Spatial Relationships Of Sarasota Residents Explored Through Flag Exhibit

When explorers like Christopher Columbus sailed the world, they would plant a flag to proclaim their ownership and connectedness to a land — the same could be said for Lewis Colson who drove a stake in Sarasota at the eventual Five Points.
In Sarasota fashion, Rosemary District and Five Points residents were invited to plant their flags in a unique communal art project that will debut this week.
The Sarasota-based project is called The Distance Between where people in the Rosemary District and Five Points area are asked to make their own flags and plant them where they have a personal connection to or feel that the little patch of grass has significance.
A reception for The Distance Between will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, at the 421 Central Avenue Gallery, 421 Central Ave., Sarasota. The exhibit is free and open to the

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