The Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center’s mission is to nurture innovation & excellence in the visual and performing arts through exhibitions, performances, preservation, education and outreach in Southwest Florida.
By your affiliation with the Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center you are supporting a cultural center that will continue to bring world class entertainment and Eclectic Education programs to all ages, and you will be partnering with other charitable organizations to benefit children, social services and tourism.
Upcoming Concerts & Shows
Starting Monday, September 9th, 2013 the popular Indie Film series TGIM begins with judges and films in consideration for our 2014 year.
Come watch us judge films submitted to the Fort Myers Film Festival and have you say as to whether or not it makes the grade.
This is the place to be on Monday nights!
Punctum Contra Punctum II, American Edition
There is no admission fee, it is open to the public.
The world where the modern artist exists and creates is very contradictive. The project PUNCTUM CONTRA PUNCTUM II is a means of bringing together these contradictive ideas, which American, Georgian, European, Asian and Latin American artists offer to the public, using different media technologies (painting, photography, digital art, multimedia and music)....
Tickets
Friday, December 13 $12 in advance, $15 at door
Saturday, December 14 $20 in advance, $25 at door
Art & Fashion collide as Art Walks the Runway returns to SBDAC! Friday night experience the
best in local fashion as area boutiques present their hottest looks! Saturday night watch haute couture fashion and art performances take the stage!
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND DETAILS ON THE SHOW VISIT:
https://www.facebook.com/#!/events/447860765325317/?previousaction=join&...
"Punctum Contra Puctum II International Exhibition" and Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center presents:
"Border Crossings": Nino Jvania and Kat Epple in concert and featuring guest violist Jim Griffith. An evening of contepaorary music by 2 renowned musicians from opposite ends of the earth performing innovative music that crosses the lines between musical styles and originis.
Artist Talk Hollis Jeffcoat talks about her work as it relates to the cultural exchange she experienced as a young painter. That time formed her ongoing interest in seeing the work and getting to know artists from diverse cultures. Just after graduating from the New York Studio School in 1976 Hollis was invited to go to Paris, France for the summer semester. As a 24 year old art student she was thrust into Parisian life as administrator and teacher of her alma mater. The students came from all over the world, adding another dimension to the already exotic French one. After the taste of that first summer semester Hollis took France as her home for the next 12 years. During that time she worked and socialized with artists from Italy, Canada, Ireland, England, Germany and Spain.
In 2011 German photographer Andreas Oetker-Kast set out on a journey across America "looking for wonderland" as a continuation of his long term project about the concept of "Heimat", home, as an emotional place. On this journey he was accompanied by his wife and filmmaker Angelika Oetker-Kast - and their dog Dumpty. What started as a photographic journey became the couple's first joint project, a book and a film that speak in the languages of photography, narration, film and music about their very personal experience of America.
Starting at 7pm Join us and get in the Holiday Spirt with the Downtown Ft. Myers Annual Holiday Stroll! Commencing at the steps of The Davis then ending back at the steps to hear the "Nowhere Band", a Beatles Tribute Band. A fun event for the whole family!
From angels to nutcrackers, butterflies to birds, and football helmets to fishing lures, you’re likely to see almost anything adorning the beautiful and creative trees at the seventh annual Festival of Trees! All proceeds earned at the Festival of Trees and Tux & Trees Gala benefit the Southwest Florida Goodwill Foundation.
Starting Monday, September 9th, 2013 the popular Indie Film series TGIM begins with judges and films in consideration for our 2014 year.
Come watch us judge films submitted to the Fort Myers Film Festival and have you say as to whether or not it makes the grade.
This is the place to be on Monday nights!
From angels to nutcrackers, butterflies to birds, and football helmets to fishing lures, you’re likely to see almost anything adorning the beautiful and creative trees at the seventh annual Festival of Trees! All proceeds earned at the Festival of Trees and Tux & Trees Gala benefit the Southwest Florida Goodwill Foundation.
From angels to nutcrackers, butterflies to birds, and football helmets to fishing lures, you’re likely to see almost anything adorning the beautiful and creative trees at the seventh annual Festival of Trees! All proceeds earned at the Festival of Trees and Tux & Trees Gala benefit the Southwest Florida Goodwill Foundation.
