Art League of Bonita Springs announces upcoming events

COURTESY PHOTO Teapots will remain on display until Aug. 13. The Art League of Bonita Springs hosts an exhibition reception and campus-wide open house, plus a traveling exhibition, from 6-8 p.m. Friday, July 17.

The Summer Exhibition and the exhibit Teapots: Object to Subject both remain on display through Aug. 13.

A juried regional exhibition, Summer Exhibition offers visitors great paintings, sculpture, glass, and even wooden vessels.

The traveling exhibition, Teapots: Object to Subject, presents an array of contemporary variations on the teapot theme. Originated by Craft Alliance of St. Louis, Mo., the exhibition strives to bring thought-provoking work by established and emerging artists to local and regional audiences.

The campus of the Center for the Arts will be open to visitors with faculty and students displaying and selling their artwork in the studio/classrooms on July 17. The Center for the Arts is at 26100 Old 41 Road, Bonita Springs.

The art league is also teaming up with the Promenade at Bonita Bay to offer a new program, Artists Studios, at the Promenade from 6-9 p.m. Thursday, July 30. This free event is open to the public. The Promenade at Bonita Bay is located at 26811 S. Bay Dr.

Member artists — painters,

sculptors, photographers and

glass artists — will regularly

display their work in various storefront locations at the Promenade. Artists Studios will be open Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day and will feature demonstration days in each of the studio spaces. New exhibitions and artists will occupy the studios every 30 to 60 days.

The last Thursday of each month kicks off a new group of artists and exhibitions in an evening Studio Walk from 6-9 p.m., accompanied by musical entertainment.