{"id":101291,"date":"2025-12-31T16:01:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T16:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/101291\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T16:01:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T16:01:09","slug":"cihs-to-present-creativity-and-the-art-of-history-sanibel-captiva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/101291\/","title":{"rendered":"CIHS to present \u2018Creativity and the Art of History\u2019 – SANIBEL-CAPTIVA"},"content":{"rendered":"


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CAPTIVA ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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The Captiva Island Historical Society (CIHS) is set to host its next program of the season.<\/p>\n

\u201cCreativity and the Art of History\u201d will be held on Jan. 14 at 6:30 p.m. at the Captiva Civic Center on Captiva. It will take an intimate look at the island history-centered art of Captiva resident, artist and author Ilie Ruby. The CIHS will provide information from its archives, and Ruby will talk about how the images and data are connected in her creative process.<\/p>\n

CIHS Public Relations Director and Board Secretary Kathy Ferrari explained that they learned about a research project that Ruby had been working on for an upcoming historical novel. She had located historical photos from its archives and at the Captiva Memorial Library, as well as from in Fort Myers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt just seemed to fit so perfectly well with what the historical society does,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The program will open with a welcome from board President Tom Libonate.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe program will feature our directors, Betty Anholt and Brian Holaway,\u201d Ferrari said. \u201cThey will discuss the historical significance of those photos that she used, the people in them.\u201d<\/p>\n

She reported that Ruby digitally re-enhanced the photos, so they are not the originals.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe knows about the people in the photos,\u201d Ferrari said. \u201cSome are the first settlers of Captiva.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ruby will discuss her art and mixed media that she used.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy she chose those paintings and how she interpreted them,\u201d she said. \u201cThere\u2019s about a dozen works that she\u2019ll talk about.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ferrari noted that Ruby\u2019s creative touch is really amazing.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe used sand from the beaches where some of these photos took place,\u201d she said, explaining that there is one photo of women bathing in wool suits at Blind Pass in the early 1900s. \u201cSo Ilie chose sand and shells from that location \u2014 so that\u2019s mixed in with the painting.\u201d<\/p>\n

The program ties in with an exhibit of her work, \u201cLanguage of Angels: Daughters of the Sea and Sky,\u201d which the Captiva Civic Association (CCA) will host from Jan. 8-30 at the Captiva Civic Center.<\/p>\n

Florida Trust Wealth Management is the presenting sponsor for the CIHS\u2019s season.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re grateful to our season presenting sponsor,\u201d Ferrari said.<\/p>\n

Tickets are $15 per person, with refreshments available.<\/p>\n

The community is encouraged to take part.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is another opportunity to see the unique flavors of the residents of Captiva and it goes back a century,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s bridging the past and the present, with a modern twist.\u201d<\/p>\n

For tickets, visit http:\/\/www.captivaislandhistoricalsociety.org<\/a>\/.<\/p>\n

For more information, visit online or contact mail@captivaislandhistoricalsociety.org.<\/p>\n

Ruby is the author of two novels, \u201cThe Language of Trees\u201d and \u201cThe Salt God\u2019s Daughter.\u201d Her essays have been published in the New York Times, CNN, AOL and Forward, among others. Ruby\u2019s awards include the Edwin L. Moses Prize for Fiction, a Kerr Foundation Scholarship and Phi Kappa Phi Award for Creative Fiction. She is also a recipient of the Wesleyan Writer\u2019s Conference Davidoff Nonfiction Scholarship and Barbara Kemp Award for Outstanding Teaching and Scholarship.<\/p>\n

The CCA will hold an opening reception for its exhibition on Jan. 8 from 5 to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

The event is free, but RSVPs are required at https:\/\/ccacaptiva.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Captiva Civic Center is at 11550 Chapin Lane, Captiva.<\/p>\n

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IF YOU GO<\/p>\n

What<\/p>\n

Creativity and the Art of History<\/p>\n

When<\/p>\n

Jan. 14 at 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Where<\/p>\n

Captiva Civic Center, 11550 Chapin Lane, Captiva<\/p>\n

Details<\/p>\n

Tickets are $15<\/p>\n


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