From angels to nutcrackers, butterflies to birds, and football helmets to fishing lures, you’re likely to see almost anything adorning the beautiful and creative trees at the seventh annual Festival of Trees! All proceeds earned at the Festival of Trees and Tux & Trees Gala benefit the Southwest Florida Goodwill Foundation.
From angels to nutcrackers, butterflies to birds, and football helmets to fishing lures, you’re likely to see almost anything adorning the beautiful and creative trees at the seventh annual Festival of Trees! All proceeds earned at the Festival of Trees and Tux & Trees Gala benefit the Southwest Florida Goodwill Foundation.
Starting Monday, September 9th, 2013 the popular Indie Film series TGIM begins with judges and films in consideration for our 2014 year.
Come watch us judge films submitted to the Fort Myers Film Festival and have you say as to whether or not it makes the grade.
This is the place to be on Monday nights!
Punctum Contra Punctum II, American Edition
There is no admission fee, it is open to the public.
The world where the modern artist exists and creates is very contradictive. The project PUNCTUM CONTRA PUNCTUM II is a means of bringing together these contradictive ideas, which American, Georgian, European, Asian and Latin American artists offer to the public, using different media technologies (painting, photography, digital art, multimedia and music)....
Punctum Contra Punctum II, American Edition
There is no admission fee, it is open to the public.
The world where the modern artist exists and creates is very contradictive. The project PUNCTUM CONTRA PUNCTUM II is a means of bringing together these contradictive ideas, which American, Georgian, European, Asian and Latin American artists offer to the public, using different media technologies (painting, photography, digital art, multimedia and music)....
Punctum Contra Punctum II, American Edition
There is no admission fee, it is open to the public.
The world where the modern artist exists and creates is very contradictive. The project PUNCTUM CONTRA PUNCTUM II is a means of bringing together these contradictive ideas, which American, Georgian, European, Asian and Latin American artists offer to the public, using different media technologies (painting, photography, digital art, multimedia and music)....
Tickets
Friday, December 13 $12 in advance, $15 at door
Saturday, December 14 $20 in advance, $25 at door
Art & Fashion collide as Art Walks the Runway returns to SBDAC! Friday night experience the
best in local fashion as area boutiques present their hottest looks! Saturday night watch haute couture fashion and art performances take the stage!
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND DETAILS ON THE SHOW VISIT:
https://www.facebook.com/#!/events/447860765325317/?previousaction=join&...
Tickets
Friday, December 13 $12 in advance, $15 at door
Saturday, December 14 $20 in advance, $25 at door
Art & Fashion collide as Art Walks the Runway returns to SBDAC! Friday night experience the
best in local fashion as area boutiques present their hottest looks! Saturday night watch haute couture fashion and art performances take the stage!
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND DETAILS ON THE SHOW VISIT:
https://www.facebook.com/#!/events/447860765325317/?previousaction=join&...
"Punctum Contra Puctum II International Exhibition" and Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center presents:
"Border Crossings": Nino Jvania and Kat Epple in concert and featuring guest violist Jim Griffith. An evening of contepaorary music by 2 renowned musicians from opposite ends of the earth performing innovative music that crosses the lines between musical styles and originis.
Artist Talk Hollis Jeffcoat talks about her work as it relates to the cultural exchange she experienced as a young painter. That time formed her ongoing interest in seeing the work and getting to know artists from diverse cultures. Just after graduating from the New York Studio School in 1976 Hollis was invited to go to Paris, France for the summer semester. As a 24 year old art student she was thrust into Parisian life as administrator and teacher of her alma mater. The students came from all over the world, adding another dimension to the already exotic French one. After the taste of that first summer semester Hollis took France as her home for the next 12 years. During that time she worked and socialized with artists from Italy, Canada, Ireland, England, Germany and Spain.
In 2011 German photographer Andreas Oetker-Kast set out on a journey across America "looking for wonderland" as a continuation of his long term project about the concept of "Heimat", home, as an emotional place. On this journey he was accompanied by his wife and filmmaker Angelika Oetker-Kast - and their dog Dumpty. What started as a photographic journey became the couple's first joint project, a book and a film that speak in the languages of photography, narration, film and music about their very personal experience of America.
