Dunedin Fine Art Center

PH114 Camera Flash & Studio Lighting With Robert Rostick
2025-09-08 15:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York)
Mondays, 6 Week ClassAll levels welcome!

This class will teach you about the use of on camera external flash, remote flash and the use of continuous lights in and out of the studio. If you are interested in portraits, fashion, people or event photography using supplemental lighting and modifiers, this is the class for you. You will need an external portable flash or two, a remote trigger (not required), camera to attach the flash unit and lots of curiosity about how light works.

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YH100 Drawing for Kids with Sara Ratza
2025-09-08 16:00 - 17:00
Mondays, 6 Week Course

All levels welcome!

Young artists will start out working with the basic shapes, then on to blind contour drawings, gesture drawings, still life and landscape drawings. Come explore how to capture the world with a variety of 2D materials!

For new and continuing students, ages 8 -12.

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TN112 Drawn to Nature for Teens with Sara Ratza
2025-09-08 17:30 - 19:00
Mondays, 6 Week Class

All levels welcome!

For the young Naturalist! This six-week course will work specifically with Florida native plants and animals. We will get to know our plants and how they are beneficial, as well as learn how to sketch en plein air. Botany and plant parts will be introduced. Students willget to choose the design and content of their final drawing or painting.Development and incorporation of student’s style will be encouraged. Ages 13-17.

Supply List: Bring 9″x12″ Sketchbook, Drawing Pencils, and pink Eraser

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YH301 Mixin' It Up with the Mini-Masters with Joy Ames
2025-09-09 15:30 - 16:30
Tuesdays, 6 Week Class

All levels welcome!

Hey Mini-Masters! Come on out and have some fun with painting, drawing, collage, sculpture and clay. Students will investigate famous artists and then create with a variety of media. Bring your imagination!

For new and continuing students. Maximum 12 children. Ages 5-7

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YH400 Children's Clay Sculpture with Jacqueline LaDrig
2025-09-09 16:00 - 17:30
Tuesdays, 6 Week Class

All levels welcome!

Hand-building clay class with strong emphasis on activities that develop imagination and inventiveness. Children develop manipulative skills and hand-eye coordination through slab, carving and coiling methods.

For new and continuing students, ages 6 & up.

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YH304 Sketch, Paint & Brush with Joy Ames
2025-09-09 16:30 - 17:30
Tuesdays, 6 Week Class

All levels welcome!

All children are artists so come out, come out, wherever you are and explore with sketch, paint & brush! Students will create works of art based on paintings like Monet’s garden and Van Gogh’s sunflowers using paint, pencils, and pastels as they learn how to appreciate their own talent, think about art, and communicate their ideas visually. In teaching the young artist we want to spark their Imagination and increase their knowledge through 6 fun-filled hours of art and exploration with Ms. Joy.

For new and continuing students, ages 7 -10.

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TN108 Fun - Damentals of Character Design, Development and Illustration with Ashley Williams
2025-09-09 17:30 - 19:00
Tuesdays, 6 Week Class

All levels welcome!

Do you like creating and drawing your own characters? Does learning to draw characters from your favorite shows and games excite you? Then this is the class for you! We will be learning the fundamentals of character design and understanding the basics of drawing people. Have fun drawing your characters in manga, anime, and traditional styles, whichever you choose. In this class we will explore what makes a successful character, doing our best to create a new one from scratch or re-constructing an existing one. Using the fundamentals of drawing will help us develop our characters further. So come explore different styles of design as we create our very own memorable characters!

Paper/pencils/colored pencils supplied. Students are welcome to bring their own sketch books, ink pens or Copic markers. For new and continuing students. Ages 11 – 15

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PR504 Beginner Intaglio Etching With Rebekah Lazaridis
2025-09-10 09:00 - 12:00
Wednesdays, 6 Week ClassBeginner

Introduction to basic and safe methods of etching with a non-acid solution (ferric chloride) using copper plates. Printmaking experience is not necessary but having taken a drawing class or have some basic drawing ability is required. Those with etching experience can move their work to the next level as this also includes students at an intermediate level. The use of a large and small etching press with emphasis on communal studio practices are emphasized. Beginners focus on line drawing etchings and Intermediate students can explore aquatint techniques.

