August 19-September 5, 2019

This exhibition contains works from students from the 2019 Global Sustainable Design course study abroad. Students travelled to Copenhagen, Denmark, Malmo, Sweden and London, UK to experience firsthand practical approaches to sustainable design. The students were asked to explore current practices in sustainable design and then create works that could translate to the US culturally. The focus is on challenging and changing existing  attitudes, products, spaces, communications, and communities as a positive step towards a greener, more ecologically balanced future.

Image credit: (left to right) Environmental Design Vinyl by Aimee Farmer, Raquel Holness, and Haley Levy. Photo courtesy of Mike Salmond

ArtLab is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

August 19-September 5, 2019

Reception – Thursday, August 22, 5-7pm

This exhibition contains works from students from the 2019 Global Sustainable Design course study abroad. Students travelled to Copenhagen, Denmark, Malmo, Sweden and London, UK to experience firsthand practical approaches to sustainable design. The students were asked to explore current practices in sustainable design and then create works that could translate to the US culturally. The focus is on challenging and changing existing  attitudes, products, spaces, communications, and communities as a positive step towards a greener, more ecologically balanced future.

Image credit: (left to right) Environmental Design Vinyl by Aimee Farmer, Raquel Holness, and Haley Levy. Photo courtesy of Mike Salmond

ArtLab is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

August 19-September 5, 2019 

This exhibition contains works from students from the 2019 Global Sustainable Design course study abroad. Students travelled to Copenhagen, Denmark, Malmo, Sweden and London, UK to experience firsthand practical approaches to sustainable design. The students were asked to explore current practices in sustainable design and then create works that could translate to the US culturally. The focus is on challenging and changing existing  attitudes, products, spaces, communications, and communities as a positive step towards a greener, more ecologically balanced future.

Image credit: (left to right) Environmental Design Vinyl by Aimee Farmer, Raquel Holness, and Haley Levy. Photo courtesy of Mike Salmond

ArtLab is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Opening Reception and Curators’ Talk – Thursday, August 29, 5-7pm

In celebration of new donations to the FGCU Art Galleries, guest curators are invited to activate the FGCU Permanent Collection through their own lens. As part of the Seidler Fellowship, FGCU student Farrah Alkhadra (junior, Art) will research and curate an exhibition alongside a display of recent gifts and other works never displayed before, including sculptures, paintings and prints.

Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler, the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture and WGCU Public Media

Image Credit: Anne Lindberg, Twilight Garden Blue, 1988, Fabric and ink, 44 x 48 in, Gift of ASG Technologies, Collection of FGCU Art Galleries

August 30-October 3, 2019

In celebration of new donations to the FGCU Art Galleries, guest curators are invited to activate the FGCU Permanent Collection through their own lens. As part of the Seidler Fellowship, FGCU student Farrah Alkhadra (junior, Art) will research and curate an exhibition alongside a display of recent gifts and other works never displayed before, including sculptures, paintings and prints.

Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler, the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture and WGCU Public Media

Wasmer Art Gallery is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Image Credit: Anne Lindberg, Twilight Garden Blue, 1988, Fabric and ink, 44 x 48 in, Gift of ASG Technologies, Collection of FGCU Art Galleries

August 30-October 3, 2019

In celebration of new donations to the FGCU Art Galleries, guest curators are invited to activate the FGCU Permanent Collection through their own lens. As part of the Seidler Fellowship, FGCU student Farrah Alkhadra (junior, Art) will research and curate an exhibition alongside a display of recent gifts and other works never displayed before, including sculptures, paintings and prints.

Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler, the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture and WGCU Public Media

Wasmer Art Gallery is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Image Credit: Anne Lindberg, Twilight Garden Blue, 1988, Fabric and ink, 44 x 48 in, Gift of ASG Technologies, Collection of FGCU Art Galleries

August 19-September 5, 2019 

This exhibition contains works from students from the 2019 Global Sustainable Design course study abroad. Students travelled to Copenhagen, Denmark, Malmo, Sweden and London, UK to experience firsthand practical approaches to sustainable design. The students were asked to explore current practices in sustainable design and then create works that could translate to the US culturally. The focus is on challenging and changing existing  attitudes, products, spaces, communications, and communities as a positive step towards a greener, more ecologically balanced future.

Image credit: (left to right) Environmental Design Vinyl by Aimee Farmer, Raquel Holness, and Haley Levy. Photo courtesy of Mike Salmond

ArtLab is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

August 30-October 3, 2019

In celebration of new donations to the FGCU Art Galleries, guest curators are invited to activate the FGCU Permanent Collection through their own lens. As part of the Seidler Fellowship, FGCU student Farrah Alkhadra (junior, Art) will research and curate an exhibition alongside a display of recent gifts and other works never displayed before, including sculptures, paintings and prints.

Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler, the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture and WGCU Public Media

Wasmer Art Gallery is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Image Credit: Anne Lindberg, Twilight Garden Blue, 1988, Fabric and ink, 44 x 48 in, Gift of ASG Technologies, Collection of FGCU Art Galleries

August 30-October 3, 2019

In celebration of new donations to the FGCU Art Galleries, guest curators are invited to activate the FGCU Permanent Collection through their own lens. As part of the Seidler Fellowship, FGCU student Farrah Alkhadra (junior, Art) will research and curate an exhibition alongside a display of recent gifts and other works never displayed before, including sculptures, paintings and prints.

Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler, the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture and WGCU Public Media

Wamer Art Gallery is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Image Credit: Anne Lindberg, Twilight Garden Blue, 1988, Fabric and ink, 44 x 48 in, Gift of ASG Technologies, Collection of FGCU Art Galleries

This concert is free and open to the public. No tickets are necessary.

August 30-October 3, 2019

In celebration of new donations to the FGCU Art Galleries, guest curators are invited to activate the FGCU Permanent Collection through their own lens. As part of the Seidler Fellowship, FGCU student Farrah Alkhadra (junior, Art) will research and curate an exhibition alongside a display of recent gifts and other works never displayed before, including sculptures, paintings and prints.

Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler, the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture and WGCU Public Media

Wasmer Art Gallery is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Image Credit: Anne Lindberg, Twilight Garden Blue, 1988, Fabric and ink, 44 x 48 in, Gift of ASG Technologies, Collection of FGCU Art Galleries

Percussionist Jason Baker has committed the last three years to commissioning and premiering new works for solo marimba by composers from the state of Mississippi, where he has lived with his wife and two children since 2004. This concert, titled New Music Mississippi: Volume 1, will feature a premiere performance of a new work by Shandy Phillips, as well as music by Warren Ertle, Clifton Taylor, and FGCU faculty member Jason Bahr. The FGCU Percussion Ensemble will join Baker for the performance of Taylor’s Concertpiece for Marimba and Percussion Ensemble.

Tickets for this concert are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

Opening Reception and Artist Talk– Thursday, September 26, 5-7pm

“We are the embodiment of the aspirations, the dreams of our parents and our abuelitos.” Gil Rocha-Rochelli

This year’s Reunion Series presents FGCU Alumni Artists Adriana Flores (Class of 2017) and Felipe Maldonado (Class of 2016). The two American artists of Latino descent explore their heritage in Nosotros and express an appreciation for one’s origins, character, values and personal accomplishments. These culturally-diverse artists celebrate their lives as US citizens while acknowledging the histories and traditions of their familial roots.

Sponsored by the FGCU Alumni Association and WGCU Public Media

Image Credit: (left to right)

Felipe Maldonado, Surface Patterns, 2019, Ceramic transfer; Adriana Flores, Stand Still My Child, Don’t Move My Child, Stand Still My Child, 2018, Oil on canvas, 60 x 60 in. Images courtesy of the artists

September 27-November 7, 2019

“We are the embodiment of the aspirations, the dreams of our parents and our abuelitos.” Gil Rocha-Rochelli

This year’s Reunion Series presents FGCU Alumni Artists Adriana Flores (Class of 2017) and Felipe Maldonado (Class of 2016). The two American artists of Latino descent explore their heritage in Nosotros and express an appreciation for one’s origins, character, values and personal accomplishments. These culturally-diverse artists celebrate their lives as US citizens while acknowledging the histories and traditions of their familial roots.

Sponsored by the FGCU Alumni Association and WGCU Public Media

ArtLab is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Image Credit: (left to right)

Felipe Maldonado, Surface Patterns, 2019, Ceramic transfer; Adriana Flores, Stand Still My Child, Don’t Move My Child, Stand Still My Child, 2018, Oil on canvas, 60 x 60 in. Images courtesy of the artists

The Fort Myers Symphonic Mastersingers is the premiere choral ensemble in Southwest Florida. The mission of the Mastersingers is to perform significant choral masterworks from the standard repertoire as well as innovative new compositions. For nearly 20 years, the Mastersingers has performed celebrated pieces in self-produced concerts and in conjunction with other ensembles throughout Southwest Florida. The Mastersingers Chamber Chorus is a subset of the large group and performs diverse repertoire from the Renaissance to the music of today.

Tickets for this concert are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

August 30-October 3, 2019

In celebration of new donations to the FGCU Art Galleries, guest curators are invited to activate the FGCU Permanent Collection through their own lens. As part of the Seidler Fellowship, FGCU student Farrah Alkhadra (junior, Art) will research and curate an exhibition alongside a display of recent gifts and other works never displayed before, including sculptures, paintings and prints.

Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler, the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture and WGCU Public Media

Wasmer Art Gallery is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Image Credit: Anne Lindberg, Twilight Garden Blue, 1988, Fabric and ink, 44 x 48 in, Gift of ASG Technologies, Collection of FGCU Art Galleries

September 27-November 7, 2019

“We are the embodiment of the aspirations, the dreams of our parents and our abuelitos.” Gil Rocha-Rochelli

This year’s Reunion Series presents FGCU Alumni Artists Adriana Flores (Class of 2017) and Felipe Maldonado (Class of 2016). The two American artists of Latino descent explore their heritage in Nosotros and express an appreciation for one’s origins, character, values and personal accomplishments. These culturally-diverse artists celebrate their lives as US citizens while acknowledging the histories and traditions of their familial roots.

Sponsored by the FGCU Alumni Association and WGCU Public Media

ArtLab is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Image Credit: (left to right)

Felipe Maldonado, Surface Patterns, 2019, Ceramic transfer; Adriana Flores, Stand Still My Child, Don’t Move My Child, Stand Still My Child, 2018, Oil on canvas, 60 x 60 in. Images courtesy of the artists

September 27-November 7, 2019

“We are the embodiment of the aspirations, the dreams of our parents and our abuelitos.” Gil Rocha-Rochelli

This year’s Reunion Series presents FGCU Alumni Artists Adriana Flores (Class of 2017) and Felipe Maldonado (Class of 2016). The two American artists of Latino descent explore their heritage in Nosotros and express an appreciation for one’s origins, character, values and personal accomplishments. These culturally-diverse artists celebrate their lives as US citizens while acknowledging the histories and traditions of their familial roots.

Sponsored by the FGCU Alumni Association and WGCU Public Media

ArtLab is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Image Credit: (left to right)

Felipe Maldonado, Surface Patterns, 2019, Ceramic transfer; Adriana Flores, Stand Still My Child, Don’t Move My Child, Stand Still My Child, 2018, Oil on canvas, 60 x 60 in. Images courtesy of the artists

Dr. Jeanie Darnell is the Head of Vocal Studies at the Bower School of Music at Florida Gulf Coast University. As a concert artist, Darnell has been hailed by critics throughout the United States and in Europe for her "wonderfully bell-like tones" (Wertheimer Zeitung). She is in demand as a soprano soloist of major concert and oratorio repertoire. For her recital at FGCU, Darnell will be joined by pianist Michael Baron in presenting outstanding vocal compositions by Strauss, Poulenc, and Galindo, as well as spirituals and arias.

