"Knowing that we can be nurtured by an organization that understands us... Understand who we are... it's powerful and it's special." 

Jeffery Kin, Artistic Director, The Players Theater

"I came back to Sarasota... in 1980.  We had an annual operating budget of $140,000. That $10,000 grant you might get... is a big percent of your budget. Those grants made all the difference."

Richard Hopkins, Artistic Director, Florida Studio Theater

"WUSF is proud to partner with “The Exchange”. Our partnership enables both organizations to reach our various audiences, while allowing us to pursue our unique missions to support and promote the arts in the Sarasota community and beyond."

G. Michael Kulaw, WUSF

"Through the years our partnership with The Exchange has allowed us to have a greater impact on arts in education with both the school system and the public library system."

Jim Shirley, Executive Director, Arts and Cultural Alliance

"What they have done so brilliantly, is turn the act of shopping, into an act of generosity."

Michael Edwards, Artistic Director, ASOLO

"My love of the arts have been fostered and developed and really encourage through The Exchange because, they were the ones that made it all possible."

Adelaide Boedecker, Scholarship Recipient & Professional Opera Singer