News for December 2016

YOU ARE INVITED!

JOIN US - WEDNESDAY DEC. 7TH, 5:00 - 8:00 PM 

ARTS ALIVE - Naples Art District - 1st Wednesdays
+ SALON AT SEVEN - “ART FOR GOOD”

Studio - 1719 Trade Center Way #3
Naples, FL 34109

Look for the Fuchsia Flag!

Special surprise - OUTSIDE WALL IMAGES Check it out.

Guardian Franklin Adams - Click Here

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iLCP Senior Founding Fellow and Board of Directors, Connie, spent a week in Washington at WILDSpeak

with her international conservation photographer colleagues.  Steve Winter keynoted Big Cats — remember the photo of the panther on a ridge in front of the HOLLYWOOD sign? — while Brian Skerry brought us Luminous Seas - his are the memorable shark images — while Sandesh Kadur explored India’s Mountains of Life. Many awesome others. We need, now, especially, to support conservation efforts not only for our precious Everglades (Guardians of the Everglades, of course), but also conservation around the world.  iLCP members bring the beauty and need for care to all of us.  It’s past Giving Tuesday, but not too late to make your 2016 tax deductible contributions to Guardians of the Everglades - http://www.wifv.org/events/#id=245&cid=783&wid=401 or to the International League of Conservation Photographers - http://www.give2gether.com/projects/focus-on-conservation-2016.babyrat/  

WE ALL NEED TO STEP UP NOW!

Beautiful, too. Let's keep it all safe forever.

It's Scary Out There

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EMPTY BOWLS - for Harry Chapin Food Bank

We will have several hand crafted ceramic bowls on display in the studio to announce the Jan. 28th Empty Bowls event in Cambier Park in support of Harry Chapin Food Bank of SW FL.  Stand by for more info or go to www.emptybowlsnaples.org.

©Connie Bransilver Photographer not painter

Bud E. Cockatoo - NFS

Big Cypress: Christmas Gift & 2016 Charitable Contribution

Franklin Adams has repeated his offer! You can gift yourself or your friends and take a charitable contribution at the same time.
 
SPEND A NIGHT IN THE BIG CYPRESS  ~ EXPERIENCE THE WESTERN EVERGLADES AND SUPPORT THE GUARDIANS OF THE EVERGLADES

Want more info? guardiansoftheeverglades.com/you-are-invited/
(Click on the video trailer and watch Franklin Adams in action.)

Guardian Franklin Adams is offering an overnight trip for two into the Big Cypress Swamp of the Western Everglades. Franklin is a Florida Master Naturalist and a Gladesman Conservationist with a lifetime of experience in the Everglades region. This is an opportunity to have a memorable wilderness experience and learn about the cultural and natural history of this unique area while supporting The Guardians of the Everglades project. 

Travel will be by swamp buggy to a remote privately owned rustic camp in an area rarely visited in the Big Cypress Swamp. Experience the open prairies, cypress strands, hardwood hammocks and pine islands as you slowly travel into the interior. Deer, wild turkeys, wading birds, raptors and Big Cypress fox squirrels are frequently seen. If you are fortunate enough, you may be rewarded with seeing a black bear or Florida panther. Wild flowers and butterflies can be observed and photographed if that is your interest.

Enjoy the sunset as you relax in the peace and quiet while sitting around the camp fire while native Floridian Chef Karl Greer prepares a delicious traditional cypress country supper. 

YOU DON’T GET MANY OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS ONE!

Start the bidding at $5,000.00. Enter bids to guardiansoftheeverglades@gmail.com or call 239-405-2010 for more info.

Tax deductible above the value of the trip.

WE CAN TAILOR THE EVENT TO YOUR SPECIFIC INTERESTS, NEEDS AND FITNESS

Reminder - You Are Invited November 2, 2016

YOU ARE INVITED! BRING FRIENDS!

The Guardians of the Everglades portraits in the studio. ©Connie Bransilver

Naples Art District 1st Wednesdays
NOV. 2ND - ARTS ALIVE, 5 - 8 pm
SALON AT SEVEN - GUARDIANS OF THE EVERGLADES®

Studio at 1719 Trade Center Way #3
Naples, FL 34109

Did you see our ad and other coverage in the eBELLA 2016/2017 Arts Guide?  It’s not on line, so check it out.  Free magazines in our studio.

Video images will cycle inside and outside.  What do you think of the art, the concept behind the project, where should it be seen, how to get the Guardians out of the studio and into public view? Would a documentary stimulate conservation?  How about a book?  Or all three?  See, enjoy, and talk.

