FGCU TheatreLab

August 19-December 14, 2024

Works from the Permanent Collection are on display on the third floor of the Wilson G. Bradshaw Library behind University Archives & Special Collections. This selection features a variety of works with a focus on Ann Wolff, born in Lübeck, Germany in 1937; Wolff is a founder of the Studio Glass Movement and is known for her lyrical narratives dealing with womanhood. This exhibition space rotates each semester to feature different aspects of the FGCU Art Galleries’ Permanent Collection, which houses over 2,100 works of art in a variety of mediums and styles.

Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler and the Wasmer Endowment

More information can be found at https://www.fgcu.edu/artgalleries/currentseason/#CurrentShow

Image Credit: Ann Wolff, Ariadne on Her Way to Minotaurus, 1984, Four-color intaglio vitreograph print, Gift of Carol L. Shay, Collection of FGCU Art Galleries, 2022.0004.0289

Opening Talk and Reception: Thursday, August 29, 5:00-7:00pm

The FGCU Permanent Collection of Art is an invaluable resource to students and the public. This exhibition showcases recent gifts including World War II era WPA prints, vitreographs by Karen Kunc, promised works from avid collector Robert E. Feir ranging from professional, contemporary artists to FGCU’s very own alumni, and new works by Peter Massing. Narrative structures using the figure and abstract compositions form the basis for the curatorial selection. These gifts have expanded the collection in scope and depth. The works on display represent a small fraction of the gifts, made possible by the generosity and support of the FGCU Art Galleries’ donors and community.

Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler, the Wasmer Endowment, WGCU Public Media, and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

More information can be found at https://www.fgcu.edu/artgalleries/currentseason/#CurrentShow

Image Credit: Karen Kunc, Frond, 2000, Intaglio vitreograph and woodcut print with digital transfer, Gift of Carol L. Shay, Collection of FGCU Art Galleries, 2020.0001.0026

August 30-October 3, 2024

The FGCU Permanent Collection of Art is an invaluable resource to students and the public. This exhibition showcases recent gifts including World War II era WPA prints, vitreographs by Karen Kunc, promised works from avid collector Robert E. Feir ranging from professional, contemporary artists to FGCU’s very own alumni, and new works by Peter Massing. Narrative structures using the figure and abstract compositions form the basis for the curatorial selection. These gifts have expanded the collection in scope and depth. The works on display represent a small fraction of the gifts, made possible by the generosity and support of the FGCU Art Galleries’ donors and community.

Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler, the Wasmer Endowment, WGCU Public Media, and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

More information can be found at https://www.fgcu.edu/artgalleries/currentseason/#CurrentShow

Image Credit: Karen Kunc, Frond, 2000, Intaglio vitreograph and woodcut print with digital transfer, Gift of Carol L. Shay, Collection of FGCU Art Galleries, 2020.0001.0026

August 30-October 3, 2024

The FGCU Permanent Collection of Art is an invaluable resource to students and the public. This exhibition showcases recent gifts including World War II era WPA prints, vitreographs by Karen Kunc, promised works from avid collector Robert E. Feir ranging from professional, contemporary artists to FGCU’s very own alumni, and new works by Peter Massing. Narrative structures using the figure and abstract compositions form the basis for the curatorial selection. These gifts have expanded the collection in scope and depth. The works on display represent a small fraction of the gifts, made possible by the generosity and support of the FGCU Art Galleries’ donors and community.

Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler, the Wasmer Endowment, WGCU Public Media, and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

More information can be found at https://www.fgcu.edu/artgalleries/currentseason/#CurrentShow

Image Credit: Karen Kunc, Frond, 2000, Intaglio vitreograph and woodcut print with digital transfer, Gift of Carol L. Shay, Collection of FGCU Art Galleries, 2020.0001.0026

August 30-October 3, 2024

The FGCU Permanent Collection of Art is an invaluable resource to students and the public. This exhibition showcases recent gifts including World War II era WPA prints, vitreographs by Karen Kunc, promised works from avid collector Robert E. Feir ranging from professional, contemporary artists to FGCU’s very own alumni, and new works by Peter Massing. Narrative structures using the figure and abstract compositions form the basis for the curatorial selection. These gifts have expanded the collection in scope and depth. The works on display represent a small fraction of the gifts, made possible by the generosity and support of the FGCU Art Galleries’ donors and community.

Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler, the Wasmer Endowment, WGCU Public Media, and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

More information can be found at https://www.fgcu.edu/artgalleries/currentseason/#CurrentShow

Image Credit: Karen Kunc, Frond, 2000, Intaglio vitreograph and woodcut print with digital transfer, Gift of Carol L. Shay, Collection of FGCU Art Galleries, 2020.0001.0026

August 30-October 3, 2024

The FGCU Permanent Collection of Art is an invaluable resource to students and the public. This exhibition showcases recent gifts including World War II era WPA prints, vitreographs by Karen Kunc, promised works from avid collector Robert E. Feir ranging from professional, contemporary artists to FGCU’s very own alumni, and new works by Peter Massing. Narrative structures using the figure and abstract compositions form the basis for the curatorial selection. These gifts have expanded the collection in scope and depth. The works on display represent a small fraction of the gifts, made possible by the generosity and support of the FGCU Art Galleries’ donors and community.

Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler, the Wasmer Endowment, WGCU Public Media, and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

More information can be found at https://www.fgcu.edu/artgalleries/currentseason/#CurrentShow

Image Credit: Karen Kunc, Frond, 2000, Intaglio vitreograph and woodcut print with digital transfer, Gift of Carol L. Shay, Collection of FGCU Art Galleries, 2020.0001.0026

August 30-October 3, 2024

The FGCU Permanent Collection of Art is an invaluable resource to students and the public. This exhibition showcases recent gifts including World War II era WPA prints, vitreographs by Karen Kunc, promised works from avid collector Robert E. Feir ranging from professional, contemporary artists to FGCU’s very own alumni, and new works by Peter Massing. Narrative structures using the figure and abstract compositions form the basis for the curatorial selection. These gifts have expanded the collection in scope and depth. The works on display represent a small fraction of the gifts, made possible by the generosity and support of the FGCU Art Galleries’ donors and community.

Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler, the Wasmer Endowment, WGCU Public Media, and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

More information can be found at https://www.fgcu.edu/artgalleries/currentseason/#CurrentShow

Image Credit: Karen Kunc, Frond, 2000, Intaglio vitreograph and woodcut print with digital transfer, Gift of Carol L. Shay, Collection of FGCU Art Galleries, 2020.0001.0026

August 30-October 3, 2024

The FGCU Permanent Collection of Art is an invaluable resource to students and the public. This exhibition showcases recent gifts including World War II era WPA prints, vitreographs by Karen Kunc, promised works from avid collector Robert E. Feir ranging from professional, contemporary artists to FGCU’s very own alumni, and new works by Peter Massing. Narrative structures using the figure and abstract compositions form the basis for the curatorial selection. These gifts have expanded the collection in scope and depth. The works on display represent a small fraction of the gifts, made possible by the generosity and support of the FGCU Art Galleries’ donors and community.

Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler, the Wasmer Endowment, WGCU Public Media, and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

More information can be found at https://www.fgcu.edu/artgalleries/currentseason/#CurrentShow

Image Credit: Karen Kunc, Frond, 2000, Intaglio vitreograph and woodcut print with digital transfer, Gift of Carol L. Shay, Collection of FGCU Art Galleries, 2020.0001.0026

Angela Massey, flute

Kris Marshall, trumpet

Caroline Owen, piano

The highly acclaimed Astralis Chamber Ensemble presents over sixty recitals each season at venues across the US with instrument pairings that are unique worldwide. Angela Massey (flute), Kris Marshall (trumpet), and Caroline Owen (piano) present “Radiance” with a brilliant trio by Jim Stephenson, an exciting new work by Alan Elkins, and solos to feature each performer. Award-winning flutist, Angela Massey has been a featured soloist with the Tryon Concert Association, Kosciuszko Foundation in NYC, and abroad in France, Germany, Italy, Romania, and Switzerland. Kris Marshall is principal trumpet with the Southwest Florida Symphony, Venice Symphony, and performs with leading orchestras across Florida. Pianist, Caroline Owen has performed in venues across the U.S. and internationally in the Czech Republic, Italy, and Austria where she studied at the prestigious Salzburg Mozarteum. Join us as we explore chamber music for flute and trumpet with the Astralis Chamber Ensemble.

Tickets are $15 for the general public and $7 for students and are available at fgcu.edu/concerts; 239-745-4268

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

This concert will be postponed to Thursday, October 10 at 7:30p

This concert is free and open to the public

This concert has been moved from the original September 27 date and is free and open to the public

Opening Reception with the Artists, Thursday, October 17, 2024, 5:00-7:00 p.m.

