THIS WEEKEND
First Friday Artwork Stroll
This month-to-month occasion will run 6-9 p.m. Jan. 6 in downtown Ocala and embody artwork, artists’ cubicles, meals, leisure and reside music that includes Ecliff Telford. Extra at 352-629-8447, [email protected] or www.ocalafl.org/artwalk.
Sofa Periods Seasons 1-5
This month-long interactive expertise opens 6-8 p.m. Jan. 6 on the Brick Gallery, 23 SW Broadway St., Ocala, with occasions scheduled by Jan. 28. For a listing of occasions, go to mcaocala.org or MCA’s Fb occasion web page.
H2O Go! on the Discovery Middle
This exhibit is up by Feb. 11 on the Discovery Middle, 701 NE Sanchez Ave., Ocala. The exhibit is open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays by Saturdays. “Go on an H2O journey by rivers, lakes and streams, together with a journey into the ambiance to see why this tiny molecule is so vital,” the Metropolis of Ocala says in a information launch. “Be taught the science behind snowflakes, catch some fish on the indoor lake and get interactive with lily pads the place the visitors turn out to be the frog. Dive proper into the water cycle and expertise all that water has to supply!”
Common admission $8 per particular person/$28 for a household of 4. Extra at 352-401-3900 or www.mydiscoverycenter.org
‘Lengthy Legs & Fragility’
This exhibit from artist Cara Van Leuven opens Jan. 6 and will likely be up by March 31 at Ocala Metropolis Corridor, 110 SE Watula Ave. It’s free and open to the general public. Metropolis Corridor hours are 8 a.m. to five p.m., Monday-Friday.
Van Leuven “grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the place she developed a love of horses,” town says in a information launch. “She moved across the nation working as a graphic designer till settling in St. Louis, Missouri. In 2008, her job as a carriage driver helped refocus her profession round horses. Presently, she paints horses full-time and splits her time between her small farm in Highland, Illinois and her restored ranch in Williston, Florida.”
Extra at www.caravl.com, 352-629-8447, [email protected] or www.ocalafl.org/artincityspaces
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The Amazzing Metal Drums
The Amazzing Metal Drums will likely be in live performance at 3 p.m. Jan. 8 at Countryside Presbyterian Church, 7768 SW State Highway 200, Ocala. A love providing will likely be taken. Extra at 352-237-4633.
COMING SOON
2023 School Artwork Exhibition at CF
The 2023 School Artwork Exhibition will likely be on show Jan. 9-Feb. 2 (opening reception on Jan. 18, from 4:30-6:30 p.m.) on the Webber Gallery on the CF Ocala Campus, 3001 SW Faculty Highway. The gallery is open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Thursday and admission is free. Extra info at 352-854-2322, ext. 1664. In response to organizers, the works will embody ceramics, prints, fiber, pictures and blended media.
‘Revolutionized Textile & Fiber: The Artwork of Ingrid Humphrey’
An artwork exhibit, “Revolutionized Textile & Fiber: The Artwork of Ingrid Humphrey,” will likely be up mid-January by Might 25 on the Mary Sue Wealthy Group Middle, 1821 NW twenty first Ave., Ocala. It will likely be free and open to the general public. Extra at 352-629-8447, [email protected] or www.ocalafl.org/artincityspaces
Traditional Albums Stay: Led Zeppelin II
This present will likely be held at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 13 on the Reilly Arts Middle, 500 NE Ninth St., Ocala. Tickets from $20. Extra at reillyartscenter.com
Gold Metropolis
The Southern gospel quartet will carry out at 7 p.m. Jan. 13 at Faculty Highway Baptist Church, 5010 SW Faculty Highway, Ocala. Doorways open at 5:30 p.m. Admission is free, however donations accepted. Extra at 352-237-5741, 352-361-3756 or collegeroad.org
Ocala Symphony Orchestra Honors Recital
The Honors Recital of the thirty second annual Younger Artist Competitors will likely be held at 3 p.m. Jan. 14 on the Reilly Arts Middle, 500 NE Ninth St., Ocala. Admission is free for Ocala Symphony subscribers and $10 for visitors. Extra at reillyartscenter.com
‘The Form of Issues: Op Artwork and Geometric Abstraction’
This exhibit will likely be up on the Appleton Museum of Artwork Jan. 14-April 9. “Drawn from the everlasting assortment, this exhibition contains vibrant and visually enjoyable work and prints,” organizers say. “Op” is brief for “optical.” The museum, 4333 E. Silver Springs Blvd., is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free on the primary Saturday of every month. Extra at www.appletonmuseum.org
‘Into the Breeches’ at Ocala Civic Theatre
