Upcoming Events

Painting for Wellness is a fun, easy, step by step painting tutorial.  ACA Community Artist Bethany Bennett, MFA as she takes you on adventures around the globe.
You will learn new ways to paint different scenes and landscapes, while exploring self-expression! 

June 15 at 2PM YouTube Premiere | Journey through the bamboo forests of Kyoto
July 20 at 2PM YouTube Premiere | Relax on the beach in Fiji
August 17 at 2PM YouTube Premiere | Explore the Rainbow Mountain of Peru

Thank you to our presenting sponsor of this workshop, AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach! Your commitment to the arts and our community is inspiring! www.adventhealth.com

All sessions are currently at capacity. If you would like to be on a wait list, please contact Peggy Imbert, Summer Art Camp at (386) 402-7517 or pimbert@atlanticcenterforthearts.org

June 16, July 21, August 18 | Join us for our Summer Luncheon Series. Explore new venues and make new friends.
JUNE 16- Baci Pizzeria Ristorante, Host Diane Enslen
JULY 21 -Bistro 424 (Venetian Bay), Host Sue Boswell 
August 18 - The Grille at Riverview, Host Clara Tracy
For full details, contact Peggy Imbert, Volunteer Liaison at pimbert@atlanticcenterforthearts.org or 386-402-7517. 

Fourth Saturdays at 11 AM | June 26, July 24, August 28, September 25, October 23
Atlantic Center for the Arts main campus AND streaming LIVE on Facebook (www.facebook.com/atlanticcenterforthearts)
Enjoy the outdoors with this engaging activity. ACA Community Artist Bethany Bennett, MFA leads you through sketch techniques and wellness exercises to bring you closer to nature. You just need only a sketch pad and pencil. Thank you to our presenting sponsor of this workshop, Brown & Brown Insurance www.bbinsurance.com.

www.facebook.com/atlanticcenterforthearts | An experiential process of connecting with feelings through color, shape, and the activity of painting. This workshop is for everyone, non-artists and artists welcome. We’ve all experienced loss and will experience grief at some point in our lives. Enjoy this gentle guided painting journey to soothe your heart, honor the past, and express through image what may not have words to convey. Supplies: pencil, pen and paints (any kind) canvas, paper, or board to paint on. Includes a journaling prompt. Thank you to our presenting sponsor of this workshop, AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach! Your commitment to the arts and our community is inspiring! www.adventhealth.com

Presented by ACA Arts & Wellness Academy and Dr. S. Ama Wray. Join us for an immersive experience at the beautiful environmental sanctuary of ACA. For full details visit https://events.embodiology.com

4-Day Professional Development | Calling all transformative educators, movement practitioners, yoga instructors, leadership coaches, and somatic therapists. Experience the expansion of your creative capacity to guide others to reach optimal balance in your chosen field; exchange with others in related domains. Cost: $950. Tuition includes meals and accommodation.

3-Day Intensive | Calling all Performing Artists – Choreographers, Dancers, Actors, Musicians, Composers and Poets. Engage your bodymind and emerge a more agile and resilient creator. Collaborate with other artists and perform in a final sharing for the local community. Cost: $750. Tuition includes meals and accommodation.

www.facebook.com/atlanticcenterforthearts | We all have a part if ourselves that can feel unsure at times. Creating a mandala design can help to ease the fears of speaking or expressing yourself. The simple act of sitting down to create something beautiful can unlock the energy of self-assurance and creative spirit. Enjoy this sacred art making process to shift self-doubt into calm confidence. No experience necessary. Supplies needed - can use any combination: watercolor and pencil or colored pencils or black sharpies and colored markers. Make one or multiple mandalas during the workshop, depending on how intricate you choose to get. May include journaling. Have pen and paper handy. Thank you to our presenting sponsor of this workshop, AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach! Your commitment to the arts and our community is inspiring! www.adventhealth.com

www.facebook.com/atlanticcenterforthearts | Enjoy a process of connecting within - body, mind, and soul through breathwork, mindfulness, journaling, drawing, and painting. This will be free-form fun! Let’s see where our in-the-moment creative genius takes us. Anything is possible! Supplies- have whatever supplies you have at the ready including journaling supplies/ paper and pen. Have a special, interesting, or sacred object that feels grounding. We will be diving into the power of intuitive creativity to empower your sense of self trust as we move into the fall season 2021. Thank you to our presenting sponsor of this workshop, AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach! Your commitment to the arts and our community is inspiring! www.adventhealth.com