Art

For decades, Tito Puente was “The King of Timbales”. His Latin music vibes garnered legions of fans and a music style that was often replicated but never duplicated.

Southwest Florida-based abstract painter Maria Collier has a solo exhibition called “Sound & Color” coming to the Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center. Collier’s distinctive, intuitive style is often driven by the music she listens, and dances, to while creating in her studio.

All winning entries in each category will be published on the GCWA website. There is no limit to number of submissions but entrants may win only one prize.

Rubble and debris on Fort Myers Beach leftover from Hurricane Ian have been reimagined as unique paintings and mermaids.

A conversation with Norwegian artist and self-taught letterpress typesetter Ane Thon Knutsen about her installation at the FGCU Library’s Archives and Special Collections that adapts the writings of prominent modernist 20th century author Virginia Woolf.

Is it fair for one artist to copy another's work? And if it is, must that artist credit the other as the inspiration for their new work? An exhibition of ants crawling all over the face and columns of the Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center in downtown Fort Myers has artists and art lovers asking these very questions.

With a challenging score, lyrics second only to Shakespeare, and a grisly tale of vengeful murder, mayhem, and cannibalism, "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" requires a very special cast and crew. In this week's Spotlight on the Arts, find out what makes this show so difficult but rewarding to produce, perform, and see.

A sampling of Clyde Butcher's work went on display at the Marco Island Historical Society Tuesday in an arresting exhibit of his 2002 journey to Cuba. Cuba: The Natural Beauty, will be at the Marco Island Historical Museum through April 29, 2023.

In the mid-1800’s, the Caloosahatchee River served as the key to the economy in Fort Myers. It served as the main transportation route and it drove commerce. To honor the river’s role in the foundation of Fort Myers’ history, the city will pay tribute through a new art installment.

A retrospective exhibition of works by Naples-based artist Carmelo Blandino comes to the Wasmer Art Gallery at Florida Gulf Coast University Jan. 17 – March 2. We talk with the artist himself along with co-curators of the exhibition, FGCU Art Gallery Director John Loscuito and founding Director of “Method and Concept” Chad Jensen.