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• Satellite Lunches: Feb 25, March 5, March 18

  • Start
    02/25/2026
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    12:00 PM
  • End
    03/18/2026
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    11:30 AM

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  Suncoast Satellite Lunches

  
  

  Feb 25, March 5, March 18

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  A big THANK YOU to our Hosts:

  Lee Libro, Nancy Rhoads & Tanya Davis

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  Weds. February 25 at Noon

  First Watch Restaurant

  1617 US 41 Bypass South #6

  Venice, FL 34293

  Host: Tanya Davis

  Deadline: Monday Feb 23

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  Thurs. March 5 at Noon

  The Grove Restaurant

  10670 Boardwalk Loop

  Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202

  Host: Lee Libro

  Deadline: Monday March 2

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  Weds. March 18 at 11:30AM

  Olive Garden Restaurant

  29461 US Hwy 19*

  Clearwater, FL 33761

  Host: Nancy Rhoads

  Deadline: Monday March 9

  *Due to road construction, entry is easier from the south.

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  THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO SIGN UP:

  
  

  Choose the gathering(s) you will attend.

  Send your choice(s)  to Ruth by the deadline.

  Email Ruth HERE

  (Please do not RSVP to Suncoast website)

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  Hope you'll be able to join us!
  

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• Demo with Heather McCullough

  • When
    03/23/2026
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    9:30 AM
  • Location
    First Congregational United Church of Christ, 1031S. Euclid Avenue, Sarasota Fl 34237

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  Heather McCullough is our demo artist on March 23.  She is a signature member of Florida Watercolor Society and teaches classes and workshops at Venice Art Center.  She enjoys  studio and plein air painting and the planning process that helps assure a successful painting.

  Heather will demonstrate her use of value studies to arrive at an effective composition and then translate that into a painting.  Please bring a reference photo that you would like to develop into a painting, sketchbook, pencil, usual palette/paints, brushes, and quarter size sheet paper or smaller, and the other usual paraphernalia: water container, paper towels, support for paper - I use a piece of cardboard-bulldog clips, or tape to secure paper to backing). My goal is to do a 1-1.5 hour demo and have at least an hour for everyone to start their own work. Thanks so much for your work and support of this. I really appreciate it.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  (Look for the yellow bow on the classroom door.

  The classroom is in the long low building

  at the back of the campus.)

  
  

  
  

  $10 per person payable online for both members and non-member guests.

  Coffee, water and snacks will be provided.

  
  

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• Taming YUPO with Wendell Graham

  • When
    04/06/2026
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    9:30 AM
  • Location
    First Congregational United Church of Christ, 1031S. Euclid Avenue, Sarasota Fl 34237
  • Registered
    5 registrants

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  Taming YUPO with Wendell Graham

  Join Wendell as she shares some useful tips about working with YUPO, a 100 percent polypropylene synthetic paper that results in AMAZING artwork. Bring your favorite watercolors. She will provide some YUPO for everyone to try and for a fun group project.

  
  

  Oh and there will be coffee and cake. 

  
  

  
  

  Look for a big bow on the door!

  Class is in the long low building behind the Sanctuary. 

  Cost:  $10.00 per person

  Questions?

  email Caroline Ampuero or Tanya Davis

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• Field Trip: Weedon Island Preserve

  • When
    04/16/2026
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    9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    1800 Weedon Drive NE, St. Petersburg, FL

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  Come join us as we explore

  Weedon Island Preserve

  1800 Weedon Drive NE

  St. Petersburg, FL

  
  

  
  

  This Preserve encompasses over 3000 acres

  of mangrove forests, mudflats and marine hammocks.

  It is home to a great variety of wildlife and especially known for its aquatic birds and gopher tortoises.

  There are several hiking trails throughout the Preserve, plus a Cultural & Natural History Center.

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  April 2026 - date and time TBA

  Watch for more information in spring 2026.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  COME EARLY IN THE DAY TO HIKE THE TRAILS

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  SPEND TIME VISITING THE CULTURAL & HISTORY CENTER 

  with its museum displays, videos and 1000 year old

  indigenous dugout canoe. 

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  WE WILL GATHER FOR LUNCH at 11:30 AM

  Bring your Brown Bag lunch to the Picnic Shelter.

  (Look for the shelter sign over blue bin at edge of parking area)

  
  

         Don't forget your camera and sunscreen!

  All activities are FREE.

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