As part of the America250 celebration, we are proud to exhibit Clyde Butcher’s America the Beautiful. Known for his powerful black-and-white, large-scale photography, Butcher captures the awe-inspiring landscapes of America’s National Parks—some of our nation’s greatest natural treasures. His work invites viewers to experience the majesty, serenity, and enduring significance of these iconic places.

As part of the America250 celebration, we are proud to exhibit Clyde Butcher’s America the Beautiful. Known for his powerful black-and-white, large-scale photography, Butcher captures the awe-inspiring landscapes of America’s National Parks—some of our nation’s greatest natural treasures. His work invites viewers to experience the majesty, serenity, and enduring significance of these iconic places.

As part of the America250 celebration, we are proud to exhibit Clyde Butcher’s America the Beautiful. Known for his powerful black-and-white, large-scale photography, Butcher captures the awe-inspiring landscapes of America’s National Parks—some of our nation’s greatest natural treasures. His work invites viewers to experience the majesty, serenity, and enduring significance of these iconic places.

As part of the America250 celebration, we are proud to exhibit Clyde Butcher’s America the Beautiful. Known for his powerful black-and-white, large-scale photography, Butcher captures the awe-inspiring landscapes of America’s National Parks—some of our nation’s greatest natural treasures. His work invites viewers to experience the majesty, serenity, and enduring significance of these iconic places.

As part of the America250 celebration, we are proud to exhibit Clyde Butcher’s America the Beautiful. Known for his powerful black-and-white, large-scale photography, Butcher captures the awe-inspiring landscapes of America’s National Parks—some of our nation’s greatest natural treasures. His work invites viewers to experience the majesty, serenity, and enduring significance of these iconic places.

What started as a celebration of the “end of season” transformed into an almost fifty-year-old tradition to pay homage to the locals of Naples, Florida. Explore the many themes and awards that captivated participants and onlookers of the Great Dock Canoe Races. Also learn how and where the races operate today!

The art gallery hosts several exhibitions each year. A partnership with the United Arts Collier brings annual exhibitions of painting, photography and mixed media by artists from Collier and Lee County. The exhibits are juried by local art experts and follow Rookery Bay’s environmental mission with a central theme of plants, waters and wildlife of Southwest Florida. Most works are available for purchase.

FREE with Admission to Environmental Learning Center

Explore your wild side through nature-themed crafts!

Join us on Saturdays this summer for fun, self-guided, family-friendly crafting activities inspired by nature. Each month features a new theme and all supplies are included with admission … just bring your creativity!

Feeling stuck with journaling? Has it become more of a “should” rather than something that feels helpful and fun? Join Holly Zazo, UAC member and teaching artist, to learn creative journaling techniques that you can easily use at home. 

In this group we’ll transform your journal pages into layered works of art, where your writing can be partially—or completely—covered. Your thoughts are still expressed, honored, and released… but safely held.

No pressure to reread.
No pressure to share.
Just the process.

You’ll learn how to:

• Let go of the pressure to “do it right”
• Use art journaling as a form of emotional expression
• Explore different styles of journaling (guided prompts, intuitive, visual)

Materials provided. No prior art skill required.

If journaling has ever felt frustrating, forced, or just not for you—this might change everything.

Join me, and let’s make journaling something you actually look forward to.

For more information and to register: hollyzazotherapy.com

This group is held weekly on Tuesdays from 11-12.

Pre-registration required $45

“The Centered Circle” Expressive Art Group offers a calming and creative space to explore the healing potential of mandalas. Mandalas are circular designs that symbolize wholeness, balance, and connection, often used across cultures as tools for reflection and meditation.

Have you ever you struggled with traditional meditation or mindfulness practices? This is for you! Yes, making art, with your eyes open, IS a form of meditation!

Join Holly Zazo, UAC member and teaching artist, to engage in hands-on mandala creation as a mindfulness practice. Through guided art exercises, we will slow down, focus attention, and use this creative process to cultivate a sense of calm and presence.

In this group, you will:

• Be gently guided in using mandalas as a creative and enjoyable way to build a mindfulness practice.
• Explore the meaning behind the personal symbols, colors, and patterns that naturally emerge in your work.
• Develop a deeper understanding of your inner thoughts and emotions through creative expression.

