I planned to see the Festival of Trees at the art center, but the festival was over and the trees were gone.
Oh well. I was able to see two large metal sculptures by Spanish-born artist Miguel Vazquez.
One stands at each end of the art center.
In past years I have shown the tall pair of large cylindrical 2001 artworks by Jim Sanborn called The Caloosahatchee Manuscripts. One drum contains the text of a story told by Maskoki Indian leader Tchikilli to James Oglethorpe about the migration of Native Americans into Florida. The art center is on the site of a settlement of Creek Indians that pre-dates the army fort that gave birth to Fort Myers' name.
On the other drum, Sanborn incised the Latin names of 500 botanicals that Thomas Edison tested in an effort to develop a source of latex from which to make rubber needed by his friends Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone.
The drums are much more impressive in the evening when internal lights cast letters on the street, sidewalk and art center. I showed them in my 2011 blog post. It is worth a look.
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