01/16/2025

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. Will be at FCC Annex building starting Jan. 16th. 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. Please reserve online or by phone, 813-645-7651. Reservations are Limited. Your $15 cash tuition is due at the door.

01/18/2025

2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Glass Fusing! Flowers -  Jan 18
Glass Fusing! Flowers - Jan 18
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Glass Fusing! Flowers Workshop. You choose your pattern and colors in creating Your colorful glass creation. This 4 x 6 glass art will brighten any room or window. All Skill Levels Welcome, and all Materials Supplied. These classes will be held in the FCC Annex, 305 US 41Hwy (Corner of Shell Point & 41) Yellow Bldg., Dickman Properties. Parking in front, side and back of building.
Saturday, January 18 from 2:00 – 3:30 pm.

01/21/2025

10:00 am – 11:30 am
Glass Fusing! Flowers - Jan 21
Glass Fusing! Flowers - Jan 21
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Glass Fusing! Flowers Workshop. You choose your pattern and colors in creating Your colorful glass creation. This 4 x 6 glass art will brighten any room or window. All Skill Levels Welcome, and all Materials Supplied. These classes will be held in the FCC Annex, 305 US 41Hwy (Corner of Shell Point & 41) Yellow Bldg., Dickman Properties. Parking in front, side and back of building.
Tuesday, January 21 from 10:00 – 11:30 am.

01/23/2025

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. Will be at FCC Annex building starting Jan. 16th. 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. Please reserve online or by phone, 813-645-7651. Reservations are Limited. Your $15 cash tuition is due at the door.

01/30/2025

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. Will be at FCC Annex building starting Jan. 16th. 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. Please reserve online or by phone, 813-645-7651. Reservations are Limited. Your $15 cash tuition is due at the door.

02/03/2025  – 03/10/2025

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Paint it Your Way: Watercolor Or Acrylic
Paint it Your Way: Watercolor Or Acrylic
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Paint it Your Way: Watercolor Or Acrylic. Your Choice! Share the love of painting while enriching your skill set, no matter the medium. Instructor: Helen Solomon. Mondays, Feb 3 – March 10, 2025, Six (6) week class. Time: 1:30 – 3:30 pm.

02/06/2025

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. Will be at FCC Annex building starting Jan. 16th. 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. Please reserve online or by phone, 813-645-7651. Reservations are Limited. Your $15 cash tuition is due at the door.

02/11/2025

10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sea Turtle Class: Acrylics
Sea Turtle Class: Acrylics
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Beginners to Advanced painters will enjoy this colorful acrylic painting of a sea turtle. Learn fun techniques which will add depth and life to your paintings, including one using plastic wrap. All Materials Supplied. For adults & older teens. Tuesday, Feb 11, from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 pm.

02/11/2025

10:30 am – 11:15 am
Florida Treasures
Florida Treasures
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Two tourists discover a treasure chest full of historical artifacts, they are transported back in time, a journey through Florida history. Learn about Ponce De Leon, the founding of St. Augustine, and the “Original” Pocahontas story. Grades K – 5

02/13/2025

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. Will be at FCC Annex building starting Jan. 16th. 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. Please reserve online or by phone, 813-645-7651. Reservations are Limited. Your $15 cash tuition is due at the door.

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Fundamentals of Drawing
Tuesday, March 2, 2021 – Tuesday, April 6, 2021    
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Fundamentals of Drawing. A multi-level class for anyone who would like to explore or enhance their drawing skills. Whether you are new to art-making or are looking for a class to help solidify these basic skills. We will focus on line and mass, organic and geometric shape-making, and the depiction of volume. March 2 - April 6, 2021.
Adult Clay & Play - A.M. Thursdays
Thursday, March 4, 2021 – Thursday, March 25, 2021    
9:30 am – 11:30 am
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. Mar. 4 – Mar. 25, 2021.
Adult Clay - A.M. Thursdays
Thursday, March 4, 2021 – Sunday, April 4, 2021    
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.
Painting with Watercolors
Thursday, March 4, 2021 – Thursday, April 8, 2021    
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
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. March 4 - April 8, 2021.
Adult Clay & Play - Tuesdays
Tuesday, March 9, 2021 – Tuesday, March 30, 2021    
9:30 am – 11:30 am
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.
Comedy Night: Lou Angelwolf and Vien the Comic Doc
Friday, March 12, 2021    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
The Firehouse Center Stage Comedy brings a Friday night of laughs to enjoy; headliner Lou Angelwolf will be sure to entertain the audience! He will be joined by fellow comedian Vien the Comic Doc.
Mike Donahue & Third Man Out
Saturday, March 13, 2021    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with Irish tunes as Firehouse Center Stage Music presents Mike Donahue & Third Man Out. Saturday, March 13, 2021 at 7:30 pm.
Acrylic Experiences
Wednesday, March 17, 2021 – Wednesday, April 21, 2021    
6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Painting Studio with Dee Hood, A multi-level class for anyone who would like to explore acrylic painting. Work with representational painting, abstraction and collage while improving skills with color, composition and techniques. March 17 – April 21, 2021.
James Suggs and Ken Franckling
Saturday, March 27, 2021    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Local favorite James Suggs is no stranger to the Firehouse! He will be joined by award-winning jazz journalist and photographer Ken Franckling to put the selected music in context. He'll also sign copies of his book, "Jazz in the Key of Light", for purchasers. Join us on Sat, March 27, 2021!
Adult Clay - A.M. Thursdays
Thursday, April 1, 2021 – Sunday, May 2, 2021    
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.
Events on Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Fundamentals of Drawing
2 Mar 21
Ruskin
Events on Thursday, March 4, 2021
Events on Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Events on Friday, March 12, 2021
Events on Saturday, March 13, 2021
Mike Donahue & Third Man Out
13 Mar 21
Ruskin
Events on Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Acrylic Experiences
17 Mar 21
Ruskin
Events on Saturday, March 27, 2021
Events on Thursday, April 1, 2021
Adult Clay - A.M. Thursdays
1 Apr 21
Ruskin