Thursday, January 21st
6:30pm Cocktails | 7:30pm Concert
Hailed as “the next Guarneri Quartet” (Chicago Tribune) and “the young American string quartet of the moment,” (New Yorker), the Dover Quartet catapulted to international stardom

CANCELLED

Friday, January 29th
6:30pm Cocktails | 7:30pm Concert
Glenn Crytzer is a New York City based bandleader, arranger, composer, guitarist, and vocalist who is in love with the music of the Jazz Age and Swing Era.

Monday, February 1st
6:30pm Cocktails | 7:00pm Films
Watch short indie films and get a look at how the Fort Myers Film Festival views submissions for independent films and participate in the selection process.

Opens: Friday, February 5th | 6:00pm
Closes: Friday, February 26th | 3:00pm
This exhibit features mixed media works, sure to give viewers a unique perspective on ethnicity, identity, family and love through the eyes of the artists. Create legacy everyday is our Seed, Time, and Harvest. Experience works of Wanda Hamilton and Challen Rivera (Hamilton).

Opens: Friday, February 5th | 6:00pm
Closes: Friday, February 26th | 3:00pm
The results are extraordinary when you take a chance with someone, and it is in that same spirit that Syzygy would like to invite local artists to undertake the same challenge. Artists are encouraged to come together, as a pairing or a group, to create something unexpected and profound.

Monday, February 8th
12:00pm - 2:00pm
Craig Pittman is a native Floridian and an award-winning journalist. He spent 30 years at the Tampa Bay Times and now writes a weekly column on environmental issues for the Florida Phoenix.

Thursday, February 11th
6:30pm Cocktails | 7:30pm Concert
Two of the most sought-after recitalists on the international stage join forces, as Canadian violinist James Ehnes and American pianist Orion Weiss bring their talent to Fort Myers.

Friday, February 12th
6:30pm Cocktails | 7:30pm Concert
SBDAC is proud to welcome the legendary New Orleans trumpeter & vocalist Wendell Brunious for a special evening of music with the Dan Miller - Lew Del Gatto Quintet.

Friday, February 26th
6:30pm Cocktails | 7:30pm Concert
American Virtuosi is an incredible performance by some of the most celebrated musicians in the genre and it invites audiences to take part in an unforgettable evening of live classical music.

Monday, March 1st
6:30 Cocktails | 7:00pm Films
Watch short indie films and get a look at how the Fort Myers Film Festival views submissions for independent films and participate in the selection process.

Opens: Friday, March 5th | 6:00pm
Closes: Wednesday, March 23rd | 3:00pm
Fort Myers High School is proud to present the 2021 International Baccalaureate Senior Visual Arts Exhibition, showcasing the creativity of 40 students.

Opens: March 5th | 6:00pm
Closes: March 23rd | 3:00pm
Oneirus is the gates of dreams, It is a sacred and ancient place where all dreams pour forth. They fall all over the world as visions, transcendental states, lessons, prophecies and inspiration.

Sunday, March 7th
6:30pm - 10:00pm
Join us to cheer on our favorite local filmmakers, performers, musicians, and artists as they share their art on Sunday, March 7, at The Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center in downtown Fort Myers. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and live performances begin at 7:00 p.m. This is a free event

Monday, March 8th
12:00pm - 2:00pm
Called "a master storyteller" by Kirkus Reviews, Chantel Acevedo is the author of  Love and Ghost Letters (St. Martin's Press), winner of the Latino International Book Award; A Falling Star (Carolina Wren Press), winner of the Doris Bakwin Award, The Distant Marvels (Europa Editions), which was a finalist for the 2016 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and most recently, The Living Infinite

Monday, March 8th
3:00PM - 5:00PM
Participants in this workshop will generate a plan for a novel or short story, using back cover copy as a model for inspiration and structure. Writers will come away with a simple book outline that serves as a useful tool in drafting their fiction.

March 12 - 13
Postponed until further notice

Wednesday, March 17th
6:30pm Cocktails | 7:30pm Concert
Sierra has played the White House, Carnegie Hall (twice), the Kennedy Center, traveled around the world sharing her music, and released three albums.

Friday, March 19th
6:30pm Cocktails | 7:30pm Concert
In honor of the man we believe is one of the most incredible and complete recording artists of all time, the Hotter Than July is a Stevie Wonder Tribute Band is a high energy, soulful group of talented and experienced musicians.

