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Dunedin Fine Art Center – Georgia O’Keeffe: An American Original

Explore the remarkable, the mysterious, and the weirdly wonderful in art with Dee Kilgo, Ph.D. Art Historian. Dee’s knowledge and humor make art history fun, accessible, and intriguing.

All proceeds go to support the educational programs at DFAC.

Thanks, Dee!

 

Georgia O’Keeffe: An American Original

Georgia O’Keeffe has been a major figure in American art since the 1920s when she first exhibited her now-familiar abstract flower paintings. In 1946, she made history as the first woman to have a solo exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art. Learn more about this notoriously independent, freethinking artist in a presentation that examines her early career, her legendary partnership with Alfred Stieglitz, and the creative achievements that made her one of the most original artists of the 20th century.

Wednesday, December 13th, from 6:30 – 8:00 PM

Members $20

Non-Members $25

REGISTER NOW

DFAC – Open House and Clay & Print Sale

ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE

CLAY & PRINT SALE TOO!

Saturday, December 2nd, from 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Every year in early December, the Clay and Print students and faculty of DFAC pool their work and offer the public an excellent opportunity to purchase some great pieces. If you’re looking for the perfect holiday gift at some irresistible prices, this is it!

Demonstrations by DFAC Faculty

In addition to the SALE, There will be demonstrations by DFAC faculty in an Open House format. See a variety of media demonstrated by DFAC’s award-winning faculty at their main campus! The galleries and Gift Shop will also be open for your enjoyment. Plan to make a day of it!

 

DFAC – Art Talks with Dee Kilgo

Art Talks are back! Explore the remarkable, the mysterious, and the weirdly wonderful in art with Dee Kilgo, Ph.D. Art Historian. Dee’s knowledge and humor make art history fun, accessible, and intriguing. Her lectures, blending art, history, and biography, tell the fascinating stories behind the creation and significance of some of the world’s most famous artworks.

All proceeds go to support the educational programs at DFAC.

Thanks, Dee!

Georgia O’Keeffe: An American Original

Georgia O’Keeffe has been a major figure in American art since the 1920s when she first exhibited her now-familiar abstract flower paintings. In 1946, she made history as the first woman to have a solo exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art. Learn more about this notoriously independent, freethinking artist in a presentation that examines her early career, her legendary partnership with Alfred Stieglitz, and the creative achievements that made her one of the most original artists of the 20th century.

DFAC – Coffee & Conversation – Jim Gigurtsis

Hanging out, drinking delicious coffee, talking about art… ah, that’s the life! Well, that IS the life at least for an hour or so each month at the Dunedin Fine Art Center’s Coffee and Conversation series. Enjoy coffee (Presented by the Sterling Society of DFAC) and insights as each month’s guest holds forth on their area of expertise.

Thursday, November 16th, 2023 at 12 noon

The series welcomes artist Jim Gigurtsis

Title of the Presentation

Ceci n’est pas une pipe – My Watershed Moment

“We will start with a brief history of portraiture and then reflect on my art journey from realism to expressionism. We will discuss my art practice, including some of the tools and techniques I use to paint expressive work. We will briefly touch on what I teach and my involvement with arts in the community. Examples of artwork are included in the presentation.”

 

Jim Gigurtsis Bio

Jim Gigurtsis was born in Crete, Greece, and moved to England as a young adult. In 2016, Jim moved to Seminole, Pinellas County, from Europe. Jim Gigurtsis is an award-winning multi-discipline artist. His preferred medium is oil painting, but he also uses video and installation.

His work is internationally known and can be found in private and public collections in the US, UK, Greece, Canada, and Norway. Since 2011, his work has been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions in London and the USA. In 2019, he received an Emerging Artist grant from Creative Pinellas. Jim has won several awards, including Best of Show for Pinellas County in 2022.

Jim was the curator for the exhibition space at the Financial Contact Authority in London and advised on their art strategy. He has taught art classes and workshops at the Morean Arts Center, Treasure Island Art Guild, and London, UK. He does demonstrations of portrait painting and also gives private lessons.

