05/06/2021  – 06/06/2021

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.

05/26/2021  – 06/09/2021

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

This course is designed for beginner to intermediate level experiences with a desire to learn how to paint in acrylics and learn the versatility of this water medium. In this course you will learn how to get started in prepping your canvas, how to transfer your own reference and how to start painting. Wednesdays, May 26 – June 9, 2021

05/27/2021  – 07/01/2021

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

Painting with Watercolors. For students at all levels. Explore: color; brush strokes from flat washes to dancing with your brushes; techniques from wet to scrubbing; and more. Includes Materials. May 27- July 1, 2021.

06/01/2021  – 07/30/2021

8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Imagine, Explore, Discover! Summer Camp 2021
Imagine, Explore, Discover! Summer Camp 2021
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Nine (9) weeks of fun for your Campers ages 7-14! You may choose a single week, a mix of seven weeks, or every week. Explore a different theme each week from 9:00 am – 3:30 pm, with snack times & lunch break – all in a creative and safe environment. Each week culminates with a “Stage Performance” for Family and Friends. These camps fill up fast, so call 813-645-7651 now or register online at www.firehouseculturalcenter.org. Choose one week or all nine. FCC will be providing the highest level of health and safety protection.

06/01/2021  – 06/29/2021

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Fundamentals of Drawing 101
Fundamentals of Drawing 101
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Fundamentals of Drawing 101: One of the main focuses will be on training the eye how to see. Increase your skill-set with depth, shading and color choice. You will learn perspective, balance, form, and contrast as it all relates to composition. We will learn how to take a drawing from sketch to finished art. Tuesdays, June 1 – June 29.

