Sam & Sally Shapiro Sculpture Garden
About the Garden
In 1996, Art Center Sarasota added beauty to its entrance and grounds and highlight talented local sculptors through the Sam and Sally Shapiro Sculpture Garden. Thanks to the generous support of Sam Shapiro, a past president of Art Center Sarasota, and his wife Sally, the garden wraps around the front and north side of the Art Center.
Sally & Sam Shapiro
In June 2011, Sam Shapiro generously offered to fund the improvements to the Sculpture Garden, adding new features to make the garden a more user friendly contemplative space for the community to enjoy. The garden improvement plans included the addition of a shade structure, more outdoor seating, a Japanese sand and stone garden, extension of the bricked areas and paths, new plantings and general sprucing up of the existing gardens.
Bob Garner, an avid gardener and art lover, member of the Art Center, and friend of Sam's was instrumental in the 1996 garden initiative. He generously volunteered to consult on the new garden features.
Currently in the garden are works by:
Carl Abbott, Roy Bellas, A.S. Briseno, Woody & Jessie Candish, Dwight Conley, John Dehn, Jack Dowd, David Gonya, Saul Howard, Greg Johnson, Dennis Kowal, David Peirick, Vicky Randall, Dale Rieke, Volf Roitman, Lea Vivot
