The Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center - Florida Arts

Founded in 1997 by Jim Griffith as Florida Arts, Incorporated, a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization, the Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center holds the annual Florida Arts Festival and numerous other exhibitions, galas, and performances.

The Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center's mission is to nurture innovation and excellence in the visual and performing arts through education, entertainment, and outreach programs.  The 23,000 square foot Art Center brings world-renowned artists to Southwest Florida, providing a venue for traveling shows and local emerging artists.

Designed by prominent Florida architect Nat Gaillard Walker, the former Historic Post Office building, built in 1933, is one of the nation's finest neoclassical revival structures and a major contributing building to the Downtown Historic River District of Fort Myers.  It was converted to a Federal Courthouse in 1965 and later vacated in 1998.  The building fell into disrepair until taken over by Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, now dedicated to its preservation with the creation of a community cultural center.

Jim Griffith, Executive Director and CEO of Florida Arts, Inc. (the Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center)

Jim Griffith, a Julliard trained violist, founded Florida Arts, Incorporated in 1997 to strengthen and serve the arts community of his native Southwest Florida.  As Executive Director of the Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, Griffith has been a major contributor to the arts community and leader of the building’s historic restoration and preservation.  He is a former member of the Hudson String Quartet, Principal Violist of the New York Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra and New York Virtuosi, and is co-founder of American Virtuosi.  He currently plays viola for the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra.

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