Artists in the News
- Leoma Lovegrove profiled on Art Southwest Florida (12-29-14)
- Realist Megan Kissinger adds portrait of Helen Hendry to Fort Myers Founding Females portrait show at Edison Ford Estates (12-28-14)
- Artist Megan Kissinger profiled on Art Southwest Florida (12-28-14)
- ‘Parallel Park’ artist dishes on craftsmanship and creativity in premiere issue of Excellent People magazine (12-20-14)
- John Seerey-Lester sequel pictorially tells campfire tales (12-19-14)
- Cesar Aguilera, Juan Diaz and Jonathan Foerster nominees for Gulfshore Life Emerging Art Leader Award (12-16-14)
At the Edison & Ford Winter Estates
- Realist Megan Kissinger adds portrait of Helen Hendry to Fort Myers Founding Females portrait show at Edison Ford Estates (12-28-14)
- Edison Ford Founding Females portrait show opening reception and gallery talk from 2-4 p.m on January 25 (12-26-14)
- Matlacha artist Leoma Lovegrove adds luminous impressionistic portrait of Mina Edison to Fort Myers Founding Females portrait show (12-26-14)
At the Alliance for the Arts
- Alliance presents storyteller Kim Weitkamp on January 14 (12-18-14)
- Alliance Member Gallery Book Club takes up ‘Saving Kandinsky’ in January (12-17-14)
- Alliance’s ‘Black & White’ exhibit in January to feature Luke Greer, Ted Lincoln, Steve Pennisi and Joel Shapses (12-16-14)
At Florida Gulf Coast University
- FGCU ArtLab’s ‘Joe Griffith Mercury Switch’ traces flow of mercury through environment (12-28-14)
At Area Art Fairs and Festivals
- Sculptural paintings of Bonita artist Kimberly Marshall on display at Estero Fine Art Show (12-31-14)
- Artists prepare for 15th Bi-Annual Estero Fine Art Show at Miromar Outlet Mall (12-30-14)
- More than 280 artists and 62 new faces will display their art at the Downtown Naples New Year’s Art Fair (12-30-14)
- Estero Fine Art Show’s G.M. Webb defines himself as enthusiastically committed festival artist (12-29-14)
- Estero Fine Art Show committed to creating relaxed atmosphere that promotes sale of original art (12-28-14)
- Naples Art Association’s Downtown Naples New Year’s Art Fair and Art in the Park descend on Fifth Avenue January 3 & 4 (12-27-14)
- 15th Bi-Annual Estero Fine Art Show takes place January 3-4 at Miromar Design Center (12-27-14)
- Follow all the news about the January 3-4 Estero Fine Art Show on ARTSWFL (12-26-14)
At the Theater
- Success of ‘Agnes’ hinges on talents of Lori Riti, Jennifer Koch and Joann Haley to pull of psychodrama (12-27-14)
- ARTSWFL updates Theatre Conspiracy’s 2014-2015 Show Schedule (12-27-14)
- Theatre Conspiracy’s ‘Bible’ is theatrical romp through old time religion (12-26-14)
- Lab Theater founder and artistic director Annette Trossbach to direct ‘Agnes of God’ (12-21-14)
- Lab Theater bringing philosophical drama ‘Agnes of God’ to River District in January (12-20-14)
- ‘Scrooge TV’ playwright Laura Lorusso has finger firmly on the pulse of present-day culture and life (12-17-14)
On This Day in Local History
- On this day in 1906, Shultz Hotel burns to the ground (12-30-14)
- On this day in 1894, Big Freeze created citrus boom that lasted well into 20th century (12-29-14)
- On this day 110 years ago, the Fort Myers Press complained that our town was ‘being circused to death’ (12-26-14)
- On this day in 1924, Fort Myers got gas (12-26-14)
- On Christmas Day in 1867, Fort Myers received its first black settler (12-25-14)
- On this day in 1868, Harvey Firestone was born (12-20-14)
- On this day in 1855, soldiers from Fort Myers prompted new war with peaceful Seminoles (12-19-14)
The stories dated December 24-31 are available in one place here. Those dated December 16-23 are here. Read them all or just scroll to the ones that interest you most. Or click on the provided hyperlinks for detailed treatment of the highlighted topics.
Best,
Tom Hall,
Art Southwest Florida
http://www.artswfl.com