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Artful Things Niceville Visit www.artfulthingsniceville.com for the most up to date schedule. Call the gallery at 850-729-2600 to reserve seating for the following workshops: November 4–Holiday Birdhouses with Linda. 2-3:30pm. $30. Reserve your spot by calling the gallery at 850-729-2600. Lunch with Rise and Swine Food Truck, 11:30-3pm. 5–Open Air Art Day. 11am...

Mountainfilm on Tour returns to WaterColor Inn & Resort’s Marina Park Amphitheater Nov. 4-5, with films that reflect Mountainfilm’s themes of exploring cultures, preserving environments and promoting adventure, while using the power of film, art and ideas to inspire audiences to create a better world. A two-night outdoor film festival...

In high school, my drama teacher showed me how to draw a ground plan to design a set. He taught me that every set designer starts their ground plan by drawing a centerline. This is a vertical dotted line down the center of the page, ending with the letters...

By Zandra Wolfgram How do you frame up a festive, fall weekend on the Emerald Coast? Come take part in Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation’s 27th annual Festival of the Arts. With dozens of artists taking part, this year’s free event, set for Saturday, Oct. 29 and Sunday, Oct. 30 at the...

Artful Things Niceville Visit www.artfulthingsniceville.com for the most up to date schedule. Call the gallery at 850-729-2600 to reserve seating for the following workshops: October 1–Clay Pumpkins! with Marcy Eady. 10:30 am - 12:30 pm. $37.50. Supplies included! 8–One-Stroke Pumpkins with Sheila Mahony. 10:30 am - 2:30 pm. $37.50 supplies included! La Chama...

By Rip Coleman, Bluewater Bay Resident and Husband of Sandra DeLozier Coleman Come and browse Mathematician with the Soul of a Poet by Sandra DeLozier Coleman, who taught here before she moved and taught at the University of Connecticut for 15 years. Some of you may have been in her...

Artful Things Niceville Visit www.artfulthingsniceville.com for the most up to date schedule. Call the gallery at 850-729-2600 to reserve seating for the following workshops: September 2—Intro to Knitting Part 1 with Eliza Scalia. 3 - 4:30 pm. In part 1 of Eliza Scalia’s Intro to Knitting, she will be teaching how to...

By Anna and Nathanael Fisher In a recent interview, we were asked if reaching our ten-year milestone felt like “We did it. Mission Accomplished!” Our response was that it feels more like “Mission ongoing, mission good start, mission we’ve so much more to do.” As we look back on the...

By Toni Dineen, OPA Secretary/Historian Okaloosa Public Arts (OPA) has many exciting opportunities for artists to share their talents in the upcoming months including our annual “Artists Choice” show at the Okaloosa County Administration Building, High School Art Banner Competition, Middle School Art Competition and the new “Happy Heron” project....

Artful Things Niceville Call the gallery at 850-729-2600 to reserve seating for the following workshops: August 6—Kitchen People with Jeanette Herron. 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Learn to paint Jeanette Herron’s iconic and whimsical “kitchen people” or “little chefs.” $65 with supplies included, $37.50 with your own supplies. Reserve your spot: 850-729-2600. 13—Encaustic Scenes with...