Pensacola

First City Art Center Welcomes New Executive Director.

After a regional and national search, First City Art Center is excited to announce that the position of Executive Director was filled in mid-February. We want to welcome Meredith Doyen as our new Executive Director. Meredith studied Landscape Architecture at University of Georgia, and then completed her Masters Degree at Iowa State in Community and…

Artist Opportunities

Spring 2013 Workshops begin Mar. 5th

FIRST CITY ART CENTER’S FULL SLATE OF GLASS AND POTTERY WORKSHOPS BEGIN MAR 5th. PENSACOLA, FLA- First City Art Center is now accepting sign-ups for the full slate of hands-on workshops scheduled to begin Mar. 5. Pottery on the Wheel, Make Your Own Glass, Glassblowing, Glass Bead Making, Kids Pottery and Clay Sculpting workshops will…

Artist Opportunities

Casting Craze Workshop with Guest Artist Lisa Tahir

Guest artist Lisa Tahir will be at First City Art Center to offer students and patrons a one-weekend-only glass casting workshop. A three day introductory workshop exploring the fundamentals of glass sand-casting, this is an exciting way to learn the process of pouring molten glass into open face sand molds. Day one covers production of…

Artist Opportunities

Casting Craze workshop sparks glass art creativity!

Lisa Tahir’s Casting Craze workshop on Friday – Sunday, Feb. 15-17, at First City Art Center, successfully sparked the creativity of eight students who came to learn how to sand cast glass. Friday evening was a review of all of the safety precautions of being in FCAC’s hot shop. Soon thereafter, students learned how to…

Ceramics

Mayco Glazing Workshop a Huge Success for First City Art Potters Guild!

On February 11, 2013, First City Art Center, located at 1060 Guilemard Street, Pensacola, Florida, hosted a Mayco Glaze Workshop for 16 clay potters from the Gulfcoast area and Jacksonville. The workshop was conducted by Denise Ertler, East Coast Workshop Coordinator and Field Representative for Mayco. Mayco is active in NCECA, school conferences and instructs…

Ceramics

Mayco Glaze Workshop for Clay Artists

First City Art Center is now accepting registrations for its upcoming glazing technique workshop with guest instructor Denise Ertler, East Coast Workshop Coordinator for Mayco, on Monday, Feb. 11 from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. The workshop fee is $35 and class size is limited to 16 students. It will be held at First City…

Events

A Red Hot Time at February’s Hot Glass, Cold Brew Event!

First City Art Center’s (FCA) Hot Glass, Cold Brew, Valentines edition, on Friday, Feb. 8 – 5-9 p.m. was another huge success. Nearly 300 spectators enjoyed demonstration pieces from Joe Thompson owner of Bear Creek Glass Studio and Shane King, one of FCA’s most recent mentorship graduates, along with other glass guild members. The FCA…