Materials provided, no art skill required.

This group is held weekly,  on Thursdays from 12-1:00

Pre-registration required, $45

For more information and to register: http://hollyzazotherapy.com

THIRD THURSDAYS LECTURE SERIES:
Visit the Museum of the Everglades every third Thursday for a local history lecture. Museum of the Everglades | 2:00 – 3:00 PM

Museum Assistant Mathew Anderson, who also serves as a Deacon at the First Baptist Church of Everglades City, will explore the origins of the area’s many congregations and the places they meet to pray – dating back to the turn of the last century. For many early settlers in the region where Collier County began, their faith was the foundation of pioneer life and erecting a rustic chapel often took precedence over opening a school.

Despite its small size, the community has long been a veritable melting pot of many faiths and Mr. Anderson will share stories of how even the museum itself once hosted Catholic masses and how county founder Barron Gift Collier ensured that people of all denominations would always be welcome to worship in Everglades City.

Exhibition Reception | June 18th, 2026 | 5:30–7:00 PM | The Norris Center

Every person holds a map no one else can read.

Where have you traveled within yourself? What territories remain uncharted?

¡ARTE VIVA! returns in 2026 with Inner Cartographies: Mapping the Self, and we invite you to experience the work in person.

Join UAC member artists and Collier community artists as they explore personal and cultural identity, memory, mental landscapes, and the ever-shifting terrain of who we are. Inspired by UAC’s inaugural Latin Surrealism exhibition, this year’s showcase goes deeper into the places only art can reach.

Questions? Reach us at operations@unitedartscollier.org

Reserve for a perfect marine science camp for 7^th to 10^th grade students who want to get hands-on with marine life and learn from real scientists. This flexible camp is filled with nature and science activities including time in Rookery Bay’s labs. Discover the birds, sharks, sea turtles and other amazing wildlife that call Rookery Bay’s amazing coastal habitat home. Camp scholarships are available.

June 5 & 26 – “Sleuthing the Lagoon” – Ever wonder what it’s like to be an animal living in an estuary? Experience their unique habitat by surveying fish with an ancient method of collection, scooping crabs and worms out of sand and observing birds wading through water.
Location: Tigertail Beach
430 Hernando Dr., Marco Island, FL 34145

June 12 – “Invertebrate Investigation”– Join staff in the lab for an exciting exploration of invertebrates and learn about their amazing adaptations. Students will use microscopes to take an in-depth look at some of the smallest estuary inhabitants: plankton!

Location: Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center

300 Tower Rd., Naples, 34113

June 19 – “Biology on Bike – Explore the Uplands on Bicycle” Learn to identify plants and animals and how scientific data is collected at the Reserve.

Location: Shell Island Road Field Station

10 Shell Island Road, Naples FL, 34113

Aargh, ye mateys! It be Pirate Day again! Come enjoy crafts and games, amass coins, and earn ye treasure. Pirate garb encouraged. We will learn about the pirate and pioneers of Marco Island.

FREE with Admission to Environmental Learning Center

Explore your wild side through nature-themed crafts!

Join us on Saturdays this summer for fun, self-guided, family-friendly crafting activities inspired by nature. Each month features a new theme and all supplies are included with admission … just bring your creativity!

$55

Registration is required www.rookerybay.org/events

If you want to get the best pictures possible and a true understanding of your camera’s features, this camera workshop is for you. The class covers the essentials of your digital camera. You will learn how to use your camera’s shutter, aperture, ISO control and the drive modes to create images with impact and creativity. Sonny Saunders has over 35 years of experience in photography and instruction and is renowned for his ability to communicate to a wide variety of students. No previous camera or photography experience is necessary, just a desire to learn.

The dog days of summer are here! One of America’s favorite pastimes is enjoying ICE CREAM!

Stroll on by and make an ice cream cup loaded with toppings from our deluxe sundae bar! Or would you prefer an old-fashioned ice cream float? Play a game of checkers or cards, try twirling a hula-hoop, or simply practice the art of porch sitting! For a small donation, we’ll even have a watermelon eating contest! More details to come!

Meet the Artists. Explore the Creativity. Take home the Inspiration.

