VAS imagines…new ways to dream!

“Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality”
– Jonas Salk

Venetian Arts Society debuts our latest incarnation, “The 11^th Guest Salon!” This new artistic experience will more fully realize our intimate and interactive total artistic, educational, and social experience. It will speak to “ALL” people, have a message that is relevant to today’s society, be artistically fulfilling and cleverly educational, as well as… just plain “fun!”

Art has been a reflection of society throughout history. VAS is committed to embracing the physical, mental, and spiritual health and well-being of all people. We know that now more than ever, our world is in need of compassion to serve as a balm to pervasive trauma and an approach to addressing the psycho-social factors that create conditions for oppression and injustice. VAS envisions a future in which racism is eliminated and diversity, equality, and inclusion thrive and are celebrated. We remain dedicated to joining with others to promote unity and to nourishing the mind, body, and soul of all in our community.

Venetian Arts Society honors and celebrates the multi-cultural and inter-generational diversity of our community by presenting world class international and local master artists of all disciplines and genres in intimate and interactive Art Salon settings.  Please join us for a complete artistic experience with food, wine, and stimulating conversation…where art compliments art, synthesizing the total artistic, social, and educational experience.

So, it is with great pride that we invite you to be our“11th Guest.” Please join us from the comfort of your homes to participate in, or eavesdrop on, an evening with ten (10) international and local artists and arts enthusiasts. Adhering to all of the latest CDC Safety Guidelines and engaging all of today’s state-of-the-art digital media technology, VAS will bring the world, as well as each of our members and followers, into South Florida’s most prestigious museums, galleries and private estates, as well as a wide array of sophisticated and diverse performance spaces.

Venetian Arts Society is committed to providing a safe and secure environment for our guests and staff. We are honored to have as our Director of Safety Protocol, Dr. Bindu Mayi, M.Sc., Ph.D., is a Professor of Microbiology in the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine, Nova Southeastern University (NSU), Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Working with Dr. Mayi we have created an environment that exceeds CDC, WHO, and federal and state requirements and recommendations. This program will evolve as we continue to update our procedures and protocols to ensure our standards maintain the most relevant levels of protections.

Using state-of-the-art digital media technology, VAS will give each of you VIP status for the ultimate up close and personal, intimate and interactive Salons. The evening will be filmed Live in HD Salon experience for streaming On Demand. With expert and dedicated filming techniques, the cameras will give our “11th Guests” the ultimate VIP Up Close & Personal perspective.   VAS invites the world and all our at-home members and guests to join in all the fun and magic of the unique, intimate, and interactive high art experience.

Since our early beginnings, VAS has been in a constant transformation as we explored our own ideas, the many new and interesting opportunities that seemed to appear in our lives, and especially what the universe brought us with every new day. We have been constantly striving for the most complete artistic experience possible…searching for new ways to dream!

Featured Venues: The Penthouse Ballroom Sonesta Fort Lauderdale, Beach, Stranahan House Museum, Nova Southeastern University, John Knox Village, Gallery of Amazing Things/WMODA (Dania Beach), Stranahan House Museum, Savor Cinema, Perez Museum (Miami), Villa Vizcaya (Miami), Boca Raton Art Museum, Norton Museum (West Palm Beach), The Society of the Four Arts (Palm Beach), Flagler Museum (Palm Beach), NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, and some of South Florida’ most magnificent estates as well as a wide array of sophisticated and glamorous venues.

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South Florida Non-Profit Puts 21st-Century Spin on Old-Fashioned Art ‘Salons’

Welcome to the Salon

Not the kind that gives you the cut and color. Nor the type held in the early 1900s in the Paris apartment of Gertrude Stein, where the work of notable visitors like Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso and Ernest Hemingway was lavished with effusive praise – or lashed with searing criticism.

• William Riddle, President
• Ingrid Mayi, Vice President
• Richard Paull,  Secretary/Treasurer

Gloria Lafont
Harriett Sams
Helena Caplan
Ingrid Mayi
Irene Schyberger
Jacqueline Niehaus
Jeannette Jordan
JJ Kovacs
John Copanos
Liannette and Joe Marquez
Lowell and Nancy Lohman
Luisa and Tom Kuzma