Tickets for this concert are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

September 27-November 7, 2019

“We are the embodiment of the aspirations, the dreams of our parents and our abuelitos.” Gil Rocha-Rochelli

This year’s Reunion Series presents FGCU Alumni Artists Adriana Flores (Class of 2017) and Felipe Maldonado (Class of 2016). The two American artists of Latino descent explore their heritage in Nosotros and express an appreciation for one’s origins, character, values and personal accomplishments. These culturally-diverse artists celebrate their lives as US citizens while acknowledging the histories and traditions of their familial roots.

Sponsored by the FGCU Alumni Association and WGCU Public Media

ArtLab is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Image Credit: (left to right)

Felipe Maldonado, Surface Patterns, 2019, Ceramic transfer; Adriana Flores, Stand Still My Child, Don’t Move My Child, Stand Still My Child, 2018, Oil on canvas, 60 x 60 in. Images courtesy of the artists

Opening Reception and Artist Talk– Thursday, October 17, 5-7pm

The first survey exhibition of Enrique Chagoya’s work in Florida covers his political and social activism through his innovative prints and paintings. Using pop culture icons, current events and historical images, Chagoya creates layered narratives dealing with immigration and cultural identity as a basis for social reflection. Born in Mexico City, Chagoya immigrated to the United States in 1977, where he worked as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer, and became an American citizen in 2000. He currently lives in San Francisco and teaches at Stanford University.

Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler, the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture and WGCU Public Media

Image credit: Enrique Chagoya, Everyone is an Alienígeno, 2018, Color lithograph with collage, Ed. 30, 22 x 30 in. ©Enrique Chagoya 2018, Photo credit: Bud Shark

October 17-November 14, 2019

The first survey exhibition of Enrique Chagoya’s work in Florida covers his political and social activism through his innovative prints and paintings. Using pop culture icons, current events and historical images, Chagoya creates layered narratives dealing with immigration and cultural identity as a basis for social reflection. Born in Mexico City, Chagoya immigrated to the United States in 1977, where he worked as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer, and became an American citizen in 2000. He currently lives in San Francisco and teaches at Stanford University.

Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler, the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture and WGCU Public Media

Wasmer Art Gallery is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Image credit: Enrique Chagoya, Everyone is an Alienígeno, 2018, Color lithograph with collage, Ed. 30, 22 x 30 in. ©Enrique Chagoya 2018, Photo credit: Bud Shark

October 17-November 14, 2019

The first survey exhibition of Enrique Chagoya’s work in Florida covers his political and social activism through his innovative prints and paintings. Using pop culture icons, current events and historical images, Chagoya creates layered narratives dealing with immigration and cultural identity as a basis for social reflection. Born in Mexico City, Chagoya immigrated to the United States in 1977, where he worked as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer, and became an American citizen in 2000. He currently lives in San Francisco and teaches at Stanford University.

Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler, the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture and WGCU Public Media

Wasmer Art Gallery is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Image credit: Enrique Chagoya, Everyone is an Alienígeno, 2018, Color lithograph with collage, Ed. 30, 22 x 30 in. ©Enrique Chagoya 2018, Photo credit: Bud Shark

September 27-November 7, 2019

“We are the embodiment of the aspirations, the dreams of our parents and our abuelitos.” Gil Rocha-Rochelli

This year’s Reunion Series presents FGCU Alumni Artists Adriana Flores (Class of 2017) and Felipe Maldonado (Class of 2016). The two American artists of Latino descent explore their heritage in Nosotros and express an appreciation for one’s origins, character, values and personal accomplishments. These culturally-diverse artists celebrate their lives as US citizens while acknowledging the histories and traditions of their familial roots.

Sponsored by the FGCU Alumni Association and WGCU Public Media

ArtLab is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Image Credit: (left to right)

Felipe Maldonado, Surface Patterns, 2019, Ceramic transfer; Adriana Flores, Stand Still My Child, Don’t Move My Child, Stand Still My Child, 2018, Oil on canvas, 60 x 60 in. Images courtesy of the artists

Zach Bartholomew, jazz piano
David Fernandez, tenor and soprano saxophone
Ilya DaCosta, bass
Rodolfo Zuniga, drums

Dr. Zach Bartholomew is an award-winning jazz pianist, composer, and music educator. He has been featured as a performer, composer, and bandleader at national and international jazz festivals, including the Jacksonville Jazz Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival, Jalisco Jazz Festival, and Festival Miami. In addition to headlining at some of the top jazz venues across the country with his group, Zach has performed with artists such as Victor Goines, Brian Lynch, Dafnis Prieto, Dave Holland, David Liebman, and Ira Sullivan. His original music and unique arrangements are inspired by the jazz tradition, but also draw heavily from Afro-Cuban rhythms and modern influences.

Tickets for this concert are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

Adapted and directed by Barry Cavin
October 25-November 3, 2019

October 25, 26, November 1 & 2 at 7:30 p.m.
October 27, November 2* & 3 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets for this performance are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

After having banned theater from much of Europe for centuries, the Christian church brought it back during the Middle Ages in the form of popular street entertainment. Actors, working with local trade guilds, produced bible stories on wagons and presented them to an audience desperate for a distraction from the various threats of living in a newly forming urban society. Some of the plays were funny, some frightening, but all were fully secular and very much a part of the human condition.  Barry Cavin adapts and directs a contemporary retelling of three ancient cycle plays for our 2019/20 season in a production that promises to capture the spirit and fun of the original work while making the event relevant and interesting to today’s audiences.

* There will be a discussion with the cast and crew following this performance

Adapted and directed by Barry Cavin
October 25-November 3, 2019

October 25, 26, November 1 & 2 at 7:30 p.m.
October 27, November 2* & 3 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets for this performance are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

After having banned theater from much of Europe for centuries, the Christian church brought it back during the Middle Ages in the form of popular street entertainment. Actors, working with local trade guilds, produced bible stories on wagons and presented them to an audience desperate for a distraction from the various threats of living in a newly forming urban society. Some of the plays were funny, some frightening, but all were fully secular and very much a part of the human condition.  Barry Cavin adapts and directs a contemporary retelling of three ancient cycle plays for our 2019/20 season in a production that promises to capture the spirit and fun of the original work while making the event relevant and interesting to today’s audiences.

* There will be a discussion with the cast and crew following this performance

Adapted and directed by Barry Cavin
October 25-November 3, 2019

October 25, 26, November 1 & 2 at 7:30 p.m.
October 27, November 2* & 3 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets for this performance are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

After having banned theater from much of Europe for centuries, the Christian church brought it back during the Middle Ages in the form of popular street entertainment. Actors, working with local trade guilds, produced bible stories on wagons and presented them to an audience desperate for a distraction from the various threats of living in a newly forming urban society. Some of the plays were funny, some frightening, but all were fully secular and very much a part of the human condition.  Barry Cavin adapts and directs a contemporary retelling of three ancient cycle plays for our 2019/20 season in a production that promises to capture the spirit and fun of the original work while making the event relevant and interesting to today’s audiences.

* There will be a discussion with the cast and crew following this performance

October 17-November 14, 2019

The first survey exhibition of Enrique Chagoya’s work in Florida covers his political and social activism through his innovative prints and paintings. Using pop culture icons, current events and historical images, Chagoya creates layered narratives dealing with immigration and cultural identity as a basis for social reflection. Born in Mexico City, Chagoya immigrated to the United States in 1977, where he worked as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer, and became an American citizen in 2000. He currently lives in San Francisco and teaches at Stanford University.

Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler, the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture and WGCU Public Media

Wasmer Art Gallery is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Image credit: Enrique Chagoya, Everyone is an Alienígeno, 2018, Color lithograph with collage, Ed. 30, 22 x 30 in. ©Enrique Chagoya 2018, Photo credit: Bud Shark

September 27-November 7, 2019

“We are the embodiment of the aspirations, the dreams of our parents and our abuelitos.” Gil Rocha-Rochelli

This year’s Reunion Series presents FGCU Alumni Artists Adriana Flores (Class of 2017) and Felipe Maldonado (Class of 2016). The two American artists of Latino descent explore their heritage in Nosotros and express an appreciation for one’s origins, character, values and personal accomplishments. These culturally-diverse artists celebrate their lives as US citizens while acknowledging the histories and traditions of their familial roots.

Sponsored by the FGCU Alumni Association and WGCU Public Media

ArtLab is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Image Credit: (left to right)

Felipe Maldonado, Surface Patterns, 2019, Ceramic transfer; Adriana Flores, Stand Still My Child, Don’t Move My Child, Stand Still My Child, 2018, Oil on canvas, 60 x 60 in. Images courtesy of the artists

Adapted and directed by Barry Cavin
October 25-November 3, 2019

October 25, 26, November 1 & 2 at 7:30 p.m.
October 27, November 2* & 3 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets for this performance are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

After having banned theater from much of Europe for centuries, the Christian church brought it back during the Middle Ages in the form of popular street entertainment. Actors, working with local trade guilds, produced bible stories on wagons and presented them to an audience desperate for a distraction from the various threats of living in a newly forming urban society. Some of the plays were funny, some frightening, but all were fully secular and very much a part of the human condition.  Barry Cavin adapts and directs a contemporary retelling of three ancient cycle plays for our 2019/20 season in a production that promises to capture the spirit and fun of the original work while making the event relevant and interesting to today’s audiences.

* There will be a discussion with the cast and crew following this performance

Adapted and directed by Barry Cavin
October 25-November 3, 2019

October 25, 26, November 1 & 2 at 7:30 p.m.
October 27, November 2* & 3 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets for this performance are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

After having banned theater from much of Europe for centuries, the Christian church brought it back during the Middle Ages in the form of popular street entertainment. Actors, working with local trade guilds, produced bible stories on wagons and presented them to an audience desperate for a distraction from the various threats of living in a newly forming urban society. Some of the plays were funny, some frightening, but all were fully secular and very much a part of the human condition.  Barry Cavin adapts and directs a contemporary retelling of three ancient cycle plays for our 2019/20 season in a production that promises to capture the spirit and fun of the original work while making the event relevant and interesting to today’s audiences.

* There will be a discussion with the cast and crew following this performance

Adapted and directed by Barry Cavin
October 25-November 3, 2019

October 25, 26, November 1 & 2 at 7:30 p.m.
October 27, November 2* & 3 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets for this performance are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

After having banned theater from much of Europe for centuries, the Christian church brought it back during the Middle Ages in the form of popular street entertainment. Actors, working with local trade guilds, produced bible stories on wagons and presented them to an audience desperate for a distraction from the various threats of living in a newly forming urban society. Some of the plays were funny, some frightening, but all were fully secular and very much a part of the human condition.  Barry Cavin adapts and directs a contemporary retelling of three ancient cycle plays for our 2019/20 season in a production that promises to capture the spirit and fun of the original work while making the event relevant and interesting to today’s audiences.

* There will be a discussion with the cast and crew following this performance

Adapted and directed by Barry Cavin
October 25-November 3, 2019

October 25, 26, November 1 & 2 at 7:30 p.m.
October 27, November 2* & 3 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets for this performance are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

After having banned theater from much of Europe for centuries, the Christian church brought it back during the Middle Ages in the form of popular street entertainment. Actors, working with local trade guilds, produced bible stories on wagons and presented them to an audience desperate for a distraction from the various threats of living in a newly forming urban society. Some of the plays were funny, some frightening, but all were fully secular and very much a part of the human condition.  Barry Cavin adapts and directs a contemporary retelling of three ancient cycle plays for our 2019/20 season in a production that promises to capture the spirit and fun of the original work while making the event relevant and interesting to today’s audiences.

