Exhibitions
Enjoy a variety of exhibitions at Tribby’s four galleries.
Tuesday – Saturday
10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Shell Point Gallery
Flora & Fauna:
Artworks Inspired by Nature
October 3 - December 23
Executed in bronze, ceramic, glass, paint, and mixed media, the artworks in Flora & Fauna express the beauty of nature. Guest artist Martha Grattan of South Carolina joins four of Shell Point’s talented resident artists—painters Renée Chastant and Betsy Conrad, potter Augusta Crane, and glass artist/potter Annie Wainwright—to create a magical world of animals, insects, flowers, and foliage.
Legacy
Gallery
Art of the Quilt:
Work by Pat Meredith
October 3 - December 23
From traditional designs to art quilts, each of Legacy Artist Pat Meredith’s creations demonstrate her meticulous craftsmanship. Former president of the Shell Point Quilters, Pat Meredith is a long-time weaver, spinner, quilter, and educator.
Overlook
Gallery
Art of the Quilt:
Work by Pat Meredith
October 3 - December 23
This dazzling exhibition will present more than ten spectacular quilts, many on first-time public display. The exhibition also includes a nativity scene that Pat Meredith knitted, as well as a spinning wheel, antique miniature sewing machines, and other textile-related artifacts from the artist’s extensive collection.
Collaborations Gallery
VIEWPOINTS
The Collaborative Works
of :
Karen Meredith, Linda Friedbach, Rosemary Giovannone and
Nick Ranson
October 3 - December 23
This exhibition features the paintings of Karen Meredith and Linda Friedbach and the poems of Rosemary Giovannone and Nick Ranson.
On the pedestals
Baskets by Carolyn Wood
March 2 -
Extended! Now through June 22!
Flora & Fauna Exhibition
Artist Biographies
Martha Gene Grattan
Martha Grattan began working with clay at the Cape Coral Art Center (CCAC), where she taught after ceramics studies at Florida Gulf Coast University. She became involved in the Florida conservation movement, and this integrated into her work. Seeking to raise awareness of environmental challenges facing wild and native species in the South, Martha sees her ceramic animals as ambassadors of the natural world. Today she teaches and creates in her home studio and Greer Center for the Arts, upstate South Carolina. To see more of her work, visit www.MarthaGrattan.com or MarthaGeneGrattan on Instagram.
Renée Chastant
Augusta Crane
Augusta Crane’s extraordinary potting skills were developed after she moved to Shell Point. Her bust of Thomas Edison is displayed in Edison & Ford Winter Estates, Fort Myers, and her work has been displayed in Big Arts, Sanibel, and featured in Grandeur magazine and the Fort Myers News-Press. She was honored with a one-artist show in Saks Fifth Avenue, and her work has been sold in the Naples Philharmonic and Naples Botanical Garden shops and the Hirdie Girdie Art Gallery, Sanibel. Today Augusta offers her works exclusively in Serendipity, the shop in Tribby Arts Center, and she donates all proceeds to the Tribby.
Betsy Conrad
Betsy Conrad has studied with leading watercolor artists around the country, including Linda Kemp, Sterling Edwards, and Karlyn Holman. Today she especially enjoys painting watercolor florals but also experiments with acrylics, collage, and different texturing mediums, papers, and styles. While living in Tucson, Arizona, Betsy was a member of the Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild, where she was on its Board of Directors. Currently she is a member of the Sanibel-Captiva Art League and the Painters Guild of Shell Point. Her work is available in Serendipity, the shop in Tribby Arts Center, and at various art shows in the region.
Annie Wainwright
Annie Wainwright works in ceramics, bronze, fused glass, watercolors, acrylics, and oil pastels. She has studied at Lakeland Community College in Ohio, the Cleveland Institute of Art, and Big Arts, Sanibel. Annie’s award-winning work has been accepted in many juried shows in the Cleveland and Fort Myers-Sanibel region and is held in private collections around the world. Today she offers her work in Serendipity, the shop in Tribby Arts Center. Annie is a member of the Sanibel-Captiva Art League, where she has served on the Board, and she has served on the Visual Arts Committee of Big Arts.