Community Calendar

Join Goodwood Museum & Gardens and our presenting sponsor BMW and Land Rover Tallahassee to experience an unforgettable evening of luxury cars, flavor, and entertainment. The annual Wheels, Wine & Whiskey will return on Friday, September 25, 2026. This year’s theme, The Grand Tour of Luxury European Cars, celebrates the elegance, craftsmanship, and performance of some of the world’s most iconic automobiles. Stroll beneath the majestic oaks and explore a curated showcase of exceptional European vehicles displayed across Goodwood’s sweeping front lawn, creating a spectacular setting unlike any other in Tallahassee.

Highlights of the evening include:

Curated car showcase
Live music performance from Thursday Night Music Club
Wine, Beer, Soda Bar and Whiskey Tasting bar
Delicious hors d’oeuvres

Tickets:

$60 for Goodwood Members

$75 for General Admission

Tickets include hors d'oeuvres and 2 drink tickets, which can be used for whiskey, wine, beer, or soda. ($12 for extra drink tickets)

Whether you’re passionate about classic motoring, fine spirits, or simply enjoy unique cultural experiences, Wheels, Wine & Whiskey offers something to savor. Join fellow car enthusiasts, wine lovers, and community supporters for one of the season’s most anticipated events.

All proceeds from Wheels, Wine & Whiskey support the preservation efforts and cultural programming of Goodwood Museum & Gardens, one of Tallahassee’s most treasured historic sites.

Tickets are limited and expected to sell quickly.

The Crooked River Lighthouse invites visitors to Twilight at the Tower on Friday, September 25 from 7:00-9:00 pm ET in Carrabelle, FL. This relaxing evening event offers after-hours museum visits, gift shop browsing, twilight tower climbs, and the peaceful natural surroundings of St. George Sound and Carrabelle Beach as evening falls. Admission is free. Evening climbs are $6 for the public, free for current members and free for kids 12 and under with a ticketed adult.

The Keeper's House Museum will be open for special evening hours, featuring the lighthouse's original Fourth Order Fresnel lens, constructed in Paris, France, in 1894. Visitors can also browse the lighthouse gift shop for unique nautical gifts and souvenirs. The Beacon Bistro will offer baked goodies, popcorn, and refreshments by donation. Guests are encouraged to kick back, relax on the lighthouse grounds, and enjoy a delightful evening beneath the summer sky as the Corn Moon rises over the Forgotten Coast.

For those looking for an unforgettable view, twilight tower climbs provide a chance to experience the tallest lighthouse on the Forgotten Coast from the top. Climbers can take in panoramic views of St. George Sound, Carrabelle Beach, and the beautiful colors of the horizon as dusk settles over the coast.

Climb tickets and additional details are available in the gift shop or at crookedriverlighthouse.com/full-moon-events/. Crooked River Lighthouse is located at 1975 Hwy 98, in Carrabelle. For details, contact carrabellelighthouse@gmail.com or 850-697-2732. Funded in part by the Franklin County Tourist Development Council.

Enjoy the second Artists Guild exhibition of 2025, on view in the Gadsden Arts Center & Museum’s Bates Community Room through June 7, 2025. On display is artwork by Jan Austin-Hicken, Douglas Bondurant, Deborah Bullock, Michael Burchfield, Anthony Butkowski, Amy Cober, Kathy Ferrell, Ellen Fournier, Theresa Francisco, Thomas Friedman, Debbie Gaedtke, Echo Kidd Gates, Sal Guastella, John Isaacs, Stan Kitching, Sandra Lipner, MJ Lord, Kristin Manos, Janice Ecinja McCaskill, Hui Chiu McClure, Michele Moffett , Kent Putnam, Jill Quadagno, Linda Rabon, Maria Renzulli, Ann Robinson, Stephen Bennett Smith, Debra Spitler, Karen Stewart, Mary Liz Tippin-Moody, Georgia Turner, Amy Von Chamier, Lisa Waxman, and Erika Zambello.

Image: Michael Burchfield, Emily’s World, 2021, oil

Jefferson Arts Gallery 575 W Washington St Monticello, FL 32344
Invites you to our Summer Member Show “A Slice of the Good Life”
Please join us for refreshments From noon until 4 pm on Saturday June 6, 2026

The gallery is filled with Summer Fun and delightful, original creations by our Members

The exhibit will continue thru August 29, 2026
Regular Gallery Hours are Wednesdays and Saturdays from 10am until 2pm

For additional times call (850) 997-3311 or
Email: jeffersonartsgallery@gmail.com
www.jeffersonartsgallery.com
Facebook: Jeffersonartsgallery JAG or Jefferson Arts Gallery

America’s Everglades: Through the Lens of Clyde Butcher
September 25 – December 12, 2026
Sara May Love Gallery

This exhibition presents the America’s Everglades, the most acclaimed body of work by Clyde Butcher, and celebrates the life and legacy of Harry S. Truman, the visionary who dedicated the Everglades National Park and expanded our National Parks system.

Clyde Butcher is one of America’s foremost landscape photographers and a leading voice for environmental conservation in Florida. His accolades include the National Medal of Arts in 2022, the highest honor given to artists and arts patrons by the United States government, and Florida Artists Hall of Fame recognition in 1998, the highest honor given to an artist by the State of Florida.

