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GARETH ROCKLIFFE - LAKE CRESENT GARETH ROCKLIFFE - FORT STEVENS

ON VIEW American art in painting, drawing, sculpture, fiber, photography and
works on paper. The NAA’s Collection is made possible through the
Coming up in August, September and October, The Naples Art ongoing generosity of artists, collectors, galleries and other supporters
Association is continuing its lifelong tradition of providing the highest of the arts. The exhibition Olde Naples is drawn from artwork in the
quality artistic experiences to everyone in our community. You should NAA’s Collection and represents the early development of Naples and
feel more than welcome to come on down to the von Liebig Art Center, its continued development through the Twentieth Century. A visit to
open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., and free to the the neighborhood known as Olde Naples still reveals the vestiges of
visiting public. Through September 4th, you will find three fantastic a quiet fishing village with cottages, an historic shopping district and
exhibitions on view at the von Liebig Art Center: Gareth Rockliffe: The the fishing pier. Much of the artwork in this exhibition recalls days
Great American Coastline, Olde Naples: Works from the Legacy Collection gone by, when Naples was remote and sparsely populated. Other works
and work by our summer ARTScool participants. portray an idyllic lifestyle and reveal the progression of growth and
change in the district.
In Gareth Rockliffe: The Great American Coastline, Naples
photographer and long-time Naples Art Association member In the beginning of August, Naples Art Association’s beloved
Gareth Rockliffe exhibits photographs of the country’s coastlines
(Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Pacific) photographed over a two year
period. Rockliffe is engaging crowdsource funding for the project
and will use social media to allow people to follow his coastline
journeys on their personal handheld devices via Facebook. During
the summer of 2014 Rockliffe along with wife Jan Soderquist
travelled the Pacific Coast. Beginning at the US/Mexico border,
Rockliffe photographed California, Oregon and Washington with
their journey ending at the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Photographs
from this portion of The Great American Coastline project are on
view and worth taking a look at. His images go well beyond travel
photography, using angry clouds and dramatic light and color to
create powerful images.

During the past two decades The Naples Art Association has
collected artwork created after its 1954 date of incorporation as a non-
profit organization. The NAA now holds over two hundred works of

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