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VERO BEACH ART CLUB
The Vero Beach Art Club held its first outdoor art
show in 1951. As Under the Oaks, it has become a
top-rated show in the United States.
day weekend every year for one of Vero
Beach’s premier community events. Under
the Oaks started as the club’s first outdoor
show in 1951.
A 2012 study commissioned by the Cultural
the show is the largest public event on
the Treasure Coast, leveraging its modest
budget for a far-reaching and long-lasting
economic impact. An estimated half of its
attendees is from Indian River County and
the balance from neighboring counties
and beyond.
Through the years, the club has added
Art in the Park, Art by the Sea, Art Trail and
Art on the Island. The club’s scholarship
program gives monetary awards yearly to
four Indian River County students.
Sue Dinenno has been associated with
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Reviewing the proposed design for the Center of the Arts are, left to right, Bill Jones, Ellie McCabe, Jane
Chapin, Dan Richardson, Alma Lee Loy and Eric Plyn.
Balloons soar skyward to commemorate the opening of the Vero Beach Museum of Art.
the art club as a member artist and officer
for 19 years. “The Vero Beach Art Club was
one of the main reasons we moved to Vero
Beach,” Dinenno said. “The club is nearly 85
years old. That doesn’t happen by accident.”
Vero Beach Museum of Art
Opening its doors to the public as the
Center for the Arts in early 1986, the Vero
Beach Museum of Art is heading into the
city’s next 100 years with an eye to the
future and an appreciation for the past.
Executive Director Brady Roberts, who
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took over the VBMA helm when Lucinda
Gedeon retired almost two years ago,
found a supportive community and a
healthy organization when he arrived. He
plans to continue building on the successful
programs developed by his predecessor
while adding even more year-round
programming with local residents in mind.
Roberts is new to the position, but
not to the city. He realized in the 1990s,
when he organized an exhibit for the then
Center for the Arts, that Vero Beach was a
special place. >>
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Getting ready to break ground for the Center of the
Arts are, left to right, George Armstrong, Timothy
Allen, Jean Armstrong and Dorothy Pool.
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