Experience the creative energy of the Naples Art District, where artists invite you into their working studios and galleries. Talk with the artists about their creative process and explore a wide variety of work. Find Art for every taste and budget, with opportunities to purchase or commission a custom piece made just for you. This immersive experience invites visitors to see, learn and connect in Southwest Florida’s most vibrant creative community. The following galleries plan to be open:

Trillium, 5450C Shirley St

Inspirations, 5450 B Shirley St

Gallerie B, 5311 Shirley St, Unit 3

Clay More Ceramics, 5560 Shirley St

Laurel Schmid Fine Art Studio, 5760 Shirley St, #15

Roland Richardson Gallery & Studio, 5760 Shirley St, # 21

The Gallo Gallery, 6240 Shirley St, #205 (upstairs)

Art2Amaze, 6210 Shirley St, #108

Gallery 103, 6230 Shirley St, #103

Pick up a catalog in any of these galleries. Free admission.

Feeling stuck with journaling? Has it become more of a “should” rather than something that feels helpful and fun? Join Holly Zazo, UAC member and teaching artist, to learn creative journaling techniques that you can easily use at home. 

In this group we’ll transform your journal pages into layered works of art, where your writing can be partially—or completely—covered. Your thoughts are still expressed, honored, and released… but safely held.

No pressure to reread.
No pressure to share.
Just the process.

You’ll learn how to:

• Let go of the pressure to “do it right”
• Use art journaling as a form of emotional expression
• Explore different styles of journaling (guided prompts, intuitive, visual)

Materials provided. No prior art skill required.

If journaling has ever felt frustrating, forced, or just not for you—this might change everything.

Join me, and let’s make journaling something you actually look forward to.

For more information and to register: hollyzazotherapy.com

This group is held weekly on Tuesdays from 11-12.

Pre-registration required $45

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Reserve for a perfect marine science camp for 7^th to 10^th grade students who want to get hands-on with marine life and learn from real scientists. This flexible camp is filled with nature and science activities including time in Rookery Bay’s labs. Discover the birds, sharks, sea turtles and other amazing wildlife that call Rookery Bay’s amazing coastal habitat home. Camp scholarships are available.

June 5 & 26 – “Sleuthing the Lagoon” – Ever wonder what it’s like to be an animal living in an estuary? Experience their unique habitat by surveying fish with an ancient method of collection, scooping crabs and worms out of sand and observing birds wading through water.
Location: Tigertail Beach
430 Hernando Dr., Marco Island, FL 34145

June 12 – “Invertebrate Investigation”– Join staff in the lab for an exciting exploration of invertebrates and learn about their amazing adaptations. Students will use microscopes to take an in-depth look at some of the smallest estuary inhabitants: plankton!

Location: Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center

300 Tower Rd., Naples, 34113

June 19 – “Biology on Bike – Explore the Uplands on Bicycle” Learn to identify plants and animals and how scientific data is collected at the Reserve.

Location: Shell Island Road Field Station

10 Shell Island Road, Naples FL, 34113

Another Friday night in?
Get a change of scenery with Retro Game Night at the Naples Depot Museum!

It’s a new take on the classic family game night tradition! Bring your own blanket and revisit your childhood game closet with the following retro games: Twister, Monopoly, Trouble, Sorry! Uno, Simon, Yahtzee, Chutes & Ladders, Battleship, Operation, Clue, Candy Land, Guess Who? and The Game of Life.

Have a favorite game that is not listed? You’re always welcome to bring it to add to the fun!
Play games and enjoy the ice cream sundae bar, provided by Dairy Queen of Downtown Naples, all free! All ages are welcome.
Bring friends and family and join us on the last Friday of each month from 5:00pm to 8:00pm at Naples Depot Museum.

FREE with Admission to Environmental Learning Center

Explore your wild side through nature-themed crafts!

Join us on Saturdays this summer for fun, self-guided, family-friendly crafting activities inspired by nature. Each month features a new theme and all supplies are included with admission … just bring your creativity!

