Release your creative spirit and find new insights and skills within our multiple studio classrooms. Browse our offerings below, get to know our award-winning instructors, enroll in a class and start discovering the arts today!
Class Session Schedule: Dunedin, FL USA
Our classes are divided into seven 6-week sessions throughout the year. Registrations are currently available for the following sessions.
Fall II: October 28th – December 15th, 2024
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Art & Wellness
Art heals! DFAC’s new Art & Wellness program explores the numerous benefits of creating art. Research has shown that art making can reduce stress and anxiety, improve vision and motor function, and improve cognitive functioning.
Art & Wellness
Business of Art
You’ve developed your artwork to a professional level and now it’s time to start your art business. Well-established successful artists will help you overcome the hurdles, plan for success and answer questions you were afraid to ask.
Business of Art
Calligraphy
Learn the ancient art of hand lettering in several different styles. Explore traditional English calligraphy as well as Japanese calligraphy and brush painting.
Calligraphy
Clay
Whether you want to learn basic pottery skills or advance the ones you already have, DFAC has something for you. Hand building and wheel techniques, glazing and firing techniques are just some of the things you will learn!
Clay
Digital Arts
The Dunedin Fine Art Center has gone digital! In one of our digital art classes, you can learn how to take your digital images to the next level. Our award-winning instructors teach the ins and outs of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and more.
Digital Arts
Drawing
Learn to draw anything by learning to see as an artist sees, with emphasis on the perception of contour, negative space, proportion and value—take a crack at the portable and inexpensive world of colored pencil—or hone your intermediate skills in a live model class.
Drawing
Fiber Arts
Learn the ancient art of weaving, basketry, eco printing, dyeing, and batik. We offer numerous fiber arts classes so you can build a foundation in one technique or try many diverse ways to express yourself.
Fiber Arts
Food Arts
Learn the tips and tricks of great food and beautiful presentation from professional chefs in a relaxed atmosphere. Students work in groups to create a delicious meal, then sit down together to enjoy the final product!
Food Arts
Jewelry
For all levels of experience from beginner to advanced, the jewelry classes can help you learn the necessary skills in class so you can create beautiful original jewelry. Make something for yourself, or make gifts for your family and friends.
Jewelry
Metal Arts
Explore the basic metalworking skills, including how to cut metal using various techniques. Or you can make your own knife in the Bladesmithing workshop! Classes are held at the Institute for Creative Arts on Douglas Avenue in Downtown Dunedin.
Metal Arts
Mixed Media
Explore the diverse world of mixed media with one of our various class offerings. Delight your creative senses with a mixed media class in collage and assemblage, painting, art journaling, and more!
Mixed Media
Painting: Acrylic
Work at your skill level, whether beginner or experienced artist, in painting classes using acrylic paints. Focus on still life, landscapes, abstract and even portraiture….whatever inspires you.
Painting: Acrylic
Painting: Ink
Painting with ink gives you bold colors and fluid lines. Learn to control inks on paper to create beautiful works of art! Courses include Japanese sumi-e, Zen Brush Painting, and and Alcohol Inks.
Painting: Ink
Painting: Oil
Oil painting is a traditional art form that can be used for portraits, still life, landscapes and abstract work. Classes are available for both beginners and experienced painters.
Painting: Oil
Painting: Optional Medium
Optional medium classes allow you to work in the medium of your choice, with the painting materials you are most familiar with. Classes are available for both beginners and experienced painters.
Painting: Optional Medium
Painting: Watercolor
Watercolor is one of our most popular areas of interest. Join a beginner’s class or advance your abilities while experimenting with color, technique, subject…the possibilities are endless.
Painting: Watercolor
Pastels
No other medium allows you to apply rich color to the paper as quickly as you can with pastels. Classes are available for artists of all skill levels from beginner to advanced.
Pastels
Photography
Learn basic tools and tricks using your digital camera and then explore more technical aspects of photography including taking better photos of your artwork, the art of the long exposure and more.
Photography
Printmaking
Explore printmaking! Learn the oldest form of printmaking by utilizing basic relief techniques with linoleum blocks and woodcuts. You can also try your hand at etching, using copper plates and a non-acid etching solutions to make line and aquatint etchings.
Printmaking
Stone Carving
At the Dunedin Fine Art Center, learn the fundamentals of stone sculpture using hand tools and pneumatic equipment to start bringing your ideas to life! We offer Stone Carving for all levels.
Stone Carving
Woodturning
Work on a lathe to turn pens, candlesticks, bowls, lidded boxes and more. These classes are limited in size so instruction is focused on your success.