06/26/2021  – 07/28/2021

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, June 26 – July 28, 2021

07/01/2021  – 08/01/2021

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.

07/01/2021  – 08/01/2021

9:30 am – 11:30 am
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, July 2021 – Dec 2021.

07/01/2021  – 08/01/2021

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, July 2021 – Dec 2021.

07/06/2021  – 08/06/2021

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 – 11:30am Adults. Book Monthly, July 2021 – Dec 2021.

07/06/2021  – 07/27/2021

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, July 6 – July 27.

07/08/2021  – 07/29/2021

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. July 8- July 29, 2021.

07/24/2021

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

Maggie Stroud, Laundress, 1920. A lively and ambitious woman who has a story or two to tell about the famous guests at the Tampa Bay Hotel. As a personal maid, Maggie has seen some of the finer things in life. As for the not-so-fine, she has her dreams and her religion that keep her hopeful. FREE.

07/24/2021

7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
James Suggs: Tribute to Blues Alley
James Suggs: Tribute to Blues Alley
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

James Suggs July 24 Tribute to Blues Alley jazz artists.

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Connect: International Video Art Festival
Tuesday, June 9, 2020    
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Connect: 2nd Annual International Video Art Festival • Sponsored by The Firehouse Cultural Center and The University of Tampa (Film, Animation and New Media Department) • Tuesday June 9th at 6:30pm • This Event is Free • Seating is limited! Call for Reservation.
Poetry Workshops
Saturday, June 13, 2020    
9:30 am – 11:00 am
Six -1.5-hour Poetry Workshops in 2020. Feb.; Apr.; June; Aug.; Oct.; & Dec. How to write the Love Poem, Seasonal Poem, Reflective Poem, Back-To-School Poem, Imagery-Rich Poem and the Holiday 'Gift' Poem.
Imagine, Explore, Discover! Summer Camp 2020
Monday, June 15, 2020 – Friday, July 31, 2020    
12:00 am
Eight (8) weeks weeks of fun for your Campers ages 7-14! Themed weeks span from Musical Theater, Visual Arts, Animation to Robotics. Explore the Visual & Performing Arts or Imagine and Discover Arts & Technology. Each week culminates with a “Stage Performance” for Family and Friends. These camps fill up fast, so call 813-645-7651 now or register at www.firehouseculturalcenter.org. Choose one week or all eight. FCC will be providing the highest level of health and safety protection.
Clay & Play: Ceramic & Music Mini Camp
Monday, June 15, 2020 – Friday, July 31, 2020    
8:30 am – 12:00 pm
SUMMER 2020 - Ages 7-14 These unique two-week half day camps offer creative challenges for the mind and hand. Three days per week Campers will learn various hand building techniques with clay and fun glazing. Two days of each week Camps will be learning the Ukulele and Music Theory.
Tim Costello & Friends “A Night of Rocking Blues”
Saturday, June 20, 2020    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Join us for a “A Night of Rocking Blues”. Tim Costello & Friends; TIM COSTELLO guitar and vocals; TAYLOR JOHN keys and vocals, KENNY BUDD guitar, NICK LAURO drums, SETH LYNN bass. Limited seats, call 813-645-7651 for reservations.
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Poetry Workshops
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