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Meet One of Southwest Florida’s Top Portrait Artists
Martha Maria Cantu almost gave up on art. Now, the self-trained artist is at the forefront of Immokalee's growing arts scene.
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This Naples Artist Makes Lace-Like Jewelry Out of Metal
Cheri Dunnigan stitches gold and silver threads into modern heirlooms, reminiscent of Armenian needle lace, a generational lace-making technique passed from mothers...
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This Naples Bartender Turns Caffeine and Cocktails Into Art
After working at The Dock at Crayton Cove and other restaurants, Naples-born Michael Slabach took his love for the craft into the...
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These Made-in-SWFL Ceramics Define Pure Elegance
Estero-based ceramicist Jordan Blankenship melds functionality and design for thoughtful, everyday essentials.
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Meet This 3D Innovative Artist at Naples Art Institute
Italian transplant Tomaso Albertini—Naples Art's first artist-in-residence—blends cardboard and paint for his sculptural pieces.
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This Naples Artist Weaves Wonders
For Mary Day, weaving is an artform ripe for human expression.
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This Fort Myers artist shows a beautiful, raw view of motherhood
FGCU assistant professor Grace Mikell Ramsey paints dream-like canvases that unpack the full experience of motherhood.
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This architect-turned-artist captures the essence of water through dynamic paintings
Known for his design of amenity facilities at Grey Oaks, Mediterra and Collier's Reserve, Richard Diedrich manipulates paint and canvas to capture...
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Fort Myers artist Shimul Chowdhury on identity
The second-generation Bangladeshi-American's studio practice revolves around identity and multicultural crossroads.
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This Fort Myers artist takes fashion from the runway to the canvas
Fort Myers-based creative Lia Martino reflects on fashion's influence in her whimsical art.
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This Italian painter is breaking traditional beauty standards in Southwest Florida
Fort Myers-based Francesco Gillia emphasizes the imperfect perfection of the human body through his figurative paintings.
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This Naples artist captures the organic beauty of Florida’s wild landscapes
Inspired by the Everglades, Naples Botanical Garden and other locales, former magazine illustrator Sara Abalan highlights the region's flora through her paintings...
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Milana Strezeva Champions Classical Music
Juilliard-trained Milana Strezeva enriches the Gulf's musical scene, through her new venture the Grand Piano Series.
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Local Musician Handcrafts Wooden Electric Guitars
From his studio in the Naples Art District, Tyler MacDonald handcrafts electric guitars with precision and passion, creating a symphonic experience for...
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Photojournalist Gives Face to Inclusion
Photojournalist Kinfay Moroti gives face to inclusion, one picture at a time
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From the Soul
As the head of Florida Gulf Coast University’s jazz program, the basketball band and his own jazz quartet, Brandon Robertson shapes the...
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Robert and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Marco Island-based Robert Eder draws on Eastern philosophy and the improvisational qualities of jazz to create vibrant digital art.
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