Jim is an avid supporter of the arts in the community. He does this by giving free art lessons to individuals and groups that cannot afford it and by supporting worthwhile non-profit organizations, such as the Suncoast Voices for Children and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay.

DFAC – Get Your Tickets for a Tour of the Dunedin Mosaic House

You’ve seen the photos and maybe even the WEDU Arts Plus episode. Now you can peel back the curtain on the mystical, magical world of Carol Sackman & Blake White’s DUNEDIN MOSAIC HOUSE. Tour the outside, tour the inside, and share in the stories that will make this a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. These tour dates SELL OUT quickly, so get your tickets now! We are not kidding when we say DON’T DAWDLE!

Mosaic House of Dunedin Tour Dates & Tickets

December 30, 2023: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

 

DFAC – Get Your Tickets for a Tour of the Dunedin Mosaic House

 

Mosaic House of Dunedin Tour Dates & Tickets

November 18, 2023: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

December 30, 2023: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

You’ve seen the photos and maybe even the WEDU Arts Plus episode. Now you can peel back the curtain on the mystical, magical world of Carol Sackman & Blake White’s DUNEDIN MOSAIC HOUSE.

Tour the outside, tour the inside, and share in the stories that will make this a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. These tour dates SELL OUT quickly, so get your tickets now! We are not kidding when we say DON’T DAWDLE!

 

DFAC’s Holiday Show Opening

37th Annual HOLIDAY SHOW and SALE
An Invitation of Fine Art, Craft + Design
11/02/2023 to 12/23/2023

Give the gift of ART this holiday season more than any other! DFAC’s annual invitational of fine art, craft, + design offers a mix of gallery elegance with a marketplace of fantastic, affordable artist-made goods.

Special PREVIEW Opening Reception
FREE to DFAC MEMBERS, Non-Members $10
Thursday, November 2nd, from 6 – 8 pm

NEW Fall Classes Start September 11th – Register Now!

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Dunedin Fine Art Center offers a variety of classes for children, teens, and adults, whether it is Art & Wellness, Clay, Drawing, Food Arts, Jewelry, Mixed Media, Painting (Acrylic, Oil, or Watercolor), Pastels, Photography, Printmaking, Kids and Teen Classes, or MORE!

Click Here for All Fall Classes

 

Fall Workshops

We’ve got the class for you… Don’t want to commit to 6 weeks? Try out one or more of our half-day, full-day, or longer workshops!

Click Here for All Fall Workshops

Fall, Youth Classes

DFAC offers classes for both kids and teens. Our classes offer different variations of drawing, painting, clay, computers, photography, food arts, and much more.

Click Here for All Youth Classes

DFAC – Fall I Session Classes Start September 11th!

Dunedin Fine Art Center offers a variety of classes for children, teens, and adults, whether it is Art & Wellness, Clay, Drawing, Food Arts, Jewelry, Mixed Media, Painting (Acrylic, Oil, or Watercolor), Pastels, Photography, Printmaking, Kids and Teen Classes, or MORE!

Click Here for All Fall Classes

 

Fall Workshops

We’ve got the class for you… Don’t want to commit to 6 weeks? Try out one or more of our half-day, full-day, or longer workshops!

Click Here for All Fall Workshops

Fall, Youth Classes

DFAC offers classes for both kids and teens. Our classes offer different variations of drawing, painting, clay, computers, photography, food arts, and much more.

Click Here for All Youth Classes

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Tampa Bay’s PREMIERE ART/fashion show– the standard by which all others are measured…

This one-night theatrical production features designers from Miami, Michigan, and Tampa Bay:

Bay to Bay Collective, Mark Byrne, Rya DeMulder, Melissa Dolce, Jeanne Halle aka Kina Kouture + Dana Rizzuto, Julian Hartzog, Johnny Hunt, Kelli-Lynn Luckey, Olga Saretsky + Kikimora Studio, Amy Wolf

7:00 pm       Pre-Party – cash bar, concession, and music at Dunedin Fine Art Center

8:00 pm       Runway Show at the Dunedin Community Center (adjacent to DFAC parking lot) for $65 – $125 seats.

