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Alliance for the Arts — Art League of Bonita Spring — Art League of Fort Myers — Art League of Marco Island — Art Modern Gallery
Arts for ACT Gallery — Bert's Pine Bay Gallery — Greg Biolchini Riverfront Studio — Cape Coral Arts Studio — Florida Gulf Coast University Art Gallery
Florida West Arts — Guess-Fisher Gallery & Phil Fisher Gallery — Laurel Art Gallery — Longstreth-Goldberg Art — Naples Museum of Art
Bob Rauschenberg Gallery at Edison State College — Space 39 — Sweet Art Gallery — The Visual Arts Center
10091 McGregor Boulevard
Fort Myers
939-2787
www.artinlee.org
Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 9am-1pm
The Alliance for the Arts is the Designated Arts agency in Lee County with two artists galleries. Main gallery exhibits local and national artists. Members Gallery features work by Alliance member artists.
exhibitions:
• FEBRUARY 5-27: Florida Printmakers Invitational
• MARCH 5-27: SW Florida Symphony's 50th Anniversary: Framing the Past - Inspiring the Future Through Music
• MARCH 29-APRIL 10: Lee Art Educators Association Exhibit
Bonita Commons
25987 S. Tamiami Trail
Suite 97
Bonita Springs
948-4427
www.floridawestarts.com
Mon–Fri 10:30am-6pm
& Sat 10:30am-5pm
Florida West Arts opened its 2009-10 season in its all new state-of-the-art 3000 sq. ft. fine art and performing arts gallery at Bonita Commons in Bonita Springs. Artworks exhibited represent a wide variety of styles, media and subject matter from the classic to the contemporary.
exhibitions:
• JANUARY 14-FEBRUARY 9: Cathy Logan plus ‘It’s All About Celebration’ - Artescape Florida West 2010
• FEBRUARY 18 – MARCH 16: Arthur Gerstein plus ‘The Artist Within’ - Artescape Florida West 2010
• MARCH 25 – APRIL 20: Cynthia Walpole & Charles Fritsch plus ‘Spring Has Sprung’ - Artescape Florida West 2010
• APRIL 29-MAY 25: Artescape Florida West 2010 Awards Exhibition
Bonita Springs
26100 Old 41 Road
Bonita Springs
495-8989
www.artcenterbonita.org
Mon-Fri 10am-5pm & Sat 1-5pm
The Art League of Bonita Springs offers local, state and national exhibitions that are free and open to the public.
exhibitions:
• JANUARY 8-28: Art Focus
• FEBRUARY 5-25: Members' Exhibition
• MARCH 5-18: Pastel and Small Works
• APRIL 9-MAY 1: Ansel Adams: Early Works
824 Fifth Avenue South
Naples
659-2787
www.natalieguess.com
Mon-Wed 11am-5pm, Thu-Sat 11am-9pm,
Sun 1-5pm
Owned and operated by artists Natalie Guess & Phil Fisher in the Naples area for over 26 years, the gallery features artwork by established regional artists in a variety of mediums.
exhibitions:
• JANUARY 7-31: Gentle Interpretations, work by Christina Wyatt, Bonny Hawley & Holly Manneck
Phil Fisher Gallery
810 Twelfth Avenue South
Naples
403-8393
Mon-Sat 12-5pm & 7-9pm most evenings
Phil Fisher paints his vibrant watercolors or exciting oil paintings daily. Fine art batiks by Natalie Guess also available in the gallery.
Fort Myers
1451 Monroe Street
Fort Myers
466-0466
www.artleagueoffortmyers.org
weekdays 11am-3pm
& weekends during special events
Fort Myers’ art resource since 1956 in the heart of The River District. The mission of the Art League of Fort Myers is to contribute to the cultural life of the Fort Myers community and surrounding areas by promoting the appreciation, enjoyment and distribution of fine art in the region, and to provide encouragement and learning opportunities in the arts for both adults and children.
World Plaza
Building 22
12577 New Brittany Boulevard
Fort Myers
936-0305
www.laurelart.org
Wed, Thu, Sat or by appointment
Exhibiting oil and acrylic landscape, seascape, still life, figure and abstract paintings by the late impressionist artist, Charles Laurel Vavrina.
