Traveling mural exhibition opens at four SWFL venues

“WHAT WOMEN WANT” BY CATH BRANWOOD.

A new traveling art installation called “Murals on Tour” is coming to four Southwest Florida venues. The 12-week exhibition features works about the challenges faced by people marginalized groups.

It opens Dec. 21 in Fort Myers and Cape Coral.

“Murals on Tour” features four works of art, each created by a different Southwest Florida artist. Bianca J. Russell, Marvin D. Rouse, Nick Masiello, and Cath Branwood were selected to create pieces on 9-foot-by-3-foot vinyl canvases.

Each piece will be shown on a rotating schedule between Dec. 21 and March 12 at Nice Guys Pizza, the Alliance for the Arts, Ollie’s Pub and the Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center.

The exhibition will culminate in a homecoming celebration at LYR’s Zine Library at Neenie’s House in East Fort Myers in the spring.

The exhibition strives to promote an ongoing conversation about the challenges facing marginalized groups. Plus, the exhibition creates works of public art that are easily accessible due to their mobility.

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“Murals on Tour” also provides support for Southwest Florida artists from marginalized groups via exposure and compensation. Each artist is provided with a $100 supply stipend for the project, and paid $250 for a completed piece.

The exhibition was developed by Love Your Rebellion and Artsemble Underground.

LYR board member and co-founder of Artsemble Underground Cesar Aguilera spearheaded the program with LYR founder and chair of the board Angela Page. LYR board members Danielle Branchaud, Annie Pritchard and Jason Teeters are also part of the “Murals on Tour” committee, and the exhibition is sponsored by the Fort Myers Mural Society.

For more information, visit https:// www.loveyourrebellion.org/murals-ontour/. ¦

In the KNOW

Tour Schedule

Nice Guys Pizza

Dec. 21-Jan. 8 “No More Fallen Crowns” by Bianca J. Russell

BRANWOOD

Jan. 11-29 “Women, What Art Thou?” by Cath Branwood

Feb. 1-19 “Pride” by Nick Masiello

Feb. 22-March 12 “Light Up Your Life” by Marvin D. Rouse

Alliance for the Arts

Dec. 21-Jan. 8 “Light Up Your Life” by Marvin D. Rouse

Jan. 11-29 “No More Fallen Crowns” by Bianca J. Russell

Feb. 1-19 “Women, What Art Thou?” by Cath Branwood

Feb. 22-March 12 “Pride” by Nick Masiello

Ollie’s Pub

Dec. 21-Jan. 8 “Pride” by Nick Masiello

Jan. 11-29 “Light Up Your Life” by Marvin D. Rouse

Feb. 1-19 “No More Fallen Crowns” by Bianca J. Russell

Feb. 22-March 12 “Women, What Art Thou?” by Cath Branwood

Sidney &Berne Davis Art Center

Dec. 21-Jan. 8 “Women, What Art Thou?” by Cath Branwood

Jan. 11-29 “Pride” by Nick Masiello

Feb. 1-19 “Light Up Your Life” by Marvin D. Rouse

Feb. 22-arch 12 “No More Fallen Crowns” by Bianca J. Russell

ROUSE

MASIELLO