* There will be a discussion with the cast and crew following this performance

October 17-November 14, 2019

The first survey exhibition of Enrique Chagoya’s work in Florida covers his political and social activism through his innovative prints and paintings. Using pop culture icons, current events and historical images, Chagoya creates layered narratives dealing with immigration and cultural identity as a basis for social reflection. Born in Mexico City, Chagoya immigrated to the United States in 1977, where he worked as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer, and became an American citizen in 2000. He currently lives in San Francisco and teaches at Stanford University.

Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler, the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture and WGCU Public Media

Wasmer Art Gallery is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Image credit: Enrique Chagoya, Everyone is an Alienígeno, 2018, Color lithograph with collage, Ed. 30, 22 x 30 in. ©Enrique Chagoya 2018, Photo credit: Bud Shark

September 27-November 7, 2019

“We are the embodiment of the aspirations, the dreams of our parents and our abuelitos.” Gil Rocha-Rochelli

This year’s Reunion Series presents FGCU Alumni Artists Adriana Flores (Class of 2017) and Felipe Maldonado (Class of 2016). The two American artists of Latino descent explore their heritage in Nosotros and express an appreciation for one’s origins, character, values and personal accomplishments. These culturally-diverse artists celebrate their lives as US citizens while acknowledging the histories and traditions of their familial roots.

Sponsored by the FGCU Alumni Association and WGCU Public Media

ArtLab is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Image Credit: (left to right)

Felipe Maldonado, Surface Patterns, 2019, Ceramic transfer; Adriana Flores, Stand Still My Child, Don’t Move My Child, Stand Still My Child, 2018, Oil on canvas, 60 x 60 in. Images courtesy of the artists

A native of Miami, Florida, Anthony Offerle’s credits include performances with the OperaEstate in Rome, Cincinnati Opera, International Chamber Orchestra, Dayton Opera, Wyoming Opera, Charleston Symphony, Savannah Symphony, Evansville Philharmonic, and the Piccolo Spoleto Festival. He has sung over 30 leading operatic roles. An active concert performer, he served as guest soloist in London’s Westminster Abbey, St. Paul’s Cathedral and St. Giles Cathedral in Scotland.

Tickets for this concert are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

Lecture at 5:00pm in the U. Tobe Recital Hall with a light reception to follow in the Arts Complex Lobby
This lecture is free and open to the public

Our sense of what makes artists special has Renaissance roots in the work of Jan van Eyck. Celebrated as a brilliant pioneer of realistic painting, he was equally innovative as a craftsman of his own reputation. Without the letters, printed publicity, and exhibitions that would fuel the fame of later artists, he argued for his unique mastery in paint alone—and only partly as a display of skill. More original and intriguing are his layers of subtle effort to absorb and challenge an observer.

Dr. Alfred Acres taught at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Oregon, and Princeton University before joining the faculty at Georgetown University. He is currently the Chair of the Department of Art and Art History and the Wright Family Term Associate Professor in Art History. His research is focused on northern European art of the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, and his teaching also addresses the history of prints and conceptual topics ranging further afield in the western tradition since the Renaissance.  Among his many publications he is the author of Renaissance Invention and the Haunted Infancy (2013) and a forthcoming book on Jan van Eyck.

Sponsored by Alice and Dean Fjelstul

October 17-November 14, 2019

The first survey exhibition of Enrique Chagoya’s work in Florida covers his political and social activism through his innovative prints and paintings. Using pop culture icons, current events and historical images, Chagoya creates layered narratives dealing with immigration and cultural identity as a basis for social reflection. Born in Mexico City, Chagoya immigrated to the United States in 1977, where he worked as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer, and became an American citizen in 2000. He currently lives in San Francisco and teaches at Stanford University.

Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler, the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture and WGCU Public Media

Wasmer Art Gallery is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Image credit: Enrique Chagoya, Everyone is an Alienígeno, 2018, Color lithograph with collage, Ed. 30, 22 x 30 in. ©Enrique Chagoya 2018, Photo credit: Bud Shark

Pianists Michael Baron and Prisicla Navarro (’14, Music) are perennial favorites as a piano duo. Together they explore the rich heritage of repertoire for two pianos, and for two pianists at one piano. Baron is a world-class pianist and Head of Keyboard Studies at the Bower School of Music at FGCU. Navarro, his former student, has distinguished herself with spectacular concerts and competition achievements throughout the world. Together they bring great drama, virtuosity and beauty to their performances.

Tickets for this concert are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

This concert is free and open to the public. No tickets are necessary.

Please consider an RSVP to this event by registering at fgcu.edu/joyful2019

Please consider an RSVP to this event by registering at fgcu.edu/joyful2019

Mary Voytek, Faculty Mentor

Opening Reception – Thursday, December 5, 5-7pm

At the end of their studies, art majors are required to develop and present a coherent body of self-generated work. This exhibition combines their knowledge of techniques and concepts while drawing on research of historical and contemporary artists. Every senior art major in the exhibition designs and creates a unique installation that combines their technical skills and conceptual vision.

Sponsored by The Layden Family Foundation, The Smith Family Foundation of Estero and WGCU Public Media

Image Credit: Allana Nagy, Beneath the Flowers (installation detail), Senior Projects, Spring 2019, Ceramic. Photo by James Greco

December 6-13, 2019

Mary Voytek, Faculty Mentor

At the end of their studies, art majors are required to develop and present a coherent body of self-generated work. This exhibition combines their knowledge of techniques and concepts while drawing on research of historical and contemporary artists. Every senior art major in the exhibition designs and creates a unique installation that combines their technical skills and conceptual vision.

Sponsored by The Layden Family Foundation, The Smith Family Foundation of Estero and WGCU Public Media 

Wasmer Art Gallery is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Image Credit: Allana Nagy, Beneath the Flowers (installation detail), Senior Projects, Spring 2019, Ceramic. Photo by James Greco

19^th Annual Pottery Sale

Arts Complex Courtyard

10:00am – 4:00pm

Beginning at 10:00 am, there will be free coffee and an artist meet & greet.

13^th Annual Empty Bowls Soup Lunch

Begins at 11:30am, and continues until the soup or bowls run out.

$15.00 suggested donation per person; all proceeds support the food pantry at Interfaith Charities of South Lee

Written by the Creating New Theatre class

Directed by Gerritt VanderMeer

December 6-8, 2019

December 6 & 7 at 7:30 p.m.

December 7* & 8 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets for this performance are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

Water Stories is a collection of short theatrical pieces exploring humankind’s fascination, fear, dependence and love for water, from our earliest origins as a species up to the present day. It features timeless stories inspired by myths, folklore and fairy tales drawn from multiple cultures and traditions, including those with their roots in Southwest Florida. The show was written and created by students in the “Creating New Theatre” class in collaboration with student members of the FGCU Composers Guild.

* There will be a discussion with the cast and crew following this performance

Written by the Creating New Theatre class

Directed by Gerritt VanderMeer

December 6-8, 2019

December 6 & 7 at 7:30 p.m.

December 7* & 8 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets for this performance are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

Water Stories is a collection of short theatrical pieces exploring humankind’s fascination, fear, dependence and love for water, from our earliest origins as a species up to the present day. It features timeless stories inspired by myths, folklore and fairy tales drawn from multiple cultures and traditions, including those with their roots in Southwest Florida. The show was written and created by students in the “Creating New Theatre” class in collaboration with student members of the FGCU Composers Guild.

* There will be a discussion with the cast and crew following this performance

Written by the Creating New Theatre class

Directed by Gerritt VanderMeer

December 6-8, 2019

December 6 & 7 at 7:30 p.m.

December 7* & 8 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets for this performance are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

Water Stories is a collection of short theatrical pieces exploring humankind’s fascination, fear, dependence and love for water, from our earliest origins as a species up to the present day. It features timeless stories inspired by myths, folklore and fairy tales drawn from multiple cultures and traditions, including those with their roots in Southwest Florida. The show was written and created by students in the “Creating New Theatre” class in collaboration with student members of the FGCU Composers Guild.

* There will be a discussion with the cast and crew following this performance

Written by the Creating New Theatre class

Directed by Gerritt VanderMeer

December 6-8, 2019

December 6 & 7 at 7:30 p.m.

December 7* & 8 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets for this performance are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

Water Stories is a collection of short theatrical pieces exploring humankind’s fascination, fear, dependence and love for water, from our earliest origins as a species up to the present day. It features timeless stories inspired by myths, folklore and fairy tales drawn from multiple cultures and traditions, including those with their roots in Southwest Florida. The show was written and created by students in the “Creating New Theatre” class in collaboration with student members of the FGCU Composers Guild.

* There will be a discussion with the cast and crew following this performance

A recognized international master at his instrument, Dimitri Ashkenazy performs widely as both a soloist and chamber musician. He has appeared with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at London’s Royal Festival Hall; Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin at the Hollywood Bowl; SBS Youth Orchestra at Sydney Opera House; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra at the Casals Festival in Puerto Rico; and Japan Philharmonic, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony, the Lucerne Festival in Switzerland and Mito Chamber orchestras in Japan.

Tickets for this concert are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

December 6-13, 2019

Mary Voytek, Faculty Mentor

At the end of their studies, art majors are required to develop and present a coherent body of self-generated work. This exhibition combines their knowledge of techniques and concepts while drawing on research of historical and contemporary artists. Every senior art major in the exhibition designs and creates a unique installation that combines their technical skills and conceptual vision.

Sponsored by The Layden Family Foundation, The Smith Family Foundation of Estero and WGCU Public Media 

Wasmer Art Gallery is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Image Credit: Allana Nagy, Beneath the Flowers (installation detail), Senior Projects, Spring 2019, Ceramic. Photo by James Greco

Opening Reception – Thursday, January 16, 5-7pm

This exhibition showcases student work from the Digital Media Design Workshop course. Students in this class are exploring potential pathways towards their senior project. Experimentation, innovation and creativity are at the heart of the course as students seek out design solutions to unique challenges based upon their research and personal discoveries.

Sponsored by WGCU Public Media

Image Credit: Audrey Mobley, Untitled, 2018, 108 x 36 in., Digital Media Design Vinyl Banner Project

January 17-February 13, 2020

This exhibition showcases student work from the Digital Media Design Workshop course. Students in this class are exploring potential pathways towards their senior project. Experimentation, innovation and creativity are at the heart of the course as students seek out design solutions to unique challenges based upon their research and personal discoveries.

Sponsored by WGCU Public Media

ArtLab is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Image Credit: Audrey Mobley, Untitled, 2018, 108 x 36 in., Digital Media Design Vinyl Banner Project

January 17-February 13, 2020

This exhibition showcases student work from the Digital Media Design Workshop course. Students in this class are exploring potential pathways towards their senior project. Experimentation, innovation and creativity are at the heart of the course as students seek out design solutions to unique challenges based upon their research and personal discoveries.

Sponsored by WGCU Public Media

ArtLab is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Image Credit: Audrey Mobley, Untitled, 2018, 108 x 36 in., Digital Media Design Vinyl Banner Project

Steven Scheschareg has made a name for himself with his striking stage presence, strong voice, and wide-ranging artistic capabilities. He is the winner of the prestigious George London Prize from the Vienna State Opera. Educated at the Eastman and Juilliard Schools, he now resides in Vienna and performs regularly in the great the great theaters of Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Norway, and China, as well as at Lincoln Center and the Kennedy Center. At FGCU, he is presenting an extraordinary program titled From Vienna to the USA, featuring music of exiled Viennese opera and operetta composers.