The Annual Alumni Exhibition is a celebrated event that showcases the talents and artistic journeys of former students. Note to Self features the introspective and autobiographical works of Briena Harmening (‘05, Art), Quinn Miller (‘15, Art), and Caitlin Rosolen (‘17, Art). The exhibition provides a rich and varied palette of mediums—textile art, printmaking, photography, and painting — allowing each artist to convey their personal narratives and reflections. This exhibition not only celebrates the individual journeys of the artists but also reflects the diverse paths taken by alumni, highlighting the lasting impact of their artistic education. Visitors are encouraged to engage with the works, discovering the layers of meaning and personal significance imbued in each piece.

Sponsored by the FGCU Alumni Association, Gene and Lee Seidler, the Wasmer Endowment, WGCU Public Media and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Image Credit: Quinn Miller, The Birth of Hekatonkheires, 2021, Photograph

Outdoor Mural Project

Opening Reception with the Artist, Thursday, October 17, 2024, 5:00-7:00 p.m.

FGCU Art Program Alumni Paul Firmin (‘23, Art) was selected for the second annual Public Art Project. In the creation of this two-part mural, the artist sought to craft a visual testament to the essence of the Arts Complex at FGCU, perceived as its very heart and soul. Utilizing acrylic paint, the mural brings to life figures imbued with the colors of the heart and third-eye chakras, symbols that resonate deeply with the artist. The heart, linked with breath and nature, and the soul, represented through the elemental imagery of water and the vastness of the ocean, merge to form a holistic vision. This artwork was envisioned to act as a conduit of healing energy for all who pass through the Arts Complex, enriching their journey with its restorative essence.

This project is supported by a grant from The Community Foundation.

Image credit: Paul Firmin, Heart & Soul, 2024, Acrylic on four panels

This concert is free and open to the public

October 18-November 21, 2024

The Annual Alumni Exhibition is a celebrated event that showcases the talents and artistic journeys of former students. Note to Self features the introspective and autobiographical works of Briena Harmening (‘05, Art), Quinn Miller (‘15, Art), and Caitlin Rosolen (‘17, Art). The exhibition provides a rich and varied palette of mediums—textile art, printmaking, photography, and painting — allowing each artist to convey their personal narratives and reflections. This exhibition not only celebrates the individual journeys of the artists but also reflects the diverse paths taken by alumni, highlighting the lasting impact of their artistic education. Visitors are encouraged to engage with the works, discovering the layers of meaning and personal significance imbued in each piece.

Sponsored by the FGCU Alumni Association, Gene and Lee Seidler, the Wasmer Endowment, WGCU Public Media and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Image Credit: Quinn Miller, The Birth of Hekatonkheires, 2021, Photograph

October 18-November 21, 2024

The Annual Alumni Exhibition is a celebrated event that showcases the talents and artistic journeys of former students. Note to Self features the introspective and autobiographical works of Briena Harmening (‘05, Art), Quinn Miller (‘15, Art), and Caitlin Rosolen (‘17, Art). The exhibition provides a rich and varied palette of mediums—textile art, printmaking, photography, and painting — allowing each artist to convey their personal narratives and reflections. This exhibition not only celebrates the individual journeys of the artists but also reflects the diverse paths taken by alumni, highlighting the lasting impact of their artistic education. Visitors are encouraged to engage with the works, discovering the layers of meaning and personal significance imbued in each piece.

Sponsored by the FGCU Alumni Association, Gene and Lee Seidler, the Wasmer Endowment, WGCU Public Media and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Image Credit: Quinn Miller, The Birth of Hekatonkheires, 2021, Photograph

October 18-November 21, 2024

The Annual Alumni Exhibition is a celebrated event that showcases the talents and artistic journeys of former students. Note to Self features the introspective and autobiographical works of Briena Harmening (‘05, Art), Quinn Miller (‘15, Art), and Caitlin Rosolen (‘17, Art). The exhibition provides a rich and varied palette of mediums—textile art, printmaking, photography, and painting — allowing each artist to convey their personal narratives and reflections. This exhibition not only celebrates the individual journeys of the artists but also reflects the diverse paths taken by alumni, highlighting the lasting impact of their artistic education. Visitors are encouraged to engage with the works, discovering the layers of meaning and personal significance imbued in each piece.

Sponsored by the FGCU Alumni Association, Gene and Lee Seidler, the Wasmer Endowment, WGCU Public Media and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Image Credit: Quinn Miller, The Birth of Hekatonkheires, 2021, Photograph

October 18-November 21, 2024

The Annual Alumni Exhibition is a celebrated event that showcases the talents and artistic journeys of former students. Note to Self features the introspective and autobiographical works of Briena Harmening (‘05, Art), Quinn Miller (‘15, Art), and Caitlin Rosolen (‘17, Art). The exhibition provides a rich and varied palette of mediums—textile art, printmaking, photography, and painting — allowing each artist to convey their personal narratives and reflections. This exhibition not only celebrates the individual journeys of the artists but also reflects the diverse paths taken by alumni, highlighting the lasting impact of their artistic education. Visitors are encouraged to engage with the works, discovering the layers of meaning and personal significance imbued in each piece.

Sponsored by the FGCU Alumni Association, Gene and Lee Seidler, the Wasmer Endowment, WGCU Public Media and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Image Credit: Quinn Miller, The Birth of Hekatonkheires, 2021, Photograph

October 18-November 21, 2024

The Annual Alumni Exhibition is a celebrated event that showcases the talents and artistic journeys of former students. Note to Self features the introspective and autobiographical works of Briena Harmening (‘05, Art), Quinn Miller (‘15, Art), and Caitlin Rosolen (‘17, Art). The exhibition provides a rich and varied palette of mediums—textile art, printmaking, photography, and painting — allowing each artist to convey their personal narratives and reflections. This exhibition not only celebrates the individual journeys of the artists but also reflects the diverse paths taken by alumni, highlighting the lasting impact of their artistic education. Visitors are encouraged to engage with the works, discovering the layers of meaning and personal significance imbued in each piece.

Sponsored by the FGCU Alumni Association, Gene and Lee Seidler, the Wasmer Endowment, WGCU Public Media and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Image Credit: Quinn Miller, The Birth of Hekatonkheires, 2021, Photograph

October 18-November 21, 2024

The Annual Alumni Exhibition is a celebrated event that showcases the talents and artistic journeys of former students. Note to Self features the introspective and autobiographical works of Briena Harmening (‘05, Art), Quinn Miller (‘15, Art), and Caitlin Rosolen (‘17, Art). The exhibition provides a rich and varied palette of mediums—textile art, printmaking, photography, and painting — allowing each artist to convey their personal narratives and reflections. This exhibition not only celebrates the individual journeys of the artists but also reflects the diverse paths taken by alumni, highlighting the lasting impact of their artistic education. Visitors are encouraged to engage with the works, discovering the layers of meaning and personal significance imbued in each piece.

Sponsored by the FGCU Alumni Association, Gene and Lee Seidler, the Wasmer Endowment, WGCU Public Media and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Image Credit: Quinn Miller, The Birth of Hekatonkheires, 2021, Photograph

Outdoor Mural Project

October 2024-October 2025

FGCU Art Program Alumni Paul Firmin (‘23, Art) was selected for the second annual Public Art Project. In the creation of this two-part mural, the artist sought to craft a visual testament to the essence of the Arts Complex at FGCU, perceived as its very heart and soul. Utilizing acrylic paint, the mural brings to life figures imbued with the colors of the heart and third-eye chakras, symbols that resonate deeply with the artist. The heart, linked with breath and nature, and the soul, represented through the elemental imagery of water and the vastness of the ocean, merge to form a holistic vision. This artwork was envisioned to act as a conduit of healing energy for all who pass through the Arts Complex, enriching their journey with its restorative essence.

This project is supported by a grant from The Community Foundation.

Image credit: Paul Firmin, Heart & Soul, 2024, Acrylic on four panels

This concert is free and open to the public

This event is free and open to the public, more information and updates at fgcustorytelling.com

This event is free and open to the public, more information and updates at fgcustorytelling.com

This concert is free and open to the public

Maria Foglietto, voice, guitar, tamburello

Tommaso Adorni, oud, clarinet, voice

Kavi Cardinale, clarinet, voice, guitar

with Tom Cimarusti, accordion

Come enjoy the sounds of the Mediterranean as TRIO MAKARI takes you on an exciting musical journey from Sicily to Greece and Spain to mainland Italy. The Athens-based ensemble will dazzle the audience with ancient and newly composed songs, hypnotizing tarantellas, and other works featuring the accordion, clarinet, guitar, oud and tambourine. The evening promises to be one you’ll never forget!

Tickets are $15 for the general public and $7 for students and are available at fgcu.edu/concerts; 239-745-4268

This event is free and open to the public, more information and updates at fgcustorytelling.com

Michele Marincola will discuss restoration, conservation and preservation of art and artifacts and their long history. We associate these activities with the repair, cleaning, safe exhibition, and careful storage of artworks. While these actions remain important to the profession, recent decades have brought pressing new concerns. This lecture will review how conservation has responded to contemporary forms of artmaking, to social movements that call for community-based decision making, and to climate change.

