Powerwalking and perpetually late, desperately looking for gate numbers or signs to the nearest restroom, it’s understandable that few travelers really take the time to stop and appreciate the art in an airport. Time, tide, and the TSA wait for no one. But in SRQ’s case, this also means that a massive mural project celebrating the history of Sarasota has been sitting largely unnoticed for decades. With tonight’s opening of Echoes of Sarasota: A Historical Preservation, Palm Avenue Fine Art finally brings the work out of the terminal and into the gallery light.

“Sarasota deserves to see these,” says Gallery Director Colin Thomsen, “because each one is a piece of Sarasota history.”