Get ready to peel back the layers of mango history and taste the sweetest part of Florida at this family-friendly event! Having originated in South and Southeast Asia, mangos find an easy home in South Florida where many of the world’s current commercial cultivars originated. Sample some of these cultivars, including the influential “Haden” variety first bred in the 1910s in a backyard in Coconut Grove, and take home your own bag of mangos from the museum’s bounty. Plus learn the secrets of growing mango trees from the experts, you’ll leave with a whole new appreciation for mangos!

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As part of the America250 celebration, we are proud to exhibit Clyde Butcher’s America the Beautiful. Known for his powerful black-and-white, large-scale photography, Butcher captures the awe-inspiring landscapes of America’s National Parks—some of our nation’s greatest natural treasures. His work invites viewers to experience the majesty, serenity, and enduring significance of these iconic places.

As part of the America250 celebration, we are proud to exhibit Clyde Butcher’s America the Beautiful. Known for his powerful black-and-white, large-scale photography, Butcher captures the awe-inspiring landscapes of America’s National Parks—some of our nation’s greatest natural treasures. His work invites viewers to experience the majesty, serenity, and enduring significance of these iconic places.

As part of the America250 celebration, we are proud to exhibit Clyde Butcher’s America the Beautiful. Known for his powerful black-and-white, large-scale photography, Butcher captures the awe-inspiring landscapes of America’s National Parks—some of our nation’s greatest natural treasures. His work invites viewers to experience the majesty, serenity, and enduring significance of these iconic places.

As part of the America250 celebration, we are proud to exhibit Clyde Butcher’s America the Beautiful. Known for his powerful black-and-white, large-scale photography, Butcher captures the awe-inspiring landscapes of America’s National Parks—some of our nation’s greatest natural treasures. His work invites viewers to experience the majesty, serenity, and enduring significance of these iconic places.

As part of the America250 celebration, we are proud to exhibit Clyde Butcher’s America the Beautiful. Known for his powerful black-and-white, large-scale photography, Butcher captures the awe-inspiring landscapes of America’s National Parks—some of our nation’s greatest natural treasures. His work invites viewers to experience the majesty, serenity, and enduring significance of these iconic places.

What started as a celebration of the “end of season” transformed into an almost fifty-year-old tradition to pay homage to the locals of Naples, Florida. Explore the many themes and awards that captivated participants and onlookers of the Great Dock Canoe Races. Also learn how and where the races operate today!

The art gallery hosts several exhibitions each year. A partnership with the United Arts Collier brings annual exhibitions of painting, photography and mixed media by artists from Collier and Lee County. The exhibits are juried by local art experts and follow Rookery Bay’s environmental mission with a central theme of plants, waters and wildlife of Southwest Florida. Most works are available for purchase.

FREE with Admission to Environmental Learning Center

Explore your wild side through nature-themed crafts!

Join us on Saturdays this summer for fun, self-guided, family-friendly crafting activities inspired by nature. Each month features a new theme and all supplies are included with admission … just bring your creativity!

$75 (Camp Scholarships Available)

Locations Vary

Registration is required www.rookerybay.org/calendar

Learn from Marine Scientists this summer with Rookery Bay Research Reserve! Join Rookery Bay Research Reserve for a perfect marine science camp for 7^th to 10^th grade students who want to get hands-on with marine life and learn from real scientists. This flexible camp is filled with nature and science activities including time in Rookery Bay’s labs. Discover the birds, sharks, sea turtles and other amazing wildlife that call Rookery Bay’s amazing coastal habitat home. Camp scholarships are available.

June 5, 19 & 26 and July 10 & 17 – “Sleuthing the Lagoon” – Ever wonder what it’s like to be an animal living in an estuary? Experience their unique habitat by surveying fish with nets for collection, scooping crabs and worms out of sand and observing birds wading through water.

Location: Tigertail Beach
430 Hernando Dr., Marco Island, FL 34145

June 12 and July 31 – “Invertebrate Investigation”– Join staff in the lab for an exciting exploration of invertebrates and learn about their amazing adaptations. Students will use microscopes to take an in-depth look at some of the smallest estuary inhabitants: plankton!

Location: Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center

300 Tower Rd., Naples, 34113

July 24 – “Biology on Bike – Explore the Uplands on Bicycle” Learn to identify plants and animals and how scientific data is collected at the Reserve.

