The Cultural Arts Alliance of Walton County (CAA) recently announced that Blues artist and Grammy-nominee Jontavious Willis will headline the 4th annual Under The Sea fundraiser for the Underwater Museum of Art (UMA), a collaborative project with the South Walton…
In April, artist/inventor Dwayne Szot — founder of Zot Artz — is returning as an art partner with Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation’s ArtsReach residency program with Artz for All with Zot. This time, Szot will lead two full-day residencies at…
The Okaloosa Arts Alliance (OAA) invites all Okaloosa County School students to participate in the 13th Annual OAA Okaloosa County School Poster Contest. The theme for the contest is “Sparking the Arts”. Artwork entries can be anything you can create…
The Cultural Arts Alliance of Walton County (CAA) announces it has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts for a $10,000 Grants for Arts Projects award to support its Art in Public Spaces program. The funds will be…
Jonah Allen is an artist who specializes in large-scale photographic art that focuses on the dynamic relationship between water and light. Allen, 28, began his art career in college and has been represented by galleries in the southeast, and now…
There is just about one more month left to enjoy the first installation of artists for 2022 at J. Leon Gallery + Studio in Miramar Beach. Head to the gallery's monthly Sip N' Stroll event, where four new artists have…
Destin author and illustrator Andi Scurto, author of The Accidental Adventure of Mattie the Giraffe, now has a beer named after her creation: Destin Brewery’s Mattie Light, a light lager. Not only that, but 15 percent of all sales of…
They may not have capes, but Fort Walton Beach has a band of new heroes. In an animated presentation to the Fort Walton Beach City Council on Tuesday, Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) administrator Alisa Burleson introduced the newly minted members…
Maxine Orange looked plucky in her petite plum velvet blazer, but she was nervous. “This is a first,” she said. Though the 42-year-old artist has done many things — design an underwater art sculpture, paint portraits of blushing brides live,…
