Join Ceramic Artist Emily Free Wilson on Sunday afternoons as you explore hand building with a Raku focus. Students will be given clay hand building demonstrations and opportunities to fire their work twice in a raku kiln. Hand builders will also have the option to glaze their work to cone 6 in electric kilns as […]

We are excited to announce that the Miniature Homes Show is back! The Central Coast Miniatures Club of Florence has hosted this popular event annually (except for the Covid years of '20 and '21) for 20 years. Club members have been busy creating amazing new miniatures for you to see! This is a family event […]

Student will explore different drawing tools including charcoal, pencil, and pens in this series of 4 classes. Lessons will focus on techniques, learning to see and interpret shape, negative and positive space, composition, using still life, photos, and plein air as source material. Free sketch time follows direct instruction and drawing exercises each week. Questions […]

Good evening, My name is Alfred Hitchcock, and I would like to tell you about my forthcoming “Fall Into Hitchcock - the Sequel” film series at City Lights Cinemas in the charming, peaceful town of Florence, Oregon. The series will cover a collection of delightful and life-affirming films I have directed that will both educate […]

Fun Connections Playgroup for parents and children 0-5 years' of age. A safe and fun space to play with your child(ren), meet other families, and make connections.

This beginning ceramics class will introduce the basic elements of sculptural and functional clay within the tradition of making pottery. Students will learn the procedures of working with clay from beginning use of wet clay, through the various stages to completed, fired pieces. Techniques taught will include pinching, coil building, slab construction and the use […]

Arrive early and glaze a pot already made! Pots are thrown by Emily Free Wilson and ready for you to paint or fire with horse hair! It takes about 2 hours for pieces to be fired and then cool. No experience necessary-all ages welcome. 9 am – 3:30 pm First firing will happen at 10:30am!

Join the Oregon Dunes Restoration Collaborative, Lane County Parks Department, and the Friends of Three Mile Prairie on Saturday, October 26 from 10 AM to Noon to remove invasive Scotch broom and small trees from the Three Mile Prairie Dunes County Park in Florence, OR. The Three Mile Prairie Dunes site provides good habitat for […]

This class will take a basic ink drawing and bring it to life with watercolor tools. You will experiment with different ink drawing tools and techniques. The use Watercolor media to bring your drawing to life. Bring your own multi-media sketch book. Pens and watercolors are provided and yours to keep. Saturday Oct 26 10am […]