An intimate look at the work-behind-the-works of Captiva resident, artist and author, Ilie Ruby. 

CIHS Directors provide information from our archives and Ms. Ruby shares how these images and data are inextricably connected in her creative process.  An event best described as colorful, thought-provoking and informative!

Wednesday, January 14, 2026  at 6:30 pm

Captiva Civic Association • 11550 Chapin Lane, Captiva

Price: $15 per person • Reservations requested

Ilie Ruby is an artist and the author of two novels, The Language of Trees and The Salt God’s Daughter. Her essays have been published in the New York Times, CNN, AOL, and Forward, among others. Awards include the Edwin L. Moses Prize for Fiction chosen by T.C. Boyle, a Kerr Foundation Scholarship, and the Phi Kappa Phi Award for Creative Fiction. Ruby is also a recipient of the Wesleyan Writer’s Conference Davidoff Nonfiction Scholarship and the Barbara Kemp Award for Outstanding Teaching and Scholarship

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239-472-2323

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