Through his monumental images of the Florida Everglades, Butcher captures the quiet beauty, mystery, and resilience of one of the nation’s most treasured natural landscapes. His photographs reveal the delicate balance of life within this vast wilderness, inspiring viewers to reflect on the importance of preservation and the enduring relationship between humanity and nature.

Support for this program is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, celebrating NEA America250: Arts Projects Honoring the National Garden of American Heroes.

Funding for this program was provided through a grant from the Florida Humanities with funds from The Mosaic Company. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this (publication) (program) (exhibition) (website) do not necessarily represent those of Florida Humanities or The Mosaic Company.

Art and our Environment
September 25 – December 12, 2026
Zoe Golloway Gallery

This exhibition brings together the work of five distinguished Florida artists,
Beth Appleton, Mark Messersmith, Bob Bischoff, Jesse Aaron, and Bessie Harvey, whose work illuminates our evolving relationship with the natural world. Beth Appleton (b. 1949) creates intricate cut-paper assemblages shaped by a lifetime of observing Florida’s shifting landscapes. Mark Messersmith (b. 1955) is known for his vibrant, layered paintings that merge wildlife, lush vegetation, and human impact into dramatic narratives, often extending beyond the canvas with sculptural frames. Bob Bischoff (1950-2023) became known for creating large, public stained-glass installations with his wife Jo Ann Bischoff. Together, these artists’ work forms a compelling exploration of the beauty, fragility, and resilience of the natural world, inviting viewers to reflect on the connections between art, place, and the environment.

Image: Beth Appleton, Hurricane Charley, paper, watercolor paint, 2006, 28 x 22 in

Joel Thornton
September 12 – December 12, 2026
Munroe Family Community Gallery

Joel Thornton, a Tallahassee-based artist, brings together a vibrant body of work shaped by many years of dedicated practice and ongoing artistic study. Born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, Thornton discovered his love of painting in his youth, guided by his mother, who inspired him to create and cultivated his passion for the arts. After setting aside painting to build a career and raise a family, Thornton rediscovered his passion for painting. His paintings span portraits of both iconic figures and people from his everyday life, animals, and vibrant landscapes, all unified by his expressive use of color, attention to form, and deep interest in storytelling.

Image: Joel Thornton, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 2022, oil, 20 x 24 inches

We invite you to the exhibition “Friendly Arbitration: Honoré Daumier on Crime, Justice, and Punishment” on view at MoFA until Saturday, December 12. Friendly Arbitration examines Honoré Daumier’s (1808–1879) subversive use of lithography and wood engraving as tools for artistic innovation and social critique in nineteenth-century France. Bringing together original prints from his popular series on lawyers, the legal system, and crime and punishment, the exhibition explores how his satirical caricatures challenged judicial authority, exposed social inequities, and helped reshape the fields of art and journalism.
This exhibition is made possible through the generous support of Jay Steele & Matthew Wright.

The FSU Museum of Fine Arts invites you to "Floating Metal: UNDERcurrents In My Father's Garden," on view from August 24, 2026 - March 13, 2027.

“Floating Metal” brings together sculpture, image, video, performance, and sound to honor the artistic legacy of Ed Love (1936-1999) and the intergenerational creative practice of choreographer and performer nia love (b. 1963). The exhibition extends nia love’s long-term serial projects g1(host) and UNDERcurrents, which explore the enduring histories of the Middle Passage and transatlantic slavery. This newest iteration continues to invite audiences to probe the seam between catastrophic history and everyday memory, pivoting on the elemental medium of water.

The exhibition also marks the first museum presentation of Ed Love’s Beloved series (1988) with metal sculptures commemorating black historical figures, completed shortly before his untimely passing in 1999. As a representative yet under-recognized artist of the Black Arts generation, Ed Love is known for welding discarded metal salvaged from scrap yards into powerful totems of global black consciousness. Likewise driven by the social force and weight of blackness, nia love’s multi-modal movement practice aims to breach the propriety of “dance,” refashioning it as gesture–the embodied memory of movement, geographies, and scales of time gathered and shared through black forms of life and culture.

The presentation of Floating Metal: UNDERcurrents In My Father’s Garden by nia love was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and the Mellon Foundation. Additional support comes from FSU’s Council on Research + Creativity (CRC).

Hours subject to change due to holidays and University closures.

The Florida A&M University Foster-Tanner Fine Arts Gallery invites you to experience our new art exhibition, "Marilyn Proctor-Givens: Exploration of a Process." This exhibition will feature a collection of works by celebrated artist and art educator Marilyn Proctor-Givens. Proctor-Givens’ featured artwork spans four decades and showcases her exploration of media and processes, including graphic design, photography, glass, wood, fabric, leather, filament, and ceramics. Her ceramic forms use both traditional and Raku firing techniques, bringing together traditional ceramic forms like vessels and platters and her trademark sculptural forms, including distinctive haloed masks and jigsaw puzzle pieces embossed forms. Many of Proctor-Givens’ works draw upon family, culture, religion, and travel. Through her hand, many techniques, materials, and processes are presented, revealing the connections made with people, places and things.