Starting Monday, September 9th, 2013 the popular Indie Film series TGIM begins with judges and films in consideration for our 2014 year.
Come watch us judge films submitted to the Fort Myers Film Festival and have you say as to whether or not it makes the grade.
This is the place to be on Monday nights!
Punctum Contra Punctum II, American Edition
There is no admission fee, it is open to the public.
The world where the modern artist exists and creates is very contradictive. The project PUNCTUM CONTRA PUNCTUM II is a means of bringing together these contradictive ideas, which American, Georgian, European, Asian and Latin American artists offer to the public, using different media technologies (painting, photography, digital art, multimedia and music)....
Punctum Contra Punctum II, American Edition
There is no admission fee, it is open to the public.
The world where the modern artist exists and creates is very contradictive. The project PUNCTUM CONTRA PUNCTUM II is a means of bringing together these contradictive ideas, which American, Georgian, European, Asian and Latin American artists offer to the public, using different media technologies (painting, photography, digital art, multimedia and music)....
Georgian Artist Alex Berdysheff speaks about artistic style and career. He will be Speaking about His Life and career in the former soviet republic, his use of different media and materials before I came to oil painting. What influenced my work – from my graphic designer’s skills to the environment during the time of change from the Soviet era to the independence of Georgia. How it changed and manifested in his work as an artist. Visuals reflecting those periods of my life when I did my first 3D collages from found objects in early 90x, later, work on paper series, different periods of oil painting, digital art and photography. His working process, and the people places and experiences along the way.
Punctum Contra Punctum II, American Edition
There is no admission fee, it is open to the public.
The world where the modern artist exists and creates is very contradictive. The project PUNCTUM CONTRA PUNCTUM II is a means of bringing together these contradictive ideas, which American, Georgian, European, Asian and Latin American artists offer to the public, using different media technologies (painting, photography, digital art, multimedia and music)....
Georgian multidisciplinary artist Nicholas Berdysheff explains his interest in photography and digital art how he started to work in different medias like graphic, watercolor, collages and became absorbed with photography and multimedia art how photography's ability changes the way you see things and is a fantastic story-telling medium as well as digital art which helps to truly live in the present past and future.
Punctum Contra Punctum II, American Edition
There is no admission fee, it is open to the public.
The world where the modern artist exists and creates is very contradictive. The project PUNCTUM CONTRA PUNCTUM II is a means of bringing together these contradictive ideas, which American, Georgian, European, Asian and Latin American artists offer to the public, using different media technologies (painting, photography, digital art, multimedia and music)....
Punctum Contra Punctum II, American Edition
There is no admission fee, it is open to the public.
The world where the modern artist exists and creates is very contradictive. The project PUNCTUM CONTRA PUNCTUM II is a means of bringing together these contradictive ideas, which American, Georgian, European, Asian and Latin American artists offer to the public, using different media technologies (painting, photography, digital art, multimedia and music)....
Join us for our first annual wintertime soiree. At this catered event and silent auction, we will perform music and song, featuring local talent and capturing the flavor of the cypress woods and the magic of the season.
French Photographer Edouard Mortec latest series "Hereafter" explains about the perception of time and why He has become interested in manipulating "pixels" with "home made" software. His "Ghosts" series, is all about catching the dark side of people and trying to represent the complexity of human inner life. And "Paris "Umbrae", how it became a book and then a video and that He needed to get back to a classical way of taking pictures to elaborate this self-exploring story telling.
Starting Monday, September 9th, 2013 the popular Indie Film series TGIM begins with judges and films in consideration for our 2014 year.
Come watch us judge films submitted to the Fort Myers Film Festival and have you say as to whether or not it makes the grade.
This is the place to be on Monday nights!
Punctum Contra Punctum II, American Edition
There is no admission fee, it is open to the public.