8:00 pm       View the show via Live-Stream at the Dunedin Fine Art Center for $20 standing room only.

After-Party follows – cash bar, concession, music, designers, and the WA17 team at the Dunedin Fine Art Center

This is a mammoth event; pulling it off takes two facilities! Tickets are available for every budget!

Attend the spectacular live Runway Show with seats surrounding a massive runway at the Dunedin Community Center. This event is for all $65 to $125 seat ticket holders and sponsors.

Watch the simultaneous Live-Stream on the HUGE screen at the Dunedin Fine Art Center while enjoying adult beverages for $20 per person. This is a standing-room-only event with limited ADA/accessible seating available.

This is a fundraising event. Tickets are non-refundable.

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Tampa Bay’s PREMIERE ART/fashion show– the standard by which all others are measured…

This one-night theatrical production features designers from Miami, Michigan, and Tampa Bay:

Bay to Bay Collective, Mark Byrne, Rya DeMulder, Melissa Dolce, Jeanne Halle aka Kina Kouture + Dana Rizzuto, Julian Hartzog, Johnny Hunt, Kelli-Lynn Luckey, Olga Saretsky + Kikimora Studio, Amy Wolf

7:00 pm       Pre-Party – cash bar, concession, and music at Dunedin Fine Art Center

8:00 pm       Runway Show at the Dunedin Community Center (adjacent to DFAC parking lot) for $65 – $125 seats.

8:00 pm       View the show via Live-Stream at the Dunedin Fine Art Center for $20 standing room only.

After-Party follows – cash bar, concession, music, designers, and the WA17 team at the Dunedin Fine Art Center

This is a mammoth event; it takes two facilities to pull it off! Tickets are available for every budget!

Attend the spectacular live Runway Show with seats surrounding a massive runway at the Dunedin Community Center. This event is for all $65 to $125 seat ticket holders and sponsors.

Watch the simultaneous Live-Stream on the HUGE screen at the Dunedin Fine Art Center while enjoying adult beverages for $20 per person. This is a standing-room-only event with limited ADA/accessible seating available.

This is a fundraising event. Tickets are non-refundable.

DFAC – Summer Session

Dunedin Fine Art Center offers a variety of classes for children, teens, and adults. Whether you’re interested in painting, pastels, drawing, clay, jewelry making, photography, cooking, woodturning, or digital arts, DFAC has a class that can help you release your creative spirit.

DFAC – The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party & Fashion Show

Tickets must be purchased by Wednesday, May 3rd

To buy tickets with your credit card, call 727-298-3322.

To buy tickets with cash or check, you will need to go to the Dunedin Fine Art Center at 1143 Michigan Blvd., Dunedin, FL 34698

$60 Member | $80 Non-Member

 

Coffee & Conversation with Dolores Coe

It’s Back… It’s LIVE!!!

Hanging out, drinking delicious coffee, talking about art… ahh, that’s the life! Well, that IS the life at least for an hour or so each month at the Dunedin Fine Art Center’s Coffee and Conversation series. Enjoy coffee (Presented by the Sterling Society of DFAC) and insights as each month’s guest holds forth on their expertise. Admission to these relaxed talks is $5 and is FREE to current DFAC members.

The series welcomes artist Dolores Coe. The title of his presentation is Field Notes & Tracks – In & Out of the Studio.

“I live and work on a riverbank, on a fragile coastline of powerful forces: blazing sun and saturated color, deterioration and generation, the randomly abandoned roots that don’t grow deep but spread and intertwine, the flatness, space, and always a horizon line—and endlessly fascinating humans. I work with visual parallels in creating paintings.” – DC.