Tickets for this concert are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

January 17-February 13, 2020

This exhibition showcases student work from the Digital Media Design Workshop course. Students in this class are exploring potential pathways towards their senior project. Experimentation, innovation and creativity are at the heart of the course as students seek out design solutions to unique challenges based upon their research and personal discoveries.

Sponsored by WGCU Public Media

ArtLab is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Image Credit: Audrey Mobley, Untitled, 2018, 108 x 36 in., Digital Media Design Vinyl Banner Project

Opening Reception, Artist Talk and Performance by the Jazz Combo – Thursday, January 30, 5-7pm

Drawn to Nature’s roughness, randomness and disorder, Ran Adler takes a meditative approach to life and his art. His gathering of organic materials (while wandering such places as along the banks of the Mississippi River) is the inspirational first step. Ran’s rhythmic, repetitive process of sorting, cutting, weaving, threading, burning and inscribing induces a prayer-like state and clarifies his intention...to share the harmonious transformation of chaos into order. The exhibition will feature new large-scale installation pieces that encompass the viewer within these concepts.

Sponsored by The Wasmer Family, Judith Liegeois Designs, Alice and Dean Fjelstul, Gene and Lee Seidler, the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture and WGCU Public Media

Title: (left to right) Artist Ran Adler in his studio. Photo courtesy of Owen Collective; Ran Adler, Art of Assemblage, 2015-16, Wire, mahogany pods, and driftwood, Dimensions variable. Photo credit: Steve Scott

January 31-February 27, 2020

Drawn to Nature’s roughness, randomness and disorder, Ran Adler takes a meditative approach to life and his art. His gathering of organic materials (while wandering such places as along the banks of the Mississippi River) is the inspirational first step. Ran’s rhythmic, repetitive process of sorting, cutting, weaving, threading, burning and inscribing induces a prayer-like state and clarifies his intention...to share the harmonious transformation of chaos into order. The exhibition will feature new large-scale installation pieces that encompass the viewer within these concepts.

Sponsored by The Wasmer Family, Judith Liegeois Designs, Alice and Dean Fjelstul, Gene and Lee Seidler, the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture and WGCU Public Media

Wasmer Art Gallery is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Title: (left to right) Artist Ran Adler in his studio. Photo courtesy of Owen Collective; Ran Adler, Art of Assemblage, 2015-16, Wire, mahogany pods, and driftwood, Dimensions variable. Photo credit: Steve Scott

January 31-February 27, 2020

Drawn to Nature’s roughness, randomness and disorder, Ran Adler takes a meditative approach to life and his art. His gathering of organic materials (while wandering such places as along the banks of the Mississippi River) is the inspirational first step. Ran’s rhythmic, repetitive process of sorting, cutting, weaving, threading, burning and inscribing induces a prayer-like state and clarifies his intention...to share the harmonious transformation of chaos into order. The exhibition will feature new large-scale installation pieces that encompass the viewer within these concepts.

Sponsored by The Wasmer Family, Judith Liegeois Designs, Alice and Dean Fjelstul, Gene and Lee Seidler, the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture and WGCU Public Media

Wasmer Art Gallery is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Title: (left to right) Artist Ran Adler in his studio. Photo courtesy of Owen Collective; Ran Adler, Art of Assemblage, 2015-16, Wire, mahogany pods, and driftwood, Dimensions variable. Photo credit: Steve Scott

January 17-February 13, 2020

This exhibition showcases student work from the Digital Media Design Workshop course. Students in this class are exploring potential pathways towards their senior project. Experimentation, innovation and creativity are at the heart of the course as students seek out design solutions to unique challenges based upon their research and personal discoveries.

Sponsored by WGCU Public Media

ArtLab is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Image Credit: Audrey Mobley, Untitled, 2018, 108 x 36 in., Digital Media Design Vinyl Banner Project

This concert is free and open to the public. No tickets are necessary.

January 31-February 27, 2020

Drawn to Nature’s roughness, randomness and disorder, Ran Adler takes a meditative approach to life and his art. His gathering of organic materials (while wandering such places as along the banks of the Mississippi River) is the inspirational first step. Ran’s rhythmic, repetitive process of sorting, cutting, weaving, threading, burning and inscribing induces a prayer-like state and clarifies his intention...to share the harmonious transformation of chaos into order. The exhibition will feature new large-scale installation pieces that encompass the viewer within these concepts.

Sponsored by The Wasmer Family, Judith Liegeois Designs, Alice and Dean Fjelstul, Gene and Lee Seidler, the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture and WGCU Public Media

Wasmer Art Gallery is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Title: (left to right) Artist Ran Adler in his studio. Photo courtesy of Owen Collective; Ran Adler, Art of Assemblage, 2015-16, Wire, mahogany pods, and driftwood, Dimensions variable. Photo credit: Steve Scott

January 17-February 13, 2020

This exhibition showcases student work from the Digital Media Design Workshop course. Students in this class are exploring potential pathways towards their senior project. Experimentation, innovation and creativity are at the heart of the course as students seek out design solutions to unique challenges based upon their research and personal discoveries.

Sponsored by WGCU Public Media

ArtLab is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Image Credit: Audrey Mobley, Untitled, 2018, 108 x 36 in., Digital Media Design Vinyl Banner Project

Dramatic-coloratura soprano Heather Engebretson is becoming known throughout Europe for her "innate sense of phrasing and touching intensity," and her "irresistible, seductive presence.” Educated at the Juilliard School, Engebretson is now based in Germany. In 2018-19, she began the season at the Royal Opera Covent Garden and returned to the Bolshoi Theatre. She sang Mimì in La bohème in her debut for Komische Oper Berlin, and gave her first performances of the heroines in Les Contes d'Hoffmann for Deutsche Oper Berlin and of Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) for Teatro Lirico di Cagliari.

Tickets for this concert are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

By Oscar Wilde

Directed by Dan Bacalzo

February 14-23, 2020

February 14, 15, 21 & 22 at 7:30 p.m.

February 16, 22* & 23 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets for this performance are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

Oscar Wilde’s timeless classic, which debuted in London in 1895, follows a young man bent on marrying the woman he loves. However, he must first acquire some parents, get rid of a brother, and withstand the scrutiny of his soon-to-be mother-in-law. As he seeks to carve out a future with his intended bride, must he let go of everything that has made him who he is? Social and gender roles are explored and exploded as this production of Wilde’s witty comedy grapples with what it truly means to be “Earnest.”

* There will be a discussion with the cast and crew following this performance

By Oscar Wilde

Directed by Dan Bacalzo

February 14-23, 2020

February 14, 15, 21 & 22 at 7:30 p.m.

February 16, 22* & 23 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets for this performance are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

Oscar Wilde’s timeless classic, which debuted in London in 1895, follows a young man bent on marrying the woman he loves. However, he must first acquire some parents, get rid of a brother, and withstand the scrutiny of his soon-to-be mother-in-law. As he seeks to carve out a future with his intended bride, must he let go of everything that has made him who he is? Social and gender roles are explored and exploded as this production of Wilde’s witty comedy grapples with what it truly means to be “Earnest.”

* There will be a discussion with the cast and crew following this performance

By Oscar Wilde

Directed by Dan Bacalzo

February 14-23, 2020

February 14, 15, 21 & 22 at 7:30 p.m.

February 16, 22* & 23 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets for this performance are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

Oscar Wilde’s timeless classic, which debuted in London in 1895, follows a young man bent on marrying the woman he loves. However, he must first acquire some parents, get rid of a brother, and withstand the scrutiny of his soon-to-be mother-in-law. As he seeks to carve out a future with his intended bride, must he let go of everything that has made him who he is? Social and gender roles are explored and exploded as this production of Wilde’s witty comedy grapples with what it truly means to be “Earnest.”

* There will be a discussion with the cast and crew following this performance

January 31-February 27, 2020

Drawn to Nature’s roughness, randomness and disorder, Ran Adler takes a meditative approach to life and his art. His gathering of organic materials (while wandering such places as along the banks of the Mississippi River) is the inspirational first step. Ran’s rhythmic, repetitive process of sorting, cutting, weaving, threading, burning and inscribing induces a prayer-like state and clarifies his intention...to share the harmonious transformation of chaos into order. The exhibition will feature new large-scale installation pieces that encompass the viewer within these concepts.

Sponsored by The Wasmer Family, Judith Liegeois Designs, Alice and Dean Fjelstul, Gene and Lee Seidler, the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture and WGCU Public Media

Wasmer Art Gallery is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Title: (left to right) Artist Ran Adler in his studio. Photo courtesy of Owen Collective; Ran Adler, Art of Assemblage, 2015-16, Wire, mahogany pods, and driftwood, Dimensions variable. Photo credit: Steve Scott

Nathan Olsen, violin
Aaron Requiro, violin
John T Posadas, viola
David Requiro, cello

with Michael Baron, piano

Acknowledged as one of the finest young quartets in the country, the Baumer String Quartet was founded in 2003 by a group of musicians at the Cleveland Institute of Music. The members of the quartet pursue parallel careers as international soloists, leaders and principal players of world-class orchestras, as members of eminent chamber groups, and as tutors and professors of music. Their concert at FGCU will highlight Beethoven in celebration of the 250^th anniversary of his birth and will be joined by pianist Michael Baron for the spectacular Dvorak Piano Quintet.

Tickets for this concert are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

By Oscar Wilde

Directed by Dan Bacalzo

February 14-23, 2020

February 14, 15, 21 & 22 at 7:30 p.m.

February 16, 22* & 23 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets for this performance are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

Oscar Wilde’s timeless classic, which debuted in London in 1895, follows a young man bent on marrying the woman he loves. However, he must first acquire some parents, get rid of a brother, and withstand the scrutiny of his soon-to-be mother-in-law. As he seeks to carve out a future with his intended bride, must he let go of everything that has made him who he is? Social and gender roles are explored and exploded as this production of Wilde’s witty comedy grapples with what it truly means to be “Earnest.”

* There will be a discussion with the cast and crew following this performance

By Oscar Wilde

Directed by Dan Bacalzo

February 14-23, 2020

February 14, 15, 21 & 22 at 7:30 p.m.

February 16, 22* & 23 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets for this performance are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

Oscar Wilde’s timeless classic, which debuted in London in 1895, follows a young man bent on marrying the woman he loves. However, he must first acquire some parents, get rid of a brother, and withstand the scrutiny of his soon-to-be mother-in-law. As he seeks to carve out a future with his intended bride, must he let go of everything that has made him who he is? Social and gender roles are explored and exploded as this production of Wilde’s witty comedy grapples with what it truly means to be “Earnest.”

* There will be a discussion with the cast and crew following this performance

By Oscar Wilde

Directed by Dan Bacalzo

February 14-23, 2020

February 14, 15, 21 & 22 at 7:30 p.m.

February 16, 22* & 23 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets for this performance are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

Oscar Wilde’s timeless classic, which debuted in London in 1895, follows a young man bent on marrying the woman he loves. However, he must first acquire some parents, get rid of a brother, and withstand the scrutiny of his soon-to-be mother-in-law. As he seeks to carve out a future with his intended bride, must he let go of everything that has made him who he is? Social and gender roles are explored and exploded as this production of Wilde’s witty comedy grapples with what it truly means to be “Earnest.”

* There will be a discussion with the cast and crew following this performance

By Oscar Wilde

Directed by Dan Bacalzo

February 14-23, 2020

February 14, 15, 21 & 22 at 7:30 p.m.

February 16, 22* & 23 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets for this performance are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

Oscar Wilde’s timeless classic, which debuted in London in 1895, follows a young man bent on marrying the woman he loves. However, he must first acquire some parents, get rid of a brother, and withstand the scrutiny of his soon-to-be mother-in-law. As he seeks to carve out a future with his intended bride, must he let go of everything that has made him who he is? Social and gender roles are explored and exploded as this production of Wilde’s witty comedy grapples with what it truly means to be “Earnest.”

