Vero Beach Art Club
Community Outreach
The Vero Beach Art Club (VBAC) strives to bring art, artists, and the community together through a variety of opportunities. The generosity of those who donate to our club allows us to offer scholarships to growing artists to continue their studies and provide younger art students with grants to attend local art camps. The club provides members options to hone their craft through in-house programming and special interest groups. The art arm extends to the community through a number of adult/youth classes that are offered throughout the year. Visibility of art in Indian River County remains strong through our continued efforts of partnering with organizations to increase art in public spaces.
COMMUNITY PROGRAM SUPPORT/SCHOLARSHIPS/GRANTS
Art Scholarships to High School Seniors
The Vero Beach Art Club awards scholarships to Indian River County high school seniors annually to further their study in the arts. These scholarships are possible due to the generosity of VBAC members and individual contributors. In 2023, the club offered three $2000 scholarships to students at Vero Beach High School and Indian River Charter School. To apply for a scholarship, students may submit three examples of their artwork long with reference letters from their art teacher or an art-related mentor. To view prior award recipients or to apply for a scholarship, please go to:
The "Arts for Smarts" Program
The Art Club donated $100 each to art teachers at 18 public elementary and middle schools in Indian River County for a total of $1,800.00 for our 2022-2023 season. Each school receives art supply credit to go directly to the art teacher for craft supplies and art projects to foster art education for the students.
YOUTH SUMMER ART CAMP FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Each year the Vero Beach Art Club offers a multi-week summer camp art experience for children ages 5 -11 and a 2 - week intensive art experience for teens 12 - 17. We offer many families financial assistance to ensure we include children from all socioeconomic backgrounds, making summer camp achievable for all community families! Many children have been with us year after year, returning to their favorite summer experience is always the best of compliments.
VETERAN’S ART CLASSES
We offer free monthly classes with local Veterans interested in learning how to paint, draw, and use art as a form of therapy. If you or anyone you know is a Veteran & First Responder who is interested in taking art classes, please spread the word. Beginner, Intermediate, & Advanced artists welcome! We look forward to growing this program.
Recreation Department - Art Supplies
In order to broaden the scope of support for the arts, The Vero Beach Art Club makes a yearly donation to the Recreation Department for art supplies for their summer camp program.
RIVERSIDE CHILDREN’S THEATRE - Festival of Trees
Each year we participate in the Festival of Trees by decorating one of the trees that will be auctioned off to benefit the Riverside Children's Theatre. The theatre produces many wonderful productions each year that showcase the talent of the children in our community.
Our members volunteer their time to create beautiful themed ornaments to decorate our Vero Beach Art Club Christmas tree.
TREASURE COAST COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION - DUCK DERBY
TCCH’s Great Duck Derby supports women’s and children’s programs who are need of medical, dental, and other health related supports.Members of the Vero Beach Art Club have adopted and decorated ducks to enter into the derby as our way of giving to this organization.
Hibiscus Bench
The good ladies of Rita Sprague's Open Studio banded together to paint a bench built and donated by James Drinkard. The bench was auctioned off during a "Cherish the Children" auction to help the Hibiscus Children's Center.
DODGERTOWN ELEMENTARY “DAY OF CARING”
20 VBAC Members came out to Dodgertown Elementary for “Day of Caring” October 15, 2022 to help beautify the outdoor school benches in the butterfly garden.
ARTIST PROGRAMS
Classes offered throughout the year vary in structure, medium, and experience level. Some classes occur using a weekly format and others use a multi-day workshop approach. Past classes/workshops have included fundamentals of acrylic painting, loose approach to watercolor, and illustration. These classes are open to all. In addition to adult art classes, the club offers a number of different youth classes for children from age 5 – 17 as well as art camp experiences.
Non-instructional programs allow the artist to practice and build their strengths. Past programs have included open studios, portraiture, and special interest groups.
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JUNIOR MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM
Vero Beach Art Club believes in mentoring the young artists through the junior membership program. Meetings are once/month and offer students a chance to explore different mediums, have conversations with artists in the field, and build their own community of young artists. For more information, please click here.
ART CAMPS
Through out the year, the Vero Beach Art Club offers Saturday classes for young artists in the community as well as a week long art camps during the summer months. These classes and camps are open to all. Please click here for more information.
SUPPORTING LOCAL ART IN OUR COMMUNITY
The Art Club is dedicated to supporting community needs as well as promoting art education. We also donate our time and talent to help add to the amazing Art in Public Places found around the greater Vero Beach Area.
IRC LIBRARY EXHIBIT
The Vero Beach Art Club provides artwork for the Indian River County Main Library. Each piece is from a member of the Vero Beach Art Club and the exhibit is changed on a quarterly basis. Art Club members exhibit their art and supply contact information for those interested in purchasing their work.
For more information regarding the library exhibit, click here.
Beautifying Vero
The Vero Beach Art Club members donate time and talent to create murals in and around Indian River County. All of the completed murals are the result of a collaboration between different organizations and the club. To learn more about how to sponsor a mural, please click on SPONSORING ART IN PUBLIC PLACES.
Our past projects have included painting wall panels for the community center to showing Indian River Flora and Fauna for ORCA. To learn more about all of the projects and see the final murals, please visit Beautifying Vero.