In the Downtown Fort Myers River District
- Next Art Walk on August 5 and 6 (07-19-16)
- Arts for ACT to feature Arias-Squires, Gayle Smock and 14 ACT Co-op artists in August (07-19-16)
- ‘Symbiotic: Malerba/Mesdaghi’ coming to Davis Art Center in August via Colorado Springs (07-18-16)
- #Unexpected on view in Davis Art Center through July 26 (07-17-16)
- ACT needs art and other items for annual fine art auction and gala (07-16-16)
At the Edison Ford Estates
- Edison Ford Estates invites public to celebrate Henry Ford’s 153rd birthday on July 30 (07-18-16)
At the Alliance for the Arts
- Alliance latest venue getting in on Pokémon Go act (07-19-16)
- Alliance proceeding with Phase One of ambitious campus improvement project (07-19-16)
- Next Alliance member show to follow theme of ‘habitats’ (07-18-16)
- CRAIC Show is tonight at Alliance for the Arts (07-16-16)
In Cape Coral
- Painter Justin Markley and pine needle artist Sandy O’Grady to be featured in August by Harbour View Gallery (07-16-16)
At the Bob Rauschenberg Gallery at FSW
- Stephen Vitiello lectures/performs on July 23 at next ArtSPEAK@FSW Lecture series (07-21-16)
At Florida Gulf Coast University
- Next FGCU exhibition to feature works from art gallery’s permanent collection (07-15-16)
In the Naples Art District
- Cynthia and Steve Adams create synergistic mixed media pieces (07-21-16)
- Naples Art District’s Casa Art features abstract work by Cynthia and Steve Adams (07-19-16)
On Naples’ Fifth Avenue South
- Naples’ Native Visions Galleries hosting 2-day charitable event for Shy Wolf Sanctuary (07-18-16)
In Naples’ Third Street South Art District
- ‘Armchair Travels’ on view now through August at Arsenault Studio & Banyan Arts Gallery (07-15-16)
On Marco Island
- Dennis Church to give Artist’s Talk today at Marco Island Center for the Arts (07-17-16)
Public Art
- Spotlight on mosaic murals in the lobby of Alico Arena (07-21-16)
- Monumental sculptor Harry McDaniel’s ‘Beacons’ profiled on Art Southwest Florida (07-21-16)
- Revisiting Art Southwest Florida’s profile of FGCU public artwork ‘Cosmos’ (07-20-16)
- On this day in 1955, Evelyn D. Rea signed a will giving ‘Lorelei’ to the Public Library of Fort Myers (07-20-16)
- Ensconced within confines of Garden Council’s Berne Davis Garden, 1880 Italian marble ‘Lorelei’ no longer ‘public’ art (07-20-15)
Art Fairs and Festivals
- Hot Works now accepting applications for inclusion in November 2016 Estero Fine Art Show (07-15-16)
- Naples Art Ass’n. accepting submissions for next season’s Art in the Park (07-15-16)
- Naples Art Association now accepting applications for 29th Annual Downtown Naples Festival of the Arts (07-15-16)
- Naples Art Association now accepting applications for 21st Annual Downtown Naples New Year’s Art Fair (07-15-16)
- Naples Art Association now accepting applications for Naples National Art Festival (07-15-16)
- ArtFest Fort Myers accepting submissions for poster/T-shirt competition (07-15-16)
- ArtFest Fort Myers now accepting applications for 2017 festival (07-15-16)
At the Theater
- ‘Sirens’ resumes this weekend with Friday and Saturday night performances at the Lab (07-21-16)
- A tale of two sirens (07-17-16)
- ‘Sirens’ opens tonight at River District’s Lab Theater (07-15-16)
- Play Dates for Lab Theater’s ‘Sirens’
- Plot of Lab Theater’s summer stock play ‘Sirens’
- ‘Sirens’ ticket information
- What the Critics Said about Deborah Zoe Laufer’s ‘Sirens’
- Anne Dodd directs ‘Sirens’ for Lab Theater
- Patrick Day plays the role of Sam Abrams in ‘Sirens’
- Brenda Kensler returns to the stage in ‘Sirens’ as Rose Adelle Abrams
- Holly Hagan is the siren in Deborah Zoe Laufer’s ‘Sirens’
- Juan Alejandro plays Richard Miller in Lab Theater’s ‘Sirens’
Film
On this Day in Local History
- On this day in 1932, Lee County Bank & Trust closed its doors (07-18-16)
- On this day in 1943, converted Pleasure Palace second story opens as USO social center (07-18-16)
- On July 17, 1849, the murder of a dishonest trader led to the construction of a fort named Myers (07-17-16)
- The General who gave Fort Myers its name died near Augusta, Georgia on this day in 1862 (07-15-16)
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