Every summer, BIG ARTS Outreach Programing includes field trips with The Heights Center of Lee County. This collaboration between our Arts Education and Fine Arts departments provides engaging, hands-on art projects where awe, wonder, and youthful energy are evident in each piece of artwork.
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Artist Reception: Friday, October 4
Lacy McClary is an accomplished Sanibel artist dedicated to our community. She will create a mural and 3D installation specifically for The West Gallery.
Artist Reception: Friday, October 4
The exhibition “Nautical Twilight” explores the quality of time in video and film, expanding it into space.
4-session class. Mondays, October 7, 14, 21, 28, 2024 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. This class varies between Alla Prima, Impressionism, Expressionism, and Realism. Intermediate and advanced students will learn to paint with flair, have fun, and transfer their emotional reaction from the subject onto the canvas.
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One-day class. Thursday, October 17, 2024 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. All artists are welcome to learn about resin art. Tammy will give comprehensive instruction on different types of resin and teach the basics of resin from coating to creating a variety of projects.
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Artist Reception: Saturday, November 9
Inspired by personal experience and shared concerns about the waters of Southwest Florida, the works presented are a collaboration between poet and fourth generation commercial fisher Chanda Jamieson and visual artist Andy Owen.
4-session class. Mondays & Wednesdays November 4, 6, 11 & 13, 2024 from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Enjoy drawing cartoons while finding the humor of daily life. If you’ve dabbled with cartoon faces or cartoon doodles, you’ll find this class both fun and rewarding.
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4-session class. Mondays, November 4, 11, 18, 25, 2024 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Explore more of what Zentangle-inspired art has to offer, creating your very own unique Thanksgiving, Christmas, and other holiday themed cards to send to family and friends.
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4-session class. Wednesdays, November 6, 13, 20, 27, 2024 from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM. This class will combine beginning and advanced students. The procedures and techniques to be taught will include compatibility and testing, basic fusing techniques, annealing, and slumping.
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Artist Reception: Saturday, November 9
Peter Page works with the expansive endeavor of assemblage. After the elements are gathered, composition begins as a series of interactions – of form, content, in two and three dimensions.
One-day class. Tuesday, November 12, 2024 from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Enjoy sipping on wine while painting with old and new friends. Barbara will begin the class with a demonstration, show examples of finished work, and help students prep their canvases and mix paint.
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Two-day class. Thursday & Friday, November 14 & 15, 2024 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Join artist Sunny Krchmar to energize your current watercolor skills by learning how to create a watercolor journal. Sketching in watercolor is a great way to keep a fresh approach and fuse your personality into each painting.
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