Two recent FGCU alumnae weren’t friends until each moved to New York a couple of years ago. There they connected and made art.

The result is the exhibit “Girl Feast,” now at the Wasmer Gallery on the FGCU campus.

Izzy Baquerizo explains how she and Chloe Lewis met.

"I had just moved to New York in 2022 and I didn't know a lot of people, but I remember Chloe moved there right after college, and we followed each other on social media. So I just sent her a message saying, like, 'Hey, I'd love to be your friend. I'd love to make art together.' And she said, 'Yes.'

They began meeting for picnics in Central Park and hanging out in coffee shops, making collages and sketching in their sketchbooks and on iPads.

"Our drawing style is really similar," Baquerizo said. "This show was definitely th

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