Ages 17 and up.

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MM360 Introduction to the Art of Collage & Assemblage with Cheryl Schwartz
2025-09-10 13:00 - 16:00
Wednesdays, 6 Week ClassAll levels welcome!

Introduction to collage. Learn how to create 2D collage works using a variety of materials. Student produced papers will be included in the collages. These will include gel printing including botanicals, using alcohol inks, and combining acrylics with found objects and ephemera. This is a fun and relaxed class where students can create an assortment of collages that they will be delighted with.

Ages 17 and up.

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PA101 Let the Journey Begin: Beginning Pastels With Brenda Mattson
2025-09-10 13:00 - 16:00
Wednesdays, 6 Week ClassBeginner

Calling all beginners who are eager to express themselves in the world of pastels! This six-week class will provide a clear path on how to move forward with your journey into pastels. During this course, you will learn about the best choice of hard, medium and soft pastels and how to match the correct substrate for your artwork. You will learn about establishing color palette, layering, blending, composition, texture, pastel color mixing, and more.

Ages 17 and up.

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YH319 Travel the World with Stories with Katie Green
2025-09-10 16:00 - 17:00
Wednesdays, 6 Week Class

All levels welcome!

Join Storyteller & Educator Katie Green for this 6 week program that will spark the imagination and enhance literacy and communication skills. We will listen to old and new stories then create original art pieces that will encourage children to retell and extend the stories.

Ages 2nd to 5th Grade.

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TN508 Fun with Film Photography for Teens with Lance Rothstein
2025-09-10 16:30 - 18:00
Wednesdays, 6 Week Class

All levels welcome!

Escape the digital doldrums and discover pictures you can touch! You’ll learn how to craft your own hand-made gelatin silver photographs using brand new, cutting-edge methods, and others more than 100 years old. This class will cover:– How to load and use a film camera. (cameras provided for use during class)– Learning how to make a good exposure – Developing black & white film– Making proof sheets / contact prints– Learning which negatives will make the best prints– Using darkroom enlargers to make traditional silver-gelatin photographs.

Ages 11 – 16. Maximum 8 students.

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YH307 Creative Painting, Drawing, Mixed-Media, & Clay with Devon Jacques
2025-09-10 17:00 - 18:00
Wednesdays, 6 Week Class

All levels welcome!

Your young artist will love experimenting with different media and creating multiple art projects through painting, drawing, mixed-media, and clay! Students will receive one-on-one instruction while discovering the world of famous artists like Henri Matisse, Andy Warhol, and Georgia O’Keefe. Students will learn about realistic and abstract art, color theory, proportion, and perspective while practicing true self-expression! Students will learn how to utilize the elements and principles of art to create quality, original art pieces in different mediums and begin to build a small portfolio of work.

For new and continuing students Ages 7-10.

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PT486 The Secret Language of Painting with Carol Dameron
2025-09-11 09:00 - 12:00
All levels welcome!

This is a building class that works together and everyone is welcome. We learn about the underlying substructure of a painting and how to balance and unify your work. We clarify color theory, and better understand different types of brushwork and how to use them. Classical and modern principles are examined as part of the art continuum. If you want to paint better, then I can help you. Please bring an image of object(s) from which to work; contact me if you aren’t sure. See you in class!

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CL642 Handbuilding with Maryann (Afternoon) With Maryann Charmoz
2025-09-11 13:00 - 16:00
Intermediate, Advanced, Professional

This course is dedicated to intermediates to professionals. Work on your own projects or follow along as I introduce a new project each week. Projects will include functional pieces like serving ware, bowls, plates, platters, pitchers, vases, and lidded boxes. Do you want to make ceramic animals? No problem! Learn to dart and alter your creations. Painting with underglazes will also be demonstrated. Bring your imagination and ideas to class and I will help you make them a reality! Experienced wheel throwers are also welcome.

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PT487 Contemporary Narrative Painting with Carol Dameron
2025-09-11 13:00 - 16:00
All levels welcome!

How do artists put together a narrative painting today? I will guide you, step-by-step, through the process of composing a story, understating your message and effectively communicating it to the viewer. Learn to reference images, photos and your imagination; find your style and vision. See you in class!

