Petticoats Are Showing - Arts Advocates Gallery - May 2025

Now You See Us: Sarasota’s Petticoat Painters 1953-2025

Sarasota City Hall March 2025 -March 2026

Petticoats on Display at Sarasota’s City Hall


MAX and ME

February 16 - March, 13 2025  Hours: 10am to 2pm Tuesday - Friday

Lexow Gallery at the Unitarian Universalists of Sarasota 3975 Fruitville Rd, Sarasota, FL 34232

Opening: Sunday February 16 11:30am-12:30pm

Evening Reception: Friday February 21 5-7pm

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

 

Past Exhibits

ZEST

June 1 - June 29, 2024

Morean Arts Center 

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

May 3 - June 1, 2024 

SPAACES 

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

June 3 - Jun 24, 2022 

Ringling College of Art + Design - Willis A Smith Gallery

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

NEW WORKS OF THE PETTICOAT PAINTERS


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