The world where the modern artist exists and creates is very contradictive. The project PUNCTUM CONTRA PUNCTUM II is a means of bringing together these contradictive ideas, which American, Georgian, European, Asian and Latin American artists offer to the public, using different media technologies (painting, photography, digital art, multimedia and music)....
Punctum Contra Punctum II, American Edition
There is no admission fee, it is open to the public.
The world where the modern artist exists and creates is very contradictive. The project PUNCTUM CONTRA PUNCTUM II is a means of bringing together these contradictive ideas, which American, Georgian, European, Asian and Latin American artists offer to the public, using different media technologies (painting, photography, digital art, multimedia and music)....
Gulf Coast Leisure proudly invites you to attend our Art & Poetry Networking Event in downtown Fort Myers at the Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center! Come bear witness to the evolution of Gulf Coast Leisure and take part in what is going to be the finest Art & Poetry Networking Event to date. Come enjoy an evening of local art, poetry, and much more. Artists will have the opportunity to showcase their work and share it with the local community. Also this is a chance for anyone and everyone to come and meet upcoming artists & poets in the area
Punctum Contra Punctum II, American Edition
There is no admission fee, it is open to the public.
The world where the modern artist exists and creates is very contradictive. The project PUNCTUM CONTRA PUNCTUM II is a means of bringing together these contradictive ideas, which American, Georgian, European, Asian and Latin American artists offer to the public, using different media technologies (painting, photography, digital art, multimedia and music)....
Punctum Contra Punctum II, American Edition
There is no admission fee, it is open to the public.
The world where the modern artist exists and creates is very contradictive. The project PUNCTUM CONTRA PUNCTUM II is a means of bringing together these contradictive ideas, which American, Georgian, European, Asian and Latin American artists offer to the public, using different media technologies (painting, photography, digital art, multimedia and music)....
Oceanic touches on a position in the human experience that is deeply longed for.
A place of contentment we all struggle to reach. Oceanic navigates in an area
of wordless rhythms and objects concerned with our inner experience beyond
obstacles like pride, guilt, fear, and shame. Oceanic's moving pictures are
metaphoric images for our inner movements like inhales and exhales where
the hypnotic tension transports the viewer into another tempo of reality.
Oceanic touches on a position in the human experience that is deeply longed for.
A place of contentment we all struggle to reach. Oceanic navigates in an area
of wordless rhythms and objects concerned with our inner experience beyond
obstacles like pride, guilt, fear, and shame. Oceanic's moving pictures are
metaphoric images for our inner movements like inhales and exhales where
the hypnotic tension transports the viewer into another tempo of reality.
Oceanic touches on a position in the human experience that is deeply longed for.
A place of contentment we all struggle to reach. Oceanic navigates in an area
of wordless rhythms and objects concerned with our inner experience beyond
obstacles like pride, guilt, fear, and shame. Oceanic's moving pictures are
metaphoric images for our inner movements like inhales and exhales where
the hypnotic tension transports the viewer into another tempo of reality.
Oceanic touches on a position in the human experience that is deeply longed for.
A place of contentment we all struggle to reach. Oceanic navigates in an area
of wordless rhythms and objects concerned with our inner experience beyond
obstacles like pride, guilt, fear, and shame. Oceanic's moving pictures are
metaphoric images for our inner movements like inhales and exhales where
the hypnotic tension transports the viewer into another tempo of reality.
Oceanic touches on a position in the human experience that is deeply longed for.
A place of contentment we all struggle to reach. Oceanic navigates in an area
of wordless rhythms and objects concerned with our inner experience beyond
obstacles like pride, guilt, fear, and shame. Oceanic's moving pictures are
metaphoric images for our inner movements like inhales and exhales where
the hypnotic tension transports the viewer into another tempo of reality.
Connect Networking Party!
Connect Networking mixer will be held the 2nd Thursday of Every month 5:30-7:30pm -$6 admission- Raffle Prizes, Music, Drinks and Networking Fun!! Expand your business and personal relationships. Get to know each other and Connect in your community.
Oceanic touches on a position in the human experience that is deeply longed for.
