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6:00 PM - Figure Drawing Group
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10:00 AM - Handcrafted Metalsmith Jewelry - March 1
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7:30 PM - The Breakfast Club - Friday
7:30 PM - The Breakfast Club - Saturday
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1:30 PM - Paint it Your Way: Watercolor Or Acrylic
10:00 AM - Butterflies Glass Fusing Workshop: Mar 18
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9:30 AM - Adult Clay - A.M. Tuesdays
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7:30 PM - Comedy — Mike Rivera and Friends!
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Thursday, February 27, 2025
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
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.

Bring in the new year with the warmth and healing properties of copper and the strength and good energy from silver and brass. Silversmith Kate Hamilton will show you how to design and handcraft jewelry using metal and rivets.
Make either a bracelet or pendant or a pair of earrings. All Materials Supplied. For adults & older teens. Saturday, Mar. 1 from 10:00 – 11:30 am.

Thursday, March 6, 2025
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
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.

The Breakfast Club is a theatrical experience that breathes life into the beloved 80s classic. The plot follows five high school students from different social cliques who are forced to spend a Saturday in detention together. What begins as a day of tension and stereotypes transforms into an emotional journey, as they open up about their struggles, fears, and identities. Friday, March 7, 7:30 pm, Center Stage Theater at the Firehouse Cultural Center.

The Breakfast Club is a theatrical experience that breathes life into the beloved 80s classic. The plot follows five high school students from different social cliques who are forced to spend a Saturday in detention together. What begins as a day of tension and stereotypes transforms into an emotional journey, as they open up about their struggles, fears, and identities. Saturday, March 8, 7:30 pm, Center Stage Theater at the Firehouse Cultural Center.

The Breakfast Club is a theatrical experience that breathes life into the beloved 80s classic. The plot follows five high school students from different social cliques who are forced to spend a Saturday in detention together. What begins as a day of tension and stereotypes transforms into an emotional journey, as they open up about their struggles, fears, and identities. Sunday Matinee, March 9, 7:30 pm, Center Stage Theater at the Firehouse Cultural Center.

Thursday, March 13, 2025
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
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.

Bring in the new year with the warmth and healing properties of copper and the strength and good energy from silver and brass. Silversmith Kate Hamilton will show you how to design and handcraft jewelry using metal and rivets.
Make either a bracelet or pendant or a pair of earrings. All Materials Supplied. For adults & older teens. Saturday, Mar. 15 from 10:00 – 11:30 am.

Saturday, March 15, 2025
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
A veteran musician for over 30 years, one can hear the entire spectrum of jazz singing in the performance of vocalist Scotty Wright. With a warm, rich-toned voice and relaxed delivery, Scotty possesses a unique sound that is deeply rooted in the jazz tradition. His style features harmonic sophistication, a playful rhythmic approach and insightful phrasing of the lyric. Saturday, March 15, 2025 at 7:30 pm.

Monday, March 17, 2025 – Monday, April 21, 2025
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, Mar .17 – April 21, 2025, Six (6) week class. Time: 1:30 – 3:30 pm.

Thursday, March 20, 2025
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
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.

Tuesday, March 25, 2025 – Tuesday, April 29, 2025
9:30 am – 12:00 pm
$145.00 - $209.00
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 – Noon. Adults. Book Monthly, Mar 2025 - Dec 2025.

Thursday, March 27, 2025
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
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.

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 – Friday, May 2, 2025
9:30 am – 12:00 pm
$145.00 - $209.00
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 – Noon. Adults. Book Monthly, Mar 2025 - Dec 2025.

Thursday, April 3, 2025 – Sunday, May 4, 2025
9:30 am – 12:00 pm
$145.00 - $209.00
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 – Noon. Adults. Book Monthly, Mar 2025 - Dec 2025.

Thursday, April 3, 2025
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
$0.00
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.
Firehouse Cultural Center welcomes new Executive Director, Georgia Vahue
/in People /by Elaine SimmonsGeorgia was most recently Director of Education and Gallery Programs at Great Necks Art Center, Long Island New York. She is a Fulbright Fellow, a Certified Teacher of K – 12 Art and Gifted and Talented Education with 12 years of teaching experience in Florida, London and New York. She was for seven years the Arts Educator here at Wimauma Elementary. She graduated from the University of South Florida, College of Fine Arts and attended the prestigious Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture in Maine.
Her many accomplishments comprise: working with numerous curators including internationally known artist James Rosenquist and Ned Rifkin, Under Secretary of Art, Smithsonian Institution and former Director of Atlanta’s High Museum; published arts articles and arts education curricula; and The University of Georgia, Atlanta, recognizes her as a “Southern Scholar on Women.”
In addition to her arts administration, teaching and curatorial experience, Georgia brings to the Firehouse significant experience in gallery and business administration and marketing. She has curated and contributed to numerous art exhibitions from Florida to New York as well as participated as a guest juror, and lecturer at State, National and International venues.