{"id":320958,"date":"2026-06-26T18:55:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T18:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/320958\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T18:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T18:55:09","slug":"essence-of-water-an-art-exhibition-exploring-the-beauty-movement-and-meaning-of-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/320958\/","title":{"rendered":"Essence of Water, an art exhibition exploring the beauty, movement, and meaning of water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Essence of Water<br \/>July 23 \u2013 September 5, 2026<\/p>\n<p>The Fort Myers Beach Art Association (FMBAA) presents Essence of Water, a special exhibition exploring the beauty, movement, and meaning of water through a diverse collection of original artwork. On display from July 23 through September 5, the exhibit features paintings and mixed-media works created by FMBAA member artists in watercolor, acrylic, oil, collage, and multimedia.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors will discover everything from realistic coastal scenes to contemporary abstract works that capture water\u2019s ever-changing nature. All works are originals painted by local artists, and are available for sale. The gallery also has a large selection of unique greeting cards created by the artists. Every Saturday at 11 a.m. the gallery offers a free artist talk, check the website for details.<\/p>\n<p>The FMBAA Gallery is located at 13451 McGregor Blvd. in the Cypress Square Shopping Center, next to Prawnbrokers and near Blu Sushi and Bellini\u2019s restaurants.<\/p>\n<p>Summer gallery hours: noon to 6 p.m., Thursday \u2013 Saturday, until October 14.<\/p>\n<p>Admission is free and open to the public.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fortmyersbeachart.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.fortmyersbeachart.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: Artwork by Tamara Culp, FMBAA member artist. Photo courtesy of Tamara Culp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Essence of WaterJuly 23 \u2013 September 5, 2026 The Fort Myers Beach Art Association (FMBAA) presents Essence of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320959,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-320958","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\/320958","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=320958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}