Michele Marincola is Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of Conservation at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. Before joining the university’s faculty in 2002, she was Conservator for The Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Professor Marincola’s research interests include the conservation and technical art history of polychrome wood sculpture, as well as the history and ethics of art conservation. She is the editor of a new edition and translation of Johannes Taubert’s Polychrome Sculpture, Meaning, Form, Conservation (Getty Publications, 2015) and co-author, with Lucretia Kargère, of The Conservation of Medieval Polychrome Wood Sculpture: History, Theory, Practice (Getty Publications 2020), which received the 2015 FAIC-Samuel H. Kress Publication Award and the 2023 AIC Publication Award. In 2021 Professor Marincola received the AIC Sheldon and Caroline Keck Award for Excellence in Teaching, and in 2023 the CAA/FAIC Distinguished Scholarship in Conservation Award.

This lecture is free and open to the public and will be followed by a light reception in the Arts Complex Lobby.

Sponsored by Alice and Dean Fjelstul

George Wheeler, retired Director of Conservation, Historic Preservation Program, Columbia University will tell the story from less than an hour after the Metropolitan Museum of Art closed on October 6, 2002, the wooden base supporting the marble sculpture of Adam collapsed – shattering the sculpture and sending 28 large pieces and hundreds of smaller ones across the gallery floor. After mapping and collecting the fragments, a long journey of research and discovery ensued that resulted in a new body of knowledge for the conservation of sculpture and a tour-de-force reconstruction of Lombardo’s 1495 figure. This presentation by chief scientific advisor George Wheeler will show how a team of scientists and conservators developed that new knowledge and put it into practice.

Dr. George Wheeler is Senior Scientist at Highbridge Materials Consulting. Prior to retiring from fulltime teaching, he was Director of Conservation in the Historic Preservation Program at Columbia University and Senior Scientist in the Department of Scientific Research at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

This lecture is free and open to the public.

Sponsored by Alice and Dean Fjelstul

This event is free and open to the public, more information and updates at fgcustorytelling.com

Letters to Sala

by Arlene Hutton 

originally conceived by Lawrence Sacharow
based on the book Sala’s Gift by Ann Kirschner

directed by Kristin Mellian

November 1-10, 2024

November 1, 2, 8 & 9 at 7:30 p.m.

November 3, 9* & 10 at 2:00 p.m.

In her golden years, the real-life Sala Garncarz Kirschner revealed her fifty-year secret to her daughter, Ann, when she gifted Ann 350 letters written and exchanged during World War II. Arlene Hutton’s Letters to Sala, based on Sala’s story and adapted from Ann Kirschner’s book Sala’s Gift, chronicles young Sala’s survival journey as a young Jewish woman working in seven WW2 Nazi labor camps. During her journey, young Sala's letters give her hope and bear witness to her experiences. Letters to Sala also follows Ann’s research and exploration of her mother’s painful history, while older Sala revisits the circumstances, people, and places of her recently unearthed past. Three generations of women wrestle with what should become of the letters, as they recognize the weight of their Jewish heritage, the power of loving bonds, and the resilience of the human spirit.

Tickets are $15 for the general public and $7 for students and can be purchased at fgcu.edu/theatrelab

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

Letters to Sala is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)

Letters to Sala

by Arlene Hutton 

originally conceived by Lawrence Sacharow
based on the book Sala’s Gift by Ann Kirschner

directed by Kristin Mellian

November 1-10, 2024

November 1, 2, 8 & 9 at 7:30 p.m.

November 3, 9* & 10 at 2:00 p.m.

In her golden years, the real-life Sala Garncarz Kirschner revealed her fifty-year secret to her daughter, Ann, when she gifted Ann 350 letters written and exchanged during World War II. Arlene Hutton’s Letters to Sala, based on Sala’s story and adapted from Ann Kirschner’s book Sala’s Gift, chronicles young Sala’s survival journey as a young Jewish woman working in seven WW2 Nazi labor camps. During her journey, young Sala's letters give her hope and bear witness to her experiences. Letters to Sala also follows Ann’s research and exploration of her mother’s painful history, while older Sala revisits the circumstances, people, and places of her recently unearthed past. Three generations of women wrestle with what should become of the letters, as they recognize the weight of their Jewish heritage, the power of loving bonds, and the resilience of the human spirit.

Tickets are $15 for the general public and $7 for students and can be purchased at fgcu.edu/theatrelab

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

Letters to Sala is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)

Letters to Sala

by Arlene Hutton 

originally conceived by Lawrence Sacharow
based on the book Sala’s Gift by Ann Kirschner

directed by Kristin Mellian

November 1-10, 2024

November 1, 2, 8 & 9 at 7:30 p.m.

November 3, 9* & 10 at 2:00 p.m.

In her golden years, the real-life Sala Garncarz Kirschner revealed her fifty-year secret to her daughter, Ann, when she gifted Ann 350 letters written and exchanged during World War II. Arlene Hutton’s Letters to Sala, based on Sala’s story and adapted from Ann Kirschner’s book Sala’s Gift, chronicles young Sala’s survival journey as a young Jewish woman working in seven WW2 Nazi labor camps. During her journey, young Sala's letters give her hope and bear witness to her experiences. Letters to Sala also follows Ann’s research and exploration of her mother’s painful history, while older Sala revisits the circumstances, people, and places of her recently unearthed past. Three generations of women wrestle with what should become of the letters, as they recognize the weight of their Jewish heritage, the power of loving bonds, and the resilience of the human spirit.

Tickets are $15 for the general public and $7 for students and can be purchased at fgcu.edu/theatrelab

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

Letters to Sala is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)

Letters to Sala

by Arlene Hutton 

originally conceived by Lawrence Sacharow
based on the book Sala’s Gift by Ann Kirschner

directed by Kristin Mellian

November 1-10, 2024

November 1, 2, 8 & 9 at 7:30 p.m.

November 3, 9* & 10 at 2:00 p.m.

In her golden years, the real-life Sala Garncarz Kirschner revealed her fifty-year secret to her daughter, Ann, when she gifted Ann 350 letters written and exchanged during World War II. Arlene Hutton’s Letters to Sala, based on Sala’s story and adapted from Ann Kirschner’s book Sala’s Gift, chronicles young Sala’s survival journey as a young Jewish woman working in seven WW2 Nazi labor camps. During her journey, young Sala's letters give her hope and bear witness to her experiences. Letters to Sala also follows Ann’s research and exploration of her mother’s painful history, while older Sala revisits the circumstances, people, and places of her recently unearthed past. Three generations of women wrestle with what should become of the letters, as they recognize the weight of their Jewish heritage, the power of loving bonds, and the resilience of the human spirit.

Tickets are $15 for the general public and $7 for students and can be purchased at fgcu.edu/theatrelab

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

Letters to Sala is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)

Letters to Sala

by Arlene Hutton 

originally conceived by Lawrence Sacharow
based on the book Sala’s Gift by Ann Kirschner

directed by Kristin Mellian

November 1-10, 2024

November 1, 2, 8 & 9 at 7:30 p.m.

November 3, 9* & 10 at 2:00 p.m.

In her golden years, the real-life Sala Garncarz Kirschner revealed her fifty-year secret to her daughter, Ann, when she gifted Ann 350 letters written and exchanged during World War II. Arlene Hutton’s Letters to Sala, based on Sala’s story and adapted from Ann Kirschner’s book Sala’s Gift, chronicles young Sala’s survival journey as a young Jewish woman working in seven WW2 Nazi labor camps. During her journey, young Sala's letters give her hope and bear witness to her experiences. Letters to Sala also follows Ann’s research and exploration of her mother’s painful history, while older Sala revisits the circumstances, people, and places of her recently unearthed past. Three generations of women wrestle with what should become of the letters, as they recognize the weight of their Jewish heritage, the power of loving bonds, and the resilience of the human spirit.

Tickets are $15 for the general public and $7 for students and can be purchased at fgcu.edu/theatrelab

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

Letters to Sala is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)

Letters to Sala

by Arlene Hutton 

originally conceived by Lawrence Sacharow
based on the book Sala’s Gift by Ann Kirschner

directed by Kristin Mellian

November 1-10, 2024

November 1, 2, 8 & 9 at 7:30 p.m.

November 3, 9* & 10 at 2:00 p.m.

In her golden years, the real-life Sala Garncarz Kirschner revealed her fifty-year secret to her daughter, Ann, when she gifted Ann 350 letters written and exchanged during World War II. Arlene Hutton’s Letters to Sala, based on Sala’s story and adapted from Ann Kirschner’s book Sala’s Gift, chronicles young Sala’s survival journey as a young Jewish woman working in seven WW2 Nazi labor camps. During her journey, young Sala's letters give her hope and bear witness to her experiences. Letters to Sala also follows Ann’s research and exploration of her mother’s painful history, while older Sala revisits the circumstances, people, and places of her recently unearthed past. Three generations of women wrestle with what should become of the letters, as they recognize the weight of their Jewish heritage, the power of loving bonds, and the resilience of the human spirit.

