Sarasota modern architecture exhibit on display in Smathers Library

November 17, 2009

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The exhibit “Sarasota Modern: The Sarasota School of Architecture, 1941-1966” is open through Dec. 24 at the University of Florida in the Special Collections exhibit gallery on the second floor of the Smathers Library.

This exhibition features architectural models, drawings and photographs from John Howey’s Sarasota School of Architecture Collection in the UF Architecture Archives. Architects Ralph Twitchell, Paul Rudolph, Victor Lundy, Tim Seibert, Jack West and Gene Leedy, among others, are represented.

The opening reception will be from 2 to 4 p.m. on Nov. 18 in the gallery. The guest speaker will be John Howey who is the author of Sarasota School of Architecture, 1941-1966. Refreshments will be served and the reception is free and open to the public.

The gallery is open 9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., Monday through Friday.