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- Firehouse Cultural Center
101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL 33570
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9:30 AM - Adult Clay - A.M. Tuesdays
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9:30 AM - Adult Clay - A.M. Thursdays
6:00 PM - Figure Drawing Group
6:30 PM - Adult Clay - Thursday Evening
10:30 AM - Metalsmithing Jewelry - April 6
12:30 PM - Intro to Wheel Throwing Sat
6:00 PM - A Night in the Big Easy
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6:00 PM - Figure Drawing Group
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6:00 PM - Figure Drawing Group
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1:00 PM - Mom & Me Clay Day
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6:00 PM - Figure Drawing Group
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1:30 PM - Paint it Your Way: Watercolor Or Acrylic
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9:30 AM - Adult Clay - A.M. Thursdays
6:00 PM - Figure Drawing Group
6:30 PM - Adult Clay - Thursday Evening
10:30 AM - Metalsmithing Jewelry - May 4
12:30 PM - Intro to Wheel Throwing Sat
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![Adult Clay - A.M. Tuesdays](https://firehouseculturalcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/pottery-handmade.jpg)
Tuesday, April 2, 2024 – Friday, May 3, 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. Tuesdays: 9:30am – 11:30am Adults. Book Monthly, Jan 2024 - Dec 2024.
![Adult Clay - A.M. Thursdays](https://firehouseculturalcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/pottery-handmade.jpg)
Thursday, April 4, 2024 – Sunday, May 5, 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 Group](https://firehouseculturalcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/fh-graphic-bigger.jpg)
Thursday, April 4, 2024
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Every Thursday, 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. Please reserve online or by phone, 813-645-7651. Reservations are Limited. Your $15 cash tuition is due at the door.
![Adult Clay - Thursday Evening](https://firehouseculturalcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/pottery-handmade.jpg)
Thursday, April 4, 2024 – Sunday, May 5, 2024
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, Jan 2024 - Dec 2024.
![Adult Clay - A.M. Fridays](https://firehouseculturalcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/pottery-handmade.jpg)
Friday, April 5, 2024 – Tuesday, April 30, 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. Fridays: 9:30am – 11:30am Adults. Book Monthly, January 2024 - December 2024.
![Intro to Wheel Throwing Sat](https://firehouseculturalcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/clay-pottery-wheel.jpg)
Saturday, April 6, 2024
12:30 pm – 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.
![A Night in the Big Easy](https://firehouseculturalcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/big-easy-icon-2023.jpg)
SPECIAL EVENT SAVE THE DATE! A NIGHT IN THE BIG EASY featuring THE JAZZ PHOOLS. Serving up New Orleans, Dixieland and Zydeco Jazz. Saturday, April 6, 2024, 6:00 - 9:00 pm. Benefiting the Firehouse Cultural Center Scholarships and No Fee Programming. Click through to Book Your Tickets, or call 813-645-7651.
![Figure Drawing Group](https://firehouseculturalcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/fh-graphic-bigger.jpg)
Thursday, April 11, 2024
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Every Thursday, 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. Please reserve online or by phone, 813-645-7651. Reservations are Limited. Your $15 cash tuition is due at the door.
![Intro to Wheel Throwing Sat](https://firehouseculturalcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/clay-pottery-wheel.jpg)
Saturday, April 13, 2024
12:30 pm – 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.
![Teen Workshop – TMA@Firehouse](https://firehouseculturalcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/teen-tma-firehouse.jpg)
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Teen artists will explore a variety of mediums and work closely with innovative local teaching artists. With mentorship and socialization at the forefront, they’ll learn about different paths in art while developing their skills and experimenting with new techniques. Supplies Included. Ages 12-17 thanks to a Partnership with the Tampa Museum of Art. Tuesday, April 16, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm. at The Firehouse in Ruskin.
![Figure Drawing Group](https://firehouseculturalcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/fh-graphic-bigger.jpg)
Thursday, April 18, 2024
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Every Thursday, 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. Please reserve online or by phone, 813-645-7651. Reservations are Limited. Your $15 cash tuition is due at the door.
