What is a Florida Painter?

We’re so glad you asked! Dirk Eberle is a Florida Painter. He’s also one of our devoted volunteers, assisting our gallery curator, Robert Gross, with hanging the shows. You might think it’s easy to just hang art on the walls, but, there’s some thought that goes into it. Each artist has a story to tell,…

Welcome to the Winning Artists

On Saturday, December 9th at 7 o’clock in the evening, Art Gallery 21 will unveil the exhibition of our 2017 Island City Juried Art Show Winners. This year’s group of five Winners is a delightful mix of personalities and artistic styles. Our blue ribbon winner, Abel Marquez, delivers extraordinary (and large) images created with pastels…

Diversity, Equity & A Paycheck

There are 26 photos, framed and hanging on the walls of the gallery. Chairs are gathered ’round a microphone, awaiting the stories that will be told. A pith helmet stands ready to gather the names of the storytellers, written on little slips of paper. A straw hat awaits the names of the judges. A few…

Diversity, Equity & A Paycheck

There are 26 photos, framed and hanging on the walls of the gallery. Chairs are gathered ’round a microphone, awaiting the stories that will be told. A pith helmet stands ready to gather the names of the storytellers, written on little slips of paper. A straw hat awaits the names of the judges. A few…

“The Way We Worked”

Art Gallery 21 is thrilled to announce that we have been selected by the Florida Humanities Council as a 2017 host site forĀ “The Way We Worked,” a traveling Smithsonian Institution exhibition that uses historical photographs, archival accounts and interactive components to trace the nation’s changing workforce and work environments over the last 150 years. The…