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CL645 Advanced Handbuilding with Maryann Charmoz
2025-09-12 09:00 - 12:00
Fridays, 6 Week ClassIntermediate, Advanced

This course is dedicated to intermediates to professionals. Work on your own projects or follow along as I introduce a new project each week. Projects will include functional pieces like serving ware, bowls, plates, platters, pitchers, vases, and lidded boxes. Do you want to make ceramic animals? No problem! Learn to dart and alter your creations. Painting with underglazes will also be demonstrated. Bring your imagination and ideas to class and I will help you make them a reality!

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TN401 Wheel with Jacqueline LaDrig
2025-09-12 19:00 - 20:30
Fridays, 6 Week Class

All levels welcome!

Learn basic wheel throwing techniques while experimenting with underglazes, glazes and non-traditional materials added to clay. Individual expression is encouraged. Students will learn and be responsible for set up, operation and the clean up of their wheels.

For new and continuing students. Ages 11-16.

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YH401 Family Clay Night-Friday with Steve Sikorski
2025-09-12 19:00 - 21:00
Fridays, 6 Week Class

All levels welcome!

Families can now explore the ishy gishy, squishy clay together! Join Mr. Steve as he guides you through the pinch, coil and slab methods of handbuilding clay. Also, try your hand at throwing on the wheel. This class serves as a fun, basic, artful overview of the ever-popular medium of clay. Dress for mess! Tuition and materials fee covers one adult and one child for 6 weeks!

For new and continuing students, ages 6 & up. Maximum 6 pairs.

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YH502 VR Painting for Kids with Emma Beatty
2025-09-13 14:00 - 15:00
Saturdays, 6 Week Class

All levels welcome!

Explore the exciting world of Virtual Reality! In this class students will draw their favorite animal, dinosaur, flower, or character, then paint it with traditional 2D materials. After painting, students will then construct an abstract 3D wire model using wire and self-hardening clay. Finally, students will use headsets, laptops, and controllers to bring their subject to life in the Virtual Reality world.

Bring a USB drive to save your final digital work of art. Ages 8 – 10 Maximum 6 students.

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W-AW112 Art Social Studio Workshop with Anna Sandoval
2025-09-17 11:00 - 13:00
All levels welcome!

This workshop will entail talking about creativity as a mean to socialize and make functional crafts/images or objects that each participant feels comfortable in doing or even sharing with the class. Each participant is invited to come with something to create/paint/embroider, sew, etc. This open-ended concept is to re-create a social forum where participants talk about a subject (usually suggested by the instructor) while tending to the individual creation at the same time. Participants are invited to demonstrate and talk about each artifact/creation and share/narrate the process.

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W-CG210 Intro to Broad Edge Calligraphy With Margot Griffin
2025-09-25 10:00 - 13:00
Beginner

Students in this workshop will learn the essential principles of broad edge calligraphy used to write in classic hands such as Roman and Italic. We will start with basic strokes and move on to a full set of minuscules, majuscules, and numerals. Beginning with markers, we will cover the range of implements used in this style calligraphy, such as dip pens, brushes, and fountain pens. No prior knowledge or handwriting abilities are necessary!

Ages 17 and up. All materials provided.

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W-JW307 Spiral Clover Necklace with Stacy Perry
2025-09-27 10:00 - 16:00
All levels welcome!

Using only basic wire skills, you can finish this complex-looking but simply lovely necklace in only a day!

In this one-day workshop, you’ll learn to make beautiful spirals with simple hand tools and the tricks for creating consistent and matching components in wire. You’ll also be introduced to 2-in-2 chain maille and how to create your own unique clasp! Some basic wire jewelry know-how is recommended, but not necessary.

Materials fee of $45 paid to the instructor for copper, $145 Sterling silver

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W-FB115 Let's Paint our World on Fabric with Ritu Haldar and Mikell Herrick
2025-09-27 11:00 - 13:00
All levels welcome!

