The origin of this day traces back to June 19, 1865, when the Union Army arrived in Galveston, Texas, bringing word that the Civil War had ended and that all enslaved people were now free. Although President Abraham Lincoln had issued the Emancipation Proclamation more than two years earlier, on January 1, 1863, enforcement of that order had been delayed in Confederate-controlled areas like Texas.

When the news finally reached the people of Texas, the newly freed communities marked the day with celebration, and it became known simply as 鈥淛uneteenth.鈥�

In honor of Juneteenth, both 四虎影视 of Art and Design and Sarasota Art Museum will be closed, but there are plenty of ways to celebrate around town.

Sarasota Art Museum exhibitions

The Museum will be closed on Juneteenth, but it has several exhibitions that highlight the history, present, and futures of African Americans. 

Personal to Political: Celebrating the African American Artists of Paulson Fontaine Press 

Featuring works by 17 artists, this nationally traveling exhibition celebrates African American artists who are reshaping the contemporary art world, including Martin Puryear, Kerry James Marshall, and the Gee鈥檚 Bend Quilters. With 46 fine art prints, a selection of Gee鈥檚 Bend Quilts, four mixed media sculptures, and a large-scale basketball pyramid installation, this exhibition showcases a diverse array of artworks by both high-profile and underrepresented visual artists. Drawing from themes of history, identity, and spirituality, the artists included in this exhibition share complex stories of the African American experience through the artworks only they could create.

Chris Friday: Where We Never Grow Old

Multidisciplinary artist Chris Friday invites visitors into imagined sanctuaries in her first solo museum exhibition. Best known for her large-scale, yet intimate, figurative chalk drawings, Friday explores the literal and metaphorical safe havens we create. Taking inspiration from themes of nostalgia, family, culture, and spirituality, Friday creates an alternate reality through her art鈥攁 world untouched by the hardships and injustices of real life. Tender depictions of Black figures resting peacefully and ceramics representing everyday items that conjure comfort for the artist make up this world, portrayed in a larger-than-life scale. Gold-embellishments adorn Friday鈥檚 ceramics, a meaningful reference to the age-old tradition of bronzing precious childhood keepsakes. 

How to Celebrate Juneteenth in Sarasota and Manatee County

The Historic Leonard Reid House will host Community Care: Textiles Workshop tonight, Tuesday, June 17, from 6-7:15 pm. Dominique Goden will give a workshop on how to protect and preserve treasured family textiles. Participants should bring a small family heirloom, like napkins, ties, or handkerchiefs. The event is free to attend, but .

Mayors鈥� Feed the Hungry Program Juneteenth Food Drive Giveaway will take place on Saturday, June 21, at the Mount Raymond Baptist Church, 2410 Fourth Ave. E., Palmetto, . The free public event will include a food drive giveaway and a free lunch cookout from 10 am-2 pm. 

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe’s third annual Juneteenth Arts Festival, will take place on Sunday, June 22, featuring live performances, art, short films by local filmmakers and students from the 四虎影视 of Art and Design, the screening of Soul Crooners 鈥� The Documentary, which discusses the history of the group and was filmed as the troupe was getting ready to perform at the 2024 International Black Theatre Festival in Winston Salem North Carolina.

This free event will be held on the WBTT campus (1012 N. Orange Ave., Sarasota) from 11 am-7 pm.

Art and resources at the Library

The Alfred R. Goldstein Library has physical and digital resources on Juneteenth and anti-racism for visitors to explore. Their summer hours are Monday-Friday 8:30 am-4:30 pm, and closed on the weekends. Explore their LibGuides online or visit and check out their curated collection in person. Students, faculty, and staff can check out up to 40 books at a time.聽

On the second floor of Goldstein, visitors can explore the Brizdle-Schoenberg Special Collections Center鈥檚 collection of works on paper and art books that share the history of radical Black activism, from Kara Walker鈥檚 pop-up book, Freedom, a Fable, to Brooklyn-based Char Jer茅鈥檚 The periodic table of Black revolutionaries. Students, faculty, and staff can schedule a visit to explore the collection by using the signup form online and selecting a 45-minute appointment.

Header image: Installation view of Gees Bend Quilts and prints from Personal to Political: Celebrating the African American Artists of Paulson Fontaine Press聽at Sarasota Art Museum. Photo by Ryan Gamma.

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四虎影视 of Art and Design students Muling Tzai 鈥�26, Computer Animation, and Kiu Cheung 1鈥�26, Motion Design, organized the show in collaboration with Special Collections Librarian and Archivist Cheri Marks. The exhibition was inspired by the two students’ shared passion for sketchbooks鈥攁 place for messy doodles and initial concepts that precede a finished work. 

As objects taken on their own, the books tell non-linear stories about the places the students have been, the families they surround themselves with, and the mundane events and activities that are so relatable, like eating and washing hands. They monumentalize those small moments through their documentation. 

Librarian Cheri Marks described the unique nature of the exhibit, 鈥淲hile our traditional setup involves works from the vault displayed in glass cases, the sketchbooks in this exhibit are laid out across tables in the Reading Room, inviting a more hands-on approach. This setup offers visitors an intimate experience, allowing them to explore each artist’s unfiltered thoughts, subjects, and personal stories as they turn the pages.鈥�

The Sketchbook Library exhibition will be on view through February 14, 2025, in the Brizdle-Schoenberg Special Collections Center on the 2nd floor of the Alfred R. Goldstein Library. 

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