their annual exhibitions have continued from that day. The annual juried exhibition of the AWS is open to all artists worldwide. The traveling exhibition features 40 paintings from the original 160+ exhibitors each year and travels to three to six locations each year. Admission: $5.
Opening Reception: January 3, 4 – 6 pm

Roots & Reflections Through Memory & Nature, Denise Cormier Mahoney Curated Exhibition
2025-01-02 - 2025-02-28 | Herrig Center for the Arts
Reid Hodges Gallery
Curated Exhibition
Denise Cormier Mahoney is a mid-career painter and printmaker whose illustrative and surfaced designed compositions are infused with memories and stories told from the point of view of a child free to explore.
Opening Reception: January 3, 2025, 4-6 pm

Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society Annual Aqueous Exhibition
2025-03-11 - 2025-04-04
All Galleries
The Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society was founded in 1983 with 17 Charter members and 24 Associate members. The original purpose to foster the advancement of and promote excellence in the art of watermedia painting remains their focus today. As of August 2023, 90 of their 170 members attained Signature status and 27 are Master Signature members. The organization’s inaugural exhibition was held at ACM and has continued to exhibit annually.
Closing Reception: April 4, 4:00-6:00

Evolution, an all media, open juried show
2025-04-15 - 2025-05-01 | Herrig Center for the Arts
All Galleries
For nearly 88 years, Herrig Center for the Arts has been at the center of a thriving art scene in Bradenton. Along with the offering of a few classes, one of our first missions was to offer local artists opportunities to exhibit their artwork. Fast forward to 2025, we have grown exponentially and exhibited thousands of artists’ works and now welcome the first opportunity for our talented local artists to exhibit in the newly completed facility. What began as The Art League of Manatee County, eventually became Herrig Center for the Arts and is now, the Herrig Center For The Arts.
In that light, we are proud to introduce: “Evolution,” the first all media open juried exhibition in our new space. Evolution means the gradual development of something, especially from a simple to a more complex form. Artists are asked to share their own interpretation of the concept of evolution. From one’s own artistic journey, to the very environment we inhabit, or to where we go from here. Bring us your best work and help us celebrate!
Opening Reception: April 17, 5:00-7:00 pm

Manatee County School District Annual K-12 Exhibition
2025-05-03 - 2025-05-23 | Herrig Center for the Arts
All Galleries
Herrig Center for the Arts once again joins with the School District of Manatee County to showcase the work of K-12 visual arts students. In Manatee County, we’re fortunate to have a Board of Education that has made a continued commitment to teaching the visual arts in its elementary, middle and high schools. By partnering with Herrig Center for the Arts, that commitment is furthered by giving these young artists a ‘voice’ – three museum-quality galleries – where their work can be professionally displayed and where the artists can receive positive recognition by a wider audience.
Opening Reception: May 8, 5 – 7 pm

Oil Painters of America 2025 National Exhibition & Annual Convention
2025-05-28 - 2025-06-27 | Herrig Center for the Arts
All Galleries
Oil Painters of America (OPA) is a non-for-profit organization representing more than 3,500 artists throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. Founded in 1991, OPA is dedicated to preserving and promoting excellence in representational art. Its primary focus is to draw attention to the lasting value of fine drawing, color, composition and the appreciation of light. The mission of OPA is to advance the cause of traditional, representational fine art by providing a forum in which artists can display their art in regional and national competitions. In addition, the organization is committed to providing educational opportunities to its members through its newsletter, critique program, scholarships, workshops, seminars, and demonstrations by today’s masters. The 34th National Juried Exhibition showcases the best representational paintings produced across North America. With nearly 200 juried artists and many invited Master Signature artists, it serves as a showcase for both up-and-coming talent and some of the most celebrated artists working today. The exhibition does not focus on a single style or theme but instead celebrates the diversity and art produced within the representational oil painting tradition. The exhibition’s opening is in conjunction with the OPA National Convention, which features numerous lectures, painting demonstrations, and social events geared to artists and collectors.
Opening Reception: Friday May 30, 5:30 – 7:30

Dog (& Cats) Dayz Of Summer All Media Open Juried Exhibition
2025-07-01 - 2025-08-12 | Herrig Center for the Arts
Dog (& Cat) Dayz Of Summer Open Juried Show
All Galleries
This time of year had a special significance in ancient Greek and Roman civilizations, and the term originates from their studies of astrology. Nowadays, the term has taken on new meanings as pet parents associate it with lazy days when dogs are so hot they just want to lay in the shade and sip an ice-cold Puppuccino. Artists are invited to share their favorite fur-baby creations of dogs and cats.

Online Submission Dates: June 2 – June 20, 4 pm
Online Notifications: June 24, by 4 pm
In Person Receiving/Drop off: June 28, 9-12 pm
Opening Reception: July 10, 5 – 7 pm
Pick Up: Wednesday, August 13, 9 – 12 pm

Herrig Center for the ARTS Member Exhibition
2025-11-18 - 2025-12-26 | Herrig Center for the Arts
Herrig Center for the ARTS Annual Member Exhibition
An all media open juried exhibit featuring the work of our members. Our members are the strength of what makes the Herrig Center for the Arts, without which we would not exist. With that strength, comes a powerhouse of talent as each year the caliber of work continues to surpass our expectations.

Emergence: In Solitude & Passage, Natasha Dikareva
2025-11-18 - 2025-12-26 | Herrig Center for the Arts
Emergence: In Solitude & Passage
Natasha Dikareva, Curated Exhibition
Emergence: In Solitude & Passage explores the evolution that arises from quiet contemplation and movement through life’s transitions.
