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The Gallery recently had
a highly successful show
featuring Jamie Meagher,
a local muralist who also
creates whimsical images
cut and painted on old
skateboards.
“Susan’s gallery did
an amazing job of
showcasing my work and
introducing it to a new
audience,” Meagher said.
“SBG’s focus on showing
a wide variety of local
work which might not
otherwise find an outlet
is exactly what the area
needs.”
Opened in the spring
2019, the gallery has
featured Melbourne
glass artist Vera Sattler,
black-and-white
photographer Bear
Hines from Melbourne
Beach, Melbourne
abstract expressionist Jeff
Filipski, outsider abstract
artist Kyle Heinly,
mixed media sculptor
Katherine McElhinny,
impressionistic painter
Heather Nagy from
Orlando and mixed
media painter Mark
Palmer of Rockledge.
In March, Giblin will
be premiering her own
work in a new series of
pointillism paintings
along with soft sculpture
artist Ruthann Heinly.
The gallery will be
celebrating its first
anniversary in April with
a show featuring seascape
and portrait artist Lynda
Kodwyc.
Susan reflected on her
first year in Downtown
Melbourne: “I was told
my vision of one-artist
shows, highlighting
There’s a new little gallery in the
Downtown Melbourne local art scene
that offers a powerful impact in its
diversity and freshness. Located in the
Galleria on East New Haven Avenue,
SBG Fine Arts Gallery offers a venue
for alternative art forms. It is owned
and operated by Susan B. Giblin, an
exceptional artist in her own right.
SBG Fine Arts Gallery spotlights artists from Central
Florida, focusing mainly on the many talented artists
in Brevard County. Unlike most galleries in the area,
SBG features one artist every four to six weeks. Giblin
believes giving patrons the opportunity to focus on an
individual artist’s body of work helps them appreciate
the artist’s point of view and enjoy a full artistic
experience.
“I also like to focus on artists who are producing
new, different and exciting work and I love really big
pieces, though that’s not a criteria to showing here,”
Giblin said.
artists who work in
subject matters which
are very different from
the ‘norm,’ wouldn’t
fly. I was told ‘this isn’t
New York, no one will
accept your vision.
People don’t pay for
abstract here. They
won’t show up.’
“I think they were
selling Brevard short.
have had a good first
year, successful, packed
artist receptions and
wonderful, positive
feedback from people
who visit the gallery. I
can’t wait to see what
happens in 2020.”
— Special to
EverythingBrevard
Gallery Focuses
SBG Fine Arts Gallery
321-591-9154
818 East New Haven Ave., Melbourne
sbg.melbch@gmail.com
sbgfineartsgallery.com
@sbgfineartagallery
Susan Giblin, left,
owner of SBG Fine
Arts Gallery, and
featured glass
artist Vera Sattler.
Kathy McElhinny, owner of Strawbridge Gallery, was
also a featured artists in the SBG Fine Arts Gallery.
Photos by Christina Stuart
march ‘20 // 065
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