Events – 25 Mar 19

09/08/2018  – 05/18/2019

9:30 am – 11:00 am
Children’s Art Studio – FREE!
Children’s Art Studio – FREE!
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Grades 4 – 6. Fun & creative art activities. Each week a different activity. Walk-ins welcome. Reservations recommended. Space is limited.

01/26/2019  – 05/18/2019

9:30 am – 12:00 pm
Teen Open Studio – FREE!
Teen Open Studio – FREE!
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

This free program gives teens the unique opportunity to create their art alongside a different professional working artist from the community every month. Our artists will guide you to use new mediums & techniques and inform you about careers as an artist. All supplies included. In partnership with the Tampa Museum of Art. This class made possible thanks to a generous grant from the Lightning Foundation.

03/06/2019  – 04/10/2019

6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Painting Studio S2
Painting Studio S2
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

This is a multi-level class for anyone who would like to explore acrylic painting. Work with representational painting, abstraction and collage while improving skills with color, composition and techniques. A fun, flexible class for all students.

03/09/2019  – 04/27/2019

10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Spray Painting and Mural Planning
Spray Painting and Mural Planning
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Gain practice working with spray paint. Learn different spray-painting techniques, how to plan and execute large-scale murals, and create a collaborative class mural. In partnership with the Tampa Museum of Art. 

03/21/2019  – 04/25/2019

1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Painting with Watercolors – Session 2
Painting with Watercolors – Session 2
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Students will learn and explore: color (complementary colors, analogous colors, the chromatic richness of neutrals); brush strokes (from flat and variegated washes to dancing with your brushes); techniques (from wet-into-wet to spattering, pouring, spraying, stenciling, scrubbing).

03/25/2019  – 04/17/2019

9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Large-Scale Printmaking
Large-Scale Printmaking
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

A relief printmaking class for beginning to advanced students focusing on the creation of large-scale prints. In partnership with the Tampa Museum of Art.

03/25/2019  – 05/20/2019

4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Arts Education Straz Center Musical Theater: Grades 2 – 12
Arts Education Straz Center Musical Theater: Grades 2 – 12
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

An overview of Musical Theater from the historical & performance perspectives. Students will explore American musical theater pieces; musical, theatrical and dance styles from throughout the 20th century.

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Cigar Box Guitar Workshop
Saturday, May 3, 2014    
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Make your own cigar box guitar for yourself, as a gift, as an instrument, a wall hanger, a piece of Americana! Continue this 150 year tradition with artist Steve Cinnamon.
Firehouse Blues & Bar-B-Que
Saturday, May 3, 2014    
5:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Our Smokin’ Bar-B-Q will focus on good food, good music and good people enjoying a lovely afternoon and evening at the Firehouse alongside beautiful Marsh Creek.
Figure Drawing: Monitored Open Session
Tuesday, May 6, 2014    
6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
1st & 3rd Tuesdays of the month, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm. Open to all artists and students interested in working from the model. Not a class. No instruction. Bring your own materials. No registration required. $10 per session. Sessions are monitored by Bruce Marsh.
08 May
Thursday, May 8, 2014    
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Pharmboy is the story of Gunner Barrett, a rural high school student born addicted to prescription pain medications. The film explores the challenging life of a 16-year-old boy, the obstacles he has faced, and his path to redemption.
09 May
Friday, May 9, 2014    
7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Led by conga player Andrew Maldonaldo, Latin Roots is considered to be the best Latin Jazz group in the Bay Area. Get ready to cha-cha, mambo, merengue and have an all-around good time!
Figure Drawing: Monitored Open Session
Tuesday, May 20, 2014    
6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
1st & 3rd Tuesdays of the month, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm. Open to all artists and students interested in working from the model. Not a class. No instruction. Bring your own materials. No registration required. $10 per session. Sessions are monitored by Bruce Marsh.
22 May
Thursday, May 22, 2014    
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Preserved like a Roman ruin, the surf of the Italian coast carries surfer, artist, and environmentalist Chris Del Moro on a pilgrimage to his ancestral homeland where old-world-convention and traditional craftsmanship have matured into a modern surf lifestyle.
Comedy — Girls Night Out!
Saturday, May 31, 2014    
7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Naughty, hilarious and definitely R-rated! Girls Night Out features headliner Traci Kanaan, with comic Long Island Mary and emcee Robin Savage.
Events on Saturday, May 3, 2014
Cigar Box Guitar Workshop
3 May 14
Ruskin
Firehouse Blues & Bar-B-Que
3 May 14
Ruskin
Events on Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Events on Thursday, May 8, 2014
08 May
Events on Friday, May 9, 2014
09 May
9 May 14
Ruskin
Events on Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Events on Thursday, May 22, 2014
22 May
Events on Saturday, May 31, 2014
Comedy — Girls Night Out!
31 May 14
Ruskin