OUR VISION
Our vision is to create a viable, sustainable and unified annual arts-centric festival, along with other supporting events, to highlight and uplift our region’s extensive cultural legacy, arts organizations and economic partners.

OUR VALUES
Foremost, we value empathy and welcome collaborative enterprise and artistic self-expression. We respect all races, ethnicities, ages, genders, identities and cultures and strive to be an accessible organization. We will lead by example by working with compassion and common sense to best serve our community.

OUR PATHWAYS & PROJECTS
To accomplish our mission and realize our vision while adhering to our values, Sarasota Rising will:

PRODUCE
an annual, week-long, interdisciplinary arts festival with an emphasis on performing arts.

PROMOTE AND NURTURE
collaboration between our many arts and cultural organizations.

ASSIST
arts organizations and area businesses that need creative support and services.

FOSTER
mutually beneficial relationships between arts organizations and businesses.

ENGAGE
with the community throughout the year with ancillary
projects that educate and inspire.

Sarasota Rising Inc

The Living ARTS Festival - Sarasota

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