Lots coming up for the North Fort Myers Arts Association
Good afternoon, dear readers of The Breeze North Fort Myers Neighbor and Cape Coral Breeze —
We are the North Fort Myers Arts Association. Our office and gallery is located at 120 SE 13th Street, Cape Coral – on the grounds of Gulf Coast Village Independent Living Center, 1333 Santa Barbara Blvd., Cape Coral. We are looking for a reasonable location in which to have our monthly membership meetings, hold receptions for our featured artists, open to the neighboring public on a regular routine basis. Do you have suggestions? If so, we’d love to hear them. Contact: delnora62@yahoo.com.
We have a plethora of activities coming up over the holidays that we invite you to attend and to participate in our efforts to build a cohesive, fun, community outreach program that includes students of all ages, their education centers and programs, their activities and performances.
I am proud to report that the association, Gulf Coast Village and the North Fort Myers Academy for the Arts have formed a comfortable new collaborative venture to introduce students and older citizens with the first Lee County Intergenerational Outreach Organization. Our aim or purpose is to help people of all ages to grow a more unified community feeling and reliance on each other’s opinions, performances and insights that could be very beneficial to all parties, in bringing commUNITY to the forefront of our minds.
To wit – the North Fort Myers Academy for the Arts fourth through eighth graders will be participating in their first exercise in Plein Aire painting on the Gulf Coast Village campus, on Monday, Nov. 16, from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. with lunch for our young guests provided by Gulf Coast Village. Gulf Coast Village and North Fort Myers Arts Association are partners since November 2024. We welcome James Samz, Assistant Principal at North Fort Myers Academy for the Arts, and Ryan Berganzer, an art instructor at this educational center, located in the Suncoast area of this community. We welcome members of our community and others to come observe these creative young persons in their first exercise on the campus of Gulf Coast Village , with offers of tours of that gallery and that of The Art House – North Fort Myers Arts Association’s office and gallery.
It also pleases me greatly to be able to share with you the fact that the students of North Fort Myers Academy for the Arts students are again offering their annual theater performance at the Barbara B. Mann Theater. This performance will highlight their rendition of “The Nutcracker” on Dec. 4. Performance time: 7 p.m. Tickets are on sale now at the Barbara B Mann box office online. The tickets are $22 each. Why not come out, celebrate our youth and their talents with many of us at NFM ARTS Association?
Allow me to invite you to attend the North Fort Myers Arts Association’s annual Open House on Friday, Dec.18, from 4 – 7 p.m. You will have the opportunity to select your choice of sliders and sides for zero dollars. Dessert, however, will be $5 per piece. RSVP. Reservations for attendance is required. Name and contact information only.
We will also be continuing our exhibit at the Gulf Coast Village Gallery – “Seasonal Impressions,’ with Gail Novak as our featured artist. This exhibit will be ongoing through Jan. 5. Come on by and see what our members and some of the residents of the Village have on offer for your pleasure and possible sales. Perhaps as holiday presents for friends or family? Contact delnora62@yahoo.com, 740-804-4310 or 239-257-8589 – for further sales information and payment options. None of the items on display may be removed from their position until the end of the exhibit – Jan. 5 -after 10 a.m. – unless you get permission from me to remove the present in time for the gifting date.
On this same day, Jan 5, from 9 to 11 a.m., we will be bringing in our artistic materials for display from Jan. 5, through Feb. 26 at The Cape Coral Library. These will be photography only displays. Open hours of the library determine the times available for you to view. Contact: delnora62@yahoo.com 740-804-4310 or 239-257-8589 to purchase your choice – which will be available for pick -up on Feb. 26 10 – 11 a.m.
We have a multitude of cultural activities planned each month of the season for your enjoyment. Check our webpage (nfmaa.org) and/or our Facebook page (north fort myers arts association) for more details and possible registration for our classes or courses. And read this column next month for more information.
Thank you for taking your precious time to read this column and get updated on current and near future exciting events by North Fort Myers Arts Association and our collaborative partners.
Dee Stevenson, President
North Fort Myers Arts Association
Affiliate of Lee County Art Center, Inc.
and Partner of Gulf Coast Village