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ART GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
Monday - Friday 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
The FGCU Art Galleries will be closed during all University holidays and breaks, and for the summer.
Please refer to the website for the most up-to-date information regarding dates, times, locations, occupancy and safety protocols.
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Gretel Eisch, Shadow Search, 2001; Vitreograph, 22 ½ x 28 in; 2020.0001.0019; Gift of Carol L. Shay, Collection of FGCU Art Galleries
FRIENDS ON EARTH: GRETEL EISCH, HARVEY LITTLETON, ANDY OWEN AND HOLLIS SIGLER
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In conjunction with the exhibition Erwin Eisch: Heaven Starts on Earth, a selection of vitreographs (prints from glass plates) from four artists who created work in Littleton Studios are on display. Contemporary vitreography was developed and established as a printmaking medium by Erwin Eisch's dear friend, Harvey Littleton, at Littleton Studios in Spruce Pine, NC. Littleton along with Erwin Eisch founded the international studio glass movement. Gretel Eisch, known for her sculpture and woodcuts, creates lyrical images that are poetic statements of the human condition. Hollis Sigler also speaks of the human condition in her profound series of vitreographs alluding to her battle with breast cancer. FGCU Art Professor Andy Owen’s works are based on observing the dynamics of nature while immersed in a variety of landscapes.
Sponsored by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture; and WGCU Public Media
AUGUST 19
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SEPTEMBER 30
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ERWIN EISCH: HEAVEN STARTS ON EARTH
WASMER ART GALLERY
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Erwin Eisch is an international artist known for his figurative/expressionistic work in a variety of mediums. As a founder of the international studio glass movement he was one of the first artists to use glass purely as a means of expression in Europe. His innovations and creative spirit have broadened the potential for the medium to be used by countless artists. This retrospective exhibition is the first of its kind in Florida and features his work in glass, printmaking and painting. Eisch’s work celebrates the joy of living and the human potential.
Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler; the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture; WGCU Public Media; Erwin and Gretel Eisch and Carol L. Shay
Erwin Eisch, Full Moon Has Passed (detail), 1992; Vitreograph, 30 x 22 in.; 2020.0001.0010; Gift of Carol L. Shay, Collection of FGCU Art Galleries
AUGUST 27
THROUGH
NOVEMBER 10
Artist talk: Thursday, September 16, 5:00 - 7:00 pm
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Spencer Gillespie, Rsc, 2019; Oil and acrylic on hanging canvas, 75 x 40 in.
SPENCER GILLESPIE: FORMAL FLUIDITY
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Spencer Gillespie graduated from FGCU in 2017 and recently completed her MFA at Colorado State University. This solo exhibition features a body of work exploring how identity performs within the realms of aesthetics through process and material selection. The paintings allow us to ask how a provisional approach fits within the continued legacy of abstraction and how identity is embodied through action and mark making rather than representational form.
Sponsored by the FGCU Alumni Association; the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture; and WGCU Public Media
OCTOBER 15
THROUGH
NOVEMBER 10
Artist talk: Thursday, October 14 5:00 - 7:00 pm
SENIOR PROJECTS, FALL 2021
WASMER ART GALLERY
Faculty Mentor: Mary Voytek
At the end of their studies, art majors are required to develop and present a coherent body of selfgenerated 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.
DECEMBER 10
THROUGH
DECEMBER 17
Artist talk: Thursday, December 9 5:00 - 7:00 pm
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Sponsored by The Layden Family Foundation; The Smith Family Foundation of Estero; and WGCU Public Media
Krista Robbins, Untitled (detail), 2007; Ceramic installation of 100 figures, each approximately 6 x 2 x 3 in
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PURVIS YOUNG: THIS IS THE LIFE I SEE
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In 2009, the FGCU Art Galleries first presented its collection of Purvis Young’s work to the university and community as a celebration of a gift from Miami’s Rubell Family Collection. This year, in celebration of African American talent, history and art, the galleries are presenting Purvis Young’s work in two arenas: the FGCU ArtLab and the Black History Museum of Fort Myers.
Purvis Young worked with materials that he found, recycled, put together, recreated and constructed. His contextually uncluttered approach to art made no assumptions about what should or should not be used to produce his works, or how such materials should be combined. Born in 1943 in Miami’s Liberty City neighborhood, Young is most associated with the Overtown neighborhood where he settled in his 20s. Young’s work touched on social and racial themes, depicting the struggles and joys of Miami’s poor black community, but the story he recorded in paint is the story of everywhere. His concerns were universal. His view from the street was the view of the people. Heads, figures, animals and icons appear within the abstractions of his layered and complex compositions.
Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler; the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture; and WGCU Public Media
Purvis Young, American (1943 – 2010), Untitled (Horses and Figures), c. 1985-1999; Paint on board, 19 x 35 x 25 in.; 2010.0001.0028; Gift of Rubell Family Collection, Collection of FGCU Art Galleries
JANUARY 14
THROUGH
FEBRUARY 17
Artist talk: Thursday, January 13 5:00 - 7:00 pm
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Travis Somerville, Year of Our Lord, 2020; Acrylic, collage, and gesso on found truck tarp, 118 x 123 in.; Courtesy of the artist and Maus Contemporary
TRAVIS SOMERVILLE: BURDEN OF CONSEQUENCES
WASMER ART GALLERY
Social injustice and the economic and political structures that perpetuate oppression, racism in America, the refugee crisis and the current global political environment, are all issues that have been subjects in Travis Somerville’s work. He often uses stereotypical and confrontational racial imagery for its nostalgic familiarity, asking the viewer to confront their internal feelings about racism and class struggle. Somerville grew up in the Southern United States in the tumultuous 1960's and 70's surrounded by the Southern gentility that harbored underlying racism and hostility. These social dualities, contradictions and hypocrisies are exposed in his work paintings, drawings, sculptures and installations.
Sponsored by Alice and Dean Fjelstul; Gene and Lee Seidler; the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture; and WGCU Public Media
JANUARY 28
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MARCH 3
Artist talk: Thursday, January 27 5:00 - 7:00 pm
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Pat Collins, Action Reaction Interaction, 2020; Mixed media collage composition designed for projection, 14 x 26 in.
PAT COLLINS: ACTION, REACTION, INTERACTION
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Pat Collins looks for public art opportunities to create projects involving viewer participation, to expand the visibility of art in the community. Combining the carnivalesque with social commentary, Collins works with stencils, silhouettes and cutouts of varying materials. She layers and juxtaposes these elements to activate the space as a stage for a cast of characters and symbols. The challenges of communication in daily life and the emotions they trigger fill the landscape of images.
Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler; the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture; and WGCU Public Media
MARCH 4
THROUGH
APRIL 7
Artist talk: Thursday, March 3 5:00 - 7:00 pm
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24 TH ANNUAL JURIED STUDENT ART EXHIBITION
WASMER ART GALLERY
Students working in sculpture, drawing, digital media, 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.
MARCH 25
THROUGH
APRIL 7
Awards ceremony: Thursday, March 24 5:00 - 7:00 pm
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Sponsored by Alice and Dean Fjelstul; The Layden Family Foundation; The Smith Family Foundation of Estero; Method & Concept; the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture; and WGCU Public Media
Ariel Collins, Orange Durag #1 (detail), 2020; Acrylic on canvas, 26 x 36 in.
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SENIOR PROJECTS, SPRING 2022
WASMER ART GALLERY AND ARTLAB
Faculty Mentor: Patricia Fay
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 and WGCU Public Media
APRIL 22
THROUGH
MAY 6
Artist talk: Thursday, April 21 5:00 -7:00 pm
Tai Goggins (‘17, Art) and Jacq Sanabria (‘16, Art) in the Wasmer Art Gallery, Photograph by Caitlin Rosolen de Jesus (’18, Art)
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ART & DESIGN SPECIAL EVENTS
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– FJELSTUL ART LECTURE –
PRIMITIVE WAYS IN AN ACCELERATED WORLD PATRICK DOUGHERTY
U. TOBE RECITAL HALL, MUSIC BUILDING
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3 - 6:00 pm
Light reception to follow in the Arts Complex Lobby
Over the past thirty years internationally acclaimed environmental sculptor Patrick Dougherty has produced a body of work that includes more than 310 large-scale “Stickwork” sculptures, assembled onsite from Scotland to Japan to Australia, and all over the United States. In November 2021 he will be creating a site-specific sculptural installation at the Naples Botanical Garden, and this lecture offers the opportunity to hear the artist discuss his journey from a childhood affinity for sticks to decades spent creating larger-than-life woven structures that enchant and beguile visitors.
Born in Oklahoma in 1945, Patrick Dougherty grew up in North Carolina, where he roamed the woods as a child. He began grade school dressed in coat and tie and aspired to follow his dad into the medical field. However, at thirty years of age, he heard the call of the wild and enrolled in the art department at the University of North Carolina. In the early 1980’s, he combined his carpentry skill with a love of nature and began to build sculptures using tree saplings as construction material. His work quickly evolved from single pieces on conventional pedestals to monumental-scale environmental works.
Sponsored by Alice and Dean Fjelstul In partnership with the Naples Botanical Garden
Left to right: Childhood Dreams, 2007, Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, AZ. Photo: Adam Rodriguez; Close Ties, 2006, Scottish Basketmakers Circle, Dingwall, Scotland. Photo: Fin Macrae; Patrick Dougherty, photo courtesy Biltmore/Rachael MacIntosh.
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The 2019 FGCU Empty Bowls Team / Photos by James Greco
15 TH FGCU EMPTY BOWLS FUNDRAISER
FGCU ARTS COMPLEX COURTYARD
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3
Intended start time 11:30 am
In these challenging times, helping our neighbors in need with food insecurity has never been more important. Now in its 15th year, the FGCU Empty Bowls Fundraiser is committed to the ongoing adaptation of our fundraising formula to make sure we all come together to support the food pantry at our partner organization, Interfaith Charities of South Lee. In one form or another, there will be bowls and soup, potters and students, and the friends, colleagues and community participants that make it happen.
For more info and timing, stay tuned on www.facebook.com/FgcuEmptyBowls
20 TH (ALMOST) ANNUAL POTTERY SALE
FGCU ARTS COMPLEX COURTYARD
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
After a necessary pause last year, in 2021 we are happy to celebrate the 20th edition of the FGCU Pottery Sale featuring the work of area potters and FGCU faculty, students and alumni, made possible through twenty years of partnership with the United Arts Council of Collier County. Free coffee with the artists at 10 am.
Helping our neighbors one bowl at a time
BELOW: FGCU Sculpture Professor Mary Voytek with alumni student exhibitors Maria (Jijon) Steiner (‘15, Art) and Jordan Blankenship (‘17, Art)
DIGITAL MEDIA DESIGN SENIOR PROJECTS, SPRING 2022
COHEN STUDENT UNION, RM 214
DMD Senior Projects is an exhibition of graduating students from the Digital Media Design major. Senior Projects is a showcase of innovative and creative student work and is a platform for the emerging talent and fresh thinking of these young designers. The students are working across multiple media including interactive design, video production, animation, video game design, graphic design, photography and illustration. The works in this exhibition are a celebration of their talent and the exhibition is an important step towards careers in the design industry.
APRIL 18
THROUGH
APRIL 22
Opening reception: Monday, April 18 5:00 -7:00 pm
Works on display:
APRIL 19
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APRIL 21
11:00 am - 5:00 pm
ART & DESIGN SPECIAL EVENTS
Ana Quintana, Monsters don’t have to be scary (character designs), 2021. Digital Illustration, 18 x 24 in.
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