Dog Days of Summer 2023

Dog Days of Summer at Girls’ Club by the River, 330 SW 2 Street, Fort Lauderdale Girls’ Club presents an informal summer series offering professional development support, discussion and resources for artists and arts professionals. Each session is held on Fridays, Noon-2pm and will revolve around different topics that affect artists and their practice. Sessions…

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Dog Days of Summer 2019

Dog Days of Summer at Girls’ Club Warehouse, 723 NE 2 Avenue, Fort Lauderdale Girls’ Club presents an informal summer series offering professional development support, discussion and resources for artists and arts professionals. Each session is held on Fridays, 11am-1pm, just before open gallery hours, 1-5pm, and will revolve around different topics that affect artists…

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Artist Development Workshops with Susan Caraballo

Professional Development Workshops for Artists led by Susan Caraballo Two Fridays, February 16 and March 16, 1-5pm Join us for a two-part workshop series for artists, writers, and other creatives led by Susan Caraballo. Participants may register for one workshop or both workshops. Workshops are open to the public, to all ages, genders and skill…

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ConFab: a one day practicum on how to make things happen in the arts

Saturday, November 18, 2017, Noon-8pm Join Girls’ Club and the Art and Culture Center/Hollywood for a one-day practicum for artists, writers and creatives in conjunction with the exhibition Change Agents, on view November 10, 2017 – January 7, 2018. ConFab is a series workshops and discussions designed to inspire innovative strategies for producing and presenting…

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photo by Teodora Dakova

Artist Workshop: Watercolor Wanderlust with Harumi Abe at MDC

Saturday, June 24, 2017, 11am-2pm Join artist Harumi Abe for a hands-on painting workshop, creating small scale landscapes with watercolor. Harumi will lead a demonstration on basic watercolor elements, techniques, practices and alternative methods. Working with the ongoing theme of artist as historical explorer, the workshop invites participants to travel via Instagram to source vistas…

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SPF’16: the launch of Fort Lauderdale’s first Small Press Fair

Saturday, November 12, 2016, Noon-6pm SPF Fort Lauderdale is a Small Press Fair where artists, independent publishers and small presses can exhibit and sell their creations and the general public can learn about the world of independent print making, book publishing and zine making. It is a fair where art-meets-literature, where musicians, poets, artists and…

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Summer Workshops 2014

A series of intensive one and two-day workshops Led by artists, for artists. To learn new techniques, skills and knowledge to expand your creative practice. Presented at Girls’ Club in Fort Lauderdale. We know you’re busy. So tell us which dates and times work best for you. Check off dates and times of interest for…

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Literary Truth / Creative Nonfiction: a workshop for artists led by Vanessa Garcia

 Join Girls’ Club’s writer-in-residence Vanessa Garcia for a 2-day writing workshop, April 18 and 25, Noon – 3pm. The term “Creative Nonfiction” gets tossed around a lot these days. New graduate programs are opening up to encompass the form, and writers are exploring it daily. It’s sometimes equated with Literary Journalism or Memoir.  In this…

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Creative Capital Professional Development Workshop: Authentic Branding Intro at Girls’ Club

Tuesday, April 1, 7-8:30pm In partnership with Broward County Cultural Division, Girls’ Club will host this mini workshop taken from from the day-long Creative Capital “You Are Your Brand” workshop. This session provides an introduction to the concept of “authentic branding,” which has been used to help visual artists, authors, celebrities, and business executives be…

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Summer Workshops 2013

A series of intensive one and two-day workshops for artists to learn new techniques and knowledge to expand their practice, presented at Girls’ Club in Fort Lauderdale. Workshops will only commence if there is enough interest. So, share! And tell your friends and colleagues! 1-day workshops: $50, 2-day workshops: $80 Amalia Caputo: Photo Journaling with…

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Workshop participants create explosive Venetian boxes with Lou Anne Colodny

Working with sources like xeroxed patterns, taro cards, vintage map snapshots, embossed and textured papers, and other material, a group of 8 artists assembled and created Venetian Exploding Boxes with drawing and video artist Lou Anne Colodny. Participants combined hand drawn elements with appropriated imagery and found objects, create small worlds of folding paper. Once…

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Artists in Action! with Lou Anne Colodny

Lou Anne Colodny Artist Talk | 7pm, Friday, May 17 | free and open to the public Workshop | 1-4pm, Saturday, May 18 | $30, student discount available Lou Anne Colodny’s experiences in dance, theater and museum administration have greatly informed her art. She was a recipient of the 2008 Cultural Consortium Fellowship in the…

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