Recap of the headlines featured on Art Southwest Florida between January 8 and 14, 2017. Click here to read these stories or click on the hyperlinks for more detailed treatment of the topics that interest you most.
On Sanibel Island
- ‘Sculpture Different’ opens tonight at Sanibel’s WatsonMacRae (01-10-17)
- Ellison Caribbean paintings included in ‘Sculpture Different’ show (01-10-17)
- Small ‘Gulf’ and Mangrove Isle Jeffcoat paintings included in ‘SculptureDifferent’ show (01-10-17)
In the Fort Myers River District
- Lovegrove retrospective fills Davis Art Center with hundreds of colorful Expressionist works (01-08-17)
At the Alliance
- ‘Broadsides: Poetry off the Shelf’ takes place at Alliance on January 12 (01-09-17)
In the SoCo Art and Cultural District
- SoCo 2nd Saturday event takes place Saturday, January 14 (01-12-17)
- ‘Genesis’ coming to DAAS CO-OP in January (01-09-17)
In Cape Coral
- Harbour View Gallery to open 2017 with Stirn and Bickford (01-09-16)
In the Bob Rauschenberg Gallery at FSW
- Gaining an appreciation of ‘Phora’ by revisiting the original installation (01-14-17)
- About Ann Hamilton (01-14-17)
- ‘Ann Hamilton: Phora’ explores origins of public speaking (01-13-17)
At Florida Gulf Coast University
- ‘Matthew Shlian: Telemetry’ opens January 26 in main FGCU gallery (01-14-17)
- ‘Changing Surfaces’ opens at FGCU ArtLab (01-13-17)
In the Naples Design District
- New work at Thomas Riley Studio blurs lines between art and design (o1-09-17)
On Naples Fifth Avenue South
- Naples’ Sheldon Fine Art exhibiting mother-daughter exhibition for limited engagement (01-09-17)
- Godfrey Zonde Shona sculpture on view at Naples Native Visions Galleries (01-09-16)
At the Naples Art Association
- National Art Encounter Competition 2017 entry deadline is January 16 (01-09-17)
- January 17 ‘Dinner with Artists’ pairs artist Juan Diaz with chef Greg Shapir0 (01-09-17)
In Crayton Cove
- ‘Art After Dark’ comes to Crayton Cove on evening of Saturday, January 14 (01-12-17)
On Gallery Row
- ‘La Bella Mariposa’ opens January 18 at Naples’ Gardner Colby Gallery (01-14-17)
At the Estero Fine Art Show
- Hot Works announces Estero Fine Art Show youth competition winners (01-12-17)
- Hot Works announces Estero Fine Art award winners (01-09-17)
- After the rain, comes the sun at Day 2 of the Estero Fine ArtShow (01-08-17)
- FSW Art Dean Dana Roes judges Estero Fine Art Show (01-08-17)
- Meet Estero Fine Art award-winner, abstractionist Kyra Strachov (01-08-17)
- Meet Estero Fine Art award-winner, sculptorRobert Cordisco (01-08-17)
- Spotlight on ceramic artist William Kidd (01-08-17)
- Lehigh Acres mixed media artist ZakiKnapen part of Estero Fine Art Show (01-08-17)
- Estero Fine ArtShow provides glimpse into awe-inspiring creative journey of magicalrealist Marcus Thomas (01-08-17)
Other Outdoor Art Fairs and Festivals
- Naples Artcrafters returns to Cambier Park on Saturday, January 14 (01-12-17)
- First of three Bonita National art festivals invades Riverside Park this weekend (01-12-17)
- Bonita Springs National profile updated (01-12-17)
- Cape Coral Festival of the Arts will flood parkway with arts and crafts this weekend (01-12-17)
- Naples Masters Winter Art Festival at Galleria Shoppes at Vanderbilt Jan. 14 & 15 (01-12-17)
- Naples Masters Winter Art Festival profile updated (01-12-17)
- Sanibel Community Association Fine Art and Craft Festival profile updated (01-12-17)
- Downtown Naples New Year’s Art Fair closes today on Fifth Avenue (01-08-17)
- Art League of Marco Island Fine Craft Fair closes today too (01-08-17)
At the Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre
- Highlights of Broadway Palm’s ‘Phantom’ too numerous to list
- Broadway Palm bringing ‘the other Phantom’ to the stage December 29
- Spotlight on ‘Phantom’ choreographer Amy Marie McCleary
- Troy Bruchwalski is the Phantom in Broadway Palm’s Yeston & Kopit musical
- Spotlight on ‘Phantom’ actress Maxwell Porterfield
- Andrea Spencer Christensen plays ‘dream role’ of La Carlotta in ‘Phantom’
- Sami Doherty is beguiling andpolished in Yeston & Kopit’s ‘Phantom’
- Spotlight on ‘Phantom’ playwright Arthur Kopit
- ‘Phantom’ play dates, times and synopsis
At Lab Theater
- Lab Theater giving staged reading to ‘Shadow of Queens’ on January 16 (01-13-17)
- Panel discussion to follow January 12 performance of ‘Mothers and Sons’ (01-11-17)
- Square One and Sarasota group engage in improv battle at The Lab on January 27 (01-11-17)
- Terrence McNally’s ‘Mothers and Sons’ on stage at The Lab through January 21 (01-10-17)
- Exceptional acting, transcendent themes characterize Lab Theater’s ‘Mothers and Sons’
- ‘Mothers and Sons’ opens at The Lab on January 6
- Brenda Kensler is Katharine Gerard in Lab Theater’s production of ‘Mothers and Sons’
- Jason Drew is Cal Porter in Lab Theater’s ‘Mothers and Sons’
- River Reed and Joseph Yazvac make Lab Theater debuts in ‘Mothers and Sons’ (01-10-17)
- ‘Mothers and Son’ play dates, times and ticket information
At Theatre Conspiracy
- Theatre Conspiracy to do staged reading of Wigglesworth’s ‘Afterlife of Swans’ (01-10-17)
- You need not know Bach from Beethoven to enjoy Theatre Conspiracy’s ’33 Variations’ (01-13-17)
- Rachael Endrizzi directs Moises Kaufman’s ’33 Variations’
- Lauren Drexler stars as Dr. Katherine Brandt in ’33 Variations’
- Jim Yarnes plays legendary composer Ludwig van Beethoven in ’33 Variations’
- Scott Carpenter plays Anton Schindler in ’33 Variations’
- Joann Haley is Beethoven archivist Dr. Gertrude Ladenberger in ’33 Variations’
- ’33 Variations’ play dates, times and ticket information
Film
- Second Annual Bonita Springs International Film Festival set for January 26-29 (01-10-17)
Tom
Art Southwest Florida (http://www.artswfl.com)