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2025-26 Season

Artis—Naples: In the Galleries and Beyond

s Southwest Florida’s home for the visual experiences, representing the very best of what has been created
and performing arts, Artis—Naples offers a in contemporary glass and ceramics over the past several decades,”
A multidisciplinary array of experiences throughout the McNeil said, adding that the exhibition extends The Baker
season, with January serving as a particularly vivid example Museum’s story of studio glass beyond its four large-scale Chihuly
of that breadth of programming. This month, the visual arts installations and “gives a fuller representation of the range, diversity
take the spotlight as two new exhibitions opening January 10 and dynamism of this art movement.”
highlight old and new treasures in The Baker Museum. There Several other exhibitions continue this month. sonia louise davis:
& Here: New Perspectives of the Permanent Collection and The to reverberate tenderly creates a multisensory environment exploring
Passion of Collecting: Stories in Glass and Ceramics from the Sibrack the artist’s improvisational approach to line, rhythm and sonic
Collection both showcase an extensive selection of modern and space. Florida Contemporary 2025-26 presents four notable Florida-
contemporary works the accredited museum has collected over based artists whose work highlights diverse approaches to personal,
its 25-year history. local and global themes. Tamara de Lempicka examines the Art
While There & Here features some treasures seldom seen, Deco artist’s cool elegance and bold sense of fashion and design,
what’s unique about this exhibition is the way it is being tracing the distinctive style that propelled her to the center of early
presented, explained Dianne Brás-Feliciano, the museum’s 20th-century café society. Additional ongoing installations include
curator of modern art. Tasked by Museum Director and Chief Magritte: Reflections of Another World, the Outdoor Sculpture Trail
Curator Courtney McNeil to find a new way to tell the story featuring 15 outdoor works and more.
of the works in the collection and the artists who created them, Beyond the galleries, January offers a full slate of performances.
Brás-Feliciano developed a collaborative, community-based The Naples Philharmonic presents two programs under the
curatorial project that enlisted a panel to review the art and direction of Artistic and Music Director Alexander Shelley,
shape a unifying theme. After viewing the selected works, the beginning January 8-9 with the world premiere of African Queens
panel chose migration. “It’s very timely,” Brás-Feliciano said. for Soprano and Orchestra with soprano Karen Slack alongside
“Everyone has some kind of migration story, so I think a lot of Dvořák’s New World Symphony, and later on January 23-24 with
people are going to enjoy it and feel welcome.” a program that pairs Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with his Eroica
The Passion of Collecting offers both a learning experience and Symphony. Principal Pops Conductor Jack Everly adds to the
a sweeping display of contemporary glass and ceramics. month with a set of concerts featuring Broadway star Mandy
The exhibition—curated by McNeil—features 74 works Gonzalez January 13-17. The Cleveland Orchestra returns January
collected and donated by Dr. Laurence and Rita Sibrack. 25 for a special performance of Verdi’s Requiem, and Broadway’s &
“They assembled a collection that reflected their tastes and their Juliet closes out the month with a full run starting January 27.

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