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Adult Clay & Play - A.M. Tuesdays
Tuesday, November 28, 2023    
9:30 am – 11:30 am
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, July 2023 - December 2023.
Adult Clay & Play – A.M. Thursdays
Thursday, November 30, 2023    
9:30 am – 11:30 am
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, July - December 2023.
Adult Clay & Play - Thursday Evening
Thursday, November 30, 2023    
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
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, July 2023 - December 2023.
Adult Clay & Play - A.M. Fridays
Friday, December 1, 2023    
9:30 am – 11:30 am
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. Fridays: 9:30am – 11:30am Adults. Book Monthly, July 2023 - Dec 2023.
Center Stage Comedy: James Yon & Friends
Friday, December 1, 2023    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
This Florida native is one of America's hottest up and coming comedians. James Yon is the host of “Real Laughs” on Real Radio 104.1, “The Lowdown”, and “Funny Not Famous" on Afro TV featured Xfinity Comcast. Now James spends his time touring clubs and casinos all over the country from Orlando to Las Vegas bringing the funny. This a Friday Night Center Stage: Comedy Event on December 1 at 7:30 p.m.
Intro to Wheel Throwing Sat
Saturday, December 2, 2023    
12:00 am – 2:30 pm
Students learn the basics of wheel throwing by forming and throwing simple shapes on the potter’s wheel. More advanced students will build upon the basics to create larger, more advanced projects. Discover varying throwing techniques, forms and glazing. Materials & firings included. Age 18 to Adult.
Valerie Gillespie: Holiday Jazz
Saturday, December 2, 2023    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Come out to see the Holiday Jazz Show! Valerie Gillespie and her ensemble will be playing jazz music from her Holiday Repertoire. Join us live, up close and personal at Center Stage at the Firehouse! Saturday December 2, 2023.
Adult Clay & Play - A.M. Tuesdays
Tuesday, December 5, 2023    
9:30 am – 11:30 am
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, July 2023 - December 2023.
Adult Clay & Play – A.M. Thursdays
Thursday, December 7, 2023    
9:30 am – 11:30 am
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, July - December 2023.
Adult Clay - A.M. Thursdays
Thursday, December 7, 2023 – Sunday, January 7, 2024    
9:30 am – 11:30 am
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.
Figure Drawing
Thursday, December 7, 2023    
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Fall 2023: Select Thursdays, 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.
Adult Clay & Play - A.M. Fridays
Friday, December 8, 2023    
9:30 am – 11:30 am
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. Fridays: 9:30am – 11:30am Adults. Book Monthly, July 2023 - Dec 2023.
Eireann’s Call
Friday, December 8, 2023    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
With a sound perfect for concert halls or the festival stage, Eireann's Call is a classy, powerful band. Their music spans the Celtic nations, with World Music influences from the Middle East, North Africa, Appalachia, Scandinavia and more. Instrumentation includes: bagpipes, accordion, keys, guitar, bass, drums and tight 3 and 4 part vocal harmonies. Come out and join us at the Firehouse Center Stage on Friday, December 8 at 7:30 pm.
Intro to Wheel Throwing Sat
Saturday, December 9, 2023    
12:00 am – 2:30 pm
Students learn the basics of wheel throwing by forming and throwing simple shapes on the potter’s wheel. More advanced students will build upon the basics to create larger, more advanced projects. Discover varying throwing techniques, forms and glazing. Materials & firings included. Age 18 to Adult.
The Cadillac Cowboys
Saturday, December 9, 2023    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Ken Carlyle, T.J Weger, Eric "Flycatcher" Carlson, Don Cox, and Joe Martin - provide an infectious mix of original and classic songs deeply rooted in the styles of Western Swing, Bluegrass, Americana and Zydeco. Somewhere near the intersection of ‘Bon Ton Roulet’ and the ‘Clinch Mountain Back Step’, you will find the Cowboys serving up their musical gumbo. Please Join us on Saturday, December 9 at 7:30 pm.
Adult Clay & Play - A.M. Tuesdays
Tuesday, December 12, 2023    
9:30 am – 11:30 am
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, July 2023 - December 2023.
Silent Night 1818
Tuesday, December 12, 2023    
10:30 am – 11:30 am
Merry musicians tell the heartwarming story of a broken organ in the small town of Oberndorf, Austria and the poem that inspired one of the world’s most beloved holiday carols... Stille Nacht or Silent Night. This historically based tale is appropriate for public and private elementary schools, as well as intergenerational family audiences.
Adult Clay & Play – A.M. Thursdays
Thursday, December 14, 2023    
9:30 am – 11:30 am
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, July - December 2023.
Figure Drawing
Thursday, December 14, 2023    
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Fall 2023: Select Thursdays, 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.
Adult Clay & Play - Thursday Evening
Thursday, December 14, 2023    
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
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, July 2023 - December 2023.
Adult Clay & Play - A.M. Fridays
Friday, December 15, 2023    
9:30 am – 11:30 am
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. Fridays: 9:30am – 11:30am Adults. Book Monthly, July 2023 - Dec 2023.
Intro to Wheel Throwing Sat
Saturday, December 16, 2023    
12:00 am – 2:30 pm
Students learn the basics of wheel throwing by forming and throwing simple shapes on the potter’s wheel. More advanced students will build upon the basics to create larger, more advanced projects. Discover varying throwing techniques, forms and glazing. Materials & firings included. Age 18 to Adult.
Adult Clay & Play - A.M. Tuesdays
Tuesday, December 19, 2023    
9:30 am – 11:30 am
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, July 2023 - December 2023.
Patriotic Potters
Tuesday, December 19, 2023    
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Working with clay is a healthy way to focus your attention in a positive and creative way. Pottery allows you to escape the worries of life and shift your focus toward your creation. Free for Veterans. Veterans can either come to an already established clay workshop or to a Vet’s only workshop.
Adult Clay & Play – A.M. Thursdays
Thursday, December 21, 2023    
9:30 am – 11:30 am
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, July - December 2023.
Adult Clay & Play - Thursday Evening
Thursday, December 21, 2023    
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
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, July 2023 - December 2023.
Events on Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Events on Thursday, November 30, 2023
Events on Friday, December 1, 2023
Events on Saturday, December 2, 2023
Events on Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Events on Thursday, December 7, 2023
Adult Clay - A.M. Thursdays
7 Dec 23
Ruskin
Figure Drawing
7 Dec 23
Ruskin
Events on Friday, December 8, 2023
Eireann’s Call
8 Dec 23
Ruskin
Events on Saturday, December 9, 2023
Intro to Wheel Throwing Sat
9 Dec 23
Ruskin
The Cadillac Cowboys
9 Dec 23
Ruskin
Events on Tuesday, December 12, 2023
Silent Night 1818
12 Dec 23
Ruskin
Events on Thursday, December 14, 2023
Events on Friday, December 15, 2023
Events on Saturday, December 16, 2023
Intro to Wheel Throwing Sat
16 Dec 23
Ruskin
Events on Tuesday, December 19, 2023
Patriotic Potters
19 Dec 23
Ruskin
Events on Thursday, December 21, 2023