Tickets are $15 for the general public and $7 for students and can be purchased at fgcu.edu/theatrelab

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

Letters to Sala is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)

Letters to Sala

by Arlene Hutton 

originally conceived by Lawrence Sacharow
based on the book Sala’s Gift by Ann Kirschner

directed by Kristin Mellian

November 1-10, 2024

November 1, 2, 8 & 9 at 7:30 p.m.

November 3, 9* & 10 at 2:00 p.m.

In her golden years, the real-life Sala Garncarz Kirschner revealed her fifty-year secret to her daughter, Ann, when she gifted Ann 350 letters written and exchanged during World War II. Arlene Hutton’s Letters to Sala, based on Sala’s story and adapted from Ann Kirschner’s book Sala’s Gift, chronicles young Sala’s survival journey as a young Jewish woman working in seven WW2 Nazi labor camps. During her journey, young Sala's letters give her hope and bear witness to her experiences. Letters to Sala also follows Ann’s research and exploration of her mother’s painful history, while older Sala revisits the circumstances, people, and places of her recently unearthed past. Three generations of women wrestle with what should become of the letters, as they recognize the weight of their Jewish heritage, the power of loving bonds, and the resilience of the human spirit.

Tickets are $15 for the general public and $7 for students and can be purchased at fgcu.edu/theatrelab

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

Letters to Sala is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)

This concert is free and open to the public

The evening will focus on “The Business of Performance,” and feature a panel of world-renowned industry professionals. Sandi Moran and Ken Davenport are Tony Award®-winning Broadway producers, while Kristen Coury is the Founder, CEO, and Producing Artistic Director of Gulfshore Playhouse in Naples, FL. They will share stories about their experiences and the workings of the theatre industry from a perspective that we don’t often hear about. The evening will focus on the professional and business aspects required to create a successful performance, including creative collaboration, creating a sustainable business model, and overcoming industry obstacles. This discussion is free and open to the public and will be followed by a light reception.

Sandi Moran is an American Theatre Producer and Philanthropist. A three-time Tony Award® winner, some of her Broadway, West End and Tour credits include Moulin Rouge! (Best Musical), Hadestown (Best Musical), Once on This Island (Best Revival of a Musical), A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical, Harmony, Gutenberg, Tina Turner The Musical, Anastasia, Deaf West's Spring Awakening, The Visit, and more.

Sandi, a sixth-generation Floridian, has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Naples Children & Education Foundation and has been a Trustee, along with her husband Tom, since 2010. She currently serves on the board of the Gulfshore Playhouse.  

Ken Davenport is a Tony Award®-winning Broadway producer whose credits include A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical, Oh! Mary, Once On This Island (Best Revival of a Musical), Harmony, Gettin’ the Band Back Together, The Play that Goes Wrong, Groundhog Day, Deaf West’s Spring Awakening, It’s Only a Play, Macbeth starring Alan Cumming, Godspell, Kinky Boots (Best Musical), The Visit, Mothers and Sons, The Bridges of Madison County, Allegiance, Chinglish, Oleanna starring Bill Pullman and Julia Stiles, Speed-the-Plow, Will Ferrell’s You’re Welcome America, Blithe Spirit starring Angela Lansbury, and 13.   Off-Broadway, Ken has produced Daddy Long Legs, Altar Boyz (Co-Conceiver), My First Time (Author), The Awesome 80’s Prom (Creator), That Bachelorette Show! (Creator), and Miss Abigail’s Guide to Dating, Mating & Marriage (Author). Ken’s productions have been produced internationally in over 25 countries around the world. Ken’s unique production and marketing style has garnered him international attention in numerous publications, including Vanity Fair and The New York Times. Upcoming projects include The Griswolds’ Broadway Vacation, JOY the Musical, The Ten and a musical based on the life of Harry Belafonte. For more information, visit www.KenDavenport.com.

Kristen Coury is the CEO and Producing Artistic Director of Gulfshore Playhouse. She founded the Playhouse in 2004, after moving to Naples from New York City. Kristen is also a frequent investor in Broadway productions, most recently A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical. Kristen has directed over 50 productions for the Playhouse, including a ten-person, 2 piano My Fair Lady, the world premiere of The God Game by Suzanne Bradbeer and the final production in the Norris Center, She Loves Me. She has just completed a $72M capital campaign to build a new Theatre and Education Center at the gateway to downtown Naples, opening in late October 2024.

This concert is free and open to the public

This concert is free and open to the public

This event is free and open to the public, more information and updates at fgcustorytelling.com

This event is free and open to the public, more information and updates at fgcustorytelling.com

This concert is free and open to the public

This concert is free and open to the public

A proud of alumnus of FGCU, Peruvian flutist Dr. Jossecarlo Romo began his classical music training at the age of eight at the National Conservatory of Peru and has been featured twice as a soloist with the Peruvian National Symphony Orchestra. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in music performance from Florida Gulf Coast University (summa cum laude, ’17, Music), a Master of Music from University of Miami, and a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of North Texas. His teachers include Suzanne Kirton, Trudy Kane, Valerie Coleman, and Mary Karen Clardy. For his return to FGCU Dr. Romo is partnering with pianist Michael Baron to present music of Poulenc, Reinecke, Donizetti and others. Virtuoso flute music at its best!

Tickets are $15 for the general public and $7 for students and are available at fgcu.edu/concerts; 239-745-4268

This concert is free and open to the public

This concert is free and open to the public

FGCU’s Emerging Playwrights Festival

November 22 & 23, 2024

FGCU Theatre presents staged readings of new works by two individuals with strong ties to our program. Dane Futrell (’21, Philosophy with Theatre minor) received a BA in Philosophy from FGCU, where he also acted frequently and began his playwriting journey. He now attends Arizona State University’s Dramatic Writing MFA program where he writes and develops new theatre relentlessly. Robin O’Connell (senior, English with Theatre minor) is a playwright, dramaturg and performer, who has been involved in numerous FGCU Theatre shows. They are a senior English major at FGCU with minors in theatre and creative writing. Both performances will be free and open to the public.

Waterlogged 

by Robin O’Connell

Friday, November 22, 2024

Dragged from the water and stripped of her sealskin, a fantastical water creature is taken from the sea and into the human world. Magically bound to her captor, she must recover her sealskin and return home to the waves. 

FGCU’s Emerging Playwrights Festival

November 22 & 23, 2024

FGCU Theatre presents staged readings of new works by two individuals with strong ties to our program. Dane Futrell (’21, Philosophy with Theatre minor) received a BA in Philosophy from FGCU, where he also acted frequently and began his playwriting journey. He now attends Arizona State University’s Dramatic Writing MFA program where he writes and develops new theatre relentlessly. Robin O’Connell (senior, English with Theatre minor) is a playwright, dramaturg and performer, who has been involved in numerous FGCU Theatre shows. They are a senior English major at FGCU with minors in theatre and creative writing. Both performances will be free and open to the public.

Soul Magnet Beneath the Limestone 

by Dane Futrell

Saturday, November 23, 2024

This surrealist play studies various forms of alcoholism and addiction through the lens of a storied Prohibition-esque cocktail bar with a dark underside. It received the second place National Student Playwriting Award at the 2024 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. 

Tickets are $30 for general admission and $10 for students and are available at fgcu.edu/joyful

Environmental Art & Language 

Cohen Student Union & Sugden Hall Thoroughfare 

December 5, 2024 - November 29, 2025

Reception with the student writers and artists, Monday, December 9, 4:00-5:00 p.m. (location TBD, near the installation)

The FGCU Art Galleries, in partnership with Jesse Millner, Department of Language and Literature and Sasha Minsky, Art Department, are creating a hybrid, visual art and creative writing site specific outdoor public exhibition. Under the guidance of their professors, this exhibition will be created by and feature the work of FGCU students in both programs. As the arts become increasingly integrated throughout campus, these cross curricular efforts promote increased collaboration between diverse students. The result of the project will be a large-scale multi panel mural on display in the highly visible walkway between the Cohen Student Union & Sugden Hall leading the way to Parking Garage 1.

Students in Jesse Millner’s Nature Writing and Creative writing courses and Sasha Minsky’s The Art of Design I course will be creating the mural.

Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler, the Wasmer Endowment, WGCU Public Media, and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Image credit: Justin McDowell, You Are Not Shaken, 2018, Printed digital design

Faculty Mentor: Andy Owen

Opening Reception and Artists' Presentation
Thursday, December 5, 2024 from 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, WGCU Public Media and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts

This event is free and open to the public; 239-590-7199 or fgcu.edu/artgalleries

Image Credit: Arianna J. Myers, Swarm, 2018, Installation view of Senior Project

This concert is free and open to the public

Faculty Mentor: Andy Owen

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, WGCU Public Media and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts

This event is free and open to the public; 239-590-7199 or fgcu.edu/artgalleries

Image Credit: Arianna J. Myers, Swarm, 2018, Installation view of Senior Project

Faculty Mentor: Andy Owen

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, WGCU Public Media and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts

This event is free and open to the public; 239-590-7199 or fgcu.edu/artgalleries

Image Credit: Arianna J. Myers, Swarm, 2018, Installation view of Senior Project

In December 2024 we welcome you to join us for the 23rd edition of the FGCU Pottery Sale, made possible through our ongoing collaboration with United Arts Collier. Beautiful, functional clay works from our talented Ceramics Studio alumni are featured at this annual event, along with contributions from current faculty, students and community participants.

Enjoy free coffee with the artists at 10:00 a.m.!

Friday, December 6, 2024

Intended start time 11:30am

FGCU Arts Complex Courtyard

Now in its 18^th year, the FGCU Empty Bowls Fundraiser is committed to helping our neighbors in need who are experiencing food insecurity through support for the food pantry at our partner organization, Interfaith Charities of South Lee. As always, there will be handmade bowls and delicious soups, dedicated student volunteers, and the friends, colleagues and community participants that make this support possible. Please join us!

For more info closer to the event, stay tuned on www.facebook.com/FgcuEmptyBowls

This concert is free and open to the public.

We welcome back the sensational young pianist Maxim Lando. Maxim has been performing for us since he was a child. Now a 21-year-old student at the Juilliard School, he performs throughout the world to great critical acclaim as a soloist and with major orchestras. A frequent Guest Artist on the music festival scene, recent appearances have included The Gilmore, Aspen, Caramoor, Dresden Music Festival, Kissinger Sommer, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, Stars and Rising Stars Munich, Musical Olympus International Festival in Russia, Vilnius Piano Festival, Gower Festival in Wales, and Lednice-Valtice Music Festival in Czech Republic. Recital highlights include performances at the National Center for Performing Arts in Beijing, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris, Carnegie Hall Presents, Symphony Hall in Shenzhen, Chicago’s Millennium Park, Lied Center of Kansas, Beethoven Haus in Bonn, and GRAMMY® Salute to Classical Music. He was recently invited by Lang Lang to perform for the historic opening of Steinway and Sons in Beijing. Maxim’s burgeoning career was fully launched after winning First Prize at the Young Concert Artists Auditions at the age of 16 concluding with sold-out recitals at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center of the complete Transcendental Etudes by Franz Liszt.

Tickets are $15 for the general public and $7 for students and are available at fgcu.edu/concerts; 239-745-4268

Students in Jesse Millner’s Nature Writing and Creative writing courses and Sasha Minsky’s The Art of Design I course will be creating the mural.

Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler, the Wasmer Endowment, WGCU Public Media, and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Image credit: Justin McDowell, You Are Not Shaken, 2018, Printed digital design

January 18, 2024 from 6:00-8:00 p.m., artist talk in U. Tobe Recital Hall followed by reception in the Arts Complex

For over twenty years, Shana McCaw and Brent Budsberg have investigated perceptions of history, ancestral memory, and psychological displacement through gallery interventions, explorations of architecture, and intuitive performance. A Tenuous Framework exhibits for the first time in a gallery setting, The Inhabitants, a video installation made in collaboration with filmmaker and Florida native Tate Bunker. Improvised over a multi-year period, this hybrid project melds film with numerous artistic forms that can be experienced both independently and in relation to the film. For this exhibition, The Inhabitants will be accompanied by architectural miniatures, installations, photography, and video works that both led to and emerged out of the filmmaking process. Objects seen on the screen are simultaneously experienced firsthand in reinterpreted forms, creating uncanny associations that bring into question the relationship between reality and artifice.

Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler, The Wasmer Endowment, WGCU Public Media and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts

Image credit: Shana McCaw, Brent Budsberg, and Tate Bunker; film still from The Inhabitants, 2012-2022

January 19-February 29, 2024

For over twenty years, Shana McCaw and Brent Budsberg have investigated perceptions of history, ancestral memory, and psychological displacement through gallery interventions, explorations of architecture, and intuitive performance. A Tenuous Framework exhibits for the first time in a gallery setting, The Inhabitants, a video installation made in collaboration with filmmaker and Florida native Tate Bunker. Improvised over a multi-year period, this hybrid project melds film with numerous artistic forms that can be experienced both independently and in relation to the film. For this exhibition, The Inhabitants will be accompanied by architectural miniatures, installations, photography, and video works that both led to and emerged out of the filmmaking process. Objects seen on the screen are simultaneously experienced firsthand in reinterpreted forms, creating uncanny associations that bring into question the relationship between reality and artifice.

Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler, The Wasmer Endowment, WGCU Public Media and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts

This exhibition is free and open to the public Monday-Friday from 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.; 239-590-7199 or fgcu.edu/artgalleries

Image credit: Shana McCaw, Brent Budsberg, and Tate Bunker; film still from The Inhabitants, 2012-2022

January 19-February 29, 2024

For over twenty years, Shana McCaw and Brent Budsberg have investigated perceptions of history, ancestral memory, and psychological displacement through gallery interventions, explorations of architecture, and intuitive performance. A Tenuous Framework exhibits for the first time in a gallery setting, The Inhabitants, a video installation made in collaboration with filmmaker and Florida native Tate Bunker. Improvised over a multi-year period, this hybrid project melds film with numerous artistic forms that can be experienced both independently and in relation to the film. For this exhibition, The Inhabitants will be accompanied by architectural miniatures, installations, photography, and video works that both led to and emerged out of the filmmaking process. Objects seen on the screen are simultaneously experienced firsthand in reinterpreted forms, creating uncanny associations that bring into question the relationship between reality and artifice.

Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler, The Wasmer Endowment, WGCU Public Media and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts

This exhibition is free and open to the public Monday-Friday from 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.; 239-590-7199 or fgcu.edu/artgalleries

Image credit: Shana McCaw, Brent Budsberg, and Tate Bunker; film still from The Inhabitants, 2012-2022

January 19-February 29, 2024

For over twenty years, Shana McCaw and Brent Budsberg have investigated perceptions of history, ancestral memory, and psychological displacement through gallery interventions, explorations of architecture, and intuitive performance. A Tenuous Framework exhibits for the first time in a gallery setting, The Inhabitants, a video installation made in collaboration with filmmaker and Florida native Tate Bunker. Improvised over a multi-year period, this hybrid project melds film with numerous artistic forms that can be experienced both independently and in relation to the film. For this exhibition, The Inhabitants will be accompanied by architectural miniatures, installations, photography, and video works that both led to and emerged out of the filmmaking process. Objects seen on the screen are simultaneously experienced firsthand in reinterpreted forms, creating uncanny associations that bring into question the relationship between reality and artifice.

Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler, The Wasmer Endowment, WGCU Public Media and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts

This exhibition is free and open to the public Monday-Friday from 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.; 239-590-7199 or fgcu.edu/artgalleries

Image credit: Shana McCaw, Brent Budsberg, and Tate Bunker; film still from The Inhabitants, 2012-2022

January 19-February 29, 2024

For over twenty years, Shana McCaw and Brent Budsberg have investigated perceptions of history, ancestral memory, and psychological displacement through gallery interventions, explorations of architecture, and intuitive performance. A Tenuous Framework exhibits for the first time in a gallery setting, The Inhabitants, a video installation made in collaboration with filmmaker and Florida native Tate Bunker. Improvised over a multi-year period, this hybrid project melds film with numerous artistic forms that can be experienced both independently and in relation to the film. For this exhibition, The Inhabitants will be accompanied by architectural miniatures, installations, photography, and video works that both led to and emerged out of the filmmaking process. Objects seen on the screen are simultaneously experienced firsthand in reinterpreted forms, creating uncanny associations that bring into question the relationship between reality and artifice.

Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler, The Wasmer Endowment, WGCU Public Media and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts

This exhibition is free and open to the public Monday-Friday from 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.; 239-590-7199 or fgcu.edu/artgalleries

Image credit: Shana McCaw, Brent Budsberg, and Tate Bunker; film still from The Inhabitants, 2012-2022

January 19-February 29, 2024

For over twenty years, Shana McCaw and Brent Budsberg have investigated perceptions of history, ancestral memory, and psychological displacement through gallery interventions, explorations of architecture, and intuitive performance. A Tenuous Framework exhibits for the first time in a gallery setting, The Inhabitants, a video installation made in collaboration with filmmaker and Florida native Tate Bunker. Improvised over a multi-year period, this hybrid project melds film with numerous artistic forms that can be experienced both independently and in relation to the film. For this exhibition, The Inhabitants will be accompanied by architectural miniatures, installations, photography, and video works that both led to and emerged out of the filmmaking process. Objects seen on the screen are simultaneously experienced firsthand in reinterpreted forms, creating uncanny associations that bring into question the relationship between reality and artifice.

Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler, The Wasmer Endowment, WGCU Public Media and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts

This exhibition is free and open to the public Monday-Friday from 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.; 239-590-7199 or fgcu.edu/artgalleries

Image credit: Shana McCaw, Brent Budsberg, and Tate Bunker; film still from The Inhabitants, 2012-2022

January 19-February 29, 2024

For over twenty years, Shana McCaw and Brent Budsberg have investigated perceptions of history, ancestral memory, and psychological displacement through gallery interventions, explorations of architecture, and intuitive performance. A Tenuous Framework exhibits for the first time in a gallery setting, The Inhabitants, a video installation made in collaboration with filmmaker and Florida native Tate Bunker. Improvised over a multi-year period, this hybrid project melds film with numerous artistic forms that can be experienced both independently and in relation to the film. For this exhibition, The Inhabitants will be accompanied by architectural miniatures, installations, photography, and video works that both led to and emerged out of the filmmaking process. Objects seen on the screen are simultaneously experienced firsthand in reinterpreted forms, creating uncanny associations that bring into question the relationship between reality and artifice.

Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler, The Wasmer Endowment, WGCU Public Media and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts

This exhibition is free and open to the public Monday-Friday from 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.; 239-590-7199 or fgcu.edu/artgalleries

Image credit: Shana McCaw, Brent Budsberg, and Tate Bunker; film still from The Inhabitants, 2012-2022

January 19-February 29, 2024

For over twenty years, Shana McCaw and Brent Budsberg have investigated perceptions of history, ancestral memory, and psychological displacement through gallery interventions, explorations of architecture, and intuitive performance. A Tenuous Framework exhibits for the first time in a gallery setting, The Inhabitants, a video installation made in collaboration with filmmaker and Florida native Tate Bunker. Improvised over a multi-year period, this hybrid project melds film with numerous artistic forms that can be experienced both independently and in relation to the film. For this exhibition, The Inhabitants will be accompanied by architectural miniatures, installations, photography, and video works that both led to and emerged out of the filmmaking process. Objects seen on the screen are simultaneously experienced firsthand in reinterpreted forms, creating uncanny associations that bring into question the relationship between reality and artifice.

Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler, The Wasmer Endowment, WGCU Public Media and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts

This exhibition is free and open to the public Monday-Friday from 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.; 239-590-7199 or fgcu.edu/artgalleries

Image credit: Shana McCaw, Brent Budsberg, and Tate Bunker; film still from The Inhabitants, 2012-2022

Misha Vitenson, violin
Avi Nagin, violin
Michael Klotz, viola
Jason Calloway, cello
with Michael Baron, piano

Praised for their "intelligence" and “immensely satisfying” playing by the New York Times, the Amernet String Quartet has garnered recognition as one of today's exceptional string quartets and are 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 have collaborated with many of today's most prominent artists and ensembles. They are joined by pianist Michael Baron in the rarely heard Piano Quintet by Enrique Granados.

Tickets are $15 for the general public and $7 for students and are available at fgcu.edu/concerts

Described as "luminaries," "world-class," and "adventurous," the flute-piano duo of Dr. Iva Ugrcic and Dr. Satoko Hayami have presented uniquely diverse and virtuosic programs through dynamic performances and storytelling since 2017. Passionate about premiering and commissioning works by contemporary composers, especially women composers from diverse backgrounds, the duo prioritizes and thrives in sharing the perspectives of newly composed works while celebrating the ones that paved the path for future generations. We are proud to welcome back to our stage Satoko Hayami who graduated from FGCU in the class of 2010.

Tickets are $15 for the general public and $7 for students and are available at fgcu.edu/concerts

Polish-American violinist Kinga Augustyn is a versatile New York City-based virtuoso performer and recording artist. “Stylish and vibrant” (The Strad), and “beyond amazing, one hell of a violinist!” (Fanfare), Ms. Augustyn has performed as a soloist with orchestras in the United States, Europe and Asia. As a recitalist and chamber musician Kinga has appeared at the Stern Auditorium and the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Aspen Music Festival, the Chicago Cultural Center, Teatro Ristori and Gran Teatro La Fenice. For this recital she partners with pianist Michael Baron in presenting masterpieces for violin and piano, and violin solo.

Tickets are $15 for the general public and $7 for students and are available at fgcu.edu/concerts

This concert is free and open to the public

Valerie Francis, soprano

Imani Sarai Francis, soprano

Isabelle Aubin, piano

Dr. Valerie Francis, Director of Opera at Nicholls State University, Executive Artistic Director for the Celebration of the Negro Spiritual Concert Series, and the Nicholls State University Gospel Choir will be joined by her daughter, emerging artist Imani Sarai Francis, 1^st place winner in the Advanced American Negro Spiritual category at the National Association of Teachers of Singing Southern Region Competition in their first concert on the Nisita Concert Series. This amazing mother and daughter artist duo celebrate the African American Spirituals in performances and lectures throughout the United States and abroad. Their presentations preserve the Negro Spiritual literature, its proper performance practices, interpretation, historical significance, and vocal techniques.

Tickets can be purchased online at fgcu.edu/concerts and are $15 for the general public or $7 for students.

Do not miss the Delta Blues 2024 Concert, featuring Big A & the Allstars and Honey Bee Jones. These musicians reside in Clarksdale, Mississippi, which is considered "the birthplace of the blues." This is a chance to hear Delta blues as it is still performed today in Mississippi. Come and soak in the rhythm that changed music forever. This concert is sponsored by the the FGCU College of Arts & Sciences, FGCU Honors College and the Bower School of Music & the Arts. It is free and open to the public. 

This concert is free and open to the public

Silent Sky

By Lauren Gunderson

Original Music by Jenny Giering 

Directed by Dan Bacalzo

February 16-25, 2024

February 16, 17, 23 & 24 at 7:30 p.m.

February 18, 24* & 25 at 2:00 p.m.

An intelligent and ambitious scientist pursues her passion for astronomy, but is constrained by gender norms of her era, and the pull of family obligations. Lauren Gunderson’s play, written in 2011, is a contemporary take on an overlooked historical figure, Henrietta Leavitt, who solved one of the mysteries of the stars.

Tickets are $15 for the general public and $7 for students and can be purchased at fgcu.edu/theatrelab

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

Silent Sky is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)

Commissioned and first produced by South Coast Repertory with support from the Elizabeth George Foundation.

Silent Sky

By Lauren Gunderson

Original Music by Jenny Giering 

Directed by Dan Bacalzo

February 16-25, 2024

February 16, 17, 23 & 24 at 7:30 p.m.

February 18, 24* & 25 at 2:00 p.m.

An intelligent and ambitious scientist pursues her passion for astronomy, but is constrained by gender norms of her era, and the pull of family obligations. Lauren Gunderson’s play, written in 2011, is a contemporary take on an overlooked historical figure, Henrietta Leavitt, who solved one of the mysteries of the stars.

Tickets are $15 for the general public and $7 for students and can be purchased at fgcu.edu/theatrelab

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

Silent Sky is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)

Commissioned and first produced by South Coast Repertory with support from the Elizabeth George Foundation.

Silent Sky

By Lauren Gunderson

Original Music by Jenny Giering 

Directed by Dan Bacalzo

February 16-25, 2024

February 16, 17, 23 & 24 at 7:30 p.m.

February 18, 24* & 25 at 2:00 p.m.

An intelligent and ambitious scientist pursues her passion for astronomy, but is constrained by gender norms of her era, and the pull of family obligations. Lauren Gunderson’s play, written in 2011, is a contemporary take on an overlooked historical figure, Henrietta Leavitt, who solved one of the mysteries of the stars.

Tickets are $15 for the general public and $7 for students and can be purchased at fgcu.edu/theatrelab

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

Silent Sky is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)

Commissioned and first produced by South Coast Repertory with support from the Elizabeth George Foundation.

Silent Sky

By Lauren Gunderson

Original Music by Jenny Giering 

Directed by Dan Bacalzo

February 16-25, 2024

February 16, 17, 23 & 24 at 7:30 p.m.

February 18, 24* & 25 at 2:00 p.m.

An intelligent and ambitious scientist pursues her passion for astronomy, but is constrained by gender norms of her era, and the pull of family obligations. Lauren Gunderson’s play, written in 2011, is a contemporary take on an overlooked historical figure, Henrietta Leavitt, who solved one of the mysteries of the stars.

Tickets are $15 for the general public and $7 for students and can be purchased at fgcu.edu/theatrelab

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

Silent Sky is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)

Commissioned and first produced by South Coast Repertory with support from the Elizabeth George Foundation.

