Events – 25 May 23

05/04/2023  – 05/25/2023

9:00 am – 11:30 am
Mosaic Stepping Stones
Mosaic Stepping Stones
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Art Up Your Garden or Walkway. Make a beautiful steppingstone for your garden and learn the basics of mosaics at the same time. This four-session class you will learn how to use tools to cut and shape glass and ceramics to make a garden steppingstone. Bring your old dishes to class with you. Glass, tiles, and ceramics will be provided as well as a 12″ x 12″ cement base. All Materials Supplied. Thursdays, May 4 – May 25.

05/04/2023  – 06/04/2023

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.

05/16/2023  – 06/06/2023

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Clay Tray for Father’s Day
Clay Tray for Father’s Day
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Slab built pottery forms are great as trinket dishes, charcuterie boards, soap dishes, and Dad’s favorite dumping spot. You create clay trays over three sessions experimenting with form and textures.
Tuesdays, May 16 & 23, and Tuesday, June 6. 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm.

05/25/2023

11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Adult Clay & Play – A.M. Thursdays
Adult Clay & Play – 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 2023 – June 2023.

05/25/2023

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Upstairs/Downstairs: The Tampa Bay Hotel
Upstairs/Downstairs: The Tampa Bay Hotel
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

The Henry B. Plant Museum presents Upstairs/Downstairs, a museum theater series featuring single character performances that bring turn-of-the-century Tampa Bay Hotel staff members and guests to life. Thursday, May 25 at 2:00 pm. FREE.

05/25/2023

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Figure Drawing Group
Figure Drawing Group
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Every Thursday, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm. Strengthen your skills in our monitored figure drawing session with a variety of timed poses. Bring your chalk, paint, charcoal or pencil, you choose the medium. Model varies by session. Reservations are Limited. Your $15 cash tuition is due at the door.

05/25/2023

6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Adult Clay & Play - Thursday Evening
Adult Clay & Play – Thursday Evening
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: 6:30pm – 8:30pm Adults. Book Monthly, January 2023 – June 2023.

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SOLD OUT Victoria Ginty and “Ladyhawke”
Saturday, June 11, 2016    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Victoria with her band Ladyhawke, (bassist Mike Ivey, Tim Costello on electric guitar, drummer Bob Nesbitt, and Wayne Cornelius on Saxophone), will be joined by Soulful singer songwriter and keyboardist Taylor John, and guitarist Ken Budd of the Taylor John Trio, performing an eclectic mix of Modern Blues and Americana that is sure to satiate the palettes of connoisseurs who enjoy lyrically well-written music delivered with emotion.
tech-art: Text/Image Workshop
Saturday, June 18, 2016    
9:30 am – 12:30 pm
TEXT as symbol, letter, word, sentence – Text as INFORMATION. TEXT as line, shape, form, space, pattern – Text as DESIGN. In this hands-on workshop explore Text WITH Image and Text AS Image.
Imagine, Explore, Discover! Summer Camp 2016
Monday, June 20, 2016 – Friday, August 5, 2016    
12:00 am
Discover your great summer adventure at the Firehouse Cultural Center! We offer 7 one-week Arts Camps for ages 8–10 and ages 11–14, filled with fun, creative activities: Acting; Musical Theater; Drawing, Painting & Printmaking; 3D Art; Arts & Crafts; Cartooning & Animation; Robotics & Coding. Each week culminates with a performance or a ‘Show-off’ for Family and Friends.
Events on Saturday, June 11, 2016
Events on Saturday, June 18, 2016
Events on Monday, June 20, 2016