May Galleries – 2026

On Display: May 1-30
Opening Reception: May 1, 5:00-7:00 p.m.

Biennial Artist Grant Recipient Exhibition

Each visual artist and performance group in the show received an Arts & Culture Grant from the City in 2024, 2025, or both grant cycles. The City of Fort Myers Arts & Culture Grant program is designed to support and foster the arts organizations and individual artists who contribute to the flourishing arts and culture scene that distinguishes the City.

This year’s Biennial show is being hosted by the Alliance for the Arts and will feature work by visual artists Cesar Aguilera, Israel Alpizar, Linda Benson, Danielle Branchaud, Stacey Brown, Patricia Collins, Christar Damiano, Whitney Hackett, Roland Ruocco, and Brian Weaver, along with filmmakers Cory Patterson and Juliana Versari. Representing Arts for Act: Claudia Goode, Shah Hadjebi, Tracy Owen Cullimore, Donna Chase, Jan Butler, and Terry Lynn Spry.

For more information on the artists, their work, and their grants, click here.

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Foulds Theater Gallery

Selected works by Heidi Lewis Coleman

Heidi Lewis Coleman is an abstract artist whose Dreamscape Series explores the intricate relationship between nature and artistic expression. The artist creates her collaged pieces using Thai Kozo paper: a delicate, translucent tissue that is made from Kozo fiber. This paper incorporates embedded bits of bark, leaves, petals, and seeds – natural elements which create texture and movement as they float across the surface of her abstract assemblage pieces.

The artist creates her artwork using thin washes of acrylic paint and pastels, building up layer after layer of artwork that embodies an atmospheric, ephemeral quality. The viewer experiences a portal into something magical and otherworldly. Each piece has its own narrative, suggesting a story of something that is vaguely nearby or just out of reach.

Coleman studied art at Parsons and the New York School of Design in New York City, where she graduated with highest honors. Her artwork has been included in several private collections. Coleman is an award-winning artist who has exhibited widely in galleries and museums across the country.

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Member Gallery

Dreamscaping: A Themed Exhibition

The Member Gallery features a curated exhibition exploring the theme of dreamscapes. Whether surreal, abstract, or non-objective, the exhibition highlights works that blur the boundaries between reality and dreams, inviting viewers into imaginative and introspective visual experiences.

Artists featured: Sam Kaler, Mary Widmer, Karen Meredith, Amanda Zirzow, Carolyn Steele, Doug MacGregor, James Roberts, Joanna Olsen, Laura Pommier, Leah Schneider, Leo Boisvert, Lily Hopkins,, Linda Lally, Linsey Thompson, Marian Fuller, Marilyn Hedlund, Mary Williamson, Michael Hubble, Sharyn Dahn, Sherry Diaz, Hillel Zaremba

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Featured Artworks: “Cair Paravel” & “Valyria” by Heidi Lewis Coleman

For the Curious Reader:
Meet the artists featured in Fort Myers’ 2026 Arts & Culture grants recipient show
At ‘Dreamscapes’ opening, artist Heidi Lewis Coleman discovers she has something in common with Bob Rauschenberg