Visual Art

The Bridging the Gap Center for the Arts will host an immersive pop-up art experience titled “In Living Color: A Juneteenth Art Experience,” featuring Southwest Florida-based artist Richard Bravo. Ahead of the event on June 19, 2026, at McCollum Hall, we talk with the featured artist and Bridging the Gap founder and Executive Director Sonya McCarter.

Southwest Florida-based artist Christian De Jesús has a solo exhibition titled “UN-MASKED” opening June 5, 2026, at the Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center. His unconventional work tends to explore heavy themes of life, death, the complexity of the human condition and the weight of our choices. We will talk with the artist ahead of the show’s opening reception.

Since Alyona Ushe assumed the presidency of Arts Bonita in 2023, the arts organization has made tremendous strides in meeting the demands of its members and the community.

The Naples-based nonprofit House of Gaia hosts the “Bee Gaia Bloom Art Show” April 25, 2026, featuring works created by artists within the neurodivergent community. House of Gaia Founder and Director Lulu Carter joins us to explore the sensory, multimedia exhibit and the organization’s broader focus on arts education, social inclusion, community building and kindness.

The Bonita Springs Masters Art Festival happens March 28th and 29th along the sidewalks and pathways at the Promenade at Bonita Bay. Hours are noon to 7 p.m.

Artists are pushing back in Sarasota after their artwork was removed from sidewalks and other public places under an FDOT directive.

The 40th Annual All Florida Exhibition takes place March 6th through the 28th in the main gallery of the Alliance for the Arts. This year’s All Florida show features 43 artworks created by 39 artists chosen by juror Tim Jaeger from more than 450 submissions. Works span a broad spectrum of styles and media, including 33 wall-hung and 10 sculptural pieces.

Naples Art in the Park, Bonita Springs Art Walk and the Sarasota Fine Art Show take place the weekend of January 31-February 1.

Southwest Florida plays host to three outdoor art festivals January 24 & 25.

Miami sculptor Jillian Mayer's Slumpies in Baker Museum Norris Garden a sardonic commentary on ubiquity of technology in today's world.