Your Passport To Today's Gallery Hop, Artworks Show And Awards

Art lovers and gift seekers, or people just looking for something unusual to do, don't forget the gallery hop today, Sept. 14, aimed to help residents "Find the Hidden Treasures of Brandon."

At each of the six participating locations attendees can receive a passport for the annual event. After each visit, the passport is stamped, enabling the attendee to become eligible for a drawing of gift baskets from each of the venues: The Green Boutique, Orange Home Accessories, Pottery Patch, Beaux Arts Gallery, Sketch and Sip, The Bead Boutique and Center Place.

The drawing for those baskets is set to be held tonight at Center Place, which also is the venue for the 2013 Artworks Open Show and awards ceremony.

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Gallery Hop Locations

• The Green Boutique, at Plaza Bella, 1032 Bloomingdale Ave. Call: 813-685-9494.

• Orange Home Accessories, at Plaza Bella, 1046 Bloomingdale Ave. Call: 813-681-8686.

• Pottery Patch (a paint-your-own pottery studio), 2551 East State Road 60, Valrico. Call: 813-643-0014.

• Beaux Arts Gallery, in the Times Building at Winthrop Town Centre, 11252 Winthrop Main St., Riverview. Call: 813-438-3844.

• Sketch and Sip, in the Times Building at Winthrop Town Centre, 11248 Winthrop Main St., Riverview. Call: 813-263-4576.

• The Bead Boutique, in the La Viva Plaza, 704 West Lumsden Road. Call: 813-662-9900. "Make your own piece of jewelry to take with you."

• Center Place Fine Arts & Civic Association, 619 Vonderburg Drive. Call: 813-685-8888. Call: 813-685-8888.
  

Gallery Hop Program

• Make your own piece of jewelry to take with you.

• Musical entertainment by John Marc on the cello.

• 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. — Roxanne Tobaison, watercolor
• 11 a.m. to noon — Doreen Donovan, watercolor
• Noon to 1 p.m. — Sue Allen, watercolor
• 1 to 2 p.m. — Bonnie Phillips, water soluble oil
• 2 to 3 p.m. — Roxanne Tobaison, watercolor
• 3 to 4 p.m. — Artist to be announced

• Dichroic jewelry-making with Beth Kauffman (minimal fee)

• Paint an ornament.

• Make and take your own painting.

• 5:30 to 7 p.m. — Artworks Open Show 2013
• 6 p.m. — Awards presented for Artworks
• Drawing for the baskets from the venues. You must have a stamp from all six venues to be eligible for the drawing. Each location has a "passport" on which you can collect those stamps.
• Silent auction for pots decorated by members of the Brandon League of Fine Arts.