Tag: Boca Grande Art Center

Letters: Art Center thanks St. Andrew’s and its supporters

To the Editor: The Boca Grande Art Center family is overjoyed to once again celebrate the impact we have on our community. This year’s Spring Show was especially meaningful, as it allowed us to...

Kelly Reark shows at Crews Bank

The first thing you notice about Kelly Reark (Borza)’s artwork is her obvious passion for fish and fishing, revealed in stunning detail on a grand scale. She has been an active part of Boca...

Boca Grande Art Center Spring Show March 17-19 at St. Andrew’s

Babs Vanyo The Boca Grande Art Center will present its first exhibit of the season, made possible by the generosity of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church and Italiano Insurance. It will be hosted...

Government ineffectiveness with carpeting, parking and P.O.

March 13, 2025
Susan Hanafee
Opinion

The Art Center on our little island in Southwest Florida was hard hit by back-to-back hurricanes last fall. The hardwood floors had to be replaced as well as some drywall. Now the county, which...

Appreciating our regular island journalists

January 16, 2025
Garland Pollard
Editorial

The Boca Beacon is a community enterprise. It is part of a great American tradition, the independent, family-owned community weekly newspaper. This week, we want to thank the local contributors...

Crews Bank hosts art show

January 9, 2025
Staff Report
Entertainment, Events

This season the Boca Grande Art Center is pleased and grateful to offer rotating displays of their exhibiting artists’ works at the island’s recently re-opened Crews Bank & Trust on Park...

One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish …

February 9, 2024
Staff Report
Events, News

The Community House was filled with art-minded people last Saturday night for the Boca Grande Art Center’s Fishing in Paradise fish art show. Below, some photos by the Boca Beacon’s Matt...

Boca Grande Art Center Margaritaville is Saturday, Feb. 3

January 26, 2024
Staff Report
Events, News

The biennial Boca Grande Art Center fundraiser will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 3 in Crowninshield House at 240 Banyan Street. This event will feature exhibited artwork for...

BGAC Spring Show will turn it up a notch

BY T MICHELE WALKER – The Boca Grande Art Center is turning it up a notch this season. To make things interesting, they are adding a giveaway drawing to their annual March Art Show. “We have...

Boca Grande Art Center Liaison Program supports upcoming artists

TONYA BRAMLAGE – A hallmark of authentic leadership is the alignment of people around a mission and its values. The liaison program at the Boca Grande Art Center is designed to support...