Rauschenberg Gallery

GALLERY EXHIBITIONS FIRE Through Dec. 5 Blane De St. Croix works in sculpture, drawing and installation. This exhibit consists of both sculpture and drawings. Included will be works created in the past few years exploring the forest fire as subject and new work created especially for the gallery reflecting upon the subliminal landscape imagery of the Florida Everglades and how it ties into encroachment, conservation and restoration.

Thomas Lyon Mills Jan. 8 - Feb. 13 In Rome over the years, Thomas Lyon Mills has obtained permission to pass countless hours in places that are not always accessible to the public: Early Christian catacombs long under lock and key; a large ancient Mithraeum adjoining tunnels under the Baths of Caracalla; passageways beneath the Colosseum; the 5th-century church of Santa Maria Antiqua on the Roman Forum. In his native New York State, he retreats to a hidden spot in the Adirondacks, a natural sanctuary where he absorbs the spiritual energies of the locale. All find their way into his dense, middling- to large-scale mixed-medium drawings, which reveal their multilayered secrets slowly and incompletely to the beholder.

Jan-Ru Wan Feb. 26 - April 10 The Heart of Perfect Wisdom Sutra, one of the most beloved texts of Buddhism, says, “All dharmas are marked with emptiness,” and “Form is emptiness and the very emptiness is form.” The words of the Heart Sutra are often found printed on the fabrics in Jan-Ru Wan’s artwork and illumine qualities of her aesthetic, which embraces both positive and negative spaces, ethereal volumes suspended on monofilament to create enveloping structures, seemingly arising from the void.

Annual Student Art Show April 22 - 30 This exhibition features the work from Edison State College art students and includes painting, drawing, design, ceramics and photography.

if you go

>> Tickets: The gallery is open to the public. There is no charge for admission but donations are accepted. Groups of 20 or more planning to visit the exhibit are asked to call for reservations. >> Gallery hours: Monday - Friday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Saturday 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.; Closed Sunday and holidays. >> Information: Call 489-9313 or visit www. bobrauschenberggallery.com >> Location: The Bob Rauschenberg Gallery is located on the Fort Myers campus of Edison State College, in the Humanities Hall (Building L), next to the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall.