Apr 16 Tuesday
Style her love this Mother's Day Fundraiser - support your community with a chance to win a Louis Vuitton Graceful MM hobo bag. Your ticket purchase directly benefits scholarships and community initiatives, like the Promise Scholarship and our Empowering Your Financial Life youth financial literacy program.
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The Artists and Autism: Shake the World! exhibit features artwork celebrating autism and neurodiversity by talented local artists. Our fourth annual exhibit is hosted in partnership with the FSU Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (CARD) and Arts4All. The showcase features both a virtual exhibit on the library’s website and an in-person exhibit on the 2nd floor of the Leon County Main Library.
Indulge in mimosas and bloody marys all day long as we celebrate National Pajama Day with a relaxing treat!
The LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library system's Eastside branch is pleased to host an exhibit of textile art by local artist Erika Zambello. Erika's mini-quilt collection draws on two textile traditions, knitting and quilting, to explore both historic and natural themes. The quilts are constructed from hand-knit squares, backed by cotton or felt, and include embroidered and appliquéd details.
Artist biography: Erika combines fibercraft, memoir, and nature exploration to tell stories through quilts and textiles. Fiber art is often associated with work completed “in the home;” She deliberately combines these crafts with nature and science themes to explore connections between people and the natural world around us. Erika’s work has been featured in Parade Magazine, the New York Times, Piecework, Spin Off, Interweave, National Parks Magazine, and more. Her pieces have been exhibited in the Tallahassee City Hall gallery, the Gadsden Art Center and Museum member gallery, and the Leon County Library system, with an upcoming Art in Public Spaces exhibit in the Tallahassee airport.
This exhibit will be on display at the Eastside branch from April 16th through May 17th.
Join clay artist, Nancy Jefferson for fun with clay in the LeMoyne Ceramics Studios. All techniques of hand-building and wheel throwing will be explored. Small classes are designed to teach a combination of beginners and advanced students together which adds more depth to each class. Beginners can learn the wheel or how to create anything by hand-building. From functional to sculptural, the sky is the limit as to what you can create! Nancy is a seasoned Master Potter with over 45 years of experience who loves to go outside the box. If there is something special you wish to make, Nancy will show you how! Opportunity to register for an additional one-day workshop on Alternative Firings – Raku, Smoke, Sagger & Sawdust at the end of the class series. Spring series 8-week Tuesday morning and evening classes begin March 19 (**2-week break, 4/9 and 4/16**) Special 6-week Wednesday evening class begins April 24. LeMoyne Studios, 417 E. Call St. Tallahassee, FL. Class fee $265/$200. Contact Nancy directly at RedDotPottery@gmail.com or call 850-766-5765 to register for classes.
Join clay artist, Nancy Jefferson for fun with clay in the LeMoyne Arts Studios. All techniques of hand-building and wheel throwing will be explored. Small classes are designed to teach a combination of beginners and advanced students together which adds more depth to each class. Beginners can learn the wheel or how to create anything by hand-building. From functional to sculptural, the sky is the limit as to what you can create! Nancy is a seasoned Master Potter with over 45 years of experience who loves to go outside the box. If there is something special you wish to make, Nancy will show you how! Opportunity to register for an additional one-day workshop on Alternative Firings – Raku, Smoke, Sagger & Sawdust at the end of the class series. Winter series 8-week Tuesday/Wednesday afternoon and evening classes begin the week January 9 through February 28. LeMoyne Studios, 417 E. Call St. Tallahassee, FL. Class fee $265. Contact Nancy directly at RedDotPottery@gmail.com or call 850-766-5765 to register for classes.
Apr 17 Wednesday
Two hundred years ago, on March 4, 1824, Governor William Duval announced Tallahassee as the site for Florida’s new capital city. Local lore attributes the decision to two commissioners sent on a legendary journey, however, Tallahassee’s tale begins much earlier. In this temporary exhibition, the Florida Historic Capitol Museum invites you to explore the historical actions and power struggles that defined early Tallahassee and led to the city Becoming Florida’s Capital. On display from March 1, 2024 through January 5, 2025, the exhibition and related programming complement the City of Tallahassee and Leon County bicentennial commemorations.
Pebble Hill Plantation is pleased to announce that we will be hosting a two-day plein air artist's workshop with nature artist Deborah LaFogg Docherty of Boynton Beach, Florida. This is a wonderful opportunity for artists to strengthen their skills in plein air pastel drawing with one of the regions award-winning photorealistic painters. Combining her two loves of nature and painting, Deb brings to life her artwork with vibrant color and exquisite detail. She has been studying wildlife in its natural habitat since she was a child on her family’s farm in Connecticut and has mastered her artistic expression in plein air technique and form.
This two-day workshop will include indoor and outdoor instruction (weather permitting) covering the topics of composition, contrast, color, subject photography, drawing, and sketching. Held 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. both days. Box lunches may be purchased in advance or you may bring your own. Call 229-226-2344 for details.
On view October 6–June 29, 2024
Present Tense is an exhibition that ignites critical conversations on contemporary landscape art. This series centers upon the large-scale landscape painting, 15 Canvas Study of the Grand Canyon,1998, by Pop painter, David Hockney, on loan from Art Bridges. This work will be compared and contrasted with landscape works by Florida artists ranging from highly accomplished and celebrated painters Dean Mitchell and Mark Messersmith, to mid-career artists Chris Rivera and Sam McCoy.
Part one of Present Tense pairs the monumental painting, 15 Canvas Study of the Grand Canyon by beloved Pop painter David Hockney, on loan from Art Bridges, with nationally renowned artist Dean Mitchell’s series, American West.
This project is made possible by generous support from Art Bridges