2025-2026 Fine Arts Exhibits
BIG ARTS Galleries are always free and open to the public!
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…
Ode to Joy
Sanibel-Captiva Art League
Dunham Family Gallery
Artist Reception: Friday, December 19, 2025, 5:00 PM
Let your spirit be uplifted by original artworks of Southwest Florida artists. This exhibit features a collection of fine art embracing various media, styles, colors, moods, and techniques, inviting you to explore the beauty and spirit of joy.
A Journey to the Oracle
Ebenezer Leyva
Mezzanine Gallery
Artist Reception: Friday, January 30, 2026, 5:00 PM
Ebenezer Leyva is carrying out an experimental inquiry about perception.
Impressions and Relics
Jonas Stirner
Dunham Family Gallery
Artist Reception: Friday, January 30, 2026, 5:00 PM
Jonas Stirner returns to BIG ARTS with Impressions and Relics, a powerful exhibition of new two- and three-dimensional works, including maquettes of large-scale outdoor sculptures and photographic collages inspired by his global travels.
The Profound Drama of the Ordinary
René Miville
Dunham Family Gallery
Artist Reception: Friday, March 20, 2026, 5:00 PM
Miville, an innovator in the process of chemical manipulation using the classic darkroom printing method, created a substantial body of work in the late 1980s and early 1990s, at the dawn of digital photography.
Annual Artists Collective
Mezzanine Gallery
Artist Reception: Friday, May 1, 2026, 5:00 PM
This annual exhibit highlights the work of artist-instructors who lead BIG ARTS Workshops and Classes.
Art as Therapy
Dunham Family Gallery
Artist Reception: Friday, May 1, 2026, 5:00 PM
This collaboration between Hope Healthcare’s Art Therapy Program and Lee Health’s Arts in Healthcare Program highlights the healing power of creative expression.
Student Exhibit
Florida SouthWestern State College
Dunham Family Gallery
Artist Reception: Saturday, June 13, 2026, 5:00 PM
BIG ARTS is proud to collaborate with Florida SouthWestern State College to showcase the work of emerging artists.