Calling All Clowns. Where Have You Gone? We miss you!
December 4th, 2009
Imagine waking up one morning and seeing clowns everywhere as you strolled around downtown Sarasota.
Suddenly in 2007, 49 life-sized clown statues appeared around downtown Sarasota and Selby Gardens. This was just another one of the great surprise events that occur in this wonderful city.
Here is a Sarasota Herald Tribune article summing up the “Clowning Around Town” event.
This event was controversial, but reflected the Circus history of Sarasota. We salute the artists who participated and Jay Yahnke who had the vision and drive to make it happen. Wether you call this “good art”, “bad art”, or “not art” it got peoples attention and was fun. It also raised a lot of money for a good cause.
Clowns: Please e-mail us at robertlindeman@michaelsaunders.com and let us know where you are. Don’t forget to include your photograph.
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Robert Lindeman
2 Responses to “Calling All Clowns. Where Have You Gone? We miss you!”
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December 8th, 2009 at 03:08 PM Bob,Loved seeing the clowns.Also, what a clever marketing idea! See you later this week.
December 8th, 2009 at 10:29 PM I believe they were all auctioned for charity. Que lastima!