What: HotWorks.org Presents 8th & 9th Bi-Annual Estero Estero Fine Art Show™

When: October 27 & 28, 2012 and January 5 & 6 2013

Where: Miromar Outlet Mall (Outdoors), 10801 Corkscrew Road, Estero, FL 33928
Located Off I-75, Exit #123 Corkscrew/Miromar Outlets Road

What: Juried Fine Art & Craft Event with World-Renowned and Top Notch Local Artists

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The Estero Fine Art Show™ happens twice annually in the fall and in the winter. Upcoming dates are October 27 & 28, 2012; the 9th Bi-Annual Estero Fine Art Show is January 5 & 6, 2013. Juried by art professionals, this high quality fine art & craft event brings world-renowned & top notch local artists to sell their paintings, clay, glass, sculpture, wood, fiber, jewelry, photography and more at Miromar Outlet Mall. All work is original and hand made by the artist who is present at the show and happy to answer any questions about their work. You will see artists at this event that you do not see at other Florida shows. Live art demonstrations allow many opportunities for the patrons to be able to understand the processes that the artists’ go through to create their specific medium. There is also live entertainment, which does not interfere with patron and artist. Our goal is to create an atmosphere that enhances the artwork and creates a relaxing environment for art lovers.

Event Hours:
Saturday, 10am-5pm
Sunday, 10am-5pm

Free Admission and Free Parking

Estero, FL is located on the southwest coast of Florida, near Naples/Bonita. The event takes place outdoors at Miromar Outlets, an upscale outlet mall located off I-75 and Exit #123 Corkscrew Road/Miromar Outlets Blvd., with 140 stores including Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus and Coach. Miromar Outlets has been voted Southwest Florida’s “Best Factory Outlet Shopping Center” for 11 years in a row.

Located at the same intersection, is the Miromar Design Center, a unique interior design resource. Nearby is Miromar Lakes Beach & Golf Club, a gated resort community offering superlative amenities characteristic of an exclusive, world-class beach and golf resort, featuring 700 acres of aquamarine freshwater lakes and three miles of private white sandy beach. Miromar Lakes Beach & Golf Club has won the 2011 National Association of Home Builders' Gold Award for Community of the Year. This top honor recognizes Miromar Lakes as the #1 Residential Community in the United States. This is the highest honor a community can win. It is the residential equivalent of winning the "Best Picture" Oscar at the Academy Awards! The National Gold Award was presented to Miromar Lakes for its excellence and superiority. 2011 marks the 29th year for these annual awards. Along with the Miromar Lakes won 2010 NAHB Gold Award for Best Clubhouse in the United States for the Beach Club. This truly puts Miromar Lakes in a class of its own, as no other community has ever won both #1 Community and #1 Clubhouse in the United States. More info about this community at www.Miromar.com.

The Institute for the Arts and Education, Inc., a 501(c)(3) is a non-profit charitable organization dedicated to Educate and Promote Fine Arts and Crafts among all Artists and Students, of all age groups and diversity, and the General Public. Our mission is to enhance Artistry and Community Enrichment. IA&E implements ways to enrich lives and strengthen our community through the Power of Arts via ways in which we can help teach communities how art work is made, and to further the involvement of the community with our events. This Association works to encourage creative expression and Artistic excellence, and to expand public awareness, appreciation and acquisition of fine arts and fine crafts.

Hot Works also partners with local 501c3 non-profit Organizations to be part of the event. One example is Lee County Alliance for the Arts will be participating to bring awareness to the community about their organization - the officially designated Arts Organization for Lee County charged with the mission to “facilitate and nurture the creation, development, promotion and education of arts and culture in Lee County”. In addition, Lee Memorial Health System’s Dis ABLEd Artist Program will help provide a venue at the Estero Fine Art Show for individuals with disabilities to showcase and sell their Artwork. Program Founder and Coordinator, Sonia Arledge-Lomano and a local foot Artist met at a local flea market in 1996. Together they had the vision to start a Gallery that would serve the Disabled Community. After receiving support from Hospital Administration, the first Art gallery opened at Lee Memorial Hospital in 1997. The Galleries have now expanded throughout the System’s other Campuses. Sonia says, “Promoting the creative spirits of those that are Disabled helps to increase their self-confidence and express their creativity. It greatly contributes to our workplaces and Communities, and it extinguishes old stereotypes regarding disability by highlighting the achievements of people with disabilities and reinforces their significant roles in society.” Any Disabled Artist is welcomed to participate in the Program. For further information about the Disabled Artist Program, please contact Sonia Arledge-Lomano at 239-334-5633 or Art@LeeMemorial.org.

Produced by Hot Works, LLC, the same company that produces the award-winning Orchard Lake Fine Art Show® held in West Bloomfield, MI – voted in the top 100 art shows in the country the last four years in a row!



The Bi-Annual Estero Fine Art Show™ invites young artists to create art work to enter into the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida Youth Art Competition, sponsored by WBTT 105.5 The Beat, and being held on October 27 & 28, 2012 and January 5 & 6 2013, located at Miromar Outlets, on the southeast side near corner of Ben Hill Griffin and Corkscrew Roads (Off I-75, Exit  #123/Corkscrew Road). The call for youth art entries invites kids ages 5-12, or grades Kindergarten through 8, to submit their art work to be publicly displayed at the event, and also for the opportunity to win a cash prize! The art work entered will be placed in a tent labeled “Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida Youth Art Competition”. The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida Youth Art Competition encourages kids to use more of their imagination and creativity when they know that their work is going to be submitted to a high quality art show for public display and with the opportunity to win cash!  Prizes are $100 Best of Youth Art; and three $50 awards of excellence. The deadline for the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida Youth Art Applications is October 15, 2011 for the fall show; December 31, 2011 for the winter show. To obtain a youth art application or more info, click here.