BIG ARTS NEWS

COURTESY PHOTO Graham Squares by Martha Graham Four women and their work at BIG ARTS

Ursula Cappelletti, Bettina Edwards, Martha Graham and Angelika Kade are featured in the latest BIG ARTS exhibit opening March 5 and running through March 31 in Founders Gallery.

An artists' reception will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Friday, March 7 at BIG ARTS, 900 Dunlop Road, Sanibel.

Ursula Cappelletti experimented with mixed media and the interrelationship of colors when she studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Brussels, Belgium. Bettina Edwards finds beauty in a special weathering in people and objects acquired over time.

An award winner in photography in many juried shows, she is a retired psychotherapist, which is reflected in her interest in the impact that life has on things.

Martha Graham will exhibit a "One page Book" show. She hopes to engage the audience in conversation through visual voice from her latest book, "Quirks and Giggles." She has studied art at Parsons School of Design and Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia, and has had an interior design business.

COURTESY PHOTO Film producer Adrian Belic on horse in Afghanistan. Angelika Kade's alabaster and marble sculptures reflect both her passion and her obsession for her art. As a member of the National Sculpture Society, she believes sculpting requires a constant dialog between the characteristics of the material and the ideas of the artist.

Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. For more information, call (239) 395-0900, email info@BIGARTS.org or log on to www.BIGARTS.org.

BIG ARTS to host juried exhibit

The 32nd Sanibel-Captiva Art League Juried Exhibit attracts artists from Charlotte County to Naples and is open to the 4,000 members of the Art Council of Southwest Florida.

BIG ARTS Phillips Gallery will host the exhibit from March 6 - 31, at 900 Dunlop Road, Sanibel. Realistic and abstract work in oil, watercolor, acrylic, pastel, charcoal, ink and printmaking will be showcased. An artists' reception and awards presentation will be held from 5:30 - 7 p.m. on Friday, March 7.

Jean Eaton is the chair of this exhibit. The exhibit judge is Paul Leveille, a portrait painter of distinguished clients, both nationally and internationally. A graduate of Vesper George School of Art in Boston, he is a member of many art associations including the Academic Artist Association, the Pastel Society of America, and the Portrait Society of America. Leveille also teaches workshops around the country and in his studio at Open Square in the Historic Canal District of Holyoke, Mass. He will do a demonstration of his work from 5:30- 8:30 p.m. on March 4 at the Sanibel Library.

The Sanibel-Captiva Art League Juried Exhibit is sponsored by Lily & Co. Jewelry. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. For more information, call (239) 395-0900, email info@BIGARTS.org or log on to www.BIGARTS.org.

BIG ARTS film class to host producer

BIG ARTS film master class will host producer/writer Adrian Belic at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, March 5 in Schein Performance Hall at 900 Dunlop Road, Sanibel.

Adrian Belic began making films in elementary school. During and after college he traveled the world and across America co-producing video and film.

In 1995, Belic co-produced Genghis Blues, winner of many domestic and international film festival awards including the 1999 Sundance Audience Award and a 2000 Academy Award Nomination for Best Feature Documentary.

Belic recently completed Beyond The Call, a feature documentary shot in Afghanistan and Asia about three Americans who deliver lifesaving humanitarian aid to war zones around the world. On March 3, BIG ARTS will screen the movie for $10; Belic will introduce the film.

Belic is a member of the Film Arts Foundation and the International Documentary Association.

Pre-registration is recommended. The cost is $20mper class for BIG ARTS members and students, $25 for non-members.

For more information, call (239) 395-0900, email info@BIGARTS.org or log on to www. BIGARTS.org.