November 14,2024 was a very special evening at Marie Selby’s Spanish Point campus. It started out with a lovely moonlit walk in the woods to a brightly lit elegant tent that seated a sold out multi generational crowd of 200.
Every moment of the hour long concert was magical. The concert was held to highlight “A Book of Days” Exhibit at the campus which runs till August 31, 2025. The exhibit is inspired by Smith’s best selling “A Book of Days.” Patti is a multi talented award wining artist, musician, poet,, author, photographer and more. She is also the first Marie Selby Artist in Residence. She was delighted to be performing for the fifth time and announced she will be back for another performance in February 2025.
Many of the songs dealt with the themes of life, death, love and loss. Every song was preceded by the origin and reason for her selections. She started with a song by Lou Reed, “A Perfect Day”.
Her song “Ravens” was a tribute to her late beloved husband ,Fred Smith, father of two of her children. He passed in 1994. She sang “Peaceable Kingdom,”a tribute to the memory of Rachel Corrie.
She wrote and sang “This is the Girl,”a song that was a tribute to the late Amy Winehouse. She sang songs by Bob Dylan and George Harrison.
After a standing ovation, we all sang along to her final song, “Because the Night,” an homage written for her beloved Fred Smith. In 1995 the song won the POP Music Awards as the most performed song.
We all left looking forward to attending her February concert which will include her son.
Click link to Play Video
Patti Smith Video 1
Patti Smith Video 2
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LEGENDARY PATTI SMITH RETURNS TO SELBY GARDENS WITH PERFORMANCE AND EXHIBITION AT HISTORIC SPANISH POINT CAMPUS
An Evening with Patti Smith and her Book of Days
Scheduled for November 14, 2024
October 23, 2024 | Sarasota, FL. – Global icon and Artist in Residence at Selby Gardens, Patti Smith returns with a special performance at Selby Gardens’ Historic Spanish Point campus on November 14, 2024, at 7:00 p.m.
The one-hour performance, An Evening with Patti Smith and her Book of Days, will commemorate Smith’s exhibition Patti Smith: A Book of Days, on view November 9, 2024, through August 31, 2025, at Selby Gardens’ Historic Spanish Point campus. Advance tickets for the performance will go on sale for Selby Gardens’ Members on Thursday, October 24. The remaining tickets will go on sale to the general public on Friday, October 25. To purchase tickets or to become a member, visit selby.org.
About the Exhibition: Patti Smith: A Book of Days
On view November 9, 2024 through August 31, 2025
Historic Spanish Point campus
Selby Gardens is excited to collaborate with Artist in Residence Patti Smith on this upcoming exhibition at the Historic Spanish Point campus. The exhibition will feature a selection of photographs taken by the famed poet and musician that offers an intimate view of her life on and off the road. The photographs are taken from Smith’s recently published, New York Times bestselling publication, A Book of Days. Inspired by the popularity of her Instagram account, where she began posting photographs back in 2018, this beautiful book offers a window into
her world and illustrates her unique aesthetic. The exhibition at Selby Gardens will feature large prints of Smith’s photographs outdoors, bringing them into dialogue with nature, which has long been a source of inspiration for the legendary artist. Her compelling images will take visitors on a journey through time and space, charting both the course of a year and the natural environment of the Historic Spanish Point campus.
This is Smith’s fifth visit to Selby Gardens. Her visits have combined public activities such as readings and performances with private time drawing creative inspiration from the organization’s two bayfront campuses and world-renowned collections. In addition, Smith’s iconic voice can be heard at the Jean Goldstein Welcome Center, where she narrates a visitor orientation video in the Ernie Kretzmer & Family Theater.
Jennifer Rominiecki, president and CEO of Marie Selby Botanical Gardens stated, “We are honored to have the iconic Patti Smith perform at Selby Gardens once again. Her artistry, much like nature, has a unique ability to inspire and connect us all. Patti’s performance and exhibition promises to be a magical experience, blending the beauty of her art with the serenity of our Historic Spanish Point campus.”
Smith’s blossoming relationship with Selby Gardens stems from the Gardens’ 2022 Jean & Alfred Goldstein Exhibition, Robert Mapplethorpe and Patti Smith: Flowers, Poetry, and Light. The show explored Mapplethorpe’s flower photography and Smith’s lyrics and poetry about flowers and nature, in dialogue with original horticultural installations inspired by their art.