This dramatic comedy, set in Ocala throughout World Warfare II, will likely be onstage on the Ocala Civic Theatre Jan. 19-Feb. 5. “Be part of us as Ocala’s girls of WWII shake up Shakespeare to make historical past HER-story!” organizers say. Extra at ocalacivicthetre.com
Bluegrass and BBQ
This Metropolis of Ocala occasion, a part of the 2023 Tuscawilla Artwork Park Collection, will likely be 6-9 p.m. Jan. 20 at Tuscawilla Artwork Park, 213 NE Fifth St., Ocala. That includes reside musical performances by Appalachian Highway Present with The Wandering Hours, barbecue from Large Lee’s Severe About BBQ and Nation Boyz BBQ, desserts from Large Man’s Cafe and a money bar. Common admission tickets beginning at $10 on-line/$15 gate. Extra at ocalabluegrassBBQ2023.eventbrite.com
Unique Hitmakers of Summer season Tour
This musical overview will likely be onstage at 7 p.m. Jan. 20 on the Circle Sq. Cultural Middle, 8395 SW 80th St., Ocala. Tickets from $35. Extra at https://www.csculturalcenter.com
Emmett Carlisle & James Hawkins
The musicians will play as a part of the Will McLean Basis’s Sunday Sampler Live performance Collection at 2 p.m. Jan. 22 within the historic Dunnellon Depot, 12061 S. Williams St., Dunnellon. Extra at https://www.fb.com/willmcleanfestival/
‘Give attention to the Essence: The Images of Anne Noggle’
This exhibit will likely be up on the Appleton Museum of Artwork Jan. 28-April 9. “Chosen from greater than 100 images donated to the museum by the Anne Noggle Basis, this exhibition highlights self-portraits and portraits of family and friends, and shows her unbelievable eye for composition and lighting,” organizers say. The museum, 4333 E. Silver Springs Blvd., is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free on the primary Saturday of every month. Extra at www.appletonmuseum.org
‘It is Coloured Pencil’
A brand new exhibit, “It’s Coloured Pencil,” offered in partnership with the Coloured Pencil Society of America, will likely be up Feb. 13-March 9 on the CF Webber Gallery on the Faculty of Central Florida campus, 3001 SW Faculty Highway, Ocala. There will likely be a gap reception 5-7 p.m. Feb. 18. The Webber Gallery is open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Thursday. Admission is free. Extra at 352-854-2322, ext. 1664.
ONGOING
‘Blessed be the Birds’
An artwork exhibit, “Blessed be the Birds,”by Courtney Kravig-McGuire, is on show on the Clerk’s Workplace at Ocala Metropolis Corridor, 110 SE Watula Ave., by June 9. The workplace is open Monday by Friday, 8 a.m. to five p.m. This exhibit is free and open to the general public. Kravig-McGuire lives and works in Ocala and holds a bachelor of effective artwork diploma in printmaking from the Herron College of Artwork + Design in Indianapolis. “Kravig-McGuire makes use of printmaking methods to discover connections between nature and spirituality in her work,” metropolis organizers say. Be taught extra at www.direct.me/theinkyibis, 352-629-8447, [email protected] or www.ocalafl.org/artincityspaces
‘Large and Daring’
This exhibit will likely be on view within the Edith-Marie Gallery on the Appleton Museum of Artwork by Might 21. All works are fashionable and modern artwork, lots of which have by no means been on show on the Appleton.
‘Wanting on the Brighter Facet’
This exhibit from Jennifer Weigel is up by Jan. 9 on the Ocala Recreation and Parks Administration constructing, 828 NE Eighth Ave., and Eighth Avenue Grownup Exercise Middle, 830 NE Eighth Ave., 8 a.m. to five p.m. Monday by Friday. Free and open to the general public. A metropolis information launch describes Weigel as “a multi-disciplinary mixed-media, conceptual artist” whose work “makes use of a variety of media to convey her concepts, together with assemblage, drawing, fibers, set up, jewellery, paint, efficiency, pictures, video and writing.” Extra at www.jenniferweigelart.com, 352-629-8447, [email protected] or www.ocalafl.org/artincityspaces
‘Colourful Pleasures’
This artwork exhibit from Christine Dozier is up by Jan. 17 on the Ocala Worldwide Airport, 1770 SW sixtieth Ave., Suite 600. Free and open to the general public. Dozier, an Ocala resident and Memphis native, works in oils and acrylics. Extra at www.christinedozier.com, 352-629-8447, [email protected] or www.ocalafl.org/artincityspaces.
‘Squares With out Stitches’
This exhibit is up at the Barbara Gaskin Washington Grownup Exercise Middle, 210 NW twelfth Ave., Ocala, by Jan. 12. Hours are Monday by Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free and open to the general public. Extra at www.ocalafl.org/recpark, 352-368-5517 and Ocala Rec Park on Fb.