{"id":422131,"date":"2026-10-08T10:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T10:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/422131\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T10:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T10:36:07","slug":"embracing-our-differences-announces-2027-exhibition-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/422131\/","title":{"rendered":"Embracing Our Differences Announces 2027 Exhibition Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tRocketKids Article<\/p>\n<p class=\"articleInfo\">SRQ DAILY THURSDAY FAMILY AND RECREATION EDITION<\/p>\n<p class=\"articleInfo\">THURSDAY OCT 8, 2026 |<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"feature_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261006114725550.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption caption2\">Pictured: Students explore the 2026 Embracing Our Differences exhibition at Sarasota\u2019s Bayfront Park during a docent-led tour. The 2027 exhibition will be on display Jan. 16 through April 18 at Bayfront Park and Feb. 12 through March 14 at St. Pete Pier<\/p>\n<p>After welcoming nearly 450,000 visitors in 2026, Embracing Our Differences (EOD) returns in 2027 with its 24th annual international outdoor art exhibition, featuring 50 billboard-sized works of art and thought-provoking quotations celebrating inclusion, kindness and respect. The free exhibition runs January 16-April 18 at Sarasota\u2019s Bayfront Park, where it has been a fixture on the downtown waterfront since 2004. The opening celebration is Saturday, January 16, 1-3 p.m. In St. Petersburg, the exhibition moves to a prominent new location, St. Pete Pier, February 12-March 14, with the opening celebration on Friday, February 12, 4:30-6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"postscript\">Pictured: Students explore the 2026 Embracing Our Differences exhibition at Sarasota\u2019s Bayfront Park during a docent-led tour. The 2027 exhibition will be on display Jan. 16 through April 18 at Bayfront Park and Feb. 12 through March 14 at St. Pete Pier<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RocketKids Article SRQ DAILY THURSDAY FAMILY AND RECREATION EDITION THURSDAY OCT 8, 2026 | Pictured: Students explore the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422132,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-422131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}