Events – 17 Jan 23

01/05/2023  – 02/05/2023

9:30 am – 11:30 am
Adult Clay - A.M. Thursdays
Adult Clay – A.M. Thursdays
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

BOOK FOR THE MONTH! Learn the basics of how to form clay through pinching, coil building, and working with slabs. Combine these forming methods together to make some fun shapes! Students should expect to make several pieces using these techniques. With introduction of wheel throwing. Clay, tools, glazing and firing included. Thursdays: 9:30am – 11:30am Adults. Book Monthly, January 2024 – December 2024.

01/09/2023  – 02/13/2023

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Painting with Watercolors
Painting with Watercolors
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

You will explore color, dive into a variety of brush strokes from flat washes to dancing with your brushes; techniques from wet to scrubbing; and more. This class is for all levels, heighten your skills or find your hidden talent. Mondays, Jan. 9 thru Feb. 13, 2023.

01/10/2023  – 02/14/2023

9:30 am – 11:30 am
Acrylic Experience
Acrylic Experience
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Explore acrylic media and techniques more in-depth study of acrylics, aesthetics, and medium. Students will talk about their work and the work of others in the classroom critiques at the start each class. This class is for all levels, heighten your skills or find your hidden talent. Tuesdays, Jan. 10 thru Feb. 14, 2023.

01/14/2023  – 01/21/2023

10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Fill Your Heart with Glass, a Glass Fusing Workshop
Fill Your Heart with Glass, a Glass Fusing Workshop

Create 9 Unique Glass Hearts! Experience the Art of Glass Fusing. Fill your heart with glass, with this 2-class workshop, you create unique hearts using molds, nippers, hammers, and cutters. Just in time to give your heart away for Valentines. All Materials Supplied. Saturday, Jan. 14 and Saturday, Jan 21 from 10:00 am – noon.

01/17/2023

9:30 am – 11:30 am
Adult Clay & Play - A.M. Tuesdays
Adult Clay & Play – A.M. Tuesdays
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

BOOK FOR THE MONTH! Learn the basics of how to form clay through pinching, coil building, and working with slabs. Combine these forming methods together to make some fun shapes! Students should expect to make several pieces using these techniques. With introduction of wheel throwing. Clay, tools, glazing and firing included. Tuesdays: 9:30am – 11:30 am Adults. Book Monthly, Jan 2023 – July 2023.

01/17/2023

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Intro to Metalsmithing
Intro to Metalsmithing
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Come explore the art of metalsmithing. You will saw, file, texture and rivet on silver, copper, and brass. Emphasis will be texturing & riveting metals together, creating your unique jewelry. Various techniques will be demonstrated. You will make a finished piece of jewelry of either a pendant or earrings. All materials supplied. Tues. Jan 17, 6:00 – 8:00 pm.

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Clean Comedy
Friday, April 6, 2018    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Tim the Dairy Farmer will have you doubled-over with laughs about his experiences on and off his Florida dairy farm. Lindsay Glazer is a criminal defense attorney, #AlphaWoman™ comedian, and mother who entertains the crowds with her own personal brand of stand-up comedy in the clubs of LA, NYC, Miami.
Rumba Brothers
Saturday, April 7, 2018    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
The Rumba Brothers play a mixture of Italian, Mariachi, Caribbean Latin and Flamenco music.
The Big Draw 2018
Saturday, April 14, 2018    
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Have fun with ART, with your friends & family. Free art “Make & Take” activities include: Drawing with Light ● Photography ● Mobiles • Printmaking ● Drawing ● Chalk Drawing ● Painting. Live Music by the “Front Porch Pickers.” Refreshments Available.
Gypsy Star Band
Saturday, April 21, 2018    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Tampa Bay’s Gypsy Star artfully fuses original indie folk rock with rhythms from around the world to create their unique sound.
Artist in Residence: Patrick Lindhardt
Monday, April 23, 2018 – Saturday, April 28, 2018    
All Day
Since 1989, Lindhardt has taught at the Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, as instructor in Printmaking; Etching, Lithography, Screen Printing, Relief printing and Book Arts. He is also the owner and the printer for Flatstone Studio. Lindhardt has worked as a Printer and Fabricator, printing for artists James Rosenquist, Jim Dine, Philip Pearlstein, Robert Raucshenberg, to name a few.
Events on Friday, April 6, 2018
Clean Comedy
6 Apr 18
Ruskin
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Rumba Brothers
7 Apr 18
Ruskin
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The Big Draw 2018
14 Apr 18
Ruskin
Events on Saturday, April 21, 2018
Gypsy Star Band
21 Apr 18
Ruskin
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