Location: Shell Island Road Field Station

10 Shell Island Road, Naples FL, 34113

FREE with Admission to Environmental Learning Center

Explore your wild side through nature-themed crafts!

Join us on Saturdays this summer for fun, self-guided, family-friendly crafting activities inspired by nature. Each month features a new theme and all supplies are included with admission … just bring your creativity!

Join us for a community exhibition centered on storytelling, memory, and lived experiences within the immigrant community of Immokalee and neighboring communities.

Local artists will be on site to discuss their work, and light bites and refreshments will be provided.

Join us for a special Family Day celebrating America’s past, present, and future. In honor of the nation’s 250th anniversary, enjoy hands-on activities, creative crafts, and experiences inspired by American history, culture, and innovation.

This event will showcase the Drawn Together contest winners along with a curated selection of submissions at the E. George Rogers Studio.

THIRD THURSDAYS LECTURE SERIES:
Visit the Museum of the Everglades every third Thursday for a local history lecture. Museum of the Everglades | 2:00 – 3:00 PM

In this companion lecture to the current temporary exhibit at Museum of the Everglades, American Spirit, American Dream, Museum Manager Thomas Lockyear will discuss the indomitable spirit of the individuals who have called the Everglades area their home – from the region’s indigenous people to early pioneer settlers to the modern-day entrepreneurs. Presented in the context of the America 250 celebration, Mr. Lockyear will share stories of the courage, resourcefulness, fortitude, ingenuity and vision of those personalities who have lived and written chapters of this nation’s history in and around the Everglades for two and a half centuries.

$75 (Camp Scholarships Available)

Locations Vary

Registration is required www.rookerybay.org/calendar

Learn from Marine Scientists this summer with Rookery Bay Research Reserve! Join Rookery Bay Research Reserve for a perfect marine science camp for 7^th to 10^th grade students who want to get hands-on with marine life and learn from real scientists. This flexible camp is filled with nature and science activities including time in Rookery Bay’s labs. Discover the birds, sharks, sea turtles and other amazing wildlife that call Rookery Bay’s amazing coastal habitat home. Camp scholarships are available.

June 5, 19 & 26 and July 10 & 17 – “Sleuthing the Lagoon” – Ever wonder what it’s like to be an animal living in an estuary? Experience their unique habitat by surveying fish with nets for collection, scooping crabs and worms out of sand and observing birds wading through water.

Location: Tigertail Beach
430 Hernando Dr., Marco Island, FL 34145

June 12 and July 31 – “Invertebrate Investigation”– Join staff in the lab for an exciting exploration of invertebrates and learn about their amazing adaptations. Students will use microscopes to take an in-depth look at some of the smallest estuary inhabitants: plankton!

Location: Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center

300 Tower Rd., Naples, 34113

July 24 – “Biology on Bike – Explore the Uplands on Bicycle” Learn to identify plants and animals and how scientific data is collected at the Reserve.

Location: Shell Island Road Field Station

10 Shell Island Road, Naples FL, 34113

FREE with Admission to Environmental Learning Center

Explore your wild side through nature-themed crafts!

Join us on Saturdays this summer for fun, self-guided, family-friendly crafting activities inspired by nature. Each month features a new theme and all supplies are included with admission … just bring your creativity!

$55

Registration is required www.rookerybay.org/events

If you want to get the best pictures possible and a true understanding of your camera’s features, this camera workshop is for you. The class covers the essentials of your digital camera. You will learn how to use your camera’s shutter, aperture, ISO control and the drive modes to create images with impact and creativity. Sonny Saunders has over 35 years of experience in photography and instruction and is renowned for his ability to communicate to a wide variety of students. No previous camera or photography experience is necessary, just a desire to learn.

$75 (Camp Scholarships Available)

Locations Vary

Registration is required www.rookerybay.org/calendar

Learn from Marine Scientists this summer with Rookery Bay Research Reserve! Join Rookery Bay Research Reserve for a perfect marine science camp for 7^th to 10^th grade students who want to get hands-on with marine life and learn from real scientists. This flexible camp is filled with nature and science activities including time in Rookery Bay’s labs. Discover the birds, sharks, sea turtles and other amazing wildlife that call Rookery Bay’s amazing coastal habitat home. Camp scholarships are available.