Smith first visited Selby Gardens in February 2022 to tour Flowers, Poetry, and Light and perform songs and readings she selected to complement the exhibition. She called the interdisciplinary show “a beguiling exhibition” and said she “was very moved to be asked to be a part of it.” Smith returned in April 2022 for a second live performance, at which the new residency was announced. In November 2023, Smith returned with An Evening with Patti Smith Dedicated to Georgia O’Keeffe, as a prelude to the Jean & Alfred Goldstein Exhibition, Yayoi Kusama: A Letter to Georgia O’Keeffe. Smith returned for an encore performance in February 2024.
Presenting Sponsor of the Patti Smith Residency: Marianne and William McComb
About Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens provides 45 acres of bayfront sanctuaries connecting people with air plants of the world, native nature, and our regional history. Established by forward-thinking women of their time, Selby Gardens is composed of the 15-acre Downtown Sarasota campus and the 30-acre Historic Spanish Point campus in the Osprey area of Sarasota County, Florida. The Downtown Sarasota campus on Sarasota Bay is the only botanical garden in the world dedicated to the display and study of epiphytic orchids, bromeliads, gesneriads and ferns, and other tropical plants. There is a significant focus on botany, horticulture, education, historical preservation, and the environment. Selby Gardens’ Downtown Sarasota campus features the world’s first net positive energy botanical garden complex, generating more energy than it consumes. The Historic Spanish Point campus is located less than 10 miles south along Little Sarasota Bay. One of the largest preserves showcasing native Florida plants and active archaeology that is interpreted for and open to the public, it celebrates an archaeological record that encompasses approximately 5,000 years of Florida history. Marie Selby Botanical Gardens is a Smithsonian Affiliate and is also accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. Selby Gardens was selected for Time magazine’s annual list of the “World’s Greatest Places 2024.” For more information visit www.selby.org.
The Orchid Show 2024: PURPLE!
October 5 – December 1, 2024
Downtown Sarasota campus
Patti Smith: A Book of Days
November 9, 2024 – August 31, 2025
Historic Spanish Point campus
Our Mission: To provide bayfront sanctuaries connecting people with air plants of the world, native nature, and our regional history
Renew or Join | Donate Now | Receive Our E-Newsletter | www.selby.org
Review of Global icon and Artist in Residence at Selby Gardens, Patti Smith’s special performance at Selby Gardens’ Historic Spanish Point campus on November 14
November 25, 2024 Comment Off 38 ViewsNovember 14,2024 was a very special evening at Marie Selby’s Spanish Point campus. It started out with a lovely moonlit walk in the woods to a brightly lit elegant tent that seated a sold out multi generational crowd of 200.
Every moment of the hour long concert was magical. The concert was held to highlight “A Book of Days” Exhibit at the campus which runs till August 31, 2025. The exhibit is inspired by Smith’s best selling “A Book of Days.” Patti is a multi talented award wining artist, musician, poet,, author, photographer and more. She is also the first Marie Selby Artist in Residence. She was delighted to be performing for the fifth time and announced she will be back for another performance in February 2025.
Many of the songs dealt with the themes of life, death, love and loss. Every song was preceded by the origin and reason for her selections. She started with a song by Lou Reed, “A Perfect Day”.
Her song “Ravens” was a tribute to her late beloved husband ,Fred Smith, father of two of her children. He passed in 1994. She sang “Peaceable Kingdom,”a tribute to the memory of Rachel Corrie.
She wrote and sang “This is the Girl,”a song that was a tribute to the late Amy Winehouse. She sang songs by Bob Dylan and George Harrison.
After a standing ovation, we all sang along to her final song, “Because the Night,” an homage written for her beloved Fred Smith. In 1995 the song won the POP Music Awards as the most performed song.
We all left looking forward to attending her February concert which will include her son.
Click link to Play Video
Patti Smith Video 1
Patti Smith Video 2
##
LEGENDARY PATTI SMITH RETURNS TO SELBY GARDENS WITH PERFORMANCE AND EXHIBITION AT HISTORIC SPANISH POINT CAMPUS
An Evening with Patti Smith and her Book of Days
Scheduled for November 14, 2024
October 23, 2024 | Sarasota, FL. – Global icon and Artist in Residence at Selby Gardens, Patti Smith returns with a special performance at Selby Gardens’ Historic Spanish Point campus on November 14, 2024, at 7:00 p.m.
