Visual Arts Exhibits

Phillips Gallery

Monday – Friday, 1 to 3 PM (May to September)
Monday – Friday, 1 to 4 PM, and Saturdays 1 to 4 PM (October to April)

Phillips Gallery Sponsored by Visual Arts Patron Season Sponsor
June Rosner and Russ Bilgore

Founders Gallery

Monday – Friday, 9 AM to 3 PM (April to December)
Monday – Friday, 9 AM to 4 PM, and Saturdays 9 AM to 1 PM (January to March)

Founders Gallery Sponsored by Visual Arts Patron Season Sponsor
Deborah and John La Gorce

 

BIG ARTS Student Art

Student Art Reception & Performances

Sunday, May 6, 3 to 5 PM

at BIG ARTS Center

All ages are invited to join BIG ARTS for a free, fun afternoon of student art exhibits, student vocalists, an instrument "Petting Zoo" and light refreshments.
The Southwest Florida Symphony's instrument "petting zoo" will provide a hands-on experience for young students or adults. A variety of musical instruments will be available to play, with expert instruction on hand.
Exhibits in Phillips Gallery: artwork created by students from Cypress Lake High School, Lexington Middle School, and Sanibel School, and from the Art by Kids with Cancer project.
The Young Artists Awards works with the Pediatric Oncology and Hematology staff at The Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida to exhibit and sell this artwork. Donated art supplies are used in a therapeutic setting for children being treated at the Hospital. Proceeds from the sales will provide assistance to families facing the financial challenges of childhood cancer.
Three students who have been awarded Young Artists Awards for performing arts, will sing in Boler Garden.
"Open Doors: Great Expectations Exhibit" in Founders Gallery: The Open Doors program, funded through donations to Alliance for the Arts, provides classes for children with artistic talent and/or financial need.

Youth Visual Arts Exhibits Open May 4 through 24

Monday – Friday 1 to 3 PM





BIG ARTS Student Art

Student Art

Exhibit Open May 4 through 24

Monday – Friday 1 to 3 PM

Phillps Gallery Sponsored by
Visual Arts Patron Season Sponsor
June Rosner and Russ Bilgore

Little Bird by Ashley Jones




Past Events

BIG ARTS "BIG ARTS ARTS Clyde Butcher"

ARTSalon: Artists, Their Work & Background Stories

Clyde Butcher

Topic: Adventures Photographing the Swamp

Saturday, December 17, 4 PM

The recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award in Nature Photography by the North American Nature Photography Association, Clyde Butcher is most famous locally for his black-and-white images of Florida's great wilderness, including the Everglades.

$5

BIG ARTS Clyde Butcher Exhibit

Clyde Butcher Exhibit: Big Cypress Swamp

The Western Everglades

Exhibit Open December 3 through January 14, 2012

Monday – Saturday 1 to 4 PM

Artists Reception
Saturday, December 17, 5:30 to 7 PM

The recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award in Nature Photography by the North American Nature Photography Association, Clyde Butcher is most famous locally for his black-and-white images of Florida's great wilderness, including the Everglades. In an age where the popularity of digital photography remains on the rise, Butcher's notable use of large format film cameras make his images instantly recognizable.

ARTSalon with Clyde Butcher
Saturday, December 17, 4 PM, $5

Phillps Gallery Sponsored by
Visual Arts Patron Season Sponsor
June Rosner and Russ Bilgore
BIG ARTS Merry Artsy Holiday ornament exhibit

A Merry, Artsy Holiday

Ornament Sale - Cash & Carry

Ornaments for sale
December 3 through January 14

Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 4 PM

Ornaments, wreaths and art made by local artists available for purchase.

Artists Reception
Saturday, December 17, 5:30 to 7 PM

Founders Gallery Sponsored by
Visual Arts Patron Season Sponsor
Deborah and John La Gorce
BIG ARTS "BIG ARTS ARTS Dr. Wendy Chase"

ARTSalon: Artists, Their Work & Background Stories

Dr. Wendy Chase

Topic: Beautiful Suffering

Monday, January 9, 3 PM

Dr. Wendy Chase served as Discipline Chair for the Humanities and Fine Arts for three years at Edison State College. Chase is a member of the Public Art Committee for the City of Fort Myers, the Holocaust Memorial Committee, and has helped organize the Edison Era Film Festival. She has served as one of three judges for the Lee County High School Musical Awards. Chase's ARTSalon lecture is called "Beautiful Suffering: The Politics of Representing Pain in a Culture of Violence."

$5

BIG ARTS "BIG ARTS Derek Fell"

ARTSalon: Artists, Their Work & Background Stories

Derek Fell

Topic: Gardens of Frank Lloyd Wright

Tuesday, February 7, 2 PM

Derek Fell is a writer and photographer with art, travel, and garden books totaling more than 2.5 million in print. His talk is about the gardens of Frank Lloyd Wright.

