The Cape Coral Art Center is at 4533 Coronado Parkway, Cape Coral, in the Rubicon Park.<\/p>\n
Alliance for the Arts and the Cape Coral Art Center will host a town hall meeting in Cape Coral on Monday to address Amendment 3, funding and\u00a0 art and culture related issues impacting Southwest Florida.<\/p>\n
The town hall will be held from 5-7 p.m. on\u00a0 Monday, Oct. 5, at the Cape Coral Arts Center.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Arts & Culture Town Hall is a collaboration between the Alliance for the Arts and the Cape Coral Art Center,\u201d organizers said in a release issued today. \u201cBuilding on the momentum of previous Arts & Culture Town Halls, this community conversation will focus on key priorities shaping the future of arts and culture in Southwest Florida, with a special emphasis on the arts in Cape Coral, and the Amendment 3 ballot initiative that could impact local funding for arts programming and education.\u201d<\/p>\n
Neil Volz, executive director of Alliance for the Arts, will act as moderator.<\/p>\n
The discussion panel will include: David Acevedo, visual artist, arts writer, owner of DAAS CO-OP Art Gallery & Gifts and The Union Artist Studios, Curator & Cape Arts Network treasurer;\u00a0 Cesar Aguilera, artist, curator Sidney and Berne Davis Art Center, co-founder Artsemble Underground;\u00a0 Caroline Gora, artist, president of the Board of Directors for the Alliance of the Arts; Jessica Wisdom, Florida Chapter Development director, Sierra Club; and\u00a0 Brian Weaver, artist, co-founder Artsemble Underground.<\/p>\n
Subjects will include arts funding concerns, opportunities, and resources with a focus on Amendment 3; the role of local and government support for the arts; public art in Cape Coral; arts advocacy and what it means to advocate for the arts in Cape Coral; and building partnerships between artists, businesses, and the community.<\/p>\n
The panel discussion is expected to last approximately 60-90 minutes, followed by a moderated audience Q&A, organizers said.<\/p>\n
The Cape Coral Art Center is at\u00a04533 Coronado Parkway.<\/p>\n
For more information about the Alliance for the Arts visit ArtInLee.org.<\/p>\n
About Alliance for the Arts<\/p>\n
The Alliance for the Arts is a nonprofit community visual and performing arts center located in the heart of Fort Myers, Florida. Since 1975, the Alliance has been committed to transforming lives and improving community through the arts. The Alliance campus and galleries are open to the public from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays. Located at 10091 McGregor Boulevard just south of Colonial Boulevard in Fort Myers. For more information call 239-939-2787 or visit www.ArtInLee.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n Source: Alliance for the Arts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cape Coral Art Center is at 4533 Coronado Parkway, Cape Coral, in the Rubicon Park. Alliance for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-414459","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\/414459","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=414459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}