![Intro to Wheel Throwing Sat](https://firehouseculturalcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/clay-pottery-wheel.jpg)
Saturday, April 20, 2024
12:30 pm – 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.
![Jack Wilkins: Jazz at the Firehouse](https://firehouseculturalcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/jack-wilkins-jazz-musician.jpg)
Saturday, April 20, 2024
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
An accomplished jazz saxophonist, Jack Wilkins has 7 CD’s out, including the newest release on Chronograph Records titled "The Rundle Sessions." This follows "The Banff Project", a collection of Wilkins compositions with original films by Edwin Dennis and others. Jack is also the Director of the Jazz Studies Program at the University of South Florida. At USF he teaches courses in jazz improvisation, jazz styles and analysis, teaches applied jazz performance and directs the USF Jazztet, an internationally acclaimed student jazz ensemble that has performed at many European jazz festivals. He will be joined by James Suggs and La Lucha. Saturday, April 20 at 7:30 pm.
![Figure Drawing Group](https://firehouseculturalcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/fh-graphic-bigger.jpg)
Thursday, April 25, 2024
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Every Thursday, 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. Please reserve online or by phone, 813-645-7651. Reservations are Limited. Your $15 cash tuition is due at the door.
![Intro to Wheel Throwing Sat](https://firehouseculturalcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/clay-pottery-wheel.jpg)
Saturday, April 27, 2024
12:30 pm – 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.
![Jimmy Griswold Band: Fast Fingers Rocking Blues](https://firehouseculturalcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/jimmy-griswold.jpg)
Saturday, April 27, 2024
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Jimmy Griswold can regularly be found playing guitar at venues of all sizes. Jimmy pays homage to any artist he covers, whether it be the warm tones of T-bone Walker & B.B. King, or the screaming sounds of Roy Buchanan, Jeff Beck and Steve Ray Vaughan, all while staying true to his original style. Sat. April 27, 2024, 7:30 pm, Center Stage at the Firehouse.
![Paint it Your Way: Watercolor Or Acrylic](https://firehouseculturalcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/paint-watercolor-or-acrylic.jpg)
Monday, April 29, 2024 – Monday, June 10, 2024
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
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, April 29 – June 10, 2024. No Class Memorial Day. Time: 1:30 – 3:30 pm.
![Adult Clay - A.M. Thursdays](https://firehouseculturalcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/pottery-handmade.jpg)
Thursday, May 2, 2024 – Sunday, June 2, 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 Group](https://firehouseculturalcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/fh-graphic-bigger.jpg)
Thursday, May 2, 2024
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Every Thursday, 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. Please reserve online or by phone, 813-645-7651. Reservations are Limited. Your $15 cash tuition is due at the door.
![Adult Clay - Thursday Evening](https://firehouseculturalcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/pottery-handmade.jpg)
Thursday, May 2, 2024 – Sunday, June 2, 2024
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, Jan 2024 - Dec 2024.
![Pottery 101](https://firehouseculturalcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/clay-pottery-wheel.jpg)
You will learn the fundamental techniques of Pottery, slip, score, coil, design, carve and glaze. Instructors guide you to transform raw clay into Art. You will progressively enhance your skills over four weeks. Provides the foundation to continue your pottery pathway. Age 18 to adult. Fridays, 9:30 – 11:30 am
![Adult Clay - A.M. Fridays](https://firehouseculturalcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/pottery-handmade.jpg)
Friday, May 3, 2024 – Tuesday, May 28, 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. Fridays: 9:30am – 11:30am Adults. Book Monthly, January 2024 - December 2024.
![Metalsmithing: No Wilt Flower Medallions - Teens - Adults](https://firehouseculturalcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/metal-flower-medallions.jpg)
Mother’s Day Special: Your flower medallions will blossom, made out of brass & copper! Texture and rivet silver accent pieces to personalize your design. Make 2 floral medallions that can be worn as pendants, brooches or made into keychains. All Materials Supplied. Adults & Teens: Saturday, May 4 at 10:30 am – 12:00 pm.
![Intro to Wheel Throwing Sat](https://firehouseculturalcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/clay-pottery-wheel.jpg)
Saturday, May 4, 2024
12:30 pm – 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.