Nurturing a Connection In which the arts is the fundamental component of the community
The arts mean business! The nonprofit arts and culture industry generates $140.1 million in annual economic activity in Lee County—supporting 3,875 full-time equivalent jobs, and generating $18.8 million in local and state government revenues, according to the Arts & Economic Prosperity 5 (AEP5) study. Within the city limits of Fort Myers, the nonprofit arts and culture industry generates $49.7 million in annual economic activity —supporting 1,389 full-time equivalent jobs, and generating $6.7 million in local and state government revenue. Read Realize the Impact of Arts and Culture! Source is Lee County Alliance for the Arts. (Executive Director, Lydia Black.)
TBA Executive Director Main office: 239-461-8411
The art or science of composing or performing vocal and/or instrumental sounds to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion.
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The arts created primarily for visual perception, as drawing, graphics, painting, sculpture, and the decorative arts.
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A successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
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The activity or profession of acting in, producing, directing, or writing plays.
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