Join Arts for ACT Gallery, located at 2265 First Street in
downtown Fort Myers on Friday, April 6,
2018 from 6 to 10 pm for the opening reception and Meet the Artists for April Fort
Myers Art Walk. This month, ACT Gallery
will feature The ArtPoems Group in the main gallery showing original works of
art and poems created especially for selected art and poetry and off the main
gallery in the white gallery creative oils by local artist Terry Lynn Spry. Also showing, New
Works from our Co-op Artists!
Main Gallery – ArtPoems Exhibit
Leslie Morrow |
ArtPoems, the collaborative multimedia
poet and artist project of Southwest Florida, will be featured in the main
gallery in April. Ranging from Peace River to Sanibel, from Cape Coral to Fort Myers and Naples, the group of 12 artists and 12 poets has collaborated to produce poems inspired by artworks and artworks inspired by poems. The poems and there paired paintings, sculptures, photography and mixed media artwork will be paired together. There will also be an Artpoems book available to purchase for the 2018 season.
This year artists are Paul Adamick, Honey Costa, Scott
Guelcher, William Kramer, Claude Lyles,
Lawrence Massing, Leslie Morrow, Barbara G. Mulford, Roy Rodriguez, Beverly Taht,
Kenneth A. Vinton and Buck Ward. Collaborating
poets are Joyce Berrian Ferrari, Jamilla D. Brooks, Dan England, Christine
Goodwin, Sandy Greco, Mary Beth Lundgren, Holly McEntyre, Gary McLouth, Marilyn
Mecca, Joe Pacheco, Sid Simon and Lorraine Walker Williams.
In the White Gallery –Terry Lynn Spry
Terry Lynn Spry - Alice in Fort Myers |
Terry Lynn Spry’s paintings are
in national and local juried art exhibitions. In addition, her work can
be found in private collections across the country. She graduated
from Phoenix Institute of Technology with a degree in production art and went
on to study under Nina Conner. Terry Lynn’s desire to pass on her passion
and love for the arts lead her to a career teaching at Alliance for the
Arts. In 2012, she won honorable mention in The Artist Magazine
Annual art competition.
Terry
Lynn paints in oils on canvas. She loves to create paintings that tell stories.
She considers painting same as breathing and better than chocolate.
ACT Gallery is also featuring new works by over 25 co-op artists.
These exhibits continue through Monday, April
30, 2018.