Look for the Fuchsia ART banner!

Can’t make Wednesday?  Come 3rd Saturday, 
Nov. 19th, 11am - 4pm

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As Seen in The Scout Guide

WE’VE BEEN SCOUTED

The Scout Guide - A Collection. A Community. A Lifestyle.

The Scout Guide (TSG) is a publication dedicated to living beautifully, living well, and living like an insider—and we’ve been invited to participate.  Pick up your free copy of the best in Naples in the studio. TheScoutGuide.com

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Venice Mime ©Connie Bransilver

SMALL WORKS BUT MEANINGFUL VISIONS

Exhibition sponsored by Naples Art District
Nov. 2 - 30
Preview showing and meet the artists Nov. 2, 12pm - 3pm
Opening Reception Nov. 2, 5pm - 8pm
WHERE:  The Artists’ Gallery
6240 Shirley Street, Suite 104
Naples, FL 34109

You Are Invited! Bring Friends!

Naples Art District 1st Wednesdays
OCT. 5TH - ARTS ALIVE, 5-8 pm

SALON AT SEVEN - “BUT IS IT ART?”

Studio at 1719 Trade Center Way #3
Naples, FL 34109

A short video will ask “What is art?” to get the discussion started. Mirriam-Webster’s definition is “something that is created with imagination and skill and that is beautiful or that expresses important ideas or feelings.”  What do you think? Let’s start the conversation.

Is It Art or Is It Love?

Portrait of Beauty or Idea?

Here's where we are - 

DC area readers, join us November 15 & 16 for WILDSPEAK!

It’s photography, conservation and communications presented by iLCP.  Information at iLCP.com or sign up at http://tinyurl.com/htvtfus

Peace

Save the Dates!

Mark your calendars and join us for our SALONS AT SEVEN in conjunction with Naples Art District 1st Wednesdays ARTS ALIVE, 5-8 pm at our studio, 1719 Trade Center Way #3.

Oct 5 ARTS ALIVE 5-8    SALON AT SEVEN - “BUT IS IT ART?”

Nov 2  ARTS ALIVE 5-8 PM    SALON AT SEVEN - “GUARDIANS OF THE EVERGLADES”

Dec 7  ARTS ALIVE 5-8 PM    SALON AT SEVEN - “ART FOR GOOD”

Jan 4  ARTS ALIVE 5-8 PM    SALON AT SEVEN - “CLASSICAL ART WITH CONTEMPORARY THEMES”

Feb 1  ARTS ALIVE 5-8 PM    SALON AT SEVEN - “JOURNEYS - ASIAN SPIRITS”

Mar 1  ARTS ALIVE 5-8 PM    SALON AT SEVEN - “AFRICA WAY, WAY, WAY OFF THE BEATEN PATH” with special Guest, Lea Borkenhagen, Ph. D., Fulbright Scholar Côte d’Ivoire

Apr 5  ARTS ALIVE 5-8 PM    SALON AT SEVEN - “FILMMAKING 101”

Can’t make Wednesdays?  Then come for ARTS ALIVE 3rd Saturdays, 11 am - 4 pm
Slide show and POP UP CONVERSATION

Nov 19  ARTS ALIVE SATURDAY 11 am - 4 pm
Jan 21  ARTS ALIVE SATURDAY 11 am - 4 pm
Feb 18  ARTS ALIVE SATURDAY 11 am - 4 pm
Mar 18  ARTS ALIVE SATURDAY 11 am - 4 pm

STAND BY FOR MORE POP UP EVENTS - UNVEILINGS, SPECIAL GUESTS, and MORE.
MAKE SUGGESTIONS!

Pope Francis, advancing his green agenda and raising concern over climate change, said, “When we mistreat nature, we also mistreat human beings.”

News - Late June 2016

The New Website is UP!

I'm glad you're here. Please look around and give me your feedback.  
 

Nicholas Joins Naples Art District!

Nicholas decided to join Naples Art District, too.  www.naplesartdistrict.com

The Naples Art District has developed over the last nine years into the largest concentration of professional working artists and galleries in southwest Florida. Intertwined with businesses that cater to the trades, design and light industry, the Naples Art District has become a great source for fine art, art education, home décor and remodeling necessities and essentials. ART ALIVE open house and studio tours will resume October 5th and subsequent 1st Wednesdays.

èBella Magazine

The èBella Magazine recently posted a link to the article about Connie. If you missed it, here’s the link:  http://ebellamag.com/images/eBella_TheArts_Mar2016.pdf