ARTIS—NAPLES

From our founding, Artis—Naples has been central to defining our community as one of cultural participation and excellence rather than - like so much of our state - one solely defined by beaches, golf and fine or relaxed living. Our programmatic footprint is, and will remain, vast, especially for a community of our size. More than 300,000 people are welcomed to our campus annually and as a whole, Artis—Naples creates and presents more than 800 free and paid concerts, events and exhibitions each year. As we look to the future, we see continued population growth throughout our state and a transfer of wealth that is being accompanied by a transfer of cultural values and expectations. As noted above, from our inception, Artis—Naples' patrons have demanded distinctive, quality, cultural programming. Because our most fundamental belief is that the arts and culture enrich and expand life, all can look with confidence to Artis—Naples. With the guidance of our leadership and support from our community, patrons and donors, Artis—Naples will remain a true multidisciplinary organization with one foot placed solidly in the performing arts and the other in the visual arts, uniquely positioned to not only to meet these expectations, but to surpass them.

Our strategies for reaching our goals are to maintain focus on fiscal responsibility and maintain a balanced annual budget, remain fully engaged with and committed to a multi-disciplinary programmatic approach, continue to expand community relationships and partnerships for the good of our community and continue to pursue world-class excellence in all that we do.

Artis—Naples' 8.5 acre campus houses the 1,477-seat Hayes hall, the 289-seat Daniels Pavilion, and the 30,000 square foot Baker Museum.  The orchestra features a core of 50+ musicians, prepared to play a wide range of music including orchestral and chamber works, jazz, ballet and opera.  We also host a range of visiting artists and organizations including Miami City Ballet, BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA among others.  The Baker Museum is one of the largest fine arts museum in Southwest Florida.  It includes a three-story, 47,000 square foot museum with 15+ galleries, a multi-purpose classroom, dedicated multi-purpose event space and academically grounded museum library.  We also feature an Education Department leading a range of programming to serve more than 45,000 local-area schoolchildren through both visual and performing arts programming and some 7,000 adults through Lifelong Learning programs.  As a single, multi-disciplinary organization, Artis—Naples is uniquely positioned to meet the arts and cultural expectations of our patrons and the needs of our community.

In the more than forty years since our founding, Artis—Naples, home of The Baker Museum and the Naples Philharmonic, has grown to become Southwest Florida's premier cultural campus.  We create and present more than 800 free and paid, world-class concerts, events, exhibitions and educational programs annually serving more than 300,000 people and more than 45,000 local-area schoolchildren.  Our performing arts center featuring a 1,477 seat hall (Hayes Hall) and a 283 seat black box theater (Daniels Pavilion) was built on donated land based on the versatility and promise of a fledgling chamber orchestra then known as the Naples-Marco Philharmonic.  Today, the Naples Philharmonic is a celebrated resident orchestra that embraces a wide variety of programming including chamber music, jazz, pops, ballet and opera.  The Baker Museum is one of the largest fine arts museums in Southwest Florida.  It includes a three-story, 30,000 square foot museum (expanding following damages sustained during Hurricane Irma to 47,000 square feet) with 15+ galleries, multipurpose education space, dedicated multipurpose event space and academically grounded museum library.  With a permanent collection focused on American, European and Pan-American Modern and Contemporary art, we are also pleased to create and present traveling exhibitions from around the world.  Examples over the last several years include Gods and Heroes, Masterpieces from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, the first such exhibition in the United States in more than 40 years, and Naples Collects, a once-in-a-lifetime, curated collection of rarely viewed works held in the private collections and homes of Naples collectors.  In addition, we are proud to have built and sustained successful partnerships to further our artistic goals including ten-year partnerships with regional churches, schools and community centers to extend our reach beyond our campus; a more than two-decades long partnership with the Miami City Ballet; a more than fifteen-year partnership with BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA (BAA); and a fifteen-year visiting orchestra series including regular appearances by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, the Toronto Symphony and both the famed Vienna Philharmonic which made its Florida debut at Artis—Naples in March 2016 and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra which made its Florida debut in February 2019.