Underground Art Wednesday

December 5, 2012 - June 5 2013
6pm to 9pm

North Naples Arts Alliance
Pine Ridge Industrial Park
Naples, FL 34109

The North Naples Arts Alliance holds Underground Art Wednesday in the Pine Ridge Industrial Park area, north of Pine Ridge Road and west of Airport-Puling Roads, the first Wednesday of each month. Come and enjoy the wonderful art displayed at 28 independent artists' studios and galleries.

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Exhibition: Five Centuries of Tradition: Florida Cattle Ranching

January 2 - July 26, 2013
9 a.m. 5 p.m.

Immokalee Pioneer Museum
1215 Roberts Ave
Immokalee, FL 34143

Florida has the longest history of cattle ranching of any state in the nation. Learn how cattle first arrived in Florida with Spanish explorers and colonists in the 1500s and discover the cultural and economic importance of ranching to both the state, and those who raise cattle for a living.

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Henry Richardson Reception and Exhibition at The Phil

February 28 - May 31, 2013
Reception February 28 5pm to 8pm; Open to the public with light refreshments

Philharmonic Center for the Arts
5833 Pelican Bay Blvd.,
Naples, FL 34108

The works of glass sculptor Henry Richardson will be exhibited starting February 28 at the Philharmonic Center for the Arts. Richardson, who was named 2012 Artist of the Year by the Design Center of the Americas, painstakingly hand chisels plates of glass that have been fused together using a high-intensity light welding process to create icy-looking orbs and towers. The exhibition will feature three giant orbs and three towers, which have been his signature forms for the past 15 years.

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'South Florida: A Villager's View" by Tara O'Neill

April 3 - June 27, 2013
Reception April 4, 5 pm tp 7pm Live entertainment & free wine/cheese

Marco Island Historical Museum
180 S. Heathwood Dr.
Marco Island, FL 34145

The tiny island of Goodland, Florida, has been a special source of inspiration for local award-winning oil-painter Tara O’Neill for many years. This exhibition relates her most intimate views, current and historic, of a working fishing village afloat with brilliant flora and a range of feathered-fauna; where old-growth trees dwarf candy-colored cottages, where docks serve as driveways, and the backyard is the 10,000 islands.

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Living Waters: Aquatic Preserves of Florida

May 2 - November 14, 2013
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

300 Tower Rd.
Naples, FL 34113

Living Waters: Aquatic Preserves of Florida, a collection of 29 black-and-white photographs by preeminent Florida photographer Clyde Butcher, will be on exhibit from May 2 through Nov. 14 at the Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center art gallery, 300 Tower Road in Naples. Since 2004 the artistic and educational exhibition has traveled the state to increase awareness of and appreciation for Florida’s 41 aquatic preserves. The 110,000-acre Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve encompasses two of those aquatic preserves and part of more than five million acres of diverse water landscape and coastal areas that are critical to Florida’s future. In conjunction with the exhibit, Rookery Bay will show the companion one-hour nature film documentary, —Living Waters: Aquatic Preserves of Florida.” The film includes an introduction and closing remarks by Butcher and was produced and directed by cinematographer Elam Stoltzfus. Call 239-417-6310 or visit rookerybay.org for more information about the exhibit and film viewing schedule.

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