2026-2027 Season Planning is in Progress
We are currently working on next season's exhibitions and special events a few are listed below.
Information and the master schedule will be posted as dates and venue confirmations are finalized.
For full details of our current events, continue scrolling down to the individual listings and their corresponding documents.
2026-2027 Monthly Meetings at the Sanibel Public Library
Monthly (Member) Meetings are scheduled on the 3rd Thursday of the month from October thru April:
Time: 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM - Location: Large meeting room on the ground floor of the library.
Monthly (Board of Directors) Meetings are
also
held on the 3rd Thursday of the month from October thru April:
Time: 9:30 AM – 11:15 AM on the same dates - Location: Small conference room on the upper level.
- October 15, 2026 - Location: Sanibel Public Library 1st floor. Welcome Back! First meeting of season, no guest speaker.
- November 19, 2026 - Location: Sanibel Public Library 1st floor. Brent Mayer, Botanical Color Pencil Artist.
- December 17, 2026 - Location: Sanibel Public Library 1st floor. Suzanne LaBounty, Mandala Dot Artist. https://suzannemarieart.net
- January 21, 2027 - Location: Sanibel Public Library 1st floor. Anica Sturdivant, Asst. Curator FGCU. https://www.fgcu.edu/artgalleries
- February 18, 2027 - Location: Sanibel Public Library 1st floor. Guest Speaker TBD.
- March 18, 2027 - Location: Sanibel Public Library 1st floor. Annual Luncheon Meeting/Election of Officers.
- April 15, 2027 - Location: Sanibel Public Library 1st floor. Kim Bennett, Mosaic Artist.
https://www.facebook.com/people/kimbennettmosaic/100078398284033
Guest speakers are scheduled for all but 2 meetings due to other program planning.
Plein Air Paint Outs
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon
(All are welcome to our Paint Outs)
The new 2026-2027 is available to view, download, and print. To access: click on the blue button below.
SCAL Plein Air Chairperson Antonia Crook:
“Old Sanibel Post Office”
Medium: Oil on Canvas by SCAL Artist Antonia Crook
Sanibel Public Library
Summer Exhibition
Faces, Places, Spaces
Monday, June 1, 2026 - Monday, November 2, 2026
Exhibit Chairs:
Gloria Krekel (239-910-2082)
Jane Hudson (239-464-6936)
The Sanibel Captiva Art League (SCAL) and The Sanibel Public Library offer the following art exhibit to Sanibel-Captiva Art League members only. To be held at the Sanibel Public Library, 770 Dunlop Rd, Sanibel, FL 33957.
This exhibit flows from the personal (Faces) to the collective (Places) to the philosophical (Spaces). The tone is thoughtful, immersive, and slightly atmospheric - encouraging quiet reflection while celebrating visual diversity in style and medium.
Exhibit Dates: June 1, 2026 – Monday, November 2, 2026 Receiving Date & Time: Monday, June 1, 2026 (9:00am-11:00am) Removal Date & Time: Monday, Nov. 2, 2026 (9:00am – 11:00am)
To access the prospectus and labels
click on the blue buttons below:
"Jazz Club" - Acrylic
SCAL artist Peter Zell
SCCF Bailey Homestead Preserve
'BLOOM' Exhibit
November 12, 2026 - December 10, 2026
Exhibit Chairs:
Jenny Evans (SCCF) 239-472-1932
Maureen Ginipro (SCAL) 631-672-2105
Kimberly Paulus (SCAL) 239-822-4044
This exhibit is open to all members of the Sanibel-Captiva Art League and the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation. The exhibit will feature fresh works of art that align with SCCF's mission to protect and care for Southwest Florida's coastal ecosystems and celebrate the amazing plants and flowers that bring us beauty, and feed and house an abundance of wildlife and pollinators.
To access the prospectus, labels, and to register and pay online, please click the blue buttons.
Sanibel-Captiva Art League ~ 51st Juried Exhibition
'Colors of Celebration'
December 18, 2026 - January 25, 2027
BIG ARTS - Dunham Family Gallery ~ 900 Dunlop Road, Sanibel, FL 33957
Online registration through Saturday, December 12, 2026
Colors of Celebration is the featured theme for the Sanibel-Captiva Art League sponsored art exhibit at BIG ARTS for the 2026-2027 season. This theme is open to broad interpretation. Freshly rendered works not previously exhibited in public are cordially invited to participate in this popular juried exhibition, which is open to all members of the Sanibel-Captiva Art League and the Art Council of Southwest Florida.
Juror & Judge: Jan Ellen Atkielski
To access the Prospectus, SCAL Exhibitor's Agreement, Labels, BIG ARTS Exhibitor's Contract, IRS Form W9, and to Pay online, please click the blue buttons below.