* There will be a discussion with the cast and crew following this performance

January 31-February 27, 2020

Drawn to Nature’s roughness, randomness and disorder, Ran Adler takes a meditative approach to life and his art. His gathering of organic materials (while wandering such places as along the banks of the Mississippi River) is the inspirational first step. Ran’s rhythmic, repetitive process of sorting, cutting, weaving, threading, burning and inscribing induces a prayer-like state and clarifies his intention...to share the harmonious transformation of chaos into order. The exhibition will feature new large-scale installation pieces that encompass the viewer within these concepts.

Sponsored by The Wasmer Family, Judith Liegeois Designs, Alice and Dean Fjelstul, Gene and Lee Seidler, the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture and WGCU Public Media

Wasmer Art Gallery is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Title: (left to right) Artist Ran Adler in his studio. Photo courtesy of Owen Collective; Ran Adler, Art of Assemblage, 2015-16, Wire, mahogany pods, and driftwood, Dimensions variable. Photo credit: Steve Scott

Opening Reception and Artist Talk – Thursday, February 27, 5-7pm

Hevelyn Villar (b. Brazil, 1986) is an architect, photographer and sculptor who incorporates different construction materials in her work such as concrete, wood, drywall, metal and clay. Through juxtaposition, conversion, inversion, interception and approximation she explores and reveals stillness and movement, light and darkness, and order and disorder. Form understood as a relational system among different parts is the theme of this exhibition.

Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture and WGCU Public Media

Image Credit: Hevelyn Villar, Uma Casa de Material (detail), 2018, Concrete, wood and clay, 72 x 24 x 12.5 in. Courtesy of the artist

February 28-March 26, 2020

Hevelyn Villar (b. Brazil, 1986) is an architect, photographer and sculptor who incorporates different construction materials in her work such as concrete, wood, drywall, metal and clay. Through juxtaposition, conversion, inversion, interception and approximation she explores and reveals stillness and movement, light and darkness, and order and disorder. Form understood as a relational system among different parts is the theme of this exhibition.

Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture and WGCU Public Media

ArtLab is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Image Credit: Hevelyn Villar, Uma Casa de Material (detail), 2018, Concrete, wood and clay, 72 x 24 x 12.5 in. Courtesy of the artist

February 28-March 26, 2020

Hevelyn Villar (b. Brazil, 1986) is an architect, photographer and sculptor who incorporates different construction materials in her work such as concrete, wood, drywall, metal and clay. Through juxtaposition, conversion, inversion, interception and approximation she explores and reveals stillness and movement, light and darkness, and order and disorder. Form understood as a relational system among different parts is the theme of this exhibition.

Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture and WGCU Public Media

ArtLab is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Image Credit: Hevelyn Villar, Uma Casa de Material (detail), 2018, Concrete, wood and clay, 72 x 24 x 12.5 in. Courtesy of the artist

Kevin Chance, professor at the University of Alabama, and Eun-Hee Park professor at the University of Montevallo, Alabama present an exciting program of works for two pianos.  Both brilliant soloists, together they share the passion and beauty in the masterpieces for two pianos that they perform.  This concert presents a special opportunity to hear two brilliant pianists performing on matching 9-foot grand Steinway concert pianos.

Tickets for this concert are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

February 28-March 26, 2020

Hevelyn Villar (b. Brazil, 1986) is an architect, photographer and sculptor who incorporates different construction materials in her work such as concrete, wood, drywall, metal and clay. Through juxtaposition, conversion, inversion, interception and approximation she explores and reveals stillness and movement, light and darkness, and order and disorder. Form understood as a relational system among different parts is the theme of this exhibition.

Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture and WGCU Public Media

ArtLab is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Image Credit: Hevelyn Villar, Uma Casa de Material (detail), 2018, Concrete, wood and clay, 72 x 24 x 12.5 in. Courtesy of the artist

Opening Reception - Thursday, March 19, 5 -7pm with Award Presentations at 6pm

Students working in sculpture, drawing, digital media, printmaking, painting and ceramics submit their finest works for this annual juried exhibition. Up to 70 works of art, demonstrating students’ accomplishments and experiments, will be featured. The jurors for the exhibition are area arts professionals.

Sponsored by The Layden Family Foundation, The Smith Family Foundation of Estero, Method & Concept and WGCU Public Media

Image Credit: Rae Williams-Simmons, Hannibal, 2018, Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 24 in. Photo courtesy of James Greco

March 20-April 2, 2020

Students working in sculpture, drawing, digital media, printmaking, painting and ceramics submit their finest works for this annual juried exhibition. Up to 70 works of art, demonstrating students’ accomplishments and experiments, will be featured. The jurors for the exhibition are area arts professionals.

Sponsored by The Layden Family Foundation, The Smith Family Foundation of Estero, Method & Concept and WGCU Public Media

Wasmer Art Gallery is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Image Credit: Rae Williams-Simmons, Hannibal, 2018, Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 24 in. Photo courtesy of James Greco

Arun Ramamurthy, violin
Jay Gandhi, flute
Nitin Mitta, tabla

Two ancient styles of Indian classical music, Hindustani and Carnatic, are explored together with contemporary and personal influence. Arun Ramamurthy is among the leading classical and crossover violinists from India, performing in both Carnatic and Hindustani traditions, as well as cross genre creative projects. Jay Gandhi is a prominent solo performer and teacher of Hindustani classical flute.  As a multifaceted artist, he a founding member of the Brooklyn Raga Massive, a musicians collective. Nitin Mitta is one of the most sought after tabla players of his generation who has performed worldwide with some of India’s most celebrated Indian classical musicians.

Partially sponsored by RAAGA

Tickets for this concert are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

March 20-April 2, 2020

Students working in sculpture, drawing, digital media, printmaking, painting and ceramics submit their finest works for this annual juried exhibition. Up to 70 works of art, demonstrating students’ accomplishments and experiments, will be featured. The jurors for the exhibition are area arts professionals.

Sponsored by The Layden Family Foundation, The Smith Family Foundation of Estero, Method & Concept and WGCU Public Media

Wasmer Art Gallery is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Image Credit: Rae Williams-Simmons, Hannibal, 2018, Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 24 in. Photo courtesy of James Greco

The year 1990 was a milestone for pianist Kevin Kenner whose artistry was recognized throughout the world by three prestigious awards: the top prize at the International Chopin Competition in Warsaw, the International Terrence Judd Award in London, and third prize at the Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow. Kevin Kenner’s achievements have won him critical acclaim throughout the world. He has been praised as "one of the finest American pianists to come along in years" (Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune).  Adrian Jack of the Independent described one of Kenner's recitals as "...the best performance I have ever heard in the concert hall of all four of Chopin's Ballades".

Tickets for this concert are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

March 20-April 2, 2020

Students working in sculpture, drawing, digital media, printmaking, painting and ceramics submit their finest works for this annual juried exhibition. Up to 70 works of art, demonstrating students’ accomplishments and experiments, will be featured. The jurors for the exhibition are area arts professionals.

Sponsored by The Layden Family Foundation, The Smith Family Foundation of Estero, Method & Concept and WGCU Public Media

Wasmer Art Gallery is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Image Credit: Rae Williams-Simmons, Hannibal, 2018, Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 24 in. Photo courtesy of James Greco

Violinist and conductor Kyle Szabo performs with Michael Baron, piano in a recital of Classical and Romantic repertoire sure to please. Szabo currently serves as Director of Orchestral Studies and Head of Strings at the Bower School of Music. He has appeared as a recitalist and chamber musician in venues across the country, and frequently gives presentations and clinics as a string pedagogue. Featured will be masterpieces of the violin repertoire as well as showpieces.

Tickets for this concert are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

Patricia Fay, Faculty Mentor

Opening Reception – Thursday, April 16, 5-7pm

At the end of their studies, art majors are required to develop and present a coherent body of self-generated work. This exhibition combines their knowledge of techniques and concepts while drawing on research of historical and contemporary artists. Each senior art major in the exhibition designs and creates a unique installation that combines their technical skills and conceptual vision.

Sponsored by The Layden Family Foundation, The Smith Family Foundation of Estero and WGCU Public Media

Image Credit: Alexa Pavone, Feel it in My Bones (detail), Senior Projects, Fall 2014, Mixed media installation. Photo by James Greco

April 17-May 1, 2020

Patricia Fay, Faculty Mentor

At the end of their studies, art majors are required to develop and present a coherent body of self-generated work. This exhibition combines their knowledge of techniques and concepts while drawing on research of historical and contemporary artists. Each senior art major in the exhibition designs and creates a unique installation that combines their technical skills and conceptual vision.

Sponsored by The Layden Family Foundation, The Smith Family Foundation of Estero and WGCU Public Media

Wasmer Art Gallery is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Image Credit: Alexa Pavone, Feel it in My Bones (detail), Senior Projects, Fall 2014, Mixed media installation. Photo by James Greco

Adapted by Joseph Robinette, Based on the book by E.B.White

Directed by Anne Carncross

April 17-26, 2020

April 17, 18, 24 & 25 at 7:30 p.m.

April 19, 25* & 26 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets for this performance are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

The Children's Literature Association named this "the best American children's book of the past two hundred years," and Joseph Robinette, working with the advice of E.B. White, has created a play that captures this work in a thrilling theatrical presentation. Determined to save Wilbur the pig, Charlotte, his “true friend and a good writer,” begins her campaign with the "miracle" of her web in which she writes, "Some pig." It's the beginning of a victorious campaign which ultimately ends with the now-safe Wilbur doing what is most important to Charlotte.

* There will be a discussion with the cast and crew following this performance

Produced by special arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinois

Adapted by Joseph Robinette, Based on the book by E.B.White

Directed by Anne Carncross

April 17-26, 2020

April 17, 18, 24 & 25 at 7:30 p.m.

April 19, 25* & 26 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets for this performance are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

The Children's Literature Association named this "the best American children's book of the past two hundred years," and Joseph Robinette, working with the advice of E.B. White, has created a play that captures this work in a thrilling theatrical presentation. Determined to save Wilbur the pig, Charlotte, his “true friend and a good writer,” begins her campaign with the "miracle" of her web in which she writes, "Some pig." It's the beginning of a victorious campaign which ultimately ends with the now-safe Wilbur doing what is most important to Charlotte.

* There will be a discussion with the cast and crew following this performance

Produced by special arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinois

Adapted by Joseph Robinette, Based on the book by E.B.White

Directed by Anne Carncross

April 17-26, 2020

April 17, 18, 24 & 25 at 7:30 p.m.

April 19, 25* & 26 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets for this performance are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

The Children's Literature Association named this "the best American children's book of the past two hundred years," and Joseph Robinette, working with the advice of E.B. White, has created a play that captures this work in a thrilling theatrical presentation. Determined to save Wilbur the pig, Charlotte, his “true friend and a good writer,” begins her campaign with the "miracle" of her web in which she writes, "Some pig." It's the beginning of a victorious campaign which ultimately ends with the now-safe Wilbur doing what is most important to Charlotte.

* There will be a discussion with the cast and crew following this performance

Produced by special arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinois

April 17-May 1, 2020

Patricia Fay, Faculty Mentor

At the end of their studies, art majors are required to develop and present a coherent body of self-generated work. This exhibition combines their knowledge of techniques and concepts while drawing on research of historical and contemporary artists. Each senior art major in the exhibition designs and creates a unique installation that combines their technical skills and conceptual vision.