The one-hour performance, An Evening with Patti Smith and her Book of Days, will commemorate Smith’s exhibition Patti Smith: A Book of Days, on view November 9, 2024, through August 31, 2025, at Selby Gardens’ Historic Spanish Point campus. Advance tickets for the performance will go on sale for Selby Gardens’ Members on Thursday, October 24. The remaining tickets will go on sale to the general public on Friday, October 25. To purchase tickets or to become a member, visit selby.org.
About the Exhibition: Patti Smith: A Book of Days
On view November 9, 2024 through August 31, 2025
Historic Spanish Point campus
Selby Gardens is excited to collaborate with Artist in Residence Patti Smith on this upcoming exhibition at the Historic Spanish Point campus. The exhibition will feature a selection of photographs taken by the famed poet and musician that offers an intimate view of her life on and off the road. The photographs are taken from Smith’s recently published, New York Times bestselling publication, A Book of Days. Inspired by the popularity of her Instagram account, where she began posting photographs back in 2018, this beautiful book offers a window into
her world and illustrates her unique aesthetic. The exhibition at Selby Gardens will feature large prints of Smith’s photographs outdoors, bringing them into dialogue with nature, which has long been a source of inspiration for the legendary artist. Her compelling images will take visitors on a journey through time and space, charting both the course of a year and the natural environment of the Historic Spanish Point campus.
This is Smith’s fifth visit to Selby Gardens. Her visits have combined public activities such as readings and performances with private time drawing creative inspiration from the organization’s two bayfront campuses and world-renowned collections. In addition, Smith’s iconic voice can be heard at the Jean Goldstein Welcome Center, where she narrates a visitor orientation video in the Ernie Kretzmer & Family Theater.
Jennifer Rominiecki, president and CEO of Marie Selby Botanical Gardens stated, “We are honored to have the iconic Patti Smith perform at Selby Gardens once again. Her artistry, much like nature, has a unique ability to inspire and connect us all. Patti’s performance and exhibition promises to be a magical experience, blending the beauty of her art with the serenity of our Historic Spanish Point campus.”
Smith’s blossoming relationship with Selby Gardens stems from the Gardens’ 2022 Jean & Alfred Goldstein Exhibition, Robert Mapplethorpe and Patti Smith: Flowers, Poetry, and Light. The show explored Mapplethorpe’s flower photography and Smith’s lyrics and poetry about flowers and nature, in dialogue with original horticultural installations inspired by their art.
Smith first visited Selby Gardens in February 2022 to tour Flowers, Poetry, and Light and perform songs and readings she selected to complement the exhibition. She called the interdisciplinary show “a beguiling exhibition” and said she “was very moved to be asked to be a part of it.” Smith returned in April 2022 for a second live performance, at which the new residency was announced. In November 2023, Smith returned with An Evening with Patti Smith Dedicated to Georgia O’Keeffe, as a prelude to the Jean & Alfred Goldstein Exhibition, Yayoi Kusama: A Letter to Georgia O’Keeffe. Smith returned for an encore performance in February 2024.
Presenting Sponsor of the Patti Smith Residency: Marianne and William McComb
About Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens provides 45 acres of bayfront sanctuaries connecting people with air plants of the world, native nature, and our regional history. Established by forward-thinking women of their time, Selby Gardens is composed of the 15-acre Downtown Sarasota campus and the 30-acre Historic Spanish Point campus in the Osprey area of Sarasota County, Florida. The Downtown Sarasota campus on Sarasota Bay is the only botanical garden in the world dedicated to the display and study of epiphytic orchids, bromeliads, gesneriads and ferns, and other tropical plants. There is a significant focus on botany, horticulture, education, historical preservation, and the environment. Selby Gardens’ Downtown Sarasota campus features the world’s first net positive energy botanical garden complex, generating more energy than it consumes. The Historic Spanish Point campus is located less than 10 miles south along Little Sarasota Bay. One of the largest preserves showcasing native Florida plants and active archaeology that is interpreted for and open to the public, it celebrates an archaeological record that encompasses approximately 5,000 years of Florida history. Marie Selby Botanical Gardens is a Smithsonian Affiliate and is also accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. Selby Gardens was selected for Time magazine’s annual list of the “World’s Greatest Places 2024.” For more information visit www.selby.org.
The Orchid Show 2024: PURPLE!
October 5 – December 1, 2024
Downtown Sarasota campus
Patti Smith: A Book of Days
November 9, 2024 – August 31, 2025
Historic Spanish Point campus
Our Mission: To provide bayfront sanctuaries connecting people with air plants of the world, native nature, and our regional history
Renew or Join | Donate Now | Receive Our E-Newsletter | www.selby.org
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