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3238527940000The 20th Bi-Annual Estero Fine Art Show opens November 18 in a brand new location next to Bass Pro Shop at Gulf Coast Town Center. This is the second time in three years that craft show has changed its venue, and that is a reflection of its growing popularity with area are lovers, enthusiasts and folks on the look-out for fine arts and crafts.In 2015, the Estero Fine Art Show moved from the south parking lot of the Miromar Outlet Mall across Corkscrew Road to the eastern lot at the Miromar Design Center. “Although we hate to change location again, we simply need more space,” concedes the festival’s director, Patty Narozny.?HYPERLINK ""Because of the show’s popularity among both artists and patrons, more room is needed for artists’ tents and display booths as well as patron parking. Gulf Coast Town Center can accommodate both of these needs.According to Narozny, a number of the show’s unique features?explain the growth of the festival over the last few years. First and foremost, the show attracts the brightest up-and-coming artists from around the country and even abroad.To ensure that only the finest get to exhibit their work at each of her shows, Narozny uses a jury of art professionals with a combined 120 years of experience in fine art. As a result, the show has a reputation for including?quality work in an array of artistic disciplines, including painting, drawing, pastels, photography, ceramics, clay, glass, sculpture, wood working, fiber art and art jewelry.422211569342000“I make it my business to meet and get to know all of my artists,” says Narozny, who visits as many as possible in their homes, studios and galleries across the nation. Many become personal friends that she’ll do anything for, as happened a couple of years ago when someone stole a 20-foot?trailer containing all of the bronze sculptures that Wyoming sculptor Ben Foster expected to exhibit throughout Florida during the 2016 festival season. The trailer, which disappeared just before Christmas from a Naples storage facility, also contained Foster’s pop-up tent, pedestals, wall coverings, signs and sculpting tools.As soon as she heard the news of the theft, Narozny leapt into action, putting out the word about Foster’s predicament on?Facebook, via email and to her contacts in the media (such as Four in Your Corner’s Lisa Greenberg). Within hours, Foster’s collectors and fellow artists had made available enough sculpture, pedestals and displays that the artist and his wife were able exhibit not only at the Estero Fine Art Show, but the other festivals they were scheduled to attend over the ensuing twelve weeks. Narozny displays the same level of loyalty and concern for the folks who frequent her shows. “It’s important to the people who come to our shows to know that they will see original work from some of the best artists working in the country right now,” Narozny expounds. Knowing that Narozny and her jury have vetted each exhibitor frees enthusiasts and collectors to purchase with the knowledge that they are getting value – not to mention the strong possibility that their acquisition will appreciate in value as the artist’s reputation and stature continues to grow.Still, there’s original art for every budget so everyone can find just the right piece for their home or office no matter their economic circumstances or art IQ.387985038481000And Narozny goes out of her way to keep the focus on art. While she does provide musical entertainment during the course of the show (popular group Patchouli often appears), Narozny declines requests by food vendors who ask to sell?at her shows. That’s why it’s important for her to stage her shows in the parking lot of small malls and shopping centers that offer patrons diverse dining options both before and after they take in the art. With restaurants such as Carrabba’s, Conners, Famous Dave’s, Miller’s Ale House, Pinchers Crab Shack, P.F. Chang’s and Outback, the move from Miromar to the Town Center is sure to satisfy even the most?discerning palette among Estero Fine Art Show attendees.The absence of food vendors coupled with low-volume, easy-listening and semi-classical music goes a long way toward creating a casual, relaxed atmosphere that is conducive to viewing and buying art and engaging the exhibiting artists in conversation about their inspiration, technique and process.HYPERLINK ""Narozny employs yet another technique to ensure that her assemblage of elite artists brings their finest work to the Estero Fine Art Show. She engages an acclaimed artist or other art professional to judge the work at each show. Best of Show, Award of Excellence and merit award winners are announced on Sunday. It’s not just about ribbons and bragging rights. The winners get cash awards.4318055943500Some of the those who have judged past shows include Florida South Western State College studio art professor and artist Dana Roes, popular abstract artist and former Art League of Fort Myers president Zaki Knapen, and author, film producer and co-founder of the Jewish Historical Society of Southwest Florida Marina Berkovich of Naples.The formula has been working to perfection. Not only has Narozny had to find bigger and better quarters, the Estero Fine Art Show has been a top-100 outdoor art festival three years in a row (as ranked by both Sunshine Artist Magazine and other trade journals).The Estero Fine Art Show takes place from 10:00 a.m to 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 18, and 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 19. You will find the show outdoors at the Gulf Coast Town Center next?to Bass Pro Shops.The Estero Fine Art Show is produced by Hot Works, LLC, which has been producing quality, perennially top-100 art fairs and festivals since 2003. For more information, please visit or email patty@. ................
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