Sponsored by The Layden Family Foundation, The Smith Family Foundation of Estero and WGCU Public Media

Wasmer Art Gallery is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Image Credit: Alexa Pavone, Feel it in My Bones (detail), Senior Projects, Fall 2014, Mixed media installation. Photo by James Greco

This concert is free and open to the public. No tickets are necessary.

Adapted by Joseph Robinette, Based on the book by E.B.White

Directed by Anne Carncross

April 17-26, 2020

April 17, 18, 24 & 25 at 7:30 p.m.

April 19, 25* & 26 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets for this performance are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

The Children's Literature Association named this "the best American children's book of the past two hundred years," and Joseph Robinette, working with the advice of E.B. White, has created a play that captures this work in a thrilling theatrical presentation. Determined to save Wilbur the pig, Charlotte, his “true friend and a good writer,” begins her campaign with the "miracle" of her web in which she writes, "Some pig." It's the beginning of a victorious campaign which ultimately ends with the now-safe Wilbur doing what is most important to Charlotte.

* There will be a discussion with the cast and crew following this performance

Produced by special arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinois

Adapted by Joseph Robinette, Based on the book by E.B.White

Directed by Anne Carncross

April 17-26, 2020

April 17, 18, 24 & 25 at 7:30 p.m.

April 19, 25* & 26 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets for this performance are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

The Children's Literature Association named this "the best American children's book of the past two hundred years," and Joseph Robinette, working with the advice of E.B. White, has created a play that captures this work in a thrilling theatrical presentation. Determined to save Wilbur the pig, Charlotte, his “true friend and a good writer,” begins her campaign with the "miracle" of her web in which she writes, "Some pig." It's the beginning of a victorious campaign which ultimately ends with the now-safe Wilbur doing what is most important to Charlotte.

* There will be a discussion with the cast and crew following this performance

Produced by special arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinois

Adapted by Joseph Robinette, Based on the book by E.B.White

Directed by Anne Carncross

April 17-26, 2020

April 17, 18, 24 & 25 at 7:30 p.m.

April 19, 25* & 26 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets for this performance are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

The Children's Literature Association named this "the best American children's book of the past two hundred years," and Joseph Robinette, working with the advice of E.B. White, has created a play that captures this work in a thrilling theatrical presentation. Determined to save Wilbur the pig, Charlotte, his “true friend and a good writer,” begins her campaign with the "miracle" of her web in which she writes, "Some pig." It's the beginning of a victorious campaign which ultimately ends with the now-safe Wilbur doing what is most important to Charlotte.

* There will be a discussion with the cast and crew following this performance

Produced by special arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinois

Adapted by Joseph Robinette, Based on the book by E.B.White

Directed by Anne Carncross

April 17-26, 2020

April 17, 18, 24 & 25 at 7:30 p.m.

April 19, 25* & 26 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets for this performance are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

The Children's Literature Association named this "the best American children's book of the past two hundred years," and Joseph Robinette, working with the advice of E.B. White, has created a play that captures this work in a thrilling theatrical presentation. Determined to save Wilbur the pig, Charlotte, his “true friend and a good writer,” begins her campaign with the "miracle" of her web in which she writes, "Some pig." It's the beginning of a victorious campaign which ultimately ends with the now-safe Wilbur doing what is most important to Charlotte.

* There will be a discussion with the cast and crew following this performance

Produced by special arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinois

April 17-May 1, 2020

Patricia Fay, Faculty Mentor

At the end of their studies, art majors are required to develop and present a coherent body of self-generated work. This exhibition combines their knowledge of techniques and concepts while drawing on research of historical and contemporary artists. Each senior art major in the exhibition designs and creates a unique installation that combines their technical skills and conceptual vision.

Sponsored by The Layden Family Foundation, The Smith Family Foundation of Estero and WGCU Public Media

Wasmer Art Gallery is open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and is closed on FGCU holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Image Credit: Alexa Pavone, Feel it in My Bones (detail), Senior Projects, Fall 2014, Mixed media installation. Photo by James Greco

Opening reception 5pm

Works on display Friday, May 1, 10am-4pm and Saturday, May 2, 10am-2pm

The FGCU Art Program hosts the first annual showcase of innovative and creative work from graduating students in Digital Media Design. This exhibition will demonstrate the fierce talent and fresh thinking of these new designers working across many design disciplines and applications. The 2020 DMD Showcase is open to the public and industry professionals as a celebration of ambition, concept, execution, and design thinking.

Haley Levy & Hadassa Romero, Buddy Buddy (App prototype), Adobe XD.  Digital Media Design 1, Fall 2017

Works on display Friday, May 1, 10am-4pm and Saturday, May 2, 10am-2pm

The FGCU Art Program hosts the first annual showcase of innovative and creative work from graduating students in Digital Media Design. This exhibition will demonstrate the fierce talent and fresh thinking of these new designers working across many design disciplines and applications. The 2020 DMD Showcase is open to the public and industry professionals as a celebration of ambition, concept, execution, and design thinking.

Haley Levy & Hadassa Romero, Buddy Buddy (App prototype), Adobe XD.  Digital Media Design 1, Fall 2017

Urinetown, The Musical 

Music and Lyrics                  Book and Lyrics

Mark Hollmann                    Greg Kotis

Directed by Mark Danni

October 11-14, 2018

October 11, 12, 13 at 8:00 p.m.

October 13 & 14 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets for this production are $45 and $40 and can be purchased at: https://theatrezone-florida.tix.com

A winner of three Tony Awards, this is a hilarious musical satire about the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility and more. This production will be presented in collaboration with TheatreZone of Naples, and will feature professional actors and TheatreZone staff teamed up with FGCU students. In a Gotham-like city, a terrible water shortage, caused by a 20-year drought, has led to a government-enforced ban on private toilets. The citizens must use public amenities, regulated by a single malevolent company that profits by charging admission for one of humanity's most basic needs. Amid the people, a hero decides that he's had enough and plans a revolution to lead them all to freedom!

Urinetown, The Musical 

Music and Lyrics                  Book and Lyrics

Mark Hollmann                    Greg Kotis

Directed by Mark Danni

October 11-14, 2018

October 11, 12*, 13 at 8:00 p.m.

October 13 & 14 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets for this production are $45 and $40 and can be purchased at: https://theatrezone-florida.tix.com

A winner of three Tony Awards, this is a hilarious musical satire about the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility and more. This production will be presented in collaboration with TheatreZone of Naples, and will feature professional actors and TheatreZone staff teamed up with FGCU students. In a Gotham-like city, a terrible water shortage, caused by a 20-year drought, has led to a government-enforced ban on private toilets. The citizens must use public amenities, regulated by a single malevolent company that profits by charging admission for one of humanity's most basic needs. Amid the people, a hero decides that he's had enough and plans a revolution to lead them all to freedom!

Repertoire will include: 
Carl Czerny’s String Quartet in A Minor performed by David Mastrangelo, violin; Geoffrey Day, violin; Suzannah Chalick, viola; Adam Satinsky, cello

Antonín Dvořák’s String Sextet in A Major, Op. 48 performed by Glenn Basham, violin; Anne-Marie Terranova, violin; Glenn Loontjens, viola; James Griffith, viola; John Marcy, cello; Eric Dochinger, cello

Curated by John Loscuito

Wasmer Art Gallery

Opening Reception and Artist Talk – Thursday, October 18, 5-7pm

Neil Bender (Tampa, FL) and Jen Ray (New York, NY) meet for the first time with unscripted results. Rebels at heart, each artist has created unique visual worlds through painting and installation. Ray’s warrior women occupy floating islands, fighting off unwanted intruders, while Bender’s ambiguous figures evoke mischief and pleasure. As the conversation continues between the two artists, questions surrounding motivation and inspiration are revealed.

Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler, The Beaches of Fort Myers and Sanibel and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture

[left image]

Neil Bender, My First Shirt (detail), 2014, Ink and acrylic on paper​, 28 x 22”

Courtesy of the artist

 [right image]

Jen Ray, Untitled (detail), 2018, Watercolor and ink on handmade paper, 15 x 11”

Wasmer Art Gallery

October 18 - November 15, 2018

Neil Bender (Tampa, FL) and Jen Ray (New York, NY) meet for the first time with unscripted results. Rebels at heart, each artist has created unique visual worlds through painting and installation. Ray’s warrior women occupy floating islands, fighting off unwanted intruders, while Bender’s ambiguous figures evoke mischief and pleasure. As the conversation continues between the two artists, questions surrounding motivation and inspiration are revealed.

Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler, The Beaches of Fort Myers and Sanibel and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture

The exhibition will be open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and until 7p on Thursday. The Gallery is closed on all University holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

[left image]

Neil Bender, My First Shirt (detail), 2014, Ink and acrylic on paper​, 28 x 22”

Courtesy of the artist

[right image]

Jen Ray, Untitled (detail), 2018, Watercolor and ink on handmade paper, 15 x 11”

The exciting young Mexican baritone, Daniel Cerón, performs an enchanting recital of music by Schubert, Schumann, Mahler, Tosti, and Mexican composers. He will be joined in duets by our own Jeanie Darnell, soprano and Head of Vocal Studies.  Mr. Cerón, the current first place winner of the International Singing Contest of Trujillo, Peru, has built a career as a brilliant young singer performing frequently in opera and oratorios with orchestra, as well as art song recitals with piano.

Tickets for this concert are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

This recital is free and open to the public.

This recital is free and open to the public.

This concert is free and open to the public. Please note that this concert will take place outside, and will be subject to weather cancelation.

Repertoire is to be announced.

Tickets for this concert are $15, and seating is limited. Tickets are available here.

This recital is free and open to the public.

Misha Vitenson, violin
Franz Felkl, violin
Michael Klotz, viola
Jason Calloway, cello
Michael Baron, piano

The Amernet String Quartet has garnered recognition as one of today’s exceptional string quartets and is the Ensemble-in-Residence at Florida International University in Miami. Their sound has been called “complex” but with an “old world flavor.” The Amernet’s performance schedule has taken the quartet across the Americas and to Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. They will be joined by pianist Michael Baron in presenting the Schumann Piano Quintet, one of the highlights of the Romantic chamber music repertoire. 

Tickets for this concert are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

This recital is free and open to the public.

Lecture at 5:00pm in the U. Tobe Recital Hall with a light reception to follow in the Arts Complex Lobby

Memories, raw instinct, and elements of the natural world inform sculptor Kelly Connole’s desire to celebrate the tactile temperament of clay, and examine the complicated space between wild and tame. Rabbits, crows, and other animals perform much like human beings in her work, exposing vulnerabilities through the gesture of ears, wings, hands and bodies. The recognizable imagery is at once familiar and unsettling, as we become animal and animals become us.

Please RSVP to fgcu.edu/joyful2018; For questions, contact Tifarah Pardue at (239) 590-1056 or tpardue@fgcu.edu

Please RSVP to fgcu.edu/joyful2018; For questions, contact Tifarah Pardue at (239) 590-1056 or tpardue@fgcu.edu

We welcome the return of the brilliant 15-year-old piano prodigy Maxim Lando.  Two years ago, the then 13-year-old stunned our audience with a brilliant recital of exceptional power and beauty.  Since then Maxim has made his debut with orchestras such as the Russian National Orchestra, Moscow Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony, Toronto and Vancouver Symphonies, as well as orchestras throughout the United States, Europe, and China. Maxim studies at the Juilliard School.

Tickets for this concert are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

18^th Annual Pottery Sale

Arts Complex Courtyard

10:00am – 4:00pm

Beginning at 10:00 am, there will be free coffee and an artist meet & greet.

12^th Annual Empty Bowls Soup Lunch

Begins at 11:30am, and continues until the soup or bowls run out.

