2024/2025 Calendar
Life is Alchemy
Maria Paula Suarez
Mezzanine Gallery
Artist Reception: Saturday, February 1
There is an almost imperceptible impact in contemplating how rare and unique our environments can be; hence, the information to which we are exposed shapes how we may perceive life and transform it.
Cypress Lake High School Student Mural
A Shell of a Time
Artist Reception: Friday, May 9
BIG ARTS is thrilled to share that the National Honors Society Art Class of Cypress Lake High School has created a mural for the West Gallery. The class incorporated this project into their Fall 2024 curriculum.
Impediments and Byways to Love on the Road to Eternity
Monika Larsen Dennis and Frida Oliv
Dunham Family Gallery
Artist Reception: Saturday, March 15
In their collaborative installation, Monika Larsen Dennis and Frida Oliv invite us to wonder and think about obstacles that may be keeping us from loving ourselves and each other more fully, and consider how to bypass those obstacles to expand our capacity for love.
Between the Temples
Nathan Silver, 2024, R, 111 min
A cantor in a crisis of faith finds his world turned upside down when his grade school music teacher re-enters his life as his new adult Bat Mitzvah student.
MICKELA MALLOZZI
Inspirational Travel in Bare Feet
Mickela Mallozzi is the four-time Emmy® Award-winning Host and Executive Producer of “Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi,” a travel series highlighting the diversity of dance, which airs on PBS stations nationwide and on Amazon Prime globally.
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BIG ARTS COMMUNITY CHORUS
& BIG ARTS CONCERT BAND
Your Favorites…from Gershwin to The Beatles
You know spring has arrived on Sanibel and Captiva when you hear the creative vocal arrangements of the BIG ARTS Community Chorus combined with the stirring compositions of the BIG ARTS Concert Band!
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A Different Man
Aaron Schimberg, 2024, R, 112 min
Aspiring actor Edward undergoes a radical medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance.
JANE WOOLDRIDGE
Art Basel & the Art Scene
Jane Wooldridge is an award-winning travel, business, and arts multimedia journalist. A veteran of the Miami Herald, she has led initiatives melding art, real estate, tourism, economy, and leisure travel, among others.
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FAMILY & FRIENDS DAY
Featuring Wild World of Animals
Join us for this annual, free event, featuring Wild World of Animals, an entertaining and educational show that provides an exploration into the fascinating world of the wildlife we share with the planet.
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The Room Next Door
Pedro Almodovar, 2024, PG-13, 107 min
Ingrid and Martha were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation.
Nickel Boys
Ramell Ross, 2024, PG-13, 140 min
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead, “Nickel Boys” chronicles the powerful friendship between two young African-American men navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.
Annual Artists Collective
Mezzanine Gallery
Artist Reception: Friday, May 9
The Annual Artists Collective is a collaboration between our Arts Education & Fine Arts departments. It features BIG ARTS instructors, showcasing an eclectic body of work that includes a wide range of mediums.