The innovative, magical day that is PINC (People, Ideas, Nature, Community) returned to the open arms of the Sarasota Opera House on December 7 after a three-year hiatus. With 12 inspiring speakers, extremely enthusiastic attendees, and many partners and volunteers, the event–an initiative of DreamLarge and presented by All Star Children’s Foundation and Ringling College of Art and Design–lived up to its promise of being the most transformative day in Sarasota. It captured the electrifying energy and the heart that defines our remarkable community.

The PINC Experience, also known as the most transformative day in Sarasota, is returning to the Sarasota Opera House on Thursday, December 7, 2023, after a three-year hiatus.

For two years, PINC Experience was relegated to a dusty storage container in the garage. The annual event that celebrates design, innovation, people, creativity and changemaking through engaging speakers from around the world succumbed to the same pressures of the pandemic as every venue in the region. But starting yesterday, the event that bills itself as a day of transformation reawakened as something bigger, more accessible and, literally, more historic.

Welcome to a new format for PINCfest. Muralists + musicians are coming from all over to take over the Rosemary Art + Design District - all day, everyday from Thursday, January 20 to Saturday, January 22. Stay tuned as we'll be dropping names like it like it's hot.

It can be a difficult sell, the notion that spendingall day sitting in a dark theater is good for you. Even more challenging? Telling everybody that it’s work.