In this conversation, Florida-based artist Dolores Coe will discuss a selection from her painting series and projects, tracing inspiration and ideas over time and highlighting the evolved processes and explorations. Included will be working from her new series of “child/hood/scapes,” a pandemic-fueled and inspired change. Woven into the mix will be the notion of the pivotal role of that “other thing,” familiar to most artists, that is crucial in informing studio works–and extends outward as a reciprocal, creative force.

For Coe, those “other things” include working along the banks of the Little Manatee River, building by hand a mountain cabin/studio photo documenting “Funky Florida,” poetry, and travel… and balancing her solitary practice in the studio with the privilege of engaging with others extensively in teaching, counseling, and collaborative roles over time, developing arts-based programs in art and non-art endeavors.

DFAC – Trashy Treasures – 75% OFF Remaining Items!

We wanted to thank everyone for coming out this weekend and making this year’s Trashy Treasures successful again! DFAC greatly appreciates your continued support.

Believe it or not, we still have ART, Art Supplies, Jewelry, Frames, Fabric, and more left over. All of these items will be for sale!

WHEN: Monday, March 20th and Tuesday, March 21st

TIME: 10 AM to 5 PM

WHERE: Dunedin Fine Art Center Atrium

CASH OR CHECK ONLY!

DFAC – Coffee & Conversation with Bill Parker

It’s Back… It’s LIVE!!!

Hanging out, drinking delicious coffee, talking about art… ahh, that’s the life! Well, that IS the life at least for an hour or so each month at the Dunedin Fine Art Center’s Coffee and Conversation series. Enjoy coffee (Presented by the Sterling Society of DFAC) and insights as each month’s guest hold forth on their area of expertise. Admission to these relaxed talks is $5 and is FREE to current DFAC members.

The series welcomes artist Bill Parker. The title of his presentation is: Why Plein Air Painting, Unique Experiences, and Challenges.

En plein air is a French expression meaning “in the open air” and refers to the act of painting outdoors with the artist’s subject in full view. Plein air artists capture the spirit and essence of a landscape or subject by incorporating natural light, color, and movement into their works.

Some of the topics he will be discussing will include:

  • In the field…
  • Is it about the landscape?
  • Is it about the environment you’re in?
  • Or is it about the structure you are seeing?
  • My best plein air experience and my worse plein air experience.
  • Taking advantage of your travel and outdoor landscapes.
  • Understanding your tools of the trade.
  • When to sketch, when to paint, and the difference between sketching outdoors and painting outdoors.
  • Getting to the end result faster. Quicker is better. (looser, mark making, and tricks to get to your finished art).
  • Science of observation sketching and painting.
  • Simplification and final touches.
  • Satisfaction of bringing home a finished piece of art.

Bill Parker is a native of Southern New Jersey and now spends his time between his New Jersey home and Dunedin, Fl. He has a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in Communications Arts and Design. He and his wife created their own ad agency called Parker and Partners, which grew to the 4th largest agency in the state of New Jersey. After 36 years in the ad agency world, he is now concentrating on the applied arts. He is also the President of the Pastel Society of Tampa Bay and is now a Signature Artist within the society.

So stop by for some Coffee & Conversation. Or call ahead to the Palm Cafe’ (298. DFAC ext 237) and have lunch waiting for you!

 

DFAC – ART/Art Supplies Garage Sale

This is IT…  The one worth standing in line for… Tampa Bay’s Most Beloved ART Garage Sale. Featuring Art, Art Supplies, Frames, Books, and MORE!

DFAC – BEST of Trashies pARTy

One of our favorite events is ready to set the bar even HIGHER than it has been for this sale to end all sales!  We promise a GREAT TRASHY TIME!  Not only will the best of the best be available for bidding or outright purchase, there will also be the traditional FREE hotdogs and beer.  $10 Admission AT THE DOOR ONLY.

DFAC – NEW Classes Start in TWO WEEKS

All NEW Session of ART Classes Starts

the Week of

February 27th…

Over 140 classes to choose from! From Art and Wellness, Calligraphy, and Clay, to Food Arts, Jewelry, and Painting. Children, Teens, or Adults, we’ve got you covered.

Click Below to Sign Up Today!