This fall, University of West Florida (UWF) is offering a creative writing class at the Emerald Coast Campus in Fort Walton Beach. Writers and students interested in exploring narrative fiction should enroll now for this course. Advanced Creative Writing, a workshop course in narrative fiction, taught by Diana Jernigan,...
CEO of the Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation Demetrius Fuller joins the Hello Frances Podcast again this month to share MKAF updates. Shantelle and Demetrius discuss the importance of art in a community, the mental health benefits art can provide, the impact of art on culture, and so much more....
The Cultural Arts Alliance of Walton County (CAA) announced the local artists recently chosen to exhibit their original work in The Foster Gallery’s Summer Rotation, through Oct 2 in its Grand Boulevard Town Center location.
The selected Spring Rotation artists are Gisselle Barnhart, Stephanie Bloyd, Melody Bogle, Gayle Campbell, Donnelle...
Artful Things Niceville
July
Call the gallery at 850-729-2600 to reserve seating for the following workshops:
9—Lino Cuts with Chris McLoone. 10:30-1:30 p.m. Introductory class for linocut, block carving, and stamp carving. Carve a 4x6” block to create your own stamp and make prints. Seating is very limited; reserve your spot by...
By Anna Fisher, Associate Artistic and Education Director
We always have a little break in August between our children’s summer camps and our fall classes here at Emerald Coast Theatre Company. The building becomes eerily quiet and empty and I don’t like it one bit. There is just something about...
Several area students were winners of the 13th annual OAA Okaloosa County School Poster Contest hosted by The Okaloosa Arts Alliance (OAA). First-place winners included students from Northwest FL Ballet Académie, Rocky Bayou Christian School and Crestview High School with the theme: “Sparking the Arts.” There were 218 entries...
The Cultural Arts Alliance of Walton County will participate in Arts & Economic Prosperity 6, the most comprehensive economic impact study of the nonprofit arts and culture industry ever conducted in the United States. Administered by Americans for the Arts, AEP6 will examine the economic impact of the arts...
In May, J.Leon Gallery + Studio, the area’s newest fine art gallery, hosted its monthly Sip N’ Stroll event, where eight new artists debuted in the gallery’s Summer show from May 6, 2022, until Aug. 1, 2022. The gallery welcomed artists, Neda Raeisian, Susan Lucas, Bradley Copeland, Rachael Homack,...
Artful Things Niceville
JUNE
Call the gallery at 850-729-2600 to reserve seating for the following workshops:
4—Adult One-Stroke class with Sheila Mahony. 10:30-1:30. Learn to paint oversized fuschia flowers on a 16x20 canvas in the one-stroke method with certified one-stroke instructor Sheila Mahony. $47.50 per person, supplies included. Ages 16+. Seating is...