A place of contentment we all struggle to reach. Oceanic navigates in an area
of wordless rhythms and objects concerned with our inner experience beyond
obstacles like pride, guilt, fear, and shame. Oceanic's moving pictures are
metaphoric images for our inner movements like inhales and exhales where
the hypnotic tension transports the viewer into another tempo of reality.
Johnson City's The Barefoot Movement have been making waves in the folk world since the release of their 2011 debut album Footwork.
2013 brings the release of a new album, cross country touring, and all manners of shoeless excitement. Their new effort, "Figures of the Year", comes on the heels of their west coast tour, opening for Anti Records artists The Milk Carton Kids from Denver to San Francisco to Vancouver. The record itself is a journey through a year, each song telling its part of the larger story, with both original and traditional n...
Oceanic touches on a position in the human experience that is deeply longed for.
A place of contentment we all struggle to reach. Oceanic navigates in an area
of wordless rhythms and objects concerned with our inner experience beyond
obstacles like pride, guilt, fear, and shame. Oceanic's moving pictures are
metaphoric images for our inner movements like inhales and exhales where
the hypnotic tension transports the viewer into another tempo of reality.
Starting Monday, September 9th, 2013 the popular Indie Film series TGIM begins with judges and films in consideration for our 2014 year.
Come watch us judge films submitted to the Fort Myers Film Festival and have you say as to whether or not it makes the grade.
This is the place to be on Monday nights!
Oceanic touches on a position in the human experience that is deeply longed for.
A place of contentment we all struggle to reach. Oceanic navigates in an area
of wordless rhythms and objects concerned with our inner experience beyond
obstacles like pride, guilt, fear, and shame. Oceanic's moving pictures are
metaphoric images for our inner movements like inhales and exhales where
the hypnotic tension transports the viewer into another tempo of reality.
Oceanic touches on a position in the human experience that is deeply longed for.
A place of contentment we all struggle to reach. Oceanic navigates in an area
of wordless rhythms and objects concerned with our inner experience beyond
obstacles like pride, guilt, fear, and shame. Oceanic's moving pictures are
metaphoric images for our inner movements like inhales and exhales where
the hypnotic tension transports the viewer into another tempo of reality.
Oceanic touches on a position in the human experience that is deeply longed for.
A place of contentment we all struggle to reach. Oceanic navigates in an area
of wordless rhythms and objects concerned with our inner experience beyond
obstacles like pride, guilt, fear, and shame. Oceanic's moving pictures are
metaphoric images for our inner movements like inhales and exhales where
the hypnotic tension transports the viewer into another tempo of reality.
Sponsored by the Southwest Florida Historical Society
These 8mm films shot by the legendary musician and composer Billy Nalle bring Fort Myers of the 1930 and 1940s to life. Among the scenes captured are Page Field in 1938 before the runway was paved, the Fort Myers High School class of 1939 picnicking on Fort Myers Beach, the Yacht Basin on Christmas 1946, Kids Day 1938 at the old Fort Myers High School on Thompson Street, McGregor Boulevard in 1947, and the high school Green Wave band marching in a 1947 parade by the Yacht Basin.
Oceanic touches on a position in the human experience that is deeply longed for.
A place of contentment we all struggle to reach. Oceanic navigates in an area
of wordless rhythms and objects concerned with our inner experience beyond
obstacles like pride, guilt, fear, and shame. Oceanic's moving pictures are
metaphoric images for our inner movements like inhales and exhales where
the hypnotic tension transports the viewer into another tempo of reality.
Oceanic touches on a position in the human experience that is deeply longed for.
A place of contentment we all struggle to reach. Oceanic navigates in an area
of wordless rhythms and objects concerned with our inner experience beyond
obstacles like pride, guilt, fear, and shame. Oceanic's moving pictures are
metaphoric images for our inner movements like inhales and exhales where
the hypnotic tension transports the viewer into another tempo of reality.
Starting Monday, September 9th, 2013 the popular Indie Film series TGIM begins with judges and films in consideration for our 2014 year.
Come watch us judge films submitted to the Fort Myers Film Festival and have you say as to whether or not it makes the grade.
This is the place to be on Monday nights!
Oceanic touches on a position in the human experience that is deeply longed for.
