Marco Island Art Walks transform empty Esplanade storefonts into mini galleries
Everglades landscape artist Jo-Ann Sanborn was used to cramped quarters for her working space, sandwiched into her second bedroom with paints, brushes, unfinished canvases and other framed works nearly closing in on top of her. But on one fateful trip to the Esplanade, Sanborn had a brainstorm: open a studio and gallery in its unoccupied retail space.
“I came one day and saw there were a number of empty storefronts (at the Esplanade),” explained Sanborn, who thought that space would be especially suited for an artist’s gallery and working studio.
