Tastemaker Tuesday at CityArts
2026-05-26 18:00 - 20:00, 2026-06-23 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | CityArts, 39 S. Magnolia Avenue, Orlando, FL, 32801, United States
A night of creativity, connection, and custom wine—crafted by you. Follow a guided workshop in tasting, blending, and bottling your own wine at CityArts Gallery in Downtown Orlando.

During this interactive workshop, you’ll:

Learn about the art winemaking
Tasted 3 red wines evaluating appearance, aroma, and body of each
Blend until you find the perfect recipe that matches your taste
Bottle it, cork it, name it and label it to take home

WHAT’s included:

90-minute guided wine blending session by our head winemaker and sommelier

(1) custom 750 ml bottle of your signature red blend
Artisanal snacks and palate cleansers
Access to the CityArts Gallery after-hours
Good vibes, great conversation, and new friends

Location: CityArts Gallery, 39 S. Magnolia Ave, Downtown Orlando
Parking: free on the Street or $4 at the plaza Parking Garage (15 S Court Ave, Orlando, FL 32801) with validation. Bring your ticket to Cityarts.
When: 6:00 PM to 8:00 pm (ish)
Price: $65 per guest
Policy: Reservation required. 24-hour cancellation notice to avoid fee.

Portrait Drawing Workshop
2026-05-30 10:00 - 12:30
Hey there! Join us for a fun and hands-on portrait drawing workshop at CityArts, lead by Angelo the Artiste where you’ll get to sharpen your skills in person. Whether you’re a beginner or just looking to brush up on your technique, this is the perfect spot to practice, learn, and meet fellow art lovers. Bring your creativity and let’s dive into the art of capturing faces with pencil and paper. Can’t wait to see your masterpieces come to life!
What you’ll learn:

How to properly draw a persons features in proportion.
How to shade by adding darks and lights to a face for realism
How to use a mechanical pencil
General drawing tips and tricks

What you’ll get with your ticket:

A small sketchbook and a mechanical pencil

Reserve your seat now at https://angelotheartiste-workshop.eventbrite.com

CityArts Write Night & Open Stage
2026-06-01 18:30 - 21:00
Looking to write, workshop, and/or perform in a supportive, creative space? Join us for 1st Monday for the CityArts Write Night & Open Stage, hosted by Florida Comedy Collective. Whether you’re shaping jokes, stories, or trying something new, this is a place to turn emotions into performance art.
6:30 PM – Florida Comedy Collective Writing Workshop – A guided, collaborative space to explore stand-up, improv, and sketch comedy, using real emotions, lived experiences, and honest thoughts as fuel for writing and performing. All experience levels are welcomed.
7:30 PM – Open Stage – Share your voice and your point of view! What to test out that new stand-up bit, improv scene, or comedy sketch? Well this is the place for you! Musicians, poets, and all performance artists are also welcome to channel their creativity, emotions, and stories on stage. This time can be used to share what was written at the writing workshop or something brand new that you’re working on. Come share your art with your community!
About Florida Comedy Collective – Florida Comedy Collective is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded by Chandy Burke and Aimee LeCourse. This organization is dedicated to promoting and supporting comedic arts in Florida. We provide a platform for comedians to showcase their talent and connect with audiences across the state. Our mission is to foster a vibrant and inclusive comedy community that celebrates creativity and humor. For more information – https://www.floridacomedycollective.com/

Orlando Story Club: Over The Rainbow
2026-06-03 19:00 - 22:00
Orlando Story Club is a live storytelling competition that takes place at CityArts Orlando (39 S Magnolia Ave). All regular shows begin at 7:00 p.m., doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Every Orlando Story Club event has a theme. Anyone with a story that fits with that theme can enter by putting their name in the story hat. Ten names are drawn at random. Each storyteller is given 5 minutes to impress the audience, and the top 3 tellers take home prizes.

It’s a night of laughter, fun, and connection! Join us for our not-so-serious storytelling competition! Come laugh, listen, drink, and help build our community!

Purchase tickets at https://osc2026.eventbrite.com

Upcoming EventsAll regular shows start at 7:00 p.m.June 3: Over The RainbowAugust 5: SaltyOctober 7: HarvestDecember 2: All That Glitters

If you aren’t interested in telling a story, we love story listeners! We have an activity that everyone can participate in. What’s a one-liner?

It is an anonymous story (true to the storyteller) that can fit on one notecard and relates to the theme of the evening.

For example, if the theme is “Past Our Bedtime,” a one-liner is: “I truly thought there were monsters under my bed until I was in high school.”

Who reads these one-liners? Our awesome hosts, Danielle and Bobby, read them in between storytellers. Don’t worry. They won’t reveal your name!

All regular productions are hosted by Danielle Ziss & Bobby Wesley

Orlando Story Club is a program of The Downtown Arts District

"State Flower Ladies" Exhibition by June Bunch Opens in the CityArts Café on June 18, 2026
2026-06-18 18:00 - 21:00
For State Flower Ladies, June Bunch transforms 50 state flowers into botanical ballerinas. Her illustrations combine figure drawing with floral theatrics, adding elements of vibrant colors and texture-rich embroidery to her work. In an instant, her images stretch the viewer’s eye past the present to see the blossom’s full-seasonal vitality, summarized in one frozen motion.

