Arts for ACT Gallery & Boutique
Arts for ACT Gallery & Boutique is a pace setting, award winning and 100% non-profit gallery, of which all the proceeds from the sales of art helps provide safe shelter and support services for our clients and their children, the victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. We represent over 75 local, national, and international artists. being a truly eclectic gallery, our artists include among others, the late four-time gold medal Olympic discus winner and abstract painter Al Oerter, Everglades photographer Clyde Butcher, holistic Folk Art Blues Painter Lennie Jones, Watercolorist David Belling, the limited edition prints of Darryl Pottorf, Romero Britto and the late world-renowned artist, Robert Rauschenberg. the gallery is reminiscent of a SoHo gallery in NYC, with over 2800 square feet, consisting of many gallery rooms ranging from formal to funky, with distressed brick walls and warm wooden and mosaic tile floors. The gallery features original art, giclees, limited edition prints, hand-crafted fine crafts, jewelry, gourd &fiber art, raku, clay and more. It is a must-see destination for all art lovers and collectors, providing a unique opportunity for everyone to learn and enjoy art.
The gallery showcases 3 to 5 different featured artists each month and hosts a "Meet the Artists" opening reception the first Friday of each month from 6pm-10pm. Buying ART from ACT Gallery saves LIVES! Our boutique offers clothing, hand bags, shoes, jewelry and more. Visit us on your next visit to Fort Myers, Florida! Check us out online at www.artsforactgallery.com.
"I'd love to talk art with you" ~Claudia
Claudia Goode, Gallery Curator at Art for ACT
Claudia Goode is a mixed media artist, who divides her time between family, art and ACT. Raising awareness and indulging in a LOVE for ART is her passion! for the past ten years, Claudia Goode has been involved with ACT, the domestic violence and sexual assault center in Fort Myers, Florida, as Director of Operations and for nine years, as the curator of its art gallery, "Arts for ACT" and boutique. You might detect her birthplace from her accent, however slight... when she tells you "she was born in Lou-a-vall" (Louisville, Kentucky). she has resided in Fort Myers for over 30 years, raising her family here. Married for over 35 years, she is the mother of two grown daughters. She is soon to become a Grandmother, much to her delight. She is a down-to-earth person with a strong passion for the creative arts and has been since the age of five. Collage is her medium of choice; she infuses her collages with a dreamlike quality filled with symbolism using paint, paper, photos, found objects and more. She loves the first week of each and every month, when she is creating the new look at Arts for ACT Gallery, hanging sometimes hundreds of new works of art from the three or more featured artists' that exhibit at ACT Gallery. Her current path has brought her much love, creativity and passion!
