Scholarship Opportunities
Indian River Symphonic Association | P.O. Box 2801, Vero Beach, FL 32961 | (772) 778-1070
Four-year scholarship to be awarded to an Indian River County high school student who will be continuing their education at college, majoring in music.
Treasure Coast Jazz Society | P.O. Box 4003, Vero Beach, FL 32964-4003 | (772) 234-4600
Each year we make available educational scholarships to qualified senior students attending Treasure Coast area high schools, junior colleges and preparatory schools. We offer auditions to those students who have a desire to major in advanced music, music education, or who want to further hone their musical talents, including jazz. Since the program's inception the Treasure Coast Jazz Society has awarded nearly $100,000 to over 40 scholarship winners.
Vero Beach Choral Society | P.O. Box 2801, Vero Beach, FL 32961 | Contact: John Beukers (772) 563-0627
Scholarship Program: In 1997 VBCS established a scholarship program to assist Indian River County high school seniors who planned to major in music at the college/university level. Since then, each year a $1000 scholarship is awarded to a new student, and is renewable for three more years if the student remains in good standing as a music major. Candidates may apply through forms available at their schools and are interviewed and auditioned by the scholarship judges. Contributions to this fund are tax deductible and acknowledged by our treasurer to provide documentation.
Vero Beach Opera | P.O. Box 6912, Vero Beach, FL, 43961 | (772) 569-6993
Awards scholarships to college-bound Indian River County high school students majoring in Music Education in Voice/Singing and to college students majoring in Voice Performance or Education.
Other scholarship opportunities may exist. If you know of additional scholarship opportunities for children or adults, please let us know and we will gladly add them to this page.
Classes & Workshops
AA Stained Glass & More | (772) 581-0515
Offers classes in stained glass and beading.
Academy for the Performing Arts
Instruction offered in piano, voice, woodwinds and brass, strings, guitar and percussion, piano lab and instrumental ensemble groups. Beginner to Advanced. Special Kindermusic classes are offered for infants and toddlers.
Artists Guild Gallery
Resident artists offer a variety of art classes.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Indian River County
Boys & Girls Clubs of Indian River County
Center for Spiritual Care
Annual Icon Workshop each January, Artists Way groups and programs combining creativity and spirituality.
Dance Space, Inc.
Director Andrew Currie offers classes in all styles of dance. New classes begin throughout the year.
Emerson Center at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Vero Beach
The Environmental Learning Center (Calendar)
The ELC offers nature walks, birding, beachcombing, pontoon boat tours, canoe tours, kayaking, plant clinics and childrens events.
Florida Atlantic University's Lifelong Learning Society
FAU’s Lifelong Learning Society “exists to provide a forum for intellectual exchange and stimulation, which can promote the health of mind, body and spirit and enhance the community's overall quality of life.” Their courses help students “expand their understanding of a changing world, broaden their knowledge of civil, moral and global issues and enhance their general well-being." Partners with Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution (see below) and the Vero Beach Museum of Art (see below).
Gallery 14
Resident artists offer a variety of art classes in all mediums.
Garden Club of Indian River County, Inc.
Garden of Art, Inc.
The Garden of Art hosts a variety of art classes including Acrylic, Oil, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Plein Air, Mosaic Glass Work and many others. Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced classes are offered. Morning and evening classes available. Many of our artists that are currently in the gallery teach the classes. Sign up today! Open Tuesday through Saturday from Noon to SIx.
Gifford Youth Activity Center
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution
HBOI's Johnson Education Center offers a diverse menu of marine science programs (including field trips, camps, after school programs, courses, internships, and workshops) for students, teachers, and the general public. Partnered with Florida Atlantic University's Lifelong Learning Society (see above).
The Heritage Center (Vero Heritage, Inc.)
Swing Dance lessons are offered before the weekly Big Band Dances. Lectures and special programs are presented during the winter season.
Humane Society of Vero Beach and Indian River County
Indian River Charter H/S - Schumann School for Visual & Performing arts (VAPA)
The mission of this school provides high school students an environment of learning to excel in the fine arts. The artistic disciplines that are offered, beyond the basic Florida High School graduation requirements, are in dance, drama, music (vocal and instrumental), and visual arts. The school offers two tracks of learning, one for the student who has already had significant training in an artistic area and wishes to work more diligently in that area, and the other for the student who wishes to explore his interest in the creative arts.
Indian River County Genealogical Society
Indian River County Main Library
The library offers classes for children & teenagers as well as special classes, workshops & presentations throughout the year.
Indian River County Recreation Department
Island Images Professional Photography
Professional Photographer J. Scott Kelly of Island Images Professional Photography Studio, Inc. has a new location in Vero and is now offering various photographic workshops for those interested in photography. These sessions are designed to teach you the basics of your camera, lenses, and other photographic equipment, as well as artistic composition and format. Located at 1408 1/2 19th Street, just west of 14th Street in Historic Downtown Vero Beach, Florida.
Kashi Foundation at Kashi Ashram
Kashi offers classes on a regular basis for Yoga, Meditation, Tae Kwon Do, Chanting, Breath and Ma Jaya's Darshan and Intensives. See our calendar of events for special workshops and events.
