Cape Coral

Harbour View Gallery

Harbour View Gallery welcomes Chris Vernier, watercolor painting and John O’Brien, clay and porcelain artist, as the August featured visiting artists.

An opening exhibition wine and cheese reception will be held at the gallery located at 5789 Cape Harbour Drive, Unit 104 at Cape Harbour in Cape Coral on Tuesday, Aug. 4, from 6 to 8 p.m. The reception is open to the public. Artwork will be on display for the month of August.

The gallery is open daily from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. with extended hours on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday and for special events.

For more information contact the Harbour View Gallery at 540-5789 or visit the gallery Web site: “http://www.harbourviewgallery.com”>www.harbourviewgallery.com.

Cape Coral library

Art Gallery sponsored and funded by the Friends of the Cape Coral Library. This month we continue to welcome art from David Acevedo who has been expressing his own mind in images since he was strong enough to hold a pencil and piece of paper. This year David was awarded the New Visual Artist of the year at the Alliance of the Arts Award Show. Ralph Del Coro will display his “eggery” a collection of special “eggs”that have to be seen to believe. Also exhibited this month will be the jewelry of Beverly Taht of Cape Coral and Beth Iens of Fort Myers who will show their very affordable custom-made jewelry. If anyone didn’t have a chance to view this exhibit, it will remain at the library through July.

The Cape Coral Library is located at 921 S.W. 39th Terrace. For more information call 542-3933; TTY 542-4429.

Art League

The Cape Coral Art League located at 516 Cultural Park Blvd., announces its summer class schedule. Classes are available for members and non-members and the public is invited to attend.

Jewelry design with Lois Johnson on Tuesdays from 9 to 10:30 a.m. now through July 28.

Big brush, painterly style: acrylics and oil with Joan Roberts on Wednesdays from 1 to 4 p.m. now through July 29.

Creative abstract photography with Florene Welebny on Wednesdays from 1 to 3:30 p.m. through July 29.

For more information and to register call Gail Dale at 543-5333 or the Art League at 772-5657.

Fort Myers

Alliance of the Arts

The 23 Annual 2D/3D All Florida Juried Exhibition Artwork will be displayed through Aug. 7.

Call for artists ARTFEST Fort Myers 2010: ArtFest Fort Myers 10th annual downtown Fort Myers juried fine art festival showcases the work of 200 fine artists and fine craftsmen and also includes food, continuous entertainment, children’s Art Yard and Art Under 20, a high school art competition. Festival Dates, Feb. 6 and 7, 2010. Application Deadline: Sept. 16.

For an Artist Application, contact ArtFest Fort Myers at 768-3602, e-mail info@ArtFestFortMyers.com or visit our Web site at: www.ArtFestFortMyers.com.

Artworks for Broadway Palm

Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre is looking for artwork in various mediums to display in conjunction with the theatre’s 17 season schedule, which runs Aug. 13, 2009 through Aug. 7, 2010.

The Broadway Palm Art Gallery is inside Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre at 1380 Colonial Blvd., in Fort Myers. Gallery hours correspond with box office hours and performance times. For more information call 278-4422 or email: Tickets@BroadwayPalm.com.

Fort Myers Beach

Fort Myers Beach Library

The Fort Beach Library will host an exhibit by Bonnie Roberts, the Shell Lady, of Fort Myers, for the month of July, The exhibit will be housed on the main level and upper level display cases in the library.

For information contact Bonnie at 239-443-8810.

Children of the Everglades

The Lee County Port Authority and the Lee County Alliance for the Arts recently installed an exhibit entitled, “Children of the Everglades” at Southwest Florida International Airport, as part of the “Art in Flight” program. The public exhibit, which will be on display until May 2010, includes photographs of Florida’s Seminole-Miccosukee Indians and artifacts on loan from the Hanson Family Archives.

Art in Flight is a partnership between the Lee County Alliance for the Arts and the Lee County Port Authority. For information on the exhibit, the Hanson archives and the “White Medicine Man,” visit: www.Seminole-Lodge.com or www.ArtInLee.org.