FGCU Art Special Events

Art Special Events

In the FGCU Art Program, we believe in building a strong campus community of faculty, staff and students committed to the arts, while serving our regional communities of art lovers and supporters.

Partnerships with local businesses and arts organizations offer opportunities for the display and sale of student and alumni works in art and design. Signature annual events hosted by the Art Program include the Pottery Sale and Empty Bowls Soup Lunch, which raises over $5000.00 each year to address food insecurity in our neighborhood through collaboration with Interfaith Charities of South Lee; and the Fjelstul Artist Lecture Series brings extraordinary artists, art historians, and designers to campus for public talks, artist workshops and in-depth classroom engagement with students.

2025-26 Art Special Events

name	image	day	month	year	time	duration	color	location	description	image_alt
FJELSTUL ART LECTURE	/artevents/images/davaro-comas335x200.jpg	12	11	2025	6:00 pm	1	3	U. Tobe Recital Hall, Music Building, FGCU Campus	Ramiro Davaro-Comas The Importance of Community-Based Public Art Wednesday, November 12, 2025 at 6:00 pm U. Tobe Hall in the Music Building at Florida Gulf Coast University Public unveiling of student project and reception Friday, November 14, 2025 at 4:00 pm Arts Complex Courtyard at Florida Gulf Coast University Public murals have exploded in popularity in the last 50 years. In Ramiro Davaro-Comas’ lecture, The Importance of Community‑Based Public Art, he will trace that evolution for his personal work and process and share how collaboration can transform both artwork and audience. Ramiro Davaro-Comas is an Argentine/American artist with a background in public art and artist residency management. Davaro-Comas is a graduate of the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, a Americorps VISTA Alumni and a recipient of the Leadership in Arts Management certificate from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Davaro-Comas has participated in artist residency programs around the world and has painted over 300 murals and managed another 150 mural installations for other artists. He was the director of the Art Students League residency program and Dripped on the Road. Currently, he co-directs Super-Stories with Grace Lang, focuses on arts education and large-scale mural projects. Super-Stories centers the students and community members in every aspect of the work. He has painted 40 murals in the past 3 years with over 10,000 students, community members and teachers. Davaro-Comas consults on public art projects, paints private commissioned murals, and exhibits his work in galleries. Sponsored by Alice and Dean Fjelstul. Both events are free and open to the public. Image credit: Ramiro Davaro-Comass	Ramiro Davaro-Comas
FJELSTUL ART LECTURE SERIES STUDENT PROJECT UNVEILING	/artevents/images/davaro-comas335x200.jpg	14	11	2025	4:00 pm	1	3	Arts Complex Courtyard, FGCU Campus	Ramiro Davaro-Comas Public unveiling of student project and reception Friday, November 14, 2025 at 4:00 pm Arts Complex Courtyard at Florida Gulf Coast University Public murals have exploded in popularity in the last 50 years. In Ramiro Davaro-Comas’ lecture, The Importance of Community‑Based Public Art, he will trace that evolution for his personal work and process and share how collaboration can transform both artwork and audience. Ramiro Davaro-Comas is an Argentine/American artist with a background in public art and artist residency management. Davaro-Comas is a graduate of the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, a Americorps VISTA Alumni and a recipient of the Leadership in Arts Management certificate from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Davaro-Comas has participated in artist residency programs around the world and has painted over 300 murals and managed another 150 mural installations for other artists. He was the director of the Art Students League residency program and Dripped on the Road. Currently, he co-directs Super-Stories with Grace Lang, focuses on arts education and large-scale mural projects. Super-Stories centers the students and community members in every aspect of the work. He has painted 40 murals in the past 3 years with over 10,000 students, community members and teachers. Davaro-Comas consults on public art projects, paints private commissioned murals, and exhibits his work in galleries. Sponsored by Alice and Dean Fjelstul. This event is free and open to the public. Image credit: Ramiro Davaro-Comass	Ramiro Davaro-Comas
24th Annual Pottery Sale	/artevents/images/pottery-sale335x200.jpg	05	12	2025	10:00 am	1	3	Arts Complex (facing the Library), FGCU Campus	24th Annual Pottery Sale In December 2025 we welcome you to join us for the 24th edition of the FGCU Pottery Sale, made possible through our ongoing collaboration with United Arts Collier. Beautiful, functional clay works from our talented Ceramics Studio alumni are featured at this annual event, along with contributions from current faculty, students and community participants. Enjoy free coffee with the artists at 10:00 a.m.! Potter Sale and Empty Bowls Images courtesy of Eva Poirier (’25, Art)	Pottery Sale
19th FGCU Empty Bowls Fundraiser	/artevents/images/empty-bowls335x200.jpg	05	12	2025	11:30 am	1	3	Arts Complex Courtyard, FGCU Campus	19th Annual Empty Bowls Soup Lunch Fundraiser Now in its 19th year, the FGCU Empty Bowls Fundraiser is committed to helping our neighbors in need who are experiencing food insecurity through support for the food pantry at our partner organization, Interfaith Charities of South Lee. As always, there will be handmade bowls and delicious soups, dedicated student volunteers, and the friends, colleagues and community participants that make this support possible. Please join us! For further information please contact: Patricia Fay at (239) 590-7229; pfay@fgcu.edu Potter Sale and Empty Bowls Images courtesy of Eva Poirier (’25, Art)	Empty Bowls

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Directions: From Ben Hill Griffin Parkway, turn onto FGCU Blvd (FGCU's Main Entrance). Drive to the first stop sign and turn right. Follow the curve around to the next stop sign and turn left. There is a parking lot directly on the right and a parking garage on the left as soon as you turn at the stop sign. The Music Building and the Arts Complex are at the northern end of the parking lot. Please park here for all events in the Music Building and the Arts Complex. TheatreLab and the Wasmer Art Gallery are in the Arts Complex. The U. Tobe Recital Hall is in the Music Building on the right once you enter through the sliding glass doors.

The Music Building is #31 on the map

The Arts Complex is #15

Please park in either Parking Lot 7 or Parking Garage 2

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