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Sarasota News Leader January 10, 2014 says in the release. "And area companies are already on board to donate the colorful cardboard they would otherwise discard." These are the Ritz-Carlton Sarasota and the Residences, the Siesta Key branch of Michael Saunders & Co., the PNC Wealth Management staff, New Balance, The Lollicake Queen, Perq Coffee Bar and Sassy Hair on Siesta Key. Page 111 to put us on the art world map while we are a museum in the making. It's very exciting." SMOA will be Sarasota's first art museum devoted to modern and contemporary art, the release adds. "The museum will interweave exhibitions, educational programs and community outreach initiatives to engage a diverse audience and serve as a stimulating hub for creative discovery and discourse," As Surkis sees it, community engagement is the release continues. at the heart of SMOA's mission, the release explains. "We're reinventing a historic The SMOA board has already raised $16.5 structure that's central to the experience million of the $22 million needed to bring Sarasotans have of their community," she the museum to a reality, Surkis notes in the points out. "At the same time, we're connect- release. "We're in the home stretch." ing Sarasota with the larger arts community F o r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t t h e around the nation. The ARTmuse program Sarasota Museum of Art, visit www. attracts world-renowned artists and is helping SarasotaMuseumOfArt.org. INTIMATE FANTASIES TO FEATURE PIANO VIRTUOSO ELEONORA LVOV Celebrated Russian piano virtuoso Eleonora Lvov will bring "her elegant and passionate brand of performance to the Sanctuary Concerts series" on Jan. 19 at 4 p.m. in a program titled Intimate Fantasies. It will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Church, located at 3975 Fruitville Road in Sarasota, series organizers have announced. Tickets, which are $15, include a complimentary wine and cheese post reception in the church courtyard with the artist. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 3714974 or visit www.uusarasota.org/concerts. Lvov has achieved international acclaim, a news release notes. "She performs as a soloist with major orchestras and in recitals throughout the United States, Europe and Russia, and often punctuates her concerts with personal impressions and historical remarks," the Eleonora Lvov/Contributed photo