# Event Details - **Event Name**: Closing Talk | Janet Echelman - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 25 Apr, 2026 at 01:00 pm – Sat, 25 Apr, 2026 at 02:00 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: World-renowned artist Janet Echelman returns to Sarasota Art Museum for the closing of her exhibition Radical Softness.About this EventWorld-renowned artist Janet Echelman returns to Sarasota Art Museum for the closing of her exhibition Radical Softness. Hear the inspiring stories behind Echelman’s path to international acclaim, as she discusses the signature net sculptures and monumental projects that transform public spaces around the world. Gain behind-the-scenes insight into her creative process, the stories and techniques that shape her practice, and how she has learned to harness softness as a strength.About Janet EchelmanJanet Echelman (American, born 1966) creates experiential sculpture at the scale of buildings that transform with wind and light. Her work intersects Fine Art, Architecture, Urban Design, Material Science, Computer Science, and Structural and Aeronautical Engineering. Using unlikely materials from atomized water particles to synthesized fiber fifteen times stronger than steel, Echelman combines ancient craft with original computational design software to create artworks that have become focal points for urban life on five continents.Recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship, Harvard Loeb Fellowship, Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award, Aspen Institute Henry Crown Fellowship, and Fulbright Lectureship, Echelman was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Tufts University and named an Architectural Digest Innovator for "changing the very essence of urban spaces." Her TED talk "Taking Imagination Seriously" has been translated into 35 languages and viewed by millions.Her monumental, fluidly-moving aerial sculptures are found worldwide, from London, Madrid, and Amsterdam to Shanghai, Singapore, Santiago, and Sydney. Her permanent commissions include Remembering the Future at the MIT Museum (2025), Butterfly Rest Stop in Frisco, TX (2024), Current in Columbus, OH (2023), Bending Arc at the St. Pete Pier in Florida (2020), Earthtime Korea in South Korea (2020), Dream Catcher (2017) on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, CA, Her Secret Is Patience (2009) in downtown Phoenix, and She Changes (2005) in Porto, Portugal, among others. She currently lives and works in Massachusetts. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/sarasota/closing-talk-|-janet-echelman/100001984412659684 - **Event Categories**: art, exhibitions, fine-arts - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 23.18, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Sarasota - **state**: FL - **country**: United States - **location**: Sarasota Art Museum - **lat**: 27.3253729 - **long**: -82.52977220000002 - **full address**: Sarasota Art Museum, 1001 South Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Closing Talk | Janet Echelman - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/50a65791d3a69de76927411f4b4e2115f80916bcbb30f70bfbe2ba4ba9cb9dca-rimg-w1200-h600-dcffffff-gmir.jpg?v=1772797495 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Closing Talk | Janet Echelman being held? - **A:** Closing Talk | Janet Echelman takes place on Sat, 25 Apr, 2026 at 01:00 pm to Sat, 25 Apr, 2026 at 02:00 pm at Sarasota Art Museum, 1001 South Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, United States. - **Q**: How much do tickets cost for Closing Talk | Janet Echelman? - **A:** Tickets for Closing Talk | Janet Echelman are priced at USD 23 per person. 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