Bunch curates contemporary illustrations by studying plants’ “choreography” of growth, illuminating their dance with vibrant colors and clean lines. Her visual art remains rooted in botany and ballet, featuring postures that hold emotional richness, highlighting human nature and flora in a bold, empowering way.

The art is created first through expressive figure drawings and botanical sketches that are then translated digitally and drawn line-by-line with a pen-tool, tending to each marking with thoughtful detail.

To dive into the story behind each illustration, you can visit https://www.junebunch.com/illustration

About the artist:
June Bunch (@junebunchstudio) is a self-taught illustrator from St. Petersburg, FL. Her art focuses on natural growth, interpreting plants’ movement through human body language. She studied botany and illustrated for plant nurseries before moving to Juneau, AK as a naturalist guide. There, June grew inspired by the “choreography” of the natural world around her and humanized it, incorporating figure drawing paired with a love of dance.

Her work has won an honorable mention at the Morean Arts Center and has been on display at the Imagine Museum, Dunedin Fine Arts Center, Five Deuces Galleria, Art@400, The Werk Gallery, and the Gulf Coast Arts Alliance Gallery. She has recently been awarded a micro-grant from the Gobioff Foundation which sponsored a portion of the State Flower Ladies exhibition.

Today (It’s Not OK) A Special Exhibition by Parker Sketch at Side Gallery in CityArts
2026-06-18 18:00 - 21:00
Today (It’s Not OK)
A Special Exhibition by Parker Sketch
Art For All Spaces presents Today (It’s Not OK), a powerful and timely exhibition by Orlando-based artist Parker Sketch, opening with a public reception on June 18th , 2026, in the Side Gallery at CityArts in downtown Orlando. The exhibition runs through July 11th , 2026.
Rooted in painting and art historical awareness, Today (It’s Not OK) reflects an emotional and political reckoning shaped by the turbulence of the present moment. The exhibition draws from abstraction and expressive mark-making while carrying a deeper conceptual weight—revealing works that appear visually inviting at first glance, yet speak directly to contemporary realities of chaos, oppression, and uncertainty.
As novelist and cultural icon Toni Morrison stated:
“All good art is political! There is none that isn’t. And the ones that try hard not to be political are political by saying, ‘We love the status quo.’”
That philosophy resonates strongly throughout this exhibition. Reflecting on the work, Parker Sketch shares:
“The past year has been challenging. World news and politics are depressing. Recently I have been avoiding conceptual art and pop art because working on these styles doesn’t feel right for me in this moment in history. Most of my recent work has been abstract and expressive. While I was working on these pieces, I found that even though I was trying to avoid it, I was creating extremely personal and political work. At first glance, these pieces seem like pleasant abstracts, but they are speaking to today’s world of chaos and oppression.”
About the Artist
Parker Sketch earned his BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and has built a multifaceted career grounded in painting, art history, and professional arts practice. His experience includes working in galleries, frame shops, museums, and fine-art fashion studios, where he has served as an artist, designer, and project manager.
Now based in Orlando, Parker is a highly active figure in the local arts community. He exhibits regularly, curates exhibitions, and is a resident artist at FAVO, where he regularly hosts a monthly critique group for local artists. His practice reflects both deep technical knowledge and a commitment to critical engagement through visual language.
Sponsors
This special exhibition is made possible with the generous support of Roberta Alfonso, Baxter Systems, Vicki Green, and others, whose commitment to the arts helps bring important and challenging conversations into public view.

Orlando Story Club: Salty
2026-08-05 19:00 - 22:00
Orlando Story Club is a live storytelling competition that takes place at CityArts Orlando (39 S Magnolia Ave). All regular shows begin at 7:00 p.m., doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Every Orlando Story Club event has a theme. Anyone with a story that fits with that theme can enter by putting their name in the story hat. Ten names are drawn at random. Each storyteller is given 5 minutes to impress the audience, and the top 3 tellers take home prizes.

It’s a night of laughter, fun, and connection! Join us for our not-so-serious storytelling competition! Come laugh, listen, drink, and help build our community!

Purchase tickets at https://osc2026.eventbrite.com

Upcoming EventsAll regular shows start at 7:00 p.m.August 5: SaltyOctober 7: HarvestDecember 2: All That Glitters

If you aren’t interested in telling a story, we love story listeners! We have an activity that everyone can participate in. What’s a one-liner?

It is an anonymous story (true to the storyteller) that can fit on one notecard and relates to the theme of the evening.

For example, if the theme is “Past Our Bedtime,” a one-liner is: “I truly thought there were monsters under my bed until I was in high school.”

Who reads these one-liners? Our awesome hosts, Danielle and Bobby, read them in between storytellers. Don’t worry. They won’t reveal your name!

All regular productions are hosted by Danielle Ziss & Bobby Wesley

Orlando Story Club is a program of The Downtown Arts District

Orlando Story Club: Harvest