Marco island Center for the Arts

Art Festival season draws to a close this month with five final shows between April 12 and April 20.

From Sarasota to Marco Island and Venice and Sanibel to Arcadia and LaBelle, Southwest Florida is home to more than a dozen art centers. Most host visual art exhibitions showcasing member, regional and nationally renowned artists that change every month. In April, there are 27 shows at these venues. Each will stimulate your imagination and underscore the importance of the arts in our part of the country.

From Sarasota to Marco Island and Venice and Sanibel to Arcadia and LaBelle, Southwest Florida is home to more than a dozen art centers. Most host visual art exhibitions showcasing member, regional and nationally renowned artists that change every month. In March, there are 24 shows at these venues. Each will stimulate your imagination and underscore the importance of the arts in our part of the country.

The Marco Island Center for the Arts has on view a group show that features work by six accomplished artists.

Five shows open, there are previews for a world premiere and eight other shows continue their runs at area theaters during the week of January 13, 2025.

Arts Center Theatre on Marco Island is presenting Neil Simon this season, starting with “Last of the Red Hot Lovers.” There’s an abundance of physical comedy, amplified by the cozy confines of the 82-seat theater, where the front row is a mere 4 feet from the stage.

Arts Center Theatre on Marco Island opens its 2024-2025 season with Joe Simonelli's comedy "Where There's a Will." Simonelli was once called the next Neil Simon. Arts Center Theatre has previously produced two of Simonelli's other plays, "Men Are Dogs" and "Heaven Help Me."

The Center for the Arts on Marco Island opened its 2024-2025 exhibition season with a show that features 60 pieces created by members of the Florida chapter of the National Association of Women Artists. The exhibition has been organized around the theme of timelessness.

The Marco Island Center for the Arts dates back to April 15, 1970. That’s when a group of seven artists and art patrons decided that the community needed its own art hub. Executive Director Hyla Crane provides this overview of the art center’s ongoing mission, which now includes a community theater.

Fort Myers Theatre is mounting a production of the Broadway classic “The Music Man,” that will also include performances at the Art Center Theatre on Marco Island. WGCU’s Tom Hall has the details.