$5

BIG ARTS "Art poems"

ArtPoems

The Collaborative Transmedia Poet and Artist Project of Southwest Florida

Friday, February 24

Reception begins at 7 PM, Presentation starts at 7:30 PM

at BIG ARTS Center

ArtPoems showcases artworks inspired by poems and poems inspired by artworks; paintings, sculptures, photography and, mixed media artwork paired with villanelles, sonnets, ballads, and free verse.
Collaborating visual artists are Peg Cullen, Pascale Doxy, Cheryl Fausel, Stephen Hayford, Philip Heubeck, Shelia Hoen, Hollis Jeffcoat, Dennis Joyce, David King, Doug MacGregor, Andi McCarter and J.R. Roberts. Jim Brock, Dorothy Brooks, Carol Drummond, Katelyn Gravel, Sandy Greco, Bob Maxeiner, Jesse Millner, Joseph Pacheco, Marsha Perlman, Sid Simon, Larry Stiles and Lorraine Vail are the poets.
Dancers, African drummers, guitarists, and other musicians will accompany this ArtPoems performance.

$10



Mosaic by Andi McCarter
BIG ARTS Multiples exhibit

"Multiples"

Exhibit Open January 19 through February 27

Monday – Saturday, 1 to 4 PM

BIG ARTS invited artists to submit entries for selection in this juried theme show in Phillips Gallery. All entries contain "multiples" of objects, subjects or images. Juror is Lynn Loscutoff, author, artist and teacher, from Naples, Florida and Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Artists Reception and Awards Presentation
Saturday, January 21, 5:30 to 7 PM

Phillips Gallery Sponsored by
Visual Arts Patron Season Sponsor
June Rosner and Russ Bilgore


Out of the Jar V by Janet Mach Dutton
BIG ARTS The Color of Color

"The Color of Color"

featuring Pam Brodersen
and Dorothy Wallace

Exhibit Open January 19 through February 27

Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 4 PM

Digital Art by Pam Brodersen and Mosaic Tile art by Dorothy Wallace.

Artists Reception
Saturday, January 21, 5:30 to 7 PM

Founders Gallery Sponsored by
Visual Arts Patron Season Sponsor
Deborah and John La Gorce


BIG ARTS Guests will be hung art exhibit

"Guests Will Be Hung"

Invitational Exhibit

Exhibit Open March 2 through March 29

Monday – Saturday 1 to 4 PM

Invitational exhibit to showcase artists whose work is not typically shown in Southwest Florida. More than 30 artists will display a variety of mediums in Phillips Gallery.

Artists Reception
Friday, March 9, 5:30 to 7 PM

Phillps Gallery Sponsored by
Visual Arts Patron Season Sponsor
June Rosner and Russ Bilgore





BIG ARTS The Beat Goes On Renee Ray Peter Zell

"The Beat Goes On"

featuring Renee Ray and Peter Zell

Exhibit Open March 2 through March 29

Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 4 PM

Artwork by Renee Ray and Peter Zell.

Artists Reception
Friday, March 9, 5:30 to 7 PM

Founders Gallery Sponsored by
Visual Arts Patron Season Sponsor
Deborah and John La Gorce

The Beat Goes On by Peter Zell

BIG ARTS "BIG ARTS Dr. Paul Brooke"

ARTSalon: Artists, Their Work & Background Stories

Dr. Paul Brooke

Topic: Wildlife and Birdlife on Sanibel

Thursday, March 22, 3:30 PM

Initially trained as a biologist and naturalist, Dr. Paul Brooke earned his Ph.D. in English at the University of Nebraska. He is a Professor of English at Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa, where he teaches advanced creative writing, among other courses. His 2008 book of poetry and photography, Light and Matter, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.

$5

BIG ARTS Sanibel Captiva Art League Southwest Florida Council Exhibit

"A Touch of Red" Sanibel Captiva Art League hosts Southwest Florida Council

Exhibit Open April 5 through 30

Monday – Saturday 1 to 4 PM

Each year, members from the Art Councils of Southwest Florida are invited by the Sanibel Captiva Art League to exhibit at this show, which will features original works in watercolor, oil, acrylic, mixed media, collage, sculpture, and original prints with "A Touch of Red."

Artists Reception
Friday, April 6, 5:30 to 7 PM

Phillps Gallery Sponsored by
Visual Arts Patron Season Sponsor
June Rosner and Russ Bilgore

Medusa by Daphne Hammond




BIG ARTS Tania Begg Vicki Kessler and Donna Kjonaas

"Fabrication"

featuring Tania Begg, Vicki Kessler and Donna Kjonaas

Exhibit Open April 5 through 30

Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 4 PM

Artwork by Tania Begg, Vicki Kessler and Donna Kjonaas.

Artists Reception
Friday, April 6, 5:30 to 7 PM

Founders Gallery Sponsored by
Visual Arts Patron Season Sponsor
Deborah and John La Gorce




Attention Visual Artists:

BIG ARTS needs a completed IRS Form W-9 (Request for Taxpayer ID Number) for all artists who have artwork in our galleries.

Click here for link to download IRS Forms



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