exhibitions:
• FEBRUARY 12 & 13: Vavrina Lights Up The World
Marco Island
Marco Island's
Center for the Arts
1010 Winterberry Drive
Marco Island
394-4221
www.marcoislandart.com
October-December:
Mon & Fri: 9am-4pm & Tue-Thu 1-8pm
January-April:
Mon-Fri 9am-5pm & Tue 9am-8pm
May-September: Tue-Thu 1-8pm
exhibitions:
• thru JANUARY 20: Those Who Can Do: Works by Center For The Arts Instructors
• FEBRUARY 2-MARCH 16: Ports Of Call: Photography by Barry Howe, Joel Gewirtz, Carol Kinkead and Len Messineo
• MARCH 22-31: Adult Student Show: Works by Art League Adult Students
• APRIL5-9: Annual Scholarship Exhibit: Works by Collier County High School Students
• APRIL 11-17: Young Artists Academy
• APRIL 26-JULY 7: Textures Take On Form: Members Exhibit
5640 Taylor Road
Suite 4D
Naples
514-2773
www.plgart.com
Mon-Sat 10am-5pm & by appointment
Southwest Florida’s largest contemporary art gallery. Specializing in tomorrow’s masters today. Peg Longstreth has been in the art business for 30 years.
exhibitions:
• JANUARY: Richard Currier plus group show
• FEBRUARY: Andre Paradis plus group show
• MARCH 3: Danielle Mailer plus group show
Naples Museum of Art
5833 Pelican Bay Boulevard
Naples
597-1900
www.thephil.org/museum
Tue-Sat 10am-4pm & Sun 12-4pm
Southwest Florida's only full-scale art museum, featuring 15 galleries showcasing a variety of painting, sculpture and drawing by acclaimed artists from around the world.
exhibitions:
• JANUARY 12-APRIL 30: Woman: The Art of Gaston Lachaise
• JANUARY 23-APRIL 25: Chihuly: Recent Work
• FEBRUARY 2-APRIL 18: People, Places & Things: The Art of Ben Aronson, Joel Babb & Alec Soth
• MAY 1-JUNE 30: French Twist: Masterworks of Photography from Atget to Man Ray
• MAY 9-JUNE 30: Associated American Artists: Art by Subscription
• MAY 15-JUNE 30: Florida Contemporary 2010
• thru JUNE 30: Permanent Collections: American Modernism and Modern Mexican Masters
824 Fifth Avenue South
Naples
263-1137
www.artmoderngallery.com
Mon-Sat 12-5pm
or by appointment
Art Modern Gallery is dedicated to promoting selectively chosen works of national and international contemporary artists: Impressionism, Modernism, Pop to the revolutionary Contemporary art. With a unique curatorial vision Art Modern Gallery specializes in both provocative and highly revered contemporary art from around the globe, while exhibiting important mid-century artists. The gallery offers private viewings by appointment and organizes public exhibitions both locally and internationally.
2265 First Street
Fort Myers
337-5050
www.artsforactgallery.com
Mon-Fri 11am-4:30pm,
Sat by appointment
Owned by ACT, Inc., the domestic violence & sexual assault center, Arts for ACT Gallery is an award winning, non-profit gallery representing over 75 artists in it's SoHo-like space. Three exhibition gallery rooms that change monthly, which feature 3 or more artists, we offer premium quality works of art. Our gallery rooms are evocative and eclectic and range from formal to funky. We feature original art, giclees, prints, fine crafts, jewelry, gourd and fiber art, raku, clay and more.
exhibitions:
• FEBRUARY - Art Quilters Unlimited, Ed Tobin Photography and Art by the Cancer Kids benefiting the Young Artists Awards
• MARCH - David Belling, Ken Kaminsky, Melissa Allen
• APRIL - Naoko, David Meo
• MAY - Beth Everhart, Andrea Cambio, Africa Valdez
Edison State College
8099 College Parkway SW
Fort Myers
489-9313
www.bobrauschenberggallery.com
Mon-Fri 10am-4pm & Sat 11am-3pm
Originally the Gallery of Fine Art, renamed the Bob Rauschenberg Gallery in 2004, commemorating its long time association with the artist, including world premier exhibits of such notable pieces as the ‘1&Mac218;4 Mile or Two Furlong Piece’, ‘Salvage Series’, ‘Gluts’, ‘Short Stories’, ‘Scenarios’ and ‘Runts’.
exhibitions:
• JANUARY 8-FEBRUARY 13: Thomas Lyon Mills: The Catacombs
• FEBRUARY 26-APRIL 10: Jan-Ru Wan
• APRIL 22-30: Annual Student Art Show
39 Patio de Leon
Fort Myers
690-0004
www.spacethirtynine.com
Showing modern and contemporary art in a brick-walled gallery.
exhibitions:
• FEBRUARY: Hal Bukner
4332 Pine Island Road
Matlacha
283-1335
www.bertsgallery.com
Sun & Mon 10am-5pm
& Tue-Sat 10am-7pm
A charming historic cottage perched at the northeast foot of the Matlacha Bridge, overlooking Matlacha Pass. Over 30 artists are represented at Pine Bay, some of whom will be featured during the coming months at Artist Openings. Rooms are crammed ‘to the gills’ with treasures to delight every taste, including nautical, shells, jewelry, unique decór, painted glassware, antiques and an array of mermaids and pirates, as befits the location and affiliation with the gallery’s backyard neighbors, the shrimp boats!
events:
• JANUARY 8: Books & Bikes - biker art by local artists
• MARCH 12: Annual Mermaids in Matlacha Festival
• MARCH 20: New works by Mel Meo.
