BIG ARTS Events - Fine Arts
All artist receptions are from 5:00 – 7:00 P.M., are free and open to the public,
and include complimentary light bites, wine and cash bar receptions.
2024-2025 Fine Arts Series Graciously Sponsored by Jim & Gaye Pigott
Ghost Horizons: Poetry and Printmaking
Chanda Jamieson and Andy Owen
Dunham Family Gallery
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.
Springs: Assemblage in Four Mediums
Peter Page
Mezzanine Gallery
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.
The Color of Air
Sanibel-Captiva Art League 49th SWFL Arts Council
Dunham Family Gallery
Artist Reception: Friday, December 20
This theme will inspire each artist to use their particular vision to create a unique interpretation of it!
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.
Coming Home...
Mally Khorasantchi
Dunham Family Gallery
Artist Reception: : Saturday, February 1
A master of oil and collage, Mally returns to BIG ARTS with her new, dynamic work. Collage demands refined balance, not only in imagery and form, but also of content and theme.
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.
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.
Art as Therapy;
Hope and Healing Through Art
Dunham Family Gallery
Artist Reception: Friday, May 9
The partnership between Hope Healthcare’s Art Therapy Program and Lee Health’s Art in Healthcare Program conveys the vision of healing through art. Expressive arts, in all forms, strive to provide hope and healing through the creative process.
Student Exhibit
Florida SouthWestern State College
Dunham Family Gallery
Artist Reception: Saturday, June 14
BIG ARTS and FSW have partnered for years to give serious art students a venue to realize this essential part of the creative process: to exhibit, to share, to examine, and assess.