June 5, 19 & 26 and July 10 & 17 – “Sleuthing the Lagoon” – Ever wonder what it’s like to be an animal living in an estuary? Experience their unique habitat by surveying fish with nets for collection, scooping crabs and worms out of sand and observing birds wading through water.

Location: Tigertail Beach
430 Hernando Dr., Marco Island, FL 34145

June 12 and July 31 – “Invertebrate Investigation”– Join staff in the lab for an exciting exploration of invertebrates and learn about their amazing adaptations. Students will use microscopes to take an in-depth look at some of the smallest estuary inhabitants: plankton!

Location: Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center

300 Tower Rd., Naples, 34113

July 24 – “Biology on Bike – Explore the Uplands on Bicycle” Learn to identify plants and animals and how scientific data is collected at the Reserve.

Location: Shell Island Road Field Station

10 Shell Island Road, Naples FL, 34113

Another Friday night in?
Get a change of scenery with Retro Game Night at the Naples Depot Museum!

It’s a new take on the classic family game night tradition! Bring your own blanket and revisit your childhood game closet with the following retro games: Twister, Monopoly, Trouble, Sorry! Uno, Simon, Yahtzee, Chutes & Ladders, Battleship, Operation, Clue, Candy Land, Guess Who? and The Game of Life.

Have a favorite game that is not listed? You’re always welcome to bring it to add to the fun!
Play games and enjoy the ice cream sundae bar, provided by Dairy Queen of Downtown Naples, all free! All ages are welcome.
Bring friends and family and join us on the last Friday of each month from 5:00pm to 8:00pm at Naples Depot Museum.

FREE with Admission to Environmental Learning Center

Explore your wild side through nature-themed crafts!

Join us on Saturdays this summer for fun, self-guided, family-friendly crafting activities inspired by nature. Each month features a new theme and all supplies are included with admission … just bring your creativity!

$75 (Camp Scholarships Available)

Locations Vary

Registration is required www.rookerybay.org/calendar

Learn from Marine Scientists this summer with Rookery Bay Research Reserve! Join Rookery Bay Research Reserve for a perfect marine science camp for 7^th to 10^th grade students who want to get hands-on with marine life and learn from real scientists. This flexible camp is filled with nature and science activities including time in Rookery Bay’s labs. Discover the birds, sharks, sea turtles and other amazing wildlife that call Rookery Bay’s amazing coastal habitat home. Camp scholarships are available.

June 5, 19 & 26 and July 10 & 17 – “Sleuthing the Lagoon” – Ever wonder what it’s like to be an animal living in an estuary? Experience their unique habitat by surveying fish with nets for collection, scooping crabs and worms out of sand and observing birds wading through water.

Location: Tigertail Beach
430 Hernando Dr., Marco Island, FL 34145

June 12 and July 31 – “Invertebrate Investigation”– Join staff in the lab for an exciting exploration of invertebrates and learn about their amazing adaptations. Students will use microscopes to take an in-depth look at some of the smallest estuary inhabitants: plankton!

Location: Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center

300 Tower Rd., Naples, 34113

July 24 – “Biology on Bike – Explore the Uplands on Bicycle” Learn to identify plants and animals and how scientific data is collected at the Reserve.

Location: Shell Island Road Field Station

10 Shell Island Road, Naples FL, 34113

What started as a celebration of the “end of season” transformed into an almost fifty-year-old tradition to pay homage to the locals of Naples, Florida. Explore the many themes and awards that captivated participants and onlookers of the Great Dock Canoe Races. Also learn how and where the races operate today!

The art gallery hosts several exhibitions each year. A partnership with the United Arts Collier brings annual exhibitions of painting, photography and mixed media by artists from Collier and Lee County. The exhibits are juried by local art experts and follow Rookery Bay’s environmental mission with a central theme of plants, waters and wildlife of Southwest Florida. Most works are available for purchase.

FREE with Admission to Environmental Learning Center

Explore your wild side through nature-themed crafts!

Join us on Saturdays this summer for fun, self-guided, family-friendly crafting activities inspired by nature. Each month features a new theme and all supplies are included with admission … just bring your creativity!