2054 Trade Center Way
Naples
597-2110
www.thesweetartgallery.com
Mon-Fri 10am-5pm & Sat 10am-1pm
Featuring original artwork by national and international artists as well as artists from southwest Florida, exhibiting modern, contemporary and abstract artwork. Exhibitions change weekly with bi-monthly artists receptions 6-9pm.
receptions:
• JANUARY 6: Underground Art Wednesday
• JANUARY 15: Traditions
• JANUARY 29: Wall To Wall
• FEBRUARY 3: Underground Art Wednesday
• FEBRUARY 12: Carnival
• FEBRUARY 26: Art & Soul
Mini Gallery on 5th
Engel & Volkers, 469 5th Ave. S., Naples
• JANUARY 12: Caribbean Spices
• FEBRUARY 9: International Artists Night
Caloosahatchee Riverfront
Workshop & Studio
81 West North Shore Avenue
North Fort Myers
910-6088
www.biolchini.com
Daily by Appointment
Monthly painting demonstrations in Oil and Pastel at spacious riverfront studio.
painting demonstrations:
• JANUARY10: Landscape in Oil from Photography
• FEBRUARY 6: Oil Portrait from Life
• MARCH 7: Palette Knife in Oil from Photography
• APRIL 11: Still Life in Oil
• MAY 2: Pastel en Plein Aire as Both a Wet & Dry Medium
210 Maud Street
Punta Gorda
941-639-8810
www.visualartcenter.org
Mon-Fri 9am-4pm & Sat 10am-2pm
A non-profit organization dedicated to providing optimal opportunities for artists, art students, and the visiting public, including exhibitions and large art library.
exhibitions:
• thru JANUARY 28: Goff Gallery Abstracts
• JANUARY 4-29: Photo Arts Expo
• FEBRUARY 6-MARCH 13: 7th Biennial National Art Exhibition
• APRIL 5-29: Sculpture exhibit plus PrimaVera
• MAY 1-5: Charlotte County Public Middle & High School Art
• MAY 8-19: Charlotte County Public Elementary School Art
• MAY 24-ULY 8: The Firecracker Art Exhibit plus Made By Hand
• JULY 12-AUGUST 12: Summer Sizzler
Fine Arts Gallery
4533 Coronado Parkway
Cape Coral
574.0802
www.capeparks.com
Mon-Thu 9am-9pm,
Fri & Sat 9am-4pm
when classes are in session
The Cape Coral Fine Arts Gallery is a beautiful space that has been a showcase for all media for the past 33 years. This unique gallery in the round has wonderful lighting and ambiance. It is curated by the director of the Cape Coral Arts Studio with exhibits that change monthly. Each year there are several themed exhibits scheduled that are juried and judged and open to the public. Artists receptions are held on the second Friday of each month from 5-7pm.
exhibitions:
• JANUARY 8-29: Dale's World: Works by Dale Eulitz
• FEBRUARY 5-26: The Annual Show by the SWFL Craft Guild
• MARCH 5-31: Art Focus 2009: Annual Student Exhibit
• APRIL 5-30: Ring of Fire: Works by the FL Society of Goldsmiths & Southwest Florida Glass Beadmakers
University Art Gallery
Arts Complex
10501 FGCU Boulevard South
Fort Myers
590-7199
artgallery.fgcu.edu
Main Gallery: Mon-Fri 10am-4pm
& Sat 11am-2pm
ArtLab: Mon-Fri 10am-4pm
Main Gallery holds exhibitions of national and international artists and showcases FGCU student work. ArtLab is a space allowing students to experiment outside classroom assignments and offers exhibitions by local professional artists.
exhibitions:
Main Gallery –
• JANUARY 15-FEBRUARY 5: Romero Britto: A Select Retrospective
• FEBRUARY 18-MARCH 19: Contemporary Art by Caribbean Women
• APRIL 1-9: Art Student Exhibition
• APRIL 16-MAY 2: Spring Senior Project
ArtLab –
• JANUARY 12-22: Installation by VYD
• MARCH 9-19: Joseph Frantz: Recent Works
January-February 2010