VERO BEACH – Registration for the Museum Art School’s array of adult classes kicked off Aug. 22. This year’s offerings include a wide selection of studio arts and humanities classes and weekend workshops for people of all ages and skill levels. The fall session begins Sept. 26 with an add/drop week to occur Sept. 26-30. [...]

BY KATHLEEN FREDRICK FORT PIERCE – If good things are worth waiting for, the expansion of the A.E. Backus Museum & Gallery is going to be great. Seven years ago the museum finalized its plans for a significant expansion of exhibition space. It was awarded a $400,000 grant from the St. Lucie County Tourism Development [...]

BY CATHERINE ENNS GRIGAS Art and appliances may make strange bedfellows, but when it comes to the ongoing story of the Florida Highwaymen, selling paintings surrounded by washing machines and televisions doesn’t seem that unusual. The Jetson TV and Appliance Center flagship store on U.S.1 in Fort Pierce has, in the past four years, [...]