$15.00 suggested donation per person; all proceeds support the food pantry at Interfaith Charities of South Lee

Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells

By Allison Gregory

Directed by Anne Carncross

November 30-December 9, 2018

November 30 & December 1 at 7:30 p.m.

December 1* & 2 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets for the November 30-December 2 performances are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and can be purchased here.

Special performances on December 7, 8 & 9 at 6:30 p.m. at the Market Plaza Stage at Gulf Coast Town Center, Fort Myers; these performances will be free and open to the public

Junie B. Jones, First-Grader, is super-excited about the upcoming Holiday Sing-Along and Secret Santa gift exchange at her school. Too bad tattletale May keeps ruining all of Junie B.'s fun. So, when Junie B. draws May's name for Secret Santa, she comes up with the perfect plan to teach her nemesis a lesson! But will the Christmas spirit of peace and goodwill interfere before she can give you-know-who what she deserves? A hilarious and endearing tale based on the best-selling book series by Barbara Park.

* There will be a discussion with the cast and crew following this performance

Produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc.

(www.playscripts.com)

Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells

By Allison Gregory

Directed by Anne Carncross

November 30-December 9, 2018

November 30 & December 1 at 7:30 p.m.

December 1* & 2 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets for the November 30-December 2 performances are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and can be purchased here.

Special performances on December 7, 8 & 9 at 6:30 p.m. at the Market Plaza Stage at Gulf Coast Town Center, Fort Myers; these performances will be free and open to the public

Junie B. Jones, First-Grader, is super-excited about the upcoming Holiday Sing-Along and Secret Santa gift exchange at her school. Too bad tattletale May keeps ruining all of Junie B.'s fun. So, when Junie B. draws May's name for Secret Santa, she comes up with the perfect plan to teach her nemesis a lesson! But will the Christmas spirit of peace and goodwill interfere before she can give you-know-who what she deserves? A hilarious and endearing tale based on the best-selling book series by Barbara Park.

* There will be a discussion with the cast and crew following this performance

Produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc.

(www.playscripts.com)

This recital is free and open to the public.

This recital is free and open to the public.

Andy Owen, Faculty Mentor
December 4 - December 14, 2018
Opening Reception – Tuesday, December 4, 5-7pm
Student Presentations at 5pm in U. Tobe Recital Hall, Music Building with a reception to follow until 7pm in the Arts Complex and ArtLab Gallery

At the end of their studies, art majors are required to develop and present a coherent body of self-generated work. This exhibition combines their knowledge of techniques and concepts while drawing on research of historical and contemporary artists. Each artist in the exhibition designs and creates a unique installation that represents the culmination of their studies at FGCU.

Sponsored by The Layden Family Foundation and The Smith Family Foundation of Estero

Image credit:
Charlotte Slabach, The Gate (detail of installation), 2018
Photo by James Greco.

This recital is free and open to the public.

Andy Owen, Faculty Mentor
December 4 - December 14, 2018

At the end of their studies, art majors are required to develop and present a coherent body of self-generated work. This exhibition combines their knowledge of techniques and concepts while drawing on research of historical and contemporary artists. Each artist in the exhibition designs and creates a unique installation that represents the culmination of their studies at FGCU.

Sponsored by The Layden Family Foundation and The Smith Family Foundation of Estero

The exhibition will be open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and until 7p on Thursday. The Gallery is closed on all University holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Image credit:
Charlotte Slabach, The Gate (detail of installation), 2018
Photo by James Greco.

By Allison Gregory

Directed by Anne Carncross

November 30-December 9, 2018

Special performances on December 7, 8 & 9 at 6:30 p.m. at the Market Plaza Stage at Gulf Coast Town Center, Fort Myers; these performances will be free and open to the public

Junie B. Jones, First-Grader, is super-excited about the upcoming Holiday Sing-Along and Secret Santa gift exchange at her school. Too bad tattletale May keeps ruining all of Junie B.'s fun. So, when Junie B. draws May's name for Secret Santa, she comes up with the perfect plan to teach her nemesis a lesson! But will the Christmas spirit of peace and goodwill interfere before she can give you-know-who what she deserves? A hilarious and endearing tale based on the best-selling book series by Barbara Park.

Produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc.

(www.playscripts.com)

Curated by Patricia Fay and Mary Voytek
January 17- February 7, 2019
Opening Reception – Thursday, January 17, 5-7pm

This exhibition will showcase student works from the FGCU Ceramics and Sculpture studios. Through figurative, abstract and functional projects, three-dimensional art offers an astonishing range of questions to ask and problems to solve. Combining a variety of materials, techniques and concepts, art students working in the third dimension grapple with the physical and tactile properties of made objects while exploring the intangible relationship between form and space.

Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler

Image Credit:
Details of student works in clay, wood and metal from the FGCU Ceramics and Sculpture studios

The Bower School of Music is excited to announce a change of programming. The concert on January 17, 2019 will now be featuring the Mexican a capella musical group, Vox Populi Project. In 2012, Julio Morales, a trained pianist and music educator from Veracruz, Mexico, founded the Vox Populi Project choir, an ensemble that promotes Mexican popular and folk music, through a cappella arrangements. They have traveled to Ecuador, Argentina and several Festivals within Mexico and received 1st Place in the Jalisco Canta Competition. The concert will take place as previously scheduled for Coro Rapsodia on January 17 at 7:30 p.m. in the U. Tobe Recital Hall in the Music Building on the FGCU campus.

Tickets for this concert are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

Curated by Patricia Fay and Mary Voytek
January 17- February 7, 2019
 

This exhibition will showcase student works from the FGCU Ceramics and Sculpture studios. Through figurative, abstract and functional projects, three-dimensional art offers an astonishing range of questions to ask and problems to solve. Combining a variety of materials, techniques and concepts, art students working in the third dimension grapple with the physical and tactile properties of made objects while exploring the intangible relationship between form and space.

Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler

The exhibition will be open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and until 7p on Thursday. The Gallery is closed on all University holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Image Credit:
Details of student works in clay, wood and metal from the FGCU Ceramics and Sculpture studios

Maria Temesi, soprano
Michael Baron, piano
 
Assisted by Jeanie Darnell, soprano

A shining star of the Hungarian State Opera in Budapest, Dr. Maria Temesi is a first-place winner of the Pavarotti International Voice Competition. Dr. Temesi has performed in many of the world’s most prestigious opera houses, where she is particularly well known for her performances and recordings of the great Wagnerian heroines. She will be accompanied by pianist Michael Baron and share duets with Jeanie Darnell.

Tickets for this concert are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

Special Fundraising Concert for Music

This concert is an opportunity to celebrate and showcase the Bower School of Music students through chamber performances. Chamber ensembles will include brass, jazz, percussion, piano, strings, voice and wind. Reservations are required and contributions are encouraged for this special concert and elegant champagne reception. All donations and contributions go to sponsor scholarships and student ensemble activities.

For reservations or information, please contact Joanna Hoch at (239) 745-4268 or jhoch@fgcu.edu. To make a contribution, please contact the FGCU Foundation Office at (239) 590-1067.

Curated by John Loscuito and Anica Sturdivant
Opening Reception – Thursday, January 31, 5 – 7pm
Artist Talk at 5pm in U. Tobe Recital Hall, Music Building with a reception to follow until 7pm in the Arts Complex

The heightened threats of terrorism and war are ever-present both nationally and abroad. These threats are experienced through a wide range of lenses including social media, international news outlets and direct exposure. Cliff Evans (Austin, TX) and Gregory Green (Tampa, FL) make work that is critical of these threats and the psychological toll they impose on everyday life. This immersive installation includes panoramic animated collages and sculptural installations.

Sponsored by Alice and Dean Fjelstul, Gene and Lee Seidler, The Beaches of Fort Myers and Sanibel and The State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture

Image credits:
[top] Cliff Evans, The Road to Mount Weather (detail of still), 2006, Three-channel moving image installation (15 minute loop)
Courtesy of the artist

[bottom] Gregory Green, Worktable #9 (Minneapolis, Saint Petersburg) (detail), 2011–2017, Mixed media, 11 x 13 ½ x 5 ½ ‘
Courtesy of the artist

Curated by John Loscuito and Anica Sturdivant
February 1-28, 2019
Artist Talk at 5pm in U. Tobe Recital Hall, Music Building with a reception to follow until 7pm in the Arts Complex

The heightened threats of terrorism and war are ever-present both nationally and abroad. These threats are experienced through a wide range of lenses including social media, international news outlets and direct exposure. Cliff Evans (Austin, TX) and Gregory Green (Tampa, FL) make work that is critical of these threats and the psychological toll they impose on everyday life. This immersive installation includes panoramic animated collages and sculptural installations.

Sponsored by Alice and Dean Fjelstul, Gene and Lee Seidler, The Beaches of Fort Myers and Sanibel and The State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture

The exhibition will be open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and until 7p on Thursday. The Gallery is closed on all University holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Image credits:
[top] Cliff Evans, The Road to Mount Weather (detail of still), 2006, Three-channel moving image installation (15 minute loop)
Courtesy of the artist

[bottom] Gregory Green, Worktable #9 (Minneapolis, Saint Petersburg) (detail), 2011–2017, Mixed media, 11 x 13 ½ x 5 ½ ‘
Courtesy of the artist

This concert is free and open to the public.

Shawn Allison, saxophone
Mario Bernardo, saxophone
Daniel Davis, saxophone
Jason Thomashefsky, saxophone
Abigail Allison, piano

Join us for an evening of saxophone music by living composers featuring local performing artists. Highlights include two pieces for saxophone and piano by FGCU’s Assistant Professor of Music, Dr. Jason Bahr, including a world premiere. Also featured will be work by Bower School of Music Instructors Shawn Allison and Mario Bernardo. This is a concert not to be missed!

Tickets for this concert are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

This concert is free and open to the public.

By Sophie Treadwell

Directed by Dan Bacalzo

February 15-24, 2019

February 15, 16, 22 & 23 at 7:30 p.m.
February 17, 23* & 24 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets for this concert are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

Sophie Treadwell’s expressionist drama is inspired by the real-life murder trial of Ruth Snyder. Set in the 1920s, the play concerns a young woman whose every choice in life seems predetermined, as if she is merely a cog in a machine that can fulfill only one purpose. While she initially succumbs to society’s expectations of marriage and childbirth, she yearns for something more. Refusing to submit to a life she does not want, she sets out to explore alternative paths to happiness. But as she attempts to break away from a life of conformity, will her efforts lead to freedom or punishment?

* There will be a discussion with the cast and crew following this performance

Machinal is presented through special arrangement with
The Roman Catholic Church Diocese of Tucson

By Sophie Treadwell

Directed by Dan Bacalzo

February 15-24, 2019

February 15, 16, 22 & 23 at 7:30 p.m.
February 17, 23* & 24 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets for this concert are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

Sophie Treadwell’s expressionist drama is inspired by the real-life murder trial of Ruth Snyder. Set in the 1920s, the play concerns a young woman whose every choice in life seems predetermined, as if she is merely a cog in a machine that can fulfill only one purpose. While she initially succumbs to society’s expectations of marriage and childbirth, she yearns for something more. Refusing to submit to a life she does not want, she sets out to explore alternative paths to happiness. But as she attempts to break away from a life of conformity, will her efforts lead to freedom or punishment?

* There will be a discussion with the cast and crew following this performance

Machinal is presented through special arrangement with
The Roman Catholic Church Diocese of Tucson

This concert is free and open to the public.

