One more week of Fort Myers Beach Art Association’s 75th anniversary “Celebration” show
By Nathan Mayberg2 min read
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"Preparing for the Hurricane" by Paul Mollon is showing at the Fort Myers Beach Art Association's 75th anniversary "Celebration" show through Dec. 5 at the association's gallery at Cypress Square, next to the Prawnbroker Restaurant & Fish Market on McGregor Boulevard in Fort Myers.
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The Fort Myers Beach Art Association's 75th anniversary "Celebration" show runs through Dec. 5 at the association's gallery at Cypress Square, next to the Prawnbroker Restaurant & Fish Market on McGregor Boulevard in Fort Myers.
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The Fort Myers Beach Art Association's 75th anniversary "Celebration" show runs through Dec. 5 at the association's gallery at Cypress Square, next to the Prawnbroker Restaurant & Fish Market on McGregor Boulevard in Fort Myers.
Photo by Nathan Mayberg
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"Laughing Cliffs" by Arlene Stigum is being shown at the Fort Myers Beach Art Association's 75th anniversary "Celebration" show through Dec. 5 at the association's gallery at Cypress Square, next to the Prawnbroker Restaurant & Fish Market on McGregor Boulevard in Fort Myers.
Photo by Nathan Mayberg
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"Meaningful," a work of mixed art by Fort Myers Beach Art Association artiest Michele Buelow is being show at the Fort Myers Beach Art Association's 75th anniversary "Celebration" show which runs through Dec. 5 at the association's gallery at Cypress Square, next to the Prawnbroker Restaurant & Fish Market on McGregor Boulevard in Fort Myers.
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"Oak Radiance" by Suzi Wingenroth, is being shown at the Fort Myers Beach Art Association's 75th anniversary "Celebration" show, which runs through Dec. 5 at the association's gallery at Cypress Square, next to the Prawnbroker Restaurant & Fish Market on McGregor Boulevard in Fort Myers.
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The Fort Myers Beach Art Association's 75th anniversary "Celebration" show runs through Dec. 5 at the association's gallery at Cypress Square, next to the Prawnbroker Restaurant & Fish Market on McGregor Boulevard in Fort Myers. Photo by Nathan Mayberg
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"Urban Gateway" by Fort Myers Beach Art Association artist Julie Nusbaum is being shown at the Fort Myers Beach Art Association's 75th anniversary "Celebration" show through Dec. 5 at the association's gallery at Cypress Square, next to the Prawnbroker Restaurant & Fish Market on McGregor Boulevard in Fort Myers.
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The Fort Myers Beach Art Association is celebrating 75 years as an organization with its “Celebration” exhibit at the association’s gallery at Cypress Square Shopping Center in Fort Myers.
The show is entering its last week, running through Dec. 5.
“Urban Gateway” by Fort Myers Beach Art Association artist Julie Nusbaum is being shown at the Fort Myers Beach Art Association’s 75th anniversary “Celebration” show through Dec. 5 at the association’s gallery at Cypress Square, next to the Prawnbroker Restaurant & Fish Market on McGregor Boulevard in Fort Myers.
Photo by Nathan Mayberg
“We asked our artists to bring their best work from the last three years,” Fort Myers Beach Art Association Communications Coordinator Sue Simoneau said.
The actual 75th anniversary of the organization is in January though the organization is getting a little head start. The organization’s gallery, which had stood since 1968, was destroyed by Hurricane Ian. “We have been wandering since then,” Simoneau said. The association has moved its gallery to several locations before settling into their new home earlier this year.
“It’s been an incredible new chapter for us. We have enrolled 40 new members,” Simoneau said of the group’s move to Cypress Square.
“Oak Radiance” by Suzi Wingenroth, is being shown at the Fort Myers Beach Art Association’s 75th anniversary “Celebration” show, which runs through Dec. 5 at the association’s gallery at Cypress Square, next to the Prawnbroker Restaurant & Fish Market on McGregor Boulevard in Fort Myers.
Photo by Nathan Mayberg
In the early years of the art group, they worked without a standing gallery.
“They literally started on the beach. They sat there and gave people lessons,” Simoneau said.
“This new gallery honors the spirit of the beach while giving us the chance to share our work with a broader audience,” Simoneau. “We are trying to establish ourselves in Fort Myers where there is already an arts community and we just want to be part of that.”
The new hours for the gallery are Mondays through Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Thursday through Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. The gallery is located at Cypress Square Shopping Center, next to Prawnbrokers Restaurant and Blu Sushi Restaurant at 13451 McGregor Boulevard in Fort Myers.