LoPressionism Gallery of Fine Art
Workshops throughout the year for anyone who is interested in learning the master’s techniques of painting, drawing, sculpting and so much more!
MacDear Designs
Jewelry-making classes for beginners to advanced students in metal fabrication, casting, mold-making, wax carving and other bench techniques, individualized with times and dates structured around the student's requirements. Have a special project in mind? No problem. Courses are built around skills and can be structured to fit your needs. Classes offered Monday - Friday and on the weekends with instructor approval. Instructor has 15 years experience in fine art jewelry. For more informaton and prices please see our website.
Manatee Observation and Education Center
Melann Kahle's Academy of Performing Arts
Licensed, Degreed, Certified Teacher Melann Kahle offers instruction in a myriad of valuable techniques for Film and Stage for students age 6 and up including Runway, Commercial, and Print Modeling, Acting for Film/TV, Acting for Stage, Creative Dramatics, Physical Acting and Improvisation, Musical Theatre/Voice, Poetry, Pageantry, Prom and Audition Prep, Piano, Drums, Electric violin, sax, flute, and clarinet. Classes offered in six-week sessions, summer workshops, and guest master classes. Classes capped at 15 students. Visit the website for more information.
McKee Botanical Garden
McKee offers a variety of classes for adults and children throughout the year with garden and nature-related field trips, botanical art classes, lectures, yoga, garden tours, and special events for children.
North Indian River County Library
Offering ongoing classes for parents & children from birth to 12 as well as special classes, workshops and presentations year-round. Located in Sebastian.
Riverside Children's Theatre
As the educational arm of Riverside Theatre, RCT offers after-school and Saturday classes in drama, dance, voice, video and technical theatre for students ages 4 and up. Classes take place at the Agnes Wahlstrom Youth Playhouse, the Gifford Youth Activities Center, Boys and Girls Club and at local schools as part of after-school programming.
Rock City Gardens
Royal Ballroom
Asya and Oleg Dimitrov are owners of the Royal Ballroom, where they hold private and group lessons in the fox trot, waltz, international tango, swing, and the Argentine tango, as well as a host of other Latin dances. Located in the KMart Plaza on U.S.1 in Vero Beach.
Saint Edward’s School External Studies Program
Saint Edward’s School is a co-educational, Pre-K through grade 12, college preparatory school located on the Indian River Lagoon. The School is committed to educational excellence and strives to inspire a life-long passion for learning. Saint Edward’s also offers adult education classes and invites the public to attend theatre productions presented in the Waxlax Center for the Performing Arts.
Senior Resource Association
Serendipity Dance
We currently offer classes for children through adults in ballet, jazz, modern, lyrical, and pointe. Our dance team competes in regional, state, and national competitions and attends dance conventions troughout the year. There are many opportunities to perform in both studio shows and at community events. We strive to share our love of dance with the students and our community and hope that you will join us in our mission. Please visit us our website for more information.
Tiger Lily Art Studios and Gallery
Resident artists offer classes in painting and clay.
Vero Beach Book Center
Book signings and lectures, book groups, and more.
Vero Beach Recreation Department
Over three decades of continuous performing arts classes have made the Vero Beach Recreation Department's unique program the most established and innovative, multi-disciplined program in our area. Various classes combine to build the "all around" performer. Development in gymnastics, ballet, acrobatics, cheer dance, circus, aerial, adagio; all disciplines of dance art skills; costume and set design; stage direction and production skills are taught, practiced and accomplished.
Vero Beach Museum of Art
VBMA's Education Department has a vast offering of classes for adults and children. The Museum Art School offers classes in all media as well as Master Artists Workshops, and has a foundry onsite. Public programs for adults include the International Lecture Series, the Distinguished Professor series, Film Studies, Opera Studies, and more. Additional offerings include programs for Youth, Schools and Teachers, Groups and more. A partner with Florida Atlantic University's Lifelong Learning Society (see above).
Vero Beach Opera, Inc.
In partnership wtih the Vero Beach Museum of Art, the VBO's Opera Studies Programs are offered at the museum's Leonhardt Auditorium on Sunday afternoons from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Typically, these are studies of world wide operatic materials consisting of an in-depth analytical review of segments and/or of complete operas, their composers, the period when they were written and when they were first performed. A viewing or audio/visual presentations of segments and/or a full length films of operatic works is displayed.
Vero Classical Ballet
A school teaching the world-renowned Vaganova Method, which has produced such dancers as Baryshnikov, Makarova, Nureyev, Ulanova, Plisetskaya and Goudonov. The school offers a pre-professional program for ages 3 through 7, a professional program for ages 8 through 18, and adult classes. Training includes all the elements of Classical Ballet: Pointe, Pas de Deux, Character, Variations and Men's Class.
Walton Dance Conservatory | (772) 299-5339
Classes offered in Classical Ballet, Lyrical Dance, Jazz, Musical Theatre Dance and Tap for Pre-School, Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced Levels. Adult Morning and Evening "Dance Out" and Stretch classes. Located on 14th Avenue in historic downtown Vero Beach.
