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Children's Art Festival at VBMA on Saturday, April 11
Fun for All Ages at the VBMA Children’s Art FestivalFree event takes place on Saturday, April 11, 2026The entire family is welcome at the Vero Beach Museum of Art (VBMA) on Saturday, April 11, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for the Children’s Art Festival. The free, all-ages event is the Museum’s annual celebration of the arts and art making. Attendees will awaken their creativity as they engage with VBMA teaching artists in special art-making opportunities inspired by the American Made: Paintings and Sculpture
Vero Beach Opera Presents Puccini’s Girl of the Golden West at VBMA on Sunday, May 17, at 2:30 p.m.
VBMA welcomes Vero Beach Opera’s Master of Ceremonies, Ian Campbell, on Sunday, May 17, for a discussion of the Girl of the Golden West. The opera—the first to have its world premiere at the Metropolitan Opera—confused audiences and critics in 1910. It had a different shape from Butterfly and Tosca, seemed to lack arias, and Puccini was trying to create a new musical style for the 20th century. "Is it the first spaghetti western, an American opera, an Italian opera set in America, or a story of love,
Distinguished Speakers Explore American Themes, including Whiskey, National Parks, Culinary Culture, and American Works of Art at VBMA 2026 International Lecture Series
A limited number of tickets are still available for the Vero Beach Museum of Art’s 2026 International Lecture Series—the Treasure Coast’s most celebrated arts and humanities lecture series. This year’s esteemed speakers will explore uniquely American themes in conjunction with the nation’s 250th birthday and the arrival of the touring American Made: Paintings and Sculpture from the DeMell Jacobsen Collection exhibition, on view at VBMA from January 31 through June 7, 2026. Bottom Shelf: Finding Purpose in
