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By Zandra Wolfgram  Hey there, music lovers, it’s your “lucky” day! The New York-based brass band Lucky Chops has captivated audiences worldwide with its unique fusion of brass, funk, jazz, and rock for over a decade. On Thursday, May 11, they are coming to Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation Cultural Arts Village in Destin! But before […]

MKAF ArtsReach Brings Wendy Rodrigue Magnus’ Life & Legacy Tour to Fort Walton Beach High School By Zandra Wolfgram  “I came 1,600 miles across eight states to see you,” Wendy Rodrigue Magnus said to more than 100 art students at Fort Walton Beach High School.  Standing before a half dozen works of art resting on […]

By Zandra Wolfgram  Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation (MKAF) celebrates 10 years of good wine, good food and good community outreach with the 10th Annual Wine Walkabout. This year’s event is Thursday, Nov. 10 at 5:30 p.m. at Ruth’s Chris Steak House. To toast the occasion, we bring you 10 fun facts. Cheers!  Global grapes Grapes […]

Fall is here. That means it’s time for Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation’s annual Festival of the Arts. This year’s celebration of art, music, food and family fun is set for the weekend of October 29-30 at the scenic MKAF Cultural Arts Village in Destin.   The Festival is free and open to the public and […]

Don’t Miss The Music of Led Zeppelin June 16 By Zandra Wolfgram  The gods of rock have answered our prayers. On Thursday, June 16 at 7 p.m. the Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation (MKAF) will present The Music of Led Zeppelin featuring Sinfonia Gulf Coast, led by guest conductor/arranger Brent Havens, who scored this program to […]

By Zandra Wolfgram  Pop, Southern rock, alternative, classic rock and disco. Taylor Dayne, the Eagles, Sister Hazel, Led Zeppelin and Boogie … five phenomenally fabulous ways to rock out this summer. The Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation (MKAF) has seriously elevated the Concerts in the Village experience this season with a stellar music concert line up. […]

MKAF’S ‘music man’ weighs in on why you should attend MKAF’s Concerts in the Village  By Zandra Wolfgram It’s springtime! That means it’s about time to shake a leg … and your booty … at the Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation (MKAF) Concerts in the Village.  This year MKAF presents 10 entertaining concerts by a range […]

Celebrating Creative Ability  By Zandra Wolfgram  In April, artist/inventor Dwayne Szot — founder of Zot Artz — is returning as an art partner with Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation’s ArtsReach residency program with Artz Arts for All with Zot.  This time, Szot will lead two full-day residencies at both Silver Sands School in Fort Walton Beach […]

By Zandra Wolfgram  It’s the kids who bridge the art.  To be studied by a child is the best way to connect with the future and is more important than hanging on the walls with great masters.  This experience gave both me and Wendy a completely different view and impact, and maybe even a new […]

By Zandra Wolfgram The New Year is here! Just one look at our Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation (MKAF) 2022 spring line up and it is clear we have resolved to have even more fun than last year — if that is possible.  Surely, you made a resolution to support the arts in 2022. Well, here […]