Opens: Friday, April 2nd | 6:00pm
Closes: Wednesday, April 28th | 3:00pm
In the immense custom of establishing a work of questions and answers with the “reality”, the questions are imperative. The answers all the time come with the living advancement of a host of experiences that may give an ambiguous consent of the existence.

Opens: Friday, April 2nd | 6:00pm
Closes: Wednesday, April 28th | 3:00pm
The idea of a walking island is a paradox itself, just a starting point, to speak visually of the experience of growing up in motion, it is a personal evocation of the origin and the path, of a perennial process of self-knowledge and reconciliation.

Friday, April 9th
6:30pm Cocktails | 7:30pm Concert
The Barefoot Movement is anything but your standard bluegrass band. They stretch from a strong foundation of traditional Appalachian music, borrowing the best from other roots based genres to shape their hallmark sound. In a typical show, you’ll hear elements of bluegrass, blues, folk, rock, country and pop through their narrative lyrics, tight three-part harmonies, hot instrumental riffs, lilting blues scales and catchy vocal hooks.

Monday, April 12th
12:00pm - 2:00pm
Jane Lorenzini spent thirteen years as a television news anchor and reporter, nearly seven of those at WINK-TV. She went on to co-write two New York Times bestselling books with her dear friend and Today co-anchor Hoda Kotb

Friday, April 16th
6:30pm Cocktails | 7:30pm Concert
If you consider the definition of "Tribute" as being an acknowledgment of respect and admiration, you can understand what has driven Turnstiles' band leader Tony Monaco to form "Turnstiles". As a young man, Tony became an inspired, lifelong fan of the Piano Man and he used that inspiration to grow as a pianist, vocalist, and songwriter.

Opens: Friday, May 7th | 6:00pm
Closes: Thursday, May 27th | 3:00pm
This decontextualized unfunctional “furniture” allows the drawer to draw attention with its glossy surface and chromatism in the same way that nature places vibrant colors on every flower to attract insects that pollinate or to adorn venomous creatures as a sign that danger is present.

Opens: Friday, May 7th | 6:00PM
Closes: Thursday, May 27th | 3:00PM
Functional art is generally applied art - art created for use, not necessarily everyday use, but designed to serve a purpose and with an aesthetic in mind. It’s art that serves a or function, but is designed artistically for the purpose of beauty. They meet a need for use, and are works of art as well. 

Friday, May 21st
6:30pm Cocktails | 7:30pm Concert
If you’ve seen David Mayfield perform with The Avett Brothers, Mumford & Sons, Jessica Lea Mayfield, or at Bonnaroo, you’ve caught the charisma, the heart, and the comedy, and it's likely you’ll come back for more. 

Opens: Friday, June 4th | 6:00pm
Closes: Thursday, June 24th | 3:00pm
SBDAC's annual juried art show with cash prizes! Click to find out more!

Opens: Friday, June 4th | 6:00pm
Closes: Thursday, June 24th | 3:00pm
An interactive three-dimensional exhibit surrounding the attendees with texture and color. The art communicates messages intended to stimulate discussion and promote action needed to protect our environment for future generations.

Saturday, June 12th
Cooking for the Arts is SBDAC's signature interactive dinner experience! This fundraiser features the best in food, friends, and wine while supporting the arts. Cook your way through a four course dinner while taking part in live and silent auctions. Proceeds benefit SBDAC's Arts Education Programs.

Opens: Friday, July 2nd | 6:00PM
Closes: Thursday, July 29th | 3:00PM
This event represents the fact that when we can come together and are true to working with each other all though different styles, having love and good feeling precede our actions we can create something powerful for all to enjoy.

Opens: Friday, July 2nd | 6:00pm
Closes: Thursday, July 29th | 3:00pm
The “Me, You and Them” Exhibition originated from the 2020 lockdown period, where Cath was isolated alone and took the opportunity to explore herself, producing her stark black and white self-portraits displaying loneliness, isolation and the ‘shadow side’ of herself, but also showing the open blank space for things which lie beyond all that.

Opens: Friday, August 6th | 6:00pm
Closes: Thursday, August 26th | 3:00pm
The purpose of this encounter focuses on variants of artistic expressions, the result of the work of various artists, with the intention of reacting and promoting the talent, the diversity of trends and the different ways of assuming art, expressed with an aesthetic repertoire that moves us.

Opens: Friday, August 6th | 6:00pm
Closes: Thursday, August 26th | 3:00pm
The Artist Trading Card project builds on different traditions. Miniature art has been in existence for centuries tracing its heritage back to the illustrated manuscripts of scribes in the Far East and Europe prior to the 15th century.