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Painters Guild

Monday, March 13 2 p.m.

Painting Studio

The March 13 Painters Guild meeting will feature Anita Putnam as she talks about her middle-age start on her Artist’s Journey, how authenticity generates creativity, and her Legacy Exhibition called The Shape of Color. Also at the meeting, Karen Meredith’s Artist Talk introduces us to “Joaquin Sorolla: The Forgotten Impressionist.” Open to all residents.

Let’s Edit Your Manuscript

Thursday, March 2 • 3 p.m.

Writers Guild Studio

Editor and Shell Point resident Roger Palms (Lucina) directs a small group workshop of resident writers interested in improving their memoir and non-fiction writing.

Poetry Workshop

Thursdays, March 9, 23, April 13, 27 • 3 p.m.

Writers Guild Studio

Directed by poet and Shell Point resident Nick Ranson (Periwinkle), this workshop is designed for poets who want to take their writing to the next level. Participants will share recently written poems with a small group and receive helpful and focused feedback.

Imagery in Poetry

Thursday, March 16 • 3 p.m.

Writers Guild Studio discussion. Light refreshments will be served. Sign-up not required. Special Book Displays during March and April will reflect the programs’ content.

American Art

March 5: “Artists of Small Town America” led by Linda Kramer (Harbor Court)

March 19: “Rich Wild West of American Art” led by Rosemary Giovannone and Peter Cover (Palm Acres)

April 2: “Art of the American Metropolis” led by Linda Kramer (Harbor Court)

April 16: “The Wyeth Family” led by Joe Burkart (Eagles Preserve)

Writers Guild

Open Mic Poetry Readings

Wednesdays, March 1 and April 12 • 4 p.m.

Literary Lounge

All Shell Point residents are welcome. The April 12 Open Mic is a special event for Shell Point and a unique collaboration between Shell Point and Florida Gulf Coast University. Faculty and student poets from FGCU will be reading several of their poems for the delight of residents. Join the growing number of lovers of poetry here at Shell Point and be inspired by these accomplished poets.

This engaging session is led by Doug Cartwright (Lakewood), who will build upon his previous two seminars that focused on the power of sound and the value of meaning devices in poetry and emphasize the dynamics of imagery in appreciating a poem. Doug will review war and anti-war poems from World War I and World War II. He also will help participants trace the Imagist movement in poetry during the early 20th Century and learn how to add it to their own poetry-making. Highlighted will be poems by Wilfred Owen, Sara Teasdale, William Carlos Williams, Hilda Doolittle, and Amy Lowell. Participants need not to have attended either of the previous two seminars.

LITERARY LOUNGE Art in the Lounge

Sundays, March 5 and 19; April 2 and 16 • 3 p.m.

Want to expand your horizons and learn how art has influenced our cultural development? Tribby Arts Library’s new series of programs, “Art in the Lounge,” will feature a video followed by an informal

Vincent Van Gogh

Tuesday, March 21 and Thursday, March 23 • 2 p.m.

A virtual tour of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and his paintings.

Resident Performing Arts

JAZZ ‘N STUFF

Wednesdays • 2:30 p.m.

Connie Brown Hall

Shell Point’s resident Big Band plays concerts with a twist for the greatest audience in the world. Admission is free.

March 8: You May Be Entitled to Compensation

March 22: Aural Mosaics

April 5: Cool Jazz, Warm Feelings

April 19: My Time Machine

May 3: Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me