Here’s what’s covered on Art Southwest Florida for the eight days beginning July 16 and ending July 23, 2015:
Artists in the News
- Artist Arturo Samaniego announces introduction of new series featuring seascapes (07-19-15)
- Senate passes arts and arts education bill 81-17 (07-17-15)
At the Center for the Arts Bonita Springs
- ‘Strictly Ballroom’ is romance about love of dance (07-22-15)
- ‘World’s Fastest Indian’ screens at Center for Visual Art Bonita Springs on Monday, July 20 (07-19-15)
- Center for the Arts Bonita Springs marks fifth anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act (07-16-15)
At The von Liebig Art Center
- Celebrity Martini Glass Auction seeking artists for 2016 signature event (07-19-15)
- Naples Art Association issues call to artists for ‘Your Choice’ exhibition in September (07-19-15)
- NAA President Aimee Schlehr dishes on purpose of NAA art programming, classes and workshops (07-18-15)
- Soulful landscape images of Gareth Rockliffe go on view at von Liebig Art Center July 24 (07-17-15)
In the Naples Art District
- Cynthia and Steve Adams create synergistic mixed media pieces (07-23-15)
- Naples Art District’s Casa Art features abstract work by Cynthia and Steve Adams (07-20-15)
Public Art
- Spotlight on mosaic murals in the lobby of Alico Arena (07-21-15)
- Monumental sculptor Harry McDaniel’s ‘Beacons’ profiled on Art Southwest Florida (07-21-15)
- FGCU public artwork ‘Cosmos’ now profiled on Art Southwest Florida (07-21-15)
- On this day in 1955, Evelyn D. Rea signed a will giving ‘Lorelei’ to the Public Library of Fort Myers (07-20-15)
- Ensconced within confines of Garden Council’s Berne Davis Garden, 1880 Italian marble ‘Lorelei’ no longer ‘public’ art (07-20-15)
At the Theater
- Lab Theater’s ‘I’ll Eat You Last’ closes this weekend (07-22-15)
- Young Artists Awards announces 2015-2016 schedule of events (07-19-15)
- Complex antagonists and packed houses make playwright Robert Caisley ‘Happy’ (07-18-15)
- Lab Theater’s ‘Happy’ is vicious psychodrama that questions whether anyone can really be happy (07-16-15)
On this Day in Local History
- General’s deception led to the Harney Point Massacre on July 22, 1839 (07-22-15)
- On this day in 1932, Lee County Bank & Trust closed its doors (07-18-15)
- On this day in 1943, converted Pleasure Palace second story opens as USO social center (07-18-15)
- On July 17, 1849, the murder of a dishonest trader led to the construction of a fort named Myers (07-17-15)
As always, you can read all these stories in one place by clicking here.
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