Silent Sky

By Lauren Gunderson

Original Music by Jenny Giering 

Directed by Dan Bacalzo

February 16-25, 2024

February 16, 17, 23 & 24 at 7:30 p.m.

February 18, 24* & 25 at 2:00 p.m.

An intelligent and ambitious scientist pursues her passion for astronomy, but is constrained by gender norms of her era, and the pull of family obligations. Lauren Gunderson’s play, written in 2011, is a contemporary take on an overlooked historical figure, Henrietta Leavitt, who solved one of the mysteries of the stars.

Tickets are $15 for the general public and $7 for students and can be purchased at fgcu.edu/theatrelab

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

Silent Sky is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)

Commissioned and first produced by South Coast Repertory with support from the Elizabeth George Foundation.

Silent Sky

By Lauren Gunderson

Original Music by Jenny Giering 

Directed by Dan Bacalzo

February 16-25, 2024

February 16, 17, 23 & 24 at 7:30 p.m.

February 18, 24* & 25 at 2:00 p.m.

An intelligent and ambitious scientist pursues her passion for astronomy, but is constrained by gender norms of her era, and the pull of family obligations. Lauren Gunderson’s play, written in 2011, is a contemporary take on an overlooked historical figure, Henrietta Leavitt, who solved one of the mysteries of the stars.

Tickets are $15 for the general public and $7 for students and can be purchased at fgcu.edu/theatrelab

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

Silent Sky is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)

Commissioned and first produced by South Coast Repertory with support from the Elizabeth George Foundation.

Silent Sky

By Lauren Gunderson

Original Music by Jenny Giering 

Directed by Dan Bacalzo

February 16-25, 2024

February 16, 17, 23 & 24 at 7:30 p.m.

February 18, 24* & 25 at 2:00 p.m.

An intelligent and ambitious scientist pursues her passion for astronomy, but is constrained by gender norms of her era, and the pull of family obligations. Lauren Gunderson’s play, written in 2011, is a contemporary take on an overlooked historical figure, Henrietta Leavitt, who solved one of the mysteries of the stars.

Tickets are $15 for the general public and $7 for students and can be purchased at fgcu.edu/theatrelab

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

Silent Sky is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)

Commissioned and first produced by South Coast Repertory with support from the Elizabeth George Foundation.

The Baroque era spanned from approximately 1600–1750, producing some of the greatest masterpieces in the history of Western music and a style that would become foundational for centuries to come.

What is less well-known here in the West is that the Baroque period also witnessed the efflorescence of innovative and robust musical genres, styles, and traditions in societies extending far beyond Europe: Indonesian gamelan, Chinese guheng playing, Brazilian samba, and the creative expressions of enslaved people of African descent, to name a few.

Moreover, the persistence of European Baroque influences on diverse musics around the world in modern times has continued to resonate across the global musicultural landscape throughout the centuries, from the song and panpipe traditions of the South American Andes and vibrant steel drum traditions of Trinidad to Irish dance tunes and the sacred music of Indigenous peoples from Florida to Bolivia.

This concert encompasses all these traditions and more through an exciting, eclectic musical journey that explores a pivotal historical period in the world of music-making, the Baroque, while also making the musical case for “Baroque music,” writ large, as a vital, living legacy of contemporary music the world over. Join FSU College of Music faculty, staff, graduate students, and undergraduate students for this musical performance of Global Baroque.

This concert is free and open to the public

Laila Biali, vocals

Brandon Robertson, bass

Paul Gavin, percussion

Join the multi-award-winning Canadian vocalist, pianist, and songwriter Laila Biali for a memorable evening of live music as part of the Nisita Concert Series. Laila’s trio will feature bassist Brandon Robertson, Dorothy and John Guigon Endowed Director of Jazz Studies, and drummer Paul Gavin, masterfully mixing jazz, and pop, bringing virtuosity and unpredictability to songs that are concise and catchy. Expect pop hits reimagined, jazz classics as you’ve never heard them before, Canadian songbook gems, plenty of original material, and personal stories that weave it all together with warmth and joy.

Tickets can be purchased online at fgcu.edu/concerts and are $15 for the general public or $7 for students.

Meet and mingle with the most creative students and faculty on campus at an interactive showcase of our arts and humanities programs. Join us for a fun evening of networking and learning. This event is free and open to the public.

This concert is free and open to the public. Because this event is outside on the lawn, we recommend bringing lawn chairs or a blanket for seating. A limited number of chairs will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.

This concert is free and open to the public.

This concert is free and open to the public.

Lauded for “superb playing” and “poised, alert musicianship” by the Boston Globe, and labelled “definitely a man to watch” by London’s The Independent after his 2012 Wigmore Hall recital debut, American pianist Spencer Myer is one of the most respected and sought-after artists on today’s concert stage. Myer has garnered stellar audience and critical acclaim from around the globe and is rapidly establishing himself as one of the most outstanding pianists of his generation. Currently an Associate Professor at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, his appearance on the Nisita Concert Series will be highlighted by a performance of all 24 Debussy Preludes.

Tickets can be purchased online at fgcu.edu/concerts and are $15 for the general public or $7 for students.

This concert is free and open to the public

26^th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition

3/21/24, 5:00-7:00 p.m., opening reception and artists’ talk

3/22– 4/4/24

Students working in sculpture, drawing, 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, The Southwest Florida Fine Craft Guild, WGCU Public Media and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts

Image Credit: Paul Firmin, Fall from Freedom, 2022, Oil on canvas, 60 x 60 in.

26^th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition

3/22– 4/4/24

Gallery hours: 10:00a-4:00p Monday-Friday

Students working in sculpture, drawing, 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, The Southwest Florida Fine Craft Guild, WGCU Public Media and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts

Image Credit: Paul Firmin, Fall from Freedom, 2022, Oil on canvas, 60 x 60 in.

26^th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition

3/22– 4/4/24

Gallery hours: 10:00a-4:00p Monday-Friday

Students working in sculpture, drawing, 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, The Southwest Florida Fine Craft Guild, WGCU Public Media and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts

Image Credit: Paul Firmin, Fall from Freedom, 2022, Oil on canvas, 60 x 60 in.

26^th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition

3/22– 4/4/24

Gallery hours: 10:00a-4:00p Monday-Friday

Students working in sculpture, drawing, 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, The Southwest Florida Fine Craft Guild, WGCU Public Media and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts

Image Credit: Paul Firmin, Fall from Freedom, 2022, Oil on canvas, 60 x 60 in.

This opera is free and open to the public

This opera is free and open to the public

Emile Naoumoff has been likened to both Vladimir Horowitz and Arthur Rubinstein as a pianist, displaying the fire of the former and the poetry of the latter. He was also signed as a composer at age 18 – the youngest on their roster – with the music publisher Schott, Mainz. At the age of seven, after a fateful meeting in Paris, Emile became the last disciple of the legendary Nadia Boulanger, who referred to him as “The gift of my old age”. Since that time, he has enjoyed a worldwide performance career. He has been professor of piano at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music since 1998. For his concert at FGCU he wil be playing works of Fauré, Ravel, Nadia Boulanger, Lili Boulanger, and his own compositions. 

Tickets can be purchased online at fgcu.edu/concerts and are $15 for the general public or $7 for students.

**Please note that this is a change of location from the one listed in the season brochure. This church has reopened following the extended closure after Hurricane Ian, and we are excited to be bringing our strings back to the island! Come early and see the progress being made, have dinner on the island, and hear our incomparable students perform. 

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 

The Life of Galileo

By Bertold Brecht

Directed by Barry Cavin

April 12-21, 2024

April 12, 13, 19 & 20 at 7:30 p.m.

April 14, 20* & 21 at 2:00 p.m.

The authorities are terrified the populace may gain knowledge, so they condemn it as an unpardonable sin. Galileo, a flawed man who desperately wants to share his discoveries to the world, fears he may meet the same fate as Bruno who was burnt at the stake for defying the will of those in charge. But the stars are there for all to see and one day, Galileo knows, the people will simply look up.

Tickets for this event are $15 for the general public and $7 for students and are available for purchase online at fgcu.edu/theatrelab, or at the door, based on availability.

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

The Life of Galileo

By Bertold Brecht

Directed by Barry Cavin

April 12-21, 2024

April 12, 13, 19 & 20 at 7:30 p.m.

April 14, 20* & 21 at 2:00 p.m.

The authorities are terrified the populace may gain knowledge, so they condemn it as an unpardonable sin. Galileo, a flawed man who desperately wants to share his discoveries to the world, fears he may meet the same fate as Bruno who was burnt at the stake for defying the will of those in charge. But the stars are there for all to see and one day, Galileo knows, the people will simply look up.

Tickets for this event are $15 for the general public and $7 for students and are available for purchase online at fgcu.edu/theatrelab, or at the door, based on availability.

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

The Life of Galileo

By Bertold Brecht

Directed by Barry Cavin

April 12-21, 2024

April 12, 13, 19 & 20 at 7:30 p.m.

