Arts

A professional artist for more than 20 years and a glass artist for the past 13, Mary Hong is now sharing her passion for glass and unique techniques through instructional workshops. The upcoming "Glass Art Meets Canvas/Board" workshops are themed for fall and the holidays. The October classes will feature fall designs and marine life, and the November and December classes feature holiday-themed designs, including angels and Christmas trees.
 

Back to Nature Festival 2013 begins this week as local artists showcase selected pieces in the Scenes of South Walton Art Show at Hidden Lantern Gallery in Rosemary Beach. The art show opens Oct. 17 with an artists' reception from 5 - 7 p.m. The exhibit is part of an exciting lineup of festival events Oct. 17 - 20.

South Walton Fashion Week debuted Oct 11-13 in Grand Boulevard’s Town Center at Sandestin, including a stellar lineup of over 30 featured boutiques and local designers in runway shows throughout the weekend.

Special preview parties and trunk shows accompanied the festivities, in addition to a runway show dedicated to chosen Emerging Designer finalists Cayce Collins, Andi Eaton, Jennifer Nina Evans, Ashlie Ming, Ella Rose and Sarah Winford.

Fusion Art Glass in Seaside will host its Annual Trunk Show at the Seaside gallery on October 18-20. The event begins with an artist reception on Friday from 4-6 p.m. welcoming award winning glass artist Cal Breed of Orbix Hot Glass in Fort Payne, Alabama.  Breed was recently nominated for Martha Stewart's Made in America Award.

Rosemary Beach Foundation is honored to welcome John Hemingway to the Rosemary Beach Lecture Series. The event will take place at Rosemary Beach Town Hall Thursday, October 10 at 6:00 p.m. for a wine reception followed by a lecture and conversation with John Hemingway, and then a book signing. Tickets are available and priced at $100 for individual and $150 per couple. Please visit www.rosemarybeachfoundation.org (space is limited) for more information.

Justin Gaffrey, Beachy Beach 30A and Summer House Lifestyle are teaming up to present a silent, art-auction soiree on Thursday, Sep 26 at 6:30 p.m. to benefit Food For Thought, a Walton County-based non-profit that provides healthy food to local children in need. Tickets are $75 in advance and $100 at the door with 100 percent of auction proceeds benefiting the charity organization.

If you have visited South Walton, then you have likely seen Fine Pearl & Leather Jewelry by Wendy Mignot®, sold at La Vie Est Belle in Seaside. Wendy's jewelry beautifully represents the laid-back lifestyle of SoWal by combining leather with South Sea pearls. Since the opening of the store in 2008, a lot has happened, but the beauty and quality has remained the same.

The Artists at Gulf Place kick off a new event called the “Artist Bazaar” beginning on September 7, occurring every week on Saturday from 10:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. The Artist Bazaar at Artists at Gulf Place will be a marketplace of local artists, craftspeople and artisan vendors. The weekly event will be held throughout the entire year, and seeks to highlight the art and culture of the colorful community of Gulf Place to both locals and visitors of South Walton.
 

A professional artist for more than 20 years and a glass artist for the past 13, Mary Hong is now sharing her passion for glass and unique techniques through instructional workshops. Her initial workshops held this summer were extremely popular and quickly filled with art lovers eager to experience her distinctive style and self-taught process for creating glass mosaics.
 

Coming this September to Williams Backyard Boogie is the first annual fundraiser for Arts in Medicine program at Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast. The event will feature the sounds of our very own “true story” cowboy - Bryan Kennedy, Vermont’s Green Mountain Girl - Stephanie Lynn, and the award winning area favorite - the Forrest Williams Band. There will be added preshow antics and improv by the Emerald Coast Theater Company, raffle items donated by local artists and food plates provided by Grayton Beach Catering.