Delta Pi Delta Members Visit Artis-Naples

On April 12, 2014, members of Delta Pi Delta Alumnae Chapter met at Artis-Naples, the home of the Naples Philharmonic and The Baker Museum. Members first assembled in the courtyard of the Baker Museum on a beautiful spring day in Naples, Florida, before having a catered buffet lunch. 

After lunch, the first exhibit we saw was “Museum to Scale 1:7,” which is a collection of approximately 70 diorama  mini art galleries devoted to Belgian artists and art movements. Each exhibit, approximately 3 feet wide by 2 feet high by 2 feet deep, is an art gallery conceived by the artist and composed of his own work, miniaturized to a scale of 1/7. The installations were fascinating and a lot to absorb because there were so many artistic subjects and styles represented. “Rediscovering Egypt” is an exhibit from the Daheesh Museum of Art of New York City. The “rediscovering” part happened after Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt in 1798, which inspired scholars, artists and archaeologists  to visit Egypt and explore its ancient and contemporary culture. The exhibit includes original engravings and orientalist works from the Daheesh Museum. The last exhibit we visited was “Florida Contemporary,” which features local photographers, painters, sculptors and graphic artists and looks at trends in the art scene.  The Chihuly sculpture hangs in this gallery.

Ernest Trova sculpted a series of armless male figures over five decades. “FM6 Walking Jackman, ” one of his highly polished metal sculptures, is in front of the Naples Philharmonic.

Six almost life-size figures radiate from a cube. They are armless and featureless. The sculpture is a later rendition of Trova's Falling Man series, one in a series of nine.

Another highly polished metal sculpture in front of the Phil

Nancy at the entrance to the Baker Museum courtyard
The sculpture at the entrance gate is by metal artist Albert Paley.

This figure sits atop a column in the courtyard of the  Baker Museum. The sculptor is Hanneke Beaumont, a Dutch-born sculptor. The name of the sculpture is “L’ennui” or “Boredom.”

Esther and Valary waiting for our group to assemble before lunch

Allison, Sandy, Ann and Phyllis

Denny and Pat

Phyllis and Allison

Pat and Esther

Nancy, Barbara, Amy and Rosemary

Sharon, Teddy and Ann

Sandy, Rosemary and Donna

Carol and Mary

Phyllis, Brenda, Phyllis, Sasha, Sandy and Shirley right before the luncheon started

Kathy, Donna and Lillian, who were all in the same
AX alumnae group, Eta Tau Eta, in the Cleveland, Ohio, area.

Sasha and Phyllis in the buffet line

Co-presidents Shirley and Ann

Darlene in Easter colors

Birthday Girl Linda

Ronda, last month's Birthday Girl

Jackie, Sandi and Peggy

Kathy with art work--everywhere you looked was a piece of art, even in this corner

The domed glass and steel structure of the Figge Conservatory

The Figge Conservatory

Our group waiting to enter the museum

An exhibit from the “Museum to Scale” by Frank Maieu. If you look closely, you can see various artists portrayed in a humorous manner. Van Gogh, with a bandaged ear is right in the center of the exhibit on the "paintbrush cross." Salvador Dali is to his right, and Picasso is to his left, among other artists.

The lobby of the Naples Philharmonic

A Dale Chihuly sculpture, “Red Chandelier,”

 in the “Florida Contemporary”  exhibit in the west gallery of the Philharmonic