Do You Believe?

Imagine a time when many people believed that fairies really existed. When Tinker Bell was dying in J.M. Barrie’s 1904 play Peter Pan, everybody in the audience had to save her by crying out, ‘I do believe in fairies!’ In his book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, J.M. Barrie claimed

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Victoria

South Florida PBS invites you to a special preview screening of Victoria & Afternoon Tea Dolores Sukhdeo, President & CEO of South Florida PBS cordially invites you to Afternoon Tea & Complimentary VIP preview of Victoria. Tuesday, January 8, 2019 1:00pm - 3:00pm Limited Seating RSVP to Elaine Lacker  -

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Who’s Who – Anne Orvieto

Anne Orvieto is one of the stars at our WMODA boutique and a regular volunteer at our glass workshops. In addition to all her beautiful glass plaques, we recently sold her masterpiece which was on display in the Hot Glass gallery following our Touch of Glass exhibition. Anne was first

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Send in the Clowns

A visit to the circus during the Holidays is not complete without the antics of the clown but they were around centuries before the big top was invented. The earliest English clowns were called fools, Jack Puddings or Merry Andrews as the term clown, meaning clumsy did not enter the

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Make Your Own Mardi Gras Mask

Join glass artist Chelsea Rousso at her January workshops to make your own fused glass mask in time for Mardi Gras. You can choose to attend one workshop on January 11th to create a display mask which will be fired flat. Or you can attend two sessions, the second on

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Fired Arts Weekend

Visit WMODA and the Gallery of Amazing Things for the Fired Arts Collectors Weekend The museum will be open Saturday, January 19 11:00am - 4:00pm Sunday, January 20 11:00am - 4:00pm This month WMODA will be highlighting our vast Royal Doulton collection during the annual weekend for collectors. WMODA features

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November Highlights

Read the November Highlights archive...

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Café Society

The inaugural Venetian Arts Café Society was hosted by WMODA at the Gallery of Amazing Things on November 14th. The Negroni trio entertained everyone with their sensational smooth jazz classics, accompanied by vocalist Elli Clark.

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Merlin’s Magic

Merlin’s Magic Merlin is working his magic in our new Fantastique exhibition. The Great Enchanter from the Arthurian Legend first cast a spell on our founder Arthur Wiener over 50 years ago. A Royal Doulton character jug of Merlin was the first piece he ever bought. The Wiener collection began

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Sensational Saturday Dec. 8 – Holiday Magic

Join us for some Holiday Magic December 8 from 11am - 4pm Come meet the glass artists and jewelry designers featured in our WMODA Gift Boutique and find out more about the skills and artistry involved in their work. Shop all day with our artists in the Hot Glass Gallery

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