April 14, 20* & 21 at 2:00 p.m.

The authorities are terrified the populace may gain knowledge, so they condemn it as an unpardonable sin. Galileo, a flawed man who desperately wants to share his discoveries to the world, fears he may meet the same fate as Bruno who was burnt at the stake for defying the will of those in charge. But the stars are there for all to see and one day, Galileo knows, the people will simply look up.

Tickets for this event are $15 for the general public and $7 for students and are available for purchase online at fgcu.edu/theatrelab, or at the door, based on availability.

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

The Life of Galileo

By Bertold Brecht

Directed by Barry Cavin

April 12-21, 2024

April 12, 13, 19 & 20 at 7:30 p.m.

April 14, 20* & 21 at 2:00 p.m.

The authorities are terrified the populace may gain knowledge, so they condemn it as an unpardonable sin. Galileo, a flawed man who desperately wants to share his discoveries to the world, fears he may meet the same fate as Bruno who was burnt at the stake for defying the will of those in charge. But the stars are there for all to see and one day, Galileo knows, the people will simply look up.

Tickets for this event are $15 for the general public and $7 for students and are available for purchase online at fgcu.edu/theatrelab, or at the door, based on availability.

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

The Life of Galileo

By Bertold Brecht

Directed by Barry Cavin

April 12-21, 2024

April 12, 13, 19 & 20 at 7:30 p.m.

April 14, 20* & 21 at 2:00 p.m.

The authorities are terrified the populace may gain knowledge, so they condemn it as an unpardonable sin. Galileo, a flawed man who desperately wants to share his discoveries to the world, fears he may meet the same fate as Bruno who was burnt at the stake for defying the will of those in charge. But the stars are there for all to see and one day, Galileo knows, the people will simply look up.

Tickets for this event are $15 for the general public and $7 for students and are available for purchase online at fgcu.edu/theatrelab, or at the door, based on availability.

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

The Life of Galileo

By Bertold Brecht

Directed by Barry Cavin

April 12-21, 2024

April 12, 13, 19 & 20 at 7:30 p.m.

April 14, 20* & 21 at 2:00 p.m.

The authorities are terrified the populace may gain knowledge, so they condemn it as an unpardonable sin. Galileo, a flawed man who desperately wants to share his discoveries to the world, fears he may meet the same fate as Bruno who was burnt at the stake for defying the will of those in charge. But the stars are there for all to see and one day, Galileo knows, the people will simply look up.

Tickets for this event are $15 for the general public and $7 for students and are available for purchase online at fgcu.edu/theatrelab, or at the door, based on availability.

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

The Life of Galileo

By Bertold Brecht

Directed by Barry Cavin

April 12-21, 2024

April 12, 13, 19 & 20 at 7:30 p.m.

April 14, 20* & 21 at 2:00 p.m.

The authorities are terrified the populace may gain knowledge, so they condemn it as an unpardonable sin. Galileo, a flawed man who desperately wants to share his discoveries to the world, fears he may meet the same fate as Bruno who was burnt at the stake for defying the will of those in charge. But the stars are there for all to see and one day, Galileo knows, the people will simply look up.

Tickets for this event are $15 for the general public and $7 for students and are available for purchase online at fgcu.edu/theatrelab, or at the door, based on availability.

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

 This concert is free and open to the public

This cabaret is free and open to the public 

This concert is free and open to the public 

Opening reception and presentations by the artists Thursday, April 18 at 5:00 p.m.

April 19-May 3, 2024

At the end of their studies, FGCU 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. The range of exhibitions is unique each year and represents what the next generation of artists are exploring. 

During the opening on Thursday, April 18, the artists will be present to provide an overview of their work in a public presentation. Afterwards, the public is encouraged to talk one on one with the artists and learn more about their inspiration and techniques. 

The artists for the Spring 2024 semester are: Lucia Buergo, Ash Cohen, Taylor Crato, Justin Davis, Sophia Guagenti, Jade Johnson, Hannah Kenn, Erika Mancera, Pauline Nguyen, Patricia Poon, Zy Sawyer, Anastasia Walborn, and Madison White.

Sponsored by The Layden Family Foundation; The Smith Family Foundation of Estero; WGCU Public Media; and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

The galleries are free and open to the public.

Image Credit: Senior Project Spring 2023, (left to right) Seniors Adrian Matheson and Sarah A. Baker speaking in front of Sarah A. Baker’s exhibition “Unraveling.” Photo by Darron Silva

This concert is free and open to the public

Tickets are $15 for students and $29-65 for the general public and are available at artisnaples.org/events/

Tickets are $15 for students and $29-65 for the general public and are available at artisnaples.org/events/

April 19-May 3, 2024

At the end of their studies, FGCU 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. The range of exhibitions is unique each year and represents what the next generation of artists are exploring. 

During the opening on Thursday, April 18, the artists will be present to provide an overview of their work in a public presentation. Afterwards, the public is encouraged to talk one on one with the artists and learn more about their inspiration and techniques. 

The artists for the Spring 2024 semester are: Lucia Buergo, Ash Cohen, Taylor Crato, Justin Davis, Sophia Guagenti, Jade Johnson, Hannah Kenn, Erika Mancera, Pauline Nguyen, Patricia Poon, Zy Sawyer, Anastasia Walborn, and Madison White.

Sponsored by The Layden Family Foundation; The Smith Family Foundation of Estero; WGCU Public Media; and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

FGCU Wasmer Art Gallery is open 10am to 4pm Monday – Friday and by special appointment. Please contact 239-590-7199 for further information or go to fgcu.edu/artgalleries.

The galleries are free and open to the public.

Image Credit: Senior Project Spring 2023, (left to right) Seniors Adrian Matheson and Sarah A. Baker speaking in front of Sarah A. Baker’s exhibition “Unraveling.” Photo by Darron Silva

April 19-May 3, 2024

At the end of their studies, FGCU 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. The range of exhibitions is unique each year and represents what the next generation of artists are exploring. 

During the opening on Thursday, April 18, the artists will be present to provide an overview of their work in a public presentation. Afterwards, the public is encouraged to talk one on one with the artists and learn more about their inspiration and techniques. 

The artists for the Spring 2024 semester are: Lucia Buergo, Ash Cohen, Taylor Crato, Justin Davis, Sophia Guagenti, Jade Johnson, Hannah Kenn, Erika Mancera, Pauline Nguyen, Patricia Poon, Zy Sawyer, Anastasia Walborn, and Madison White.

Sponsored by The Layden Family Foundation; The Smith Family Foundation of Estero; WGCU Public Media; and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

FGCU Wasmer Art Gallery is open 10am to 4pm Monday – Friday and by special appointment. Please contact 239-590-7199 for further information or go to fgcu.edu/artgalleries.

The galleries are free and open to the public.

Image Credit: Senior Project Spring 2023, (left to right) Seniors Adrian Matheson and Sarah A. Baker speaking in front of Sarah A. Baker’s exhibition “Unraveling.” Photo by Darron Silva

April 19-May 3, 2024

At the end of their studies, FGCU 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. The range of exhibitions is unique each year and represents what the next generation of artists are exploring. 

During the opening on Thursday, April 18, the artists will be present to provide an overview of their work in a public presentation. Afterwards, the public is encouraged to talk one on one with the artists and learn more about their inspiration and techniques. 

The artists for the Spring 2024 semester are: Lucia Buergo, Ash Cohen, Taylor Crato, Justin Davis, Sophia Guagenti, Jade Johnson, Hannah Kenn, Erika Mancera, Pauline Nguyen, Patricia Poon, Zy Sawyer, Anastasia Walborn, and Madison White.

Sponsored by The Layden Family Foundation; The Smith Family Foundation of Estero; WGCU Public Media; and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

FGCU Wasmer Art Gallery is open 10am to 4pm Monday – Friday and by special appointment. Please contact 239-590-7199 for further information or go to fgcu.edu/artgalleries.

The galleries are free and open to the public.

Image Credit: Senior Project Spring 2023, (left to right) Seniors Adrian Matheson and Sarah A. Baker speaking in front of Sarah A. Baker’s exhibition “Unraveling.” Photo by Darron Silva

Tickets are $35 for premium seating and $20 for general admission and are available at choralartistry.org

On April 21 at 4pm FGCU's Chamber Choir and Symphony Orchestra will join Choral Artistry for a large choral-orchestra masterwork performance at Moorings Presbyterian Church.  The program includes:

Duruflé Requiem (combined choirs and orchestra)

Badings Troi Chansons Bretonnes (Chamber Choir)

Saint-Saëns Havanaise (Symphony Orchestra; Lisa Hallinan, soloist)

Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor (Symphony Orchestra, Quang Vo, soloist)

It is a remarkably impressive program, and having over 120 student musicians on the stage is a powerful event.  We hope you can join us.

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

This concert is free and open to the public