2025/2026 Calendar
Just Keep Swimming
Marti Koehler
Mezzanine Gallery
Artist Reception: Friday, November 7, 2025, 5:00 PM
“The process of making art starts with an abstract memory or feeling that sparks inspiration, leading to a colorful, gestural exploration…”
Curious
Reynier Llanes
Dunham Family Gallery
Artist Reception: Friday, November 7, 2025, 5:00 PM
Reynier Llanes is a master of color, form, and figure. The narratives are born of fables and Magic Realism where tapestries of fantasy and unlikely narratives intertwine with our reality.
I Am My Home
Mariapia Malerba
West Gallery
Artist Reception: Friday, November 7, 2025, 5:00 PM
Without the corals, the octopus has no sanctuary…
Wreckage, Resilience & Recovery:
The History of Hurricanes on Sanibel
Presented in partnership with the Sanibel Historical Museum & Village
Join us for a showing of Wreckage, Resilience & Recovery, a compelling documentary by award-winning filmmaker Ken Sneeden. Learn how 100 years of storms shaped Sanibel – before Ian.
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
An investigating judge struggles with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran caused by the death of a young woman. When his gun goes missing, he suspects his wife and daughters, imposing harsh measures that fray family ties.
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BIG ARTS Documentary Film Festival
Featuring Academy Award Winner Molly O’Brien
BIG ARTS Sanibel
900 Dunlop Rd, Sanibel, FL, United States
The Documentary Film Festival is graciously sponsored by Sanibel Captiva Community Bank.
BIG ARTS welcomes 2025 Academy Award winner Molly O’Brien for a two-day event. Experience film screenings, Q&A sessions, an opening reception, a catered dinner, and post-film gatherings—an exceptional opportunity to engage with an acclaimed filmmaker and enjoy award-winning cinema.
River of Grass
An ode to the Florida Everglades past and present, told through the prescient writings of Marjory Stoneman Douglas, and those who today call the region home.
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Between two Thanksgivings two years apart, Hannah’s husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.
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Something bad happened to Agnes. But life goes on – for everyone around her, at least.
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On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousins bring to light the buried secrets of their middle-class Zambian family.
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BIG ARTS Community Chorus
& BIG ARTS Concert Band
Holiday Performance
Celebrate the season with festive favorites and joyful harmonies performed by the talented voices and musicians of the BIG ARTS Community Chorus and BIG ARTS Concert Band.
Learn More Purchase TicketsEleanor the Great
After a devastating loss, witty and proudly troublesome Eleanor Morgenstein, 94, tells a tale that takes on a dangerous life of its own.
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