{"id":169293,"date":"2026-02-25T22:58:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T22:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/169293\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T22:58:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T22:58:14","slug":"captiva-civic-association-showcases-lacy-mcclarys-somewhere-over-the-causeway-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/169293\/","title":{"rendered":"Captiva Civic Association showcases Lacy McClary\u2019s \u201cSomewhere Over the Causeway\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridaweekly.com\/audio-articles\/player\/audio-article-1059813\" onclick=\"_paq.push([&#039;trackEvent&#039;, &#039;Article&#039;, &#039;Article Playlist&#039;, &#039;\/\/audio-articles\/player\/audio-article-1059813&#039;]);\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Open Audio Article Player<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridaweekly.com\/author\/SPECIAL+TO+FLORIDA+WEEKLY\" onclick=\"_paq.push([&#039;trackEvent&#039;, &#039;Author Byline View&#039;, &#039;SPECIAL TO FLORIDA WEEKLY&#039;]);\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SPECIAL TO FLORIDA WEEKLY<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1059825\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1059825\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/22Sanibel-Shine-On22-by-Lacy-McClary-.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"782\" height=\"1024\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1059825\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sanibel Shine On by Lacy McClary. -COURTESY PHOTO<\/p>\n<p>The Captiva Civic Association (CCA) is hosting local artist Lacy McClary\u2019s art show, \u201cSomewhere Over the Causeway.\u201d CCA\u2019s 2025-2026 season is sponsored by Karen Bell and the Bell Team, Michael Saunders and Company and the art series is sponsored by Bank of the Islands.\n<\/p>\n<p>The show will remain on exhibition from Feb. 19 \u2013 March 12, and the gallery is open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.\n<\/p>\n<p>Lacy McClary has created her beautiful artwork out of two local studios over the last 18 years. Recently losing both her Sanibel and Fort Myers Beach studios in Hurricane Ian has not deterred Lacy from touching the community with her color and inspiration. She recently donated her time for painting the Legacy Tower in Times Square on Fort Myers Beach to bring color, hope and life back to the beach she loves so much. She is currently accepting commission work as she transitions into her future studio.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridaweekly.com\/articles\/fort-myers-ae\/captiva-civic-association-showcases-lacy-mcclarys-somewhere-over-the-causeway\/party-birds-in-paradiseby-lacy-mcclary\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"806\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/22Party-Birds-in-Paradise22by-Lacy-McClary.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1059817\"  data- style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 806px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 806\/1024;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tParty Birds in Paradise by Lacy McClary. -COURTESY PHOTO<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridaweekly.com\/articles\/fort-myers-ae\/captiva-civic-association-showcases-lacy-mcclarys-somewhere-over-the-causeway\/sanibel-glow-by-lacy-mcclary\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"998\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/22Sanibel-Glow22-by-Lacy-McClary.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1059821\"  data- style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 998px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 998\/1024;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tSanibel Glow by Lacy McClary. -COURTESY PHOTO<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridaweekly.com\/articles\/fort-myers-ae\/captiva-civic-association-showcases-lacy-mcclarys-somewhere-over-the-causeway\/violet-by-lacy-mcclary\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"816\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/22Violet22-by-Lacy-McClary.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1059829\"  data- style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 816px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 816\/1024;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tViolet by Lacy McClary. -COURTESY PHOTO<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\"\/><\/p>\n<p>McClary has a fierce love of the islands, the water and our local community. She loves to give back and help whenever possible.\n<\/p>\n<p>Her abstract viewpoint guides you to look past the broken and see the beautiful.\n<\/p>\n<p>Her hope is that her work inspires joy and a fresh perspective on the beauty that surrounds us.\n<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about her work: <a href=\"http:\/\/lacymcclary.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lacymcclary.com<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1059833\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1059833 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/INSTA-Somewhere-over-the-Causeway-Insta-819x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\"  data- style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 819px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 819\/1024;\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1059833\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Somewhere over the Causeway. -COURTESY PHOTO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open Audio Article Player SPECIAL TO FLORIDA WEEKLY Sanibel Shine On by Lacy McClary. -COURTESY PHOTO The Captiva&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169153,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-169293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}