Jonathan T. Posadas, viola
Michael Baron, piano

Assisted by Paul Votapek, clarinet

John T. Posadas enjoys a busy career as a performer and educator.  He has performed throughout the country and abroad with appearances at the Kennedy Center, Tanglewood, Aspen, Santa Fe, and Chautauqua. He is currently the violist for the Baumer String Quartet and the Ars Nova String Trio. He previously held the principal violist position with the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra. Paul Votapek, instructor of clarinet and principal clarinetist of the Naples Philharmonic joins Posadas and Baron for trios.

Tickets for this concert are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

Curated by John Loscuito
Opening Reception and Artist Talk – Thursday, February 21, 5 - 7pm

The large-scale paintings of Mally Khorasantchi (Naples, FL) incorporate elements from her personal history and broader social issues. With no horizon lines or perspective to give order or focus and using both bold and delicately painted abstracted symbols, lines and shapes, she seeks to convey the chaos and order found in nature and of things manmade. She is interested in the juxtapositions of rhythm and remnant, intellect and emotion, beauty and discord, and invites multiple interpretations based on individual experience and memory.

Sponsored by The Beaches of Fort Myers and Sanibel

This event is free and open to the public.

Image credit: Mally Khorasanchti, The Secret Life of Trees #1, 2018, 90 x 90”, Oil and collage on paper on nine panels
Courtesy of the artist

Andrew Focks, piano

Known for his electrifying virtuosity and profound depth, award-winning pianist, Andrew Focks performs in concert venues around the globe as a solo recitalist and chamber musician. Commanding a mastery of an unusually vast range of styles and repertoire, his performances have been broadcast on television and radio throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. From major concert platforms such as New York’s Carnegie Hall to stages of festivals around the world, musicians and the public alike have embraced his artistry.

Tickets for this concert are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

Curated by John Loscuito
February 21 - March 28, 2019

The large-scale paintings of Mally Khorasantchi (Naples, FL) incorporate elements from her personal history and broader social issues. With no horizon lines or perspective to give order or focus and using both bold and delicately painted abstracted symbols, lines and shapes, she seeks to convey the chaos and order found in nature and of things manmade. She is interested in the juxtapositions of rhythm and remnant, intellect and emotion, beauty and discord, and invites multiple interpretations based on individual experience and memory.

Sponsored by The Beaches of Fort Myers and Sanibel

The exhibition will be open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and until 7p on Thursday. The Gallery is closed on all University holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Image credit: Mally Khorasanchti, The Secret Life of Trees #1, 2018, 90 x 90”, Oil and collage on paper on nine panels
Courtesy of the artist 

By Sophie Treadwell

Directed by Dan Bacalzo

February 15-24, 2019

February 15, 16, 22 & 23 at 7:30 p.m.
February 17, 23* & 24 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets for this concert are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

Sophie Treadwell’s expressionist drama is inspired by the real-life murder trial of Ruth Snyder. Set in the 1920s, the play concerns a young woman whose every choice in life seems predetermined, as if she is merely a cog in a machine that can fulfill only one purpose. While she initially succumbs to society’s expectations of marriage and childbirth, she yearns for something more. Refusing to submit to a life she does not want, she sets out to explore alternative paths to happiness. But as she attempts to break away from a life of conformity, will her efforts lead to freedom or punishment?

* There will be a discussion with the cast and crew following this performance

Machinal is presented through special arrangement with
The Roman Catholic Church Diocese of Tucson

By Sophie Treadwell

Directed by Dan Bacalzo

February 15-24, 2019

February 15, 16, 22 & 23 at 7:30 p.m.
February 17, 23* & 24 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets for this concert are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

Sophie Treadwell’s expressionist drama is inspired by the real-life murder trial of Ruth Snyder. Set in the 1920s, the play concerns a young woman whose every choice in life seems predetermined, as if she is merely a cog in a machine that can fulfill only one purpose. While she initially succumbs to society’s expectations of marriage and childbirth, she yearns for something more. Refusing to submit to a life she does not want, she sets out to explore alternative paths to happiness. But as she attempts to break away from a life of conformity, will her efforts lead to freedom or punishment?

* There will be a discussion with the cast and crew following this performance

Machinal is presented through special arrangement with
The Roman Catholic Church Diocese of Tucson

This concert is free and open to the public.

Repertoire will include Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s String Quartet and Johannes Brahms’ Horn Trio in E flat Major, Op. 40. 

Tickets for this concert are $15, and seating is limited. Tickets are available here.

David Ross, Baroque flute
Jeffrey Grossman, harpsichord

A special concert which allows the listener to hear music of the Baroque era as those in the 17^th century would have heard it. Praised by the New York Times, David Ross performs as Baroque flute soloist with many early music groups. He earned historical performance degrees from both the Koninlijk Conservatorium in Holland and the Juilliard School in NYC. Harpsichordist Jeffrey Grossman specializes in vital, engaging performances of music of the past. He holds degrees from Harvard College, the Juilliard School, and Carnegie Mellon University. 

Tickets for this concert are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

Opening Reception – Thursday, March 21, 5 – 7pm with Award Presentations at 6pm

Students working in sculpture, drawing, digital media, printmaking, painting and ceramics submit their finest works for this annual juried exhibition. Up to 70 works of art, demonstrating students’ accomplishments and experiments, are featured. The jurors for the exhibition are local artists, curators and art professionals.

Sponsored by The Layden Family Foundation, The Smith Family Foundation of Estero and Thomas Riley Studio

This event is free and open to the public.

Image: Opening reception from the 20^th Annual Student Juried Exhibition
Photo by James Greco

March 21 - April 4, 2019

Students working in sculpture, drawing, digital media, printmaking, painting and ceramics submit their finest works for this annual juried exhibition. Up to 70 works of art, demonstrating students’ accomplishments and experiments, are featured. The jurors for the exhibition are local artists, curators and art professionals.

Sponsored by The Layden Family Foundation, The Smith Family Foundation of Estero and Thomas Riley Studio

The exhibition will be open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and until 7p on Thursday. The Gallery is closed on all University holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Image: Opening reception from the 20^th Annual Student Juried Exhibition
Photo by James Greco

This concert is free and open to the public.

Opening Reception – Wednesday, March 27, 5:30 – 7:30pm

RSVP required, contact Stacey Ross at sross@finemarkbank.com or 239-405-6756

Select FGCU Alumni who exhibited in Senior Projects, Fall 2018 are invited to show their work at the FineMark Estero - Coconut Point bank office. The artists are present to talk about their work and artistic vision with the community during the opening reception. 

Sponsored by FineMark National Bank & Trust

Image credit: Spencer Gillespie, one twenty-eighth thousands, 2017, Mixed media collage, 69 x 45”
Photo by Caitlin Rosolen-de Jesus

March 27 - April 19, 2019

Select FGCU Alumni who exhibited in Senior Projects, Fall 2018 are invited to show their work at the FineMark Estero - Coconut Point bank office. The artists are present to talk about their work and artistic vision with the community during the opening reception. To make an appointment to view the art during the exhibition, please contact Stacey Ross at 239-405-6756 or sross@finemarkbank.com.

Sponsored by FineMark National Bank & Trust

Image credit: Spencer Gillespie, one twenty-eighth thousands, 2017, Mixed media collage, 69 x 45”
Photo by Caitlin Rosolen-de Jesus

This concert is free and open to the public.

This concert is free and open to the public.

Wayne Lee, violin
Dimitry Kouzov, cello
Milana Strezeva, piano

Hailed by critics as "a grand departure from the usual" (News Herald), the Manhattan Piano Trio is one of the most creative, exciting, and dynamic young ensembles in America. Now in its 13th season, MPT has been among the busiest groups in the classical music scene, having performed hundreds of concerts for enthusiastic audiences in almost 40 states. The Sarasota Herald Tribune said "one seldom is privileged to enjoy music of such a wide range of styles performed with self-effacing skill and relaxed assurance." 

Tickets for this concert are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

by Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Directed by Barry Cavin
April 5-14, 2019

April 5, 6, 12 & 13 at 7:30 p.m.
April 7, 13* & 14 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets for this concert are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

In the year 1635, one of history’s greatest playwrights pens a drama filled with passion for revenge, passion for honor, and passion for duty defined by love. More than that, Calderon writes a story that questions the very nature of reality and the roles we play as we seek to exert our influence upon the uncertain world around us. Our contemporary production of this Spanish Golden Age classic is as fresh and pertinent as the day of its conception.

* There will be a discussion with the cast and crew following this performance.

by Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Directed by Barry Cavin
April 5-14, 2019

April 5, 6, 12 & 13 at 7:30 p.m.
April 7, 13* & 14 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets for this concert are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

In the year 1635, one of history’s greatest playwrights pens a drama filled with passion for revenge, passion for honor, and passion for duty defined by love. More than that, Calderon writes a story that questions the very nature of reality and the roles we play as we seek to exert our influence upon the uncertain world around us. Our contemporary production of this Spanish Golden Age classic is as fresh and pertinent as the day of its conception.

* There will be a discussion with the cast and crew following this performance.

This concert is free and open to the public.

This concert is free and open to the public.

This concert is free and open to the public.

by Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Directed by Barry Cavin
April 5-14, 2019

April 5, 6, 12 & 13 at 7:30 p.m.
April 7, 13* & 14 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets for this concert are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

In the year 1635, one of history’s greatest playwrights pens a drama filled with passion for revenge, passion for honor, and passion for duty defined by love. More than that, Calderon writes a story that questions the very nature of reality and the roles we play as we seek to exert our influence upon the uncertain world around us. Our contemporary production of this Spanish Golden Age classic is as fresh and pertinent as the day of its conception.

* There will be a discussion with the cast and crew following this performance.

by Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Directed by Barry Cavin
April 5-14, 2019

April 5, 6, 12 & 13 at 7:30 p.m.
April 7, 13* & 14 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets for this concert are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available here.

In the year 1635, one of history’s greatest playwrights pens a drama filled with passion for revenge, passion for honor, and passion for duty defined by love. More than that, Calderon writes a story that questions the very nature of reality and the roles we play as we seek to exert our influence upon the uncertain world around us. Our contemporary production of this Spanish Golden Age classic is as fresh and pertinent as the day of its conception.

* There will be a discussion with the cast and crew following this performance.

This concert is free and open to the public.

This concert is free and open to the public.

Morgan T. Paine, Faculty Mentor
Opening Reception - Friday April 19, 5-7pm
Student Presentations at 5pm in U. Tobe Recital Hall, Music Building with a reception to follow until 7pm in the Arts Complex and ArtLab Gallery

At the end of their studies, art majors are required to develop and present a coherent body of self-generated work. This exhibition combines their knowledge of techniques and concepts while drawing on research of historical and contemporary artists. Each artist in the exhibition designs and creates a unique installation that represents the culmination of their studies at FGCU.

Sponsored by The Layden Family Foundation and The Smith Family Foundation of Estero

Image credit: Works from Senior Projects, Spring 2018 of Ariana J. Myers, Swarm, and Jadon Axe, Rise and Fall of Idyllic Comfort IV
Photo by James Greco 

Morgan T. Paine, Faculty Mentor
April 19 - May 3, 2019

At the end of their studies, art majors are required to develop and present a coherent body of self-generated work. This exhibition combines their knowledge of techniques and concepts while drawing on research of historical and contemporary artists. Each artist in the exhibition designs and creates a unique installation that represents the culmination of their studies at FGCU.

Sponsored by The Layden Family Foundation and The Smith Family Foundation of Estero

The exhibition will be open Monday through Friday from 10a-4p and until 7p on Thursday. The Gallery is closed on all University holidays. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Image credit: Works from Senior Projects, Spring 2018 of Ariana J. Myers, Swarm, and Jadon Axe, Rise and Fall of Idyllic Comfort IV
Photo by James Greco 

This concert is free and open to the public.

This concert is free and open to the public.

This concert is free and open to the public.