Here is a wonderful opportunity to use Lumiere fabric paints and interpret photographs of a Wood Duck and a Blue Heron by the esteemed photographer Mikell Herrick. Students will be able to meet Mikell and hear all about her feathered friends who are residents of Lake Rhonda. Come and play with color on fabric in a fun and casual environment

**Supplies: Instructors will provide a kit that includes color photographs, stencils, fabric, mixed media papers , paints, brushes, sponges and palette.Students can purchase a curated kit of Lumiere paints by Jacquard, brushes and a palette. BLICK offers a discount to help with your purchases. at BLICK Art Materials1502 N. Westshore Blvd, Tampa, Fl 33607

Instructors Supplies Kit: $35.00

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W-FB113 Let's Hexi Together with Ritu Haldar
2025-10-03 10:00 - 15:00
2 day Workshop Friday, October 3 and Saturday, October 4All levels welcome!

The elongated hexagon is one of my favorite shapes! It is the perfect canvas to indulge my love of art nouveau and art deco. This pattern is a blend of both flourish and grandeur in a unique presentation. This fusible and machine appliqué quilt pattern is perfect for an enthusiastic beginner or a lover of the art deco /art nouveau style. The pattern pieces have been reversed for your convenience. I love dark backgrounds. I invite you to play with color, hand dyed and ombré fabrics. All levels are welcome to have fun exploring fusible machine appliqué workshop!

Cost of Supplies: $100 paid directly to the Instructor.

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W-YH609 Kids Night Out At The Museum!
2025-10-03 17:30 - 20:30
All levels welcome!

(Please have your child eat dinner before arriving & bring your flashlight). Come join us for an evening of fun! We will begin our night with a creative, artsy activity. Next, we will travel through the featured exhibits with our flashlights in hand and then return to finish our time in the Children’s Hands-On museum. We will provide popcorn for an evening snack.

Parents must pick up promptly at 8:30 PM. ID is required for pick up. Spaces are limited to 12 children.

Ages 7-10. (Please have your child eat dinner before arriving & bring your flashlight).

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W-PA111 Pastel Techniques with Shawn Dell Joyce
2025-10-04 13:00 - 16:00
Beginner, Intermediate

Learn how to scumble, use linear strokes, daubing and dusting to create a single painting. Start with an underpainting using an alcohol wash, then build up layers using each technique, one at a time. Get handouts showing each technique and practice before applying it to your painting. Fun and step-by-step process, finish a painting and learn new skills!

Supply List:Set of 72 or more soft pastels (not oil!)11 x 14 or 12 x 16 sanded surfacePencil, paper, washcloth.

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TN701 Teen Art Club with Emma Beatty
2025-10-04 15:30 - 17:00
Saturdays, October 4th, 11th, 18th

All levels welcome!

Calling All Middle School & Early High School students! Come out and join DFAC’s Teen Art Club! Sign up with a friend and meet some new ones. In this club we encourage socializing in a positive, artsy, open studio type environment. The instructor will offer suggestions, but it is up to you to use your creative imagination. The club will meet 3 Saturdays in October to explore a different medium focus during each class. See you there!

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W-MM393 Four Legged Friend Paper Mache with Joyce Curvin
2025-10-06 13:00 - 16:30
Mondays, 4 Week WorkshopAll levels welcome!

Design a dog, fashion a feline or any four legged friend and “bring it to life” with paper mache. Students will use a variety of recyclable materials including plastic bottles, cardboard and newspaper to create an animal’s body shape, then add layers of paper mache, embellishments and paint to create their very own “Art-Official Pet”. During the process, we’ll explore a variety of techniques, textures and recipes in paper mache. Materials fee covers all needed supplies.

This workshop meets for 4 Mondays. Ages 17 and up.

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W-PA117 It’s too warm, it’s too cool. . .it’s just right with Lorraine Potocki
2025-10-07 13:00 - 16:00
Intermediate, Advanced

See the dramatic difference temperature changes can make by painting in all warm colors with just a bit of cool and painting in all cool colors with just a touch of warm. It can make all the difference in the feeling of the finished painting. Instructor demos and lots of personalized instruction will bring warm smiles to this cool class.

Bring the pastels, hard and soft, that you like to work with. I prefer UArt 400 sanded pastel paper. You can work in any size you are comfortable with—no smaller than 9 X 12. Bring your own photo references, any subject matter.

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