\n Naples Art Association announces ART Connects\, a lecture series that explores the power of creativity and includes workshops for a rtists about the business side of their career.
\n\n Nicario Jimenez creates retablos\, folk art portable boxes filled with brightly colored f igurines arranged into intricate narrative scenes. From the 16th to the 19 th centuries\, retablos were carried through the mountains by Spanish prie sts as portable religious shrines for Catholic saints. Later\, they were a dapted by indigenous people to include their own deities and mythologies. Nicario'\;s compositions depict religious\, historical and everyday eve nts. \;http://www.retablosnicario.com. \; Jimenez will lend some o f his artwork for La Casa: Latin American Art\, an exhibition this spring at The von Liebig Art Center in conjunction with the 2nd Annual ArtsNaples World Festival.
\n\n Please call 239-262-6517\, ext. 100 to purchas e tickets and/or to reserve your seat.
\n\n The Naples Art Associati on is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization\, founded in 1954 by local artist s. Its mission is to educate and promote visual arts in Southwest Florida. Through its programs\, the Naples Art Association is dedicated to serving individual artists of all ages and skill levels\, along their creative jo urneys. \; Patrons and visitors are inspired to learn\, discover and c reate. Today\, the organization includes more than 1\,000 members and oper ates The von Liebig Art Center\, located at 585 Park Street in downtown Na ples. The art center is open Monday through Friday\, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.\, S aturdays in season. For more information\, please call 239-262-6517\, visi t http://naplesart.org\, like us on Facebook at http://facebook.com/vonlie bigartcenter or follow Twitter at http://twitter.com/vonliebigart.
\n\n Phone: 239-262-6517\n\n585 Park Street\nNaples\, FL\n34102\n\n DTSTART:20130319T173000 DTEND:20130319T193000 LOCATION:The von Liebig Art Center PRIORITY: SUMMARY:Retablo: An Art of Symbolic Storytelling URL:http://www.gulfshorelife.com/Calendar/?view=view_event&itm=7667 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR