Art Gallery Exhibitions

2023-24 SCHEDULE FOR THE FGCU ART GALLERIES

The Wasmer Art Gallery in the Arts Complex is open Monday-Friday 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. The gallery is closed during all university holidays and breaks and in summer. Please refer to the website for the most up-to-date information regarding dates, times and locations. For more information: fgcu.edu/artgalleries

Artlab

For the 2023-24 Season, ArtLab will be used as a research and preparatory space for the Permanent Collection.

WILD GARDEN:

JEN CLAY, CYNTHIA MASON, LUCA MOLNAR, GRACE RAMSEY AND ANASTASIA SAMOYLOVA

WASMER ART GALLERY

August 31, 5:00-7:00 p.m., reception and artists’ talk

AUGUST 28-SEPTEMBER 28

Employing different mediums and methods, the work of five Florida artists drifts between the natural and the surreal to conjure distinctive environments, lifeforms and habitats. The colors, textures and narrative mysteries on display create an immersive space wild, and lush. If these works are alluring, even playful, they also hint at darker visions, grappling with questions of control, cultivation and social responsibility. The natural world has a history much longer than human culture; in Florida, we are bearing witness to the changes we have wrought. These artists do not shy away from troubling questions about the future even as they revel in human possibility and natural (or supernatural) wonder. Jen Clay (Miami), Cynthia Mason (St. Petersburg), Luca Molnar (Deland), Grace Ramsey (Fort Myers) and Anastasia Samoylova (Miami) will return for a reception and artists’ talk on August 31.

Sponsored by Gene and Lee Seidler, The Wasmer Endowment, WGCU Public Media and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

} Luca Molnar, Baker-Miller Pink, 2022, Oil on linen, 36 x 36 in.

ARTS

CITRUS FLUX: LAUREN ASHLEY S. BAKER, JESSICA DEHEN AND KARRI LEAMON

WASMER ART GALLERY

October 12, 5:00-7:00 p.m., opening reception and artists’ talk

OCTOBER 13-NOVEMBER 16

FGCU Art Galleries has long had a practice of bringing Art Program alumni back to exhibit their work. This year, we feature three artists who have each recently completed their MFAs: Lauren Ashley S. Baker (’10, Art; MFA 2018, Florida State University), Jessica Dehen (’14, Art; MFA 2022, University of Miami) and Karri Leamon (’18, Art; MFA 2022, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis).

Together, these artists span the gamut of materials from traditional paintings on canvas to sculpture, to video projection and installation art. All are currently teaching and creating in their institutions. They come to us to share their questions and answers that allow us to better understand how to make art, study art and teach art.

Sponsored by the FGCU Alumni Association, Gene and Lee Seidler, The Wasmer Endowment, WGCU Public Media and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Design by Anica Sturdivant }