Greater Fort Myers Chamber Of Commerce: Upcoming Calls For Artists

Press release from Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce:

2021-11-05

It’s time to get excited about your vision and time to get to work! Connect your creativity to the community through these upcoming exhibition opportunities.

Arts & Ends Holiday Sale and Craft Show

Applications due November 15 • Our Arts & Ends Holiday Sale and Craft Show is about more than great finds, it’s also about great artists. We’re looking for local talent to get involved with our annual and festive holiday sale on December 4. If you make art or handmade gifts, apply for the opportunity to become a vendor at this popular event.

200 Under $200: Small Works Off the Wall

Drop off is Monday, December 6 • Coinciding with the onset of the holiday shopping season, this gallery show features artworks of all mediums priced at $200 or less. If you are an Alliance member, consider submitting two (2) original 2D or 3D artworks for exhibit in the gallery. All works must be for sale and priced $200 or under.

Not On My Walls Pop-Up Exhibition

Exhibits December 2 – 4 • Let us help you un-funk your walls! This white-elephant-style sale will help you cycle out art that no longer fits your aesthetic, purchase new art and support the Alliance as 100% of proceeds go right back into our community and our mission to transform lives and improve our community through the arts.

Challenging Stereotypes – Member’s Exhibition

Drop off is Monday, January 3 • This exhibition encourages our members to examine the ways stereotypes have negatively affected their lives and find ways to celebrate their culture and identity through art. Together, we can challenge the labels and limitations placed on us by others and reclaim our identities and individuality.

36th Annual All Florida Exhibition

Deadline is Monday, January 24 • This annual show is the most anticipated of the year. As the name suggests, this exhibition features pieces created by artists working in a wide variety of media from all over the 65,000 square miles that make up Florida. The juried entries come together for an award-winning and exciting exhibition representing today’s contemporary Florida artists.

s p r a w l Exhibit

Exhibits November 5 – 27 • s p r a w l is an exhibition of thirteen artists based in Tampa, Florida. Tampa, a city characterized by its history of cigar manufacturing, exotic dancing, pirate lore, and sporadically successful sports franchises, is also home to a diverse, thoughtful, and talented population of artists. Like Tampa itself, which is a broad conglomeration of neighborhoods lacking the unity that a functional public transit system might provide a similarly-sized metropolis, Tampa’s arts sector presently reflects a siloing, with multiple art communities organized around unique audiences that rarely intersect.

Opening reception: Friday, November 5 from 5-7 p.m. See it first. See it free.

Bluegrass Outdoor Concert (Bill Metts and Rekindled Grass)

Sunday, November 7 • Join fellow bluegrass music lovers for great live music on our GreenMarket lawn! Our popular Palmgrass bluegrass concerts are always a toe-tapping good time.

Classes for all ages and abilities

Turn over a new leaf. Keep things chill this busy season with crisp new skills straight from our November lineup! Upcoming offers include:

• Introduction to SoulCollage® (Ages 16+)
• Beginning Polymer Clay Workshop (Ages 13+)
• The Surprise Glories of Viking Art – Online Art Lecture
• Intermediate Playing with Pastels (Ages 13+)
• Pastel Animals (Ages 10+) – Onsite Class
• Abstract Painting Mini Workshop (Ages 18+)
• A Potpourri of Legal Issues for the Visual Artist
• Fine Art Acrylics (Ages 18+)
• Plein Air Painting – Outside Class
• Palette Knife Painting Workshop (Ages 16+)
• Contemporary 3 R’s – Renew, Reuse, Repurpose Art (Ages 16+)
• A SoulCollage® Workshop: Thresholds & Doorways
• The Art of Gift Making
• Collage and Mixed Media (Ages 16+)
• Jumpstart/Refresher Watercolor Basics – Onsite Class (Ages 13+)

Arts On Tap Fundraiser & Nappy Roots Concert

Arts On Tap is a fundraising event for the Alliance. This year’s event spans two days and features an exciting mash up of southwest Florida’s burgeoning craft beer and vibrant arts scenes and a performance by two-time Grammy-nominated hip hop group Nappy Roots!

On Friday, November 12, push temptation to the limit at our extra-indulgent, craving-laden, not-so-ordinary indoor pub crawl with unlimited sips from local craft breweries. Make your way around our silent auction, enter our raffle and try your hand at some twisted pub games. Soak gallery views, bar-raising craft beers, hand-selected wines, mouth-watering bites and exhilarating music.

On Saturday, November 13, continue the party at our beer fest and outdoor concert featuring two-time Grammy-nominated hip hop group Nappy Roots!

Patchouli: The Landscape of Guitar (Outdoor Amphitheatre Concert)

Saturday, November 27 • Patchouli & Terra Guitarra bring their world class music and world class art together in the breathtaking animated painting concert experience, The Landscape of Guitar.

Alliance for the Arts • ArtInLee.org
239-939-2787 • 10091 McGregor Blvd, Fort Myers

Membership • Donate • Classes • Exhibits • Theatre

This press release was produced by Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce. The views expressed here are the author’s own.