A place of contentment we all struggle to reach. Oceanic navigates in an area
of wordless rhythms and objects concerned with our inner experience beyond
obstacles like pride, guilt, fear, and shame. Oceanic's moving pictures are
metaphoric images for our inner movements like inhales and exhales where
the hypnotic tension transports the viewer into another tempo of reality.
Oceanic touches on a position in the human experience that is deeply longed for.
A place of contentment we all struggle to reach. Oceanic navigates in an area
of wordless rhythms and objects concerned with our inner experience beyond
obstacles like pride, guilt, fear, and shame. Oceanic's moving pictures are
metaphoric images for our inner movements like inhales and exhales where
the hypnotic tension transports the viewer into another tempo of reality.
Oceanic touches on a position in the human experience that is deeply longed for.
A place of contentment we all struggle to reach. Oceanic navigates in an area
of wordless rhythms and objects concerned with our inner experience beyond
obstacles like pride, guilt, fear, and shame. Oceanic's moving pictures are
metaphoric images for our inner movements like inhales and exhales where
the hypnotic tension transports the viewer into another tempo of reality.
Gulf Coast Leisure proudly invites you to attend our Art & Poetry Networking Event in downtown Fort Myers at the Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center! Come bear witness to the evolution of Gulf Coast Leisure and take part in what is going to be the finest Art & Poetry Networking Event to date. Come enjoy an evening of local art, poetry, and much more. Artists will have the opportunity to showcase their work and share it with the local community. Also this is a chance for anyone and everyone to come and meet upcoming artists & poets in the area
Oceanic touches on a position in the human experience that is deeply longed for.
A place of contentment we all struggle to reach. Oceanic navigates in an area
of wordless rhythms and objects concerned with our inner experience beyond
obstacles like pride, guilt, fear, and shame. Oceanic's moving pictures are
metaphoric images for our inner movements like inhales and exhales where
the hypnotic tension transports the viewer into another tempo of reality.
Oceanic touches on a position in the human experience that is deeply longed for.
A place of contentment we all struggle to reach. Oceanic navigates in an area
of wordless rhythms and objects concerned with our inner experience beyond
obstacles like pride, guilt, fear, and shame. Oceanic's moving pictures are
metaphoric images for our inner movements like inhales and exhales where
the hypnotic tension transports the viewer into another tempo of reality.
Starting Monday, September 9th, 2013 the popular Indie Film series TGIM begins with judges and films in consideration for our 2014 year.
Come watch us judge films submitted to the Fort Myers Film Festival and have you say as to whether or not it makes the grade.
This is the place to be on Monday nights!
Oceanic touches on a position in the human experience that is deeply longed for.
A place of contentment we all struggle to reach. Oceanic navigates in an area
of wordless rhythms and objects concerned with our inner experience beyond
obstacles like pride, guilt, fear, and shame. Oceanic's moving pictures are
metaphoric images for our inner movements like inhales and exhales where
the hypnotic tension transports the viewer into another tempo of reality.
Oceanic touches on a position in the human experience that is deeply longed for.
A place of contentment we all struggle to reach. Oceanic navigates in an area
of wordless rhythms and objects concerned with our inner experience beyond
obstacles like pride, guilt, fear, and shame. Oceanic's moving pictures are
metaphoric images for our inner movements like inhales and exhales where
the hypnotic tension transports the viewer into another tempo of reality.
Oceanic touches on a position in the human experience that is deeply longed for.
A place of contentment we all struggle to reach. Oceanic navigates in an area
of wordless rhythms and objects concerned with our inner experience beyond
obstacles like pride, guilt, fear, and shame. Oceanic's moving pictures are
metaphoric images for our inner movements like inhales and exhales where
the hypnotic tension transports the viewer into another tempo of reality.
Oceanic touches on a position in the human experience that is deeply longed for.
A place of contentment we all struggle to reach. Oceanic navigates in an area
of wordless rhythms and objects concerned with our inner experience beyond
obstacles like pride, guilt, fear, and shame. Oceanic's moving pictures are
metaphoric images for our inner movements like inhales and exhales where
the hypnotic tension transports the viewer into another tempo of reality.
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