Southwest
Florida is home to more than 125 art galleries,
studios and museums all within an hour’s drive.
While there are pockets of galleries and art studios
in places like Marco Island, Sanibel, Captiva
Island, Matlacha, Cape Coral, Bonita Springs,
Naples’ Taylor and Jasper Roads and Trade Center
Way, the area has three bona fide art districts: the
downtown Fort Myers River District, Naples’ Fifth
Avenue, and the Third Street South shopping district
that includes fabled Gallery Row.
Each offers an ambiance, amenities and a sensibility
that is distinctly its own. Once home to Thomas
Edison, Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone, the River
District is the place for avant-garde, leading edge
art in the tradition of favorite son Robert
Rauschenberg. Fifth Avenue is the place for the
masters of yesterday and unique artworks from
Africa, Belize, Haiti and the Caribbean. Third
Street South and Gallery Row is the spot for
contemporary art ranging from the new wave of
geometric and abstract expressionists to
impressionists, realists and primitivists.
The quality of the galleries in these districts, and
the art and artists they represent, has led
southwest Florida to be twice voted the #1 art
market in the entire United States. Read more and
you'll quickly see that they're worth a day trip or
lengthier excursion during your stay here in the
paradise we call Southwest Florida.
Learn more about the Southwest Florida arts scene
from our art-related pages below:
Southwest Florida Art Galleries
Southwest Florida Art Festivals
& Fairs
List of
2018-2019 SWFL Art Festivals & Craft Fairs
Art Fest Naples at Fleischmann Park
Art Festival at The Sanibel Shops
ArtFest Fort Myers
Bonita Bay Invitational Art Festival
Bonita Bay Masters Art Festival
Bonita Springs Invitational at the Promenade
Bonita Springs National Art Festival
Cape Coral Arts & Music Festival
Coconut Point Art Festival
Coconut Point New Years Weekend Art Festival
Estero Fine Arts Show
Fort Myers 1st Fridays Art Walk
Marco Island Arts and Crafts Show
Naples Art in the Park
Naples Artcrafters Fine Art & Craft Show
Naples Downtown Art Show
Naples Masters Art Festival March
Naples National
Naples New Year's Art Show
Pine Island Art Show
Sanibel Island Arts & Crafts Fair
Sanibel Masters Art Festival
Sanibel SCA Fine Arts Festival
The Art Festival at Mercato
Other Southwest Florida Art
Info
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Davis Art Center
Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center is bringing some
big names to downtown Fort Myers in the coming
season. Many of them are part of the center’s
chamber music and jazz series, including
world-famous violinist James Ehnes and his new
quartet, vocalist/trombonist Wycliffe Gordon,
hot-ticket New York City big band the Glenn
Crytzer Orchestra, and Leonard Bernstein’s
daughter hosting a cabaret show celebrating her
father and his favorite music.
- The
Alley - Artisan Mall at Coconut Point
SWFL Art Resources
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