Exhibits

On View Until March 2026

Now You See Us: Sarasota’s Petticoat Painters 1953-2025 Sarasota City Hall March 2025 - March 2026

Now You See Us - Sarasota City Hall

Now You See Us: Sarasota's Petticoat Painters 1953-2025. Sarasota City Hall Cultural Heritage Exhibit, March 2025-March 2026. A Visual Tour of Artists and Work.

Opening Reception Now You See Us - Sarasota City Hall

Now You See Us: Sarasota's Petticoat Painters 1953-2025. Sarasota City Hall Cultural Heritage Exhibit, March 2025-March 2026.

10 x 10 Event - Jana Millstone

Presented in April 2025, by then President of the Petticoat Painters, Jana Millstone, the video addresses the question “Do we still need Petticoats?”

The 10x10 events are held at The Sarasota Art Museum and introduce a diverse group of leaders and creative minds from our community. Every few months, 10 speakers present 10 images of their work, interest, or inspiration.

Past Exhibits

Petticoats Are Showing Art Advocates Gallery

Four Saturdays in May 2025

Max and Me

Jana Millstone - February 16 - March, 13 2025

Lexow Gallery at the Unitarian Universalists of Sarasota, Sarasota, FL  

Max and Me is a group of new works by Jana Millstone that she views as a collaboration with her artist father who died before her first birthday. She has interpreted and incorporated his images into her works created in both paint and fiber. Jana says: “It is a way to get to know the man who gave me life but did not live to share in mine”.  

For a deeper dive into the project: https://www.janamillstone.com/max-and-me

Zest

Morean Arts Center June 1 - June 29, 2024

The Petticoat Painters are back with their fabulous new works. This group of contemporary painters dates back to 1953, the year the group created a platform for female artists in a time where there were less opportunities presented themselves for female creatives. 

Courage in the Lifelong Pursuit of Art Making

SPAACES  May 3 - June 1, 2024 

On May 3, an exhibition that only could have originated in Sarasota is coming to the SPAACES Art Gallery. Women Artists: Courage in the Lifelong Pursuit of Art Making will highlight the work of the Petticoat Painters, one of the longest tenured continuously exhibiting women’s art groups in the country.

Distance and Arrival

Ringling College of Art + Design - Willis A Smith Gallery June 3 - June 24, 2022 

The Petticoat Painters continue to evolve in their personal art-making. The various techniques, styles and mediums indicate the willingness to explore and experiment by the artists. With each painter bringing a different style to the exhibitions they display how many different ways there are to do art. 

Enduring Paths

Dunedin Fine Art Center January 16 - March 6, 2022

She Persisted

Art Center Sarasota September 2 - October 2, 2021

Petticoat Painters Dunedin Fine Art Center

June 1 - June 30, 2020

Petticoat Painters Art Ovation Hotel

March 3 - June 28, 2020

Petticoat Painters Annual Exhibit ArtCenter Manatee

April 2 - April 2019

Petticoat Painters Exhibit Ringling College of Art and Design

June 29 - August 2, 2018

Petticoat Painters at American Association of University Women

Guest Lecturer April 18, 2018

Petticoat Painters Annual Exhibit Art League of Daytona Beach

February 11 - March 18, 2018

Petticoat Painters at Arts Alliance Sarasota

November 1 - December 17, 2017

The Petticoat Painters of Sarasota Big Arts, Sanibel Island

February 8 - March 18, 2017

Petticoat Painters Annual Exhibit Art Center Sarasota

March 17 - April 23, 2016