January
NATURE’S PALETTE
Vicki Busby and Beth Fairchild
January 2–28, 2023
First Friday Opening Reception January 6th, 5:30–8:30 p.m.
Please join us at the Fifth Avenue Art Gallery on Friday, January 6, 2023, 5:30–8:30 p.m. for the opening reception of “Nature’s Palette— A Dual Exhibition of Paintings by Beth Fairchild and Vicki Busby.”
Beth and Vicki will be presenting their work with a focus on the things they each love about the Florida landscape: the wetlands, ocean, and nature. Together sharing their own interpretation and use of dramatic light and color. Both Vicki and Beth are accomplished artists with their own unique impressionistic style of painting in oils. We invite you to be inspired by this blended combination of talent and style.
JANUARY POP-UP SHOW
February
Front Room Gallery
The Guardians Solo Exhibit by Barbara Desrosiers
January 30–February 25, 2023
First Friday Opening Reception February 3rd, 5:30–8:30 p.m.
“It has been the aim of my work to make visible the invisible influences upon us, while being deeply interested in the spiritual side of life and highly motivated by beauty. As my art progresses, that mission has become more centered. Now I aim to also listen.”
I listen to that wee, small voice.
I listen to the loud, thunderous roar.
I listen to the voice of the birds.
I listen to the breeze in the trees.
I attempt to listen to the voice of God in and around us all.” — Barbara Desrosiers
FEBRUARY POP-UP SHOW
March
First Friday Opening Reception March 3rd, 5:30–8:30 p.m.
100% Pure Florida a juried exhibition
February 27–March 31st, 2023
April
First Friday Opening Reception April 7th, 5:30–8:30 p.m.
Retrospective Solo Exhibit by Tom Busby
April 3–April 29, 2023
APRIL POP-UP SHOW
ONE HECK OF AN ART SHOW
By Jerry & Cher Hanzl
Everyone knows Jerry and Cher. They are the couple who do that crazy stuff with their photography. Their images are always such a fantasy. It’s like they are painting with photography on a digital canvas. Jerry joined forces with Cher when she retired and together, they are true surrealists at heart. Their surrealscapes are fantasy worlds meant to be traveled through with both the eyes and the mind.
May
First Friday Opening Reception May 5th, 5:30–8:30 p.m.
The View from a Blind Eye
Solo Exhibit by Esta Rubin
May 2–28, 2023
The View from a Blind Eye’ is a solo show by Esta Rubin. It demonstrates an artist’s desire to adapt to low vision and the drive to continue to work. No longer safe to work with the chemicals used in printmaking Esta has entered the realm of fiber art, combing both fiber and printmaking. This work is the expression of my desire to keep on working.
May Pop-Up
May 2-28, 2023
SPIRIT OF NATURE
Grace Cormier Solo Exhibit
Grace Cormier was born in Szczecin, Poland. At the age of eighteen she began her new life in Miami.
In 2001 she owned and operated Interior Design Service and a small Art Gallery on Long Island, NY
She retired in 2019 and returned to Florida where she committed her full time to create art.
Her art is mixed medium inspired by nature. There are unique elements incorporated in her paintings, sculptures, textile fiber art and jewelry. She is a member of Vero Beach and Sebastian Art Club.
June
PORTALS
An Invitational Exhibit
May 30–June 25, 2023
First Friday Opening Reception June 2nd, 5:30–8:30 p.m.
(pôr′tl) n. 1. A doorway, entrance, or gate, especially one that is large and imposing. 2. An entrance or a means of entrance.
To apply to the show, send us an email with your Name, Phone#, Title, Medium, Price and a jpeg of the artwork you would like to be considered for the show. More Info
July
Lost & Found—Take IV An Invitational Exhibit
July 3–July 29, 2023
You, the creative person (you don’t have to be a “professional artist) purchase one of our pre-assembled kits which contains all the “elements” that you must include, in some manner, to create your mixed media assemblage. You can add to it to go further than what’s in the kit… that’s just part of being your creative-self. We hope you take the challenge. Kits will be available for purchase mid-April, 2023. The finished artworks will be displayed and for sale, throughout the month of July and we will have an exciting opening reception for all our participants on Friday, July 7, 2023. LIMITED SPACE! Kit fee $45 (no additional fee to participate) Follow us on Facebook to see the Call For Art! Or email us and ask for an update, once the kits are ready for purchase. They go fast!
Interested in participating?
How it works…
Back by popular demand… This exhibit is all about creativity, and YOU are invited to participate. We had such a great response to both the original Lost & Found show several years ago and again in August of 2021. Along with being an exciting opportunity for creative types, it is a fabulous exhibit of finished work that everyone coming to the gallery has enjoyed!
First Friday Opening Reception July 7th, 5:30–8:30 p.m.
August
LAVENDER, An Invitational Exhibit
July 31–August 26, 2023
What do you think of when you hear the word, “LAVENDER”… The flower, the scent of the flower, the color? A single plant, a field, a sky or man-made object? We would love to see your interpretation of Lavender!
To apply to the show, send us an email with your Name, Phone#, Title, Medium, Price and a jpeg of the artwork you would like to be considered for the show. For the artwork guidelines and show rules see: MORE INFO
First Friday Opening Reception August 4th, 5:30–8:30 p.m.
August Pop-Up
Rebecca Sherrick
ABSTRACT
September
August 28–September 30th, 2023
WE WILL BE CLOSED DURING SEPTEMBER TO RE-VAMP OUR INTERIOR! NEW PAINT, NEW LAYOUT, NEW LIGHTING AND MORE. NO FIRST FRIDAY ARTWALK.
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October
October 2–28, 2023
First Friday Opening Reception October 6th, 5:30–8:30 p.m.
Kenneth Castoro is a self-taught Photographer based out of the beautiful Space Coast of Florida. His focus is to show off bits of the world we live in that people rarely see or showcase the familiar in new ways. As a photographic purist, instead of editing an image to fit his vision, he finds wonder in the real world, no radical image editing needed. Whether it’s seeking a viewpoint everyone else thought was too hard to reach or shooting a common subject – but maybe lit only by starlight – everything presented in his images actually existed as a moment in time.
OCTOBER POP-UP
A native of Brooklyn, New York, Renee Schwadron Lewis always loved the combination of texture and color. The confluence of cultures in NYC was especially an influential part of her life. Lewis received a B.F.A. in Fabric Design from the School of Art at Syracuse University. As part of the University’s Foreign Studies Program she studied Art History in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In her focus on Fabric Design (which included silk screening and weaving), Lewis developed an eye and proficiency with repetitive patterns – which continues to be a theme in her current work.
Her Post-Impressionist style drawings are created with a combination of oil crayons, color pencils and pastels – producing bold, stunning colors and creative themes capturing the colorful nature of women. At the core of her work are women – empowered, strong – yet vulnerable – linked to others, each other – and beautiful from within.