Arts & Culture

A fall evening with a Gulfarium twist 🎨🐢🎃 Celebrate the season with Paint, Pumpkins & Tortoises, a special adults-only Paint Night at Gulfarium Marine Adventure Park featuring Painting with a Twist of Fort Walton Beach. Spend the evening creating your own fall-inspired tortoise and pumpkin painting while enjoying a unique night inside Gulfarium. Along the […]

Gallery night is 3-6pm on October 3rd. Come down and meet the local artists, support our non profit raffle for Road Dogg Rescue, enjoy refreshments and receive a free art piece for stopping in. it's always an entertaining and arty night.

We are so excited to have our first outdoor market of the fall season. Meet with local vendors, artists and crafters as they display their one-of-a-kind creations, re-purposed items, jewelry, clothing, shabby chic furniture, art, yummy food and much more. Mark will be grilling hamburgers and hot dogs for a local charity 10:00-2:00. We will […]

Meeting of local blacksmiths and those interested in blacksmithing. We will set up starting at 9am, expect the demonstration on forging a Viking ship candle holder to start around 9:30am. Events runs until we get to cold, to hot, to dark, or to tired. Dress appropriately - solid closed toed shoes (no crocks), cotton or […]

Join Shalimar Library featuring the Flying Needle Quilt Guild on Friday, October 16, 4 - 6pm. Meet the fiber artists and learn about a resurgence of creativity of modern day quilt making by local artists. Enjoy refreshments.

Join us for an evening celebrating art, creativity, and friendly competition at the Arts and Design Society of Fort Walton Beach! Opening Reception Friday, October 16, 2026 6:00–8:00 PM Come enjoy the artwork, meet local artists, and experience the excitement of our Battle of the Brushes! Bring your friends and family—admission is free and open […]

Dinner, mystery & intrigue in Gulfarium’s Living Sea Aquarium Something mysterious is unfolding beneath the surface… Join us on Friday, October 16 for an evening of dinner, suspense, and unexpected twists at Gulfarium. Death in the Living Sea combines a live murder mystery performance by Act4 Mystery with a delicious three course dinner, all inside […]

Join us for a day of amazing deals at DeFrance Antiques on Eglin Parkway!!!!! Search the booths for special “dollar deals” hidden away. You never know what the vendor will put in their booth for only a buck! This treasure hunt of sorts is a popular event that is anticipated by customers every time we […]

If you need that one item to finish your cosplay costume this is it! During this class you will forge a wand with at least one captured crystal or marble. Techniques that your will learn include splitting metal, twisting and drawing out. In this class plan to learn about fire management as we will be […]

This is an ADVANCED class! However, this is a project you need to accomplish because you never know when the Zombie Apocalypse might happen. Call if you have questions about skill level. We will use a railroad spike for this project. With a lot of hammer work will draw out a small bearded axe, you […]

The Arts and Design Society (ADSO) is celebrating 70 years (1956- 2026) of Art October 24, Saturday, 4-7pm. There will ADSO History, Fun pictures, Refreshments, Membership sign up and more surprises. Help us celebrate FWB's best and oldest Art Facility. See our new renovations too!

Join us for our Saturday Outdoor Market at DeFrance Antiques on Beal, 74-B Beal Parkway NW, Ft Walton Beach. Meet with local vendors, artists and crafters as they display their one-of-a-kind creations, re-purposed items, jewelry, clothing, shabby chic furniture, art, yummy food and much more. We only have this sale twice a year at DeFrance […]

Great prop for a Halloween costume Forge welding is often referred to as "the black art" of Blacksmithing, but you can learn how to join iron/steel consistently in this advanced class. In this class will teach you how to forge weld while making three chain links using scarf welds. You will also learn coal fire […]

Meeting of local blacksmiths and those interested in blacksmithing. We will set up starting at 9am, expect the demonstration on of something we learned at conference earlier this month to start around 9:30am. Events runs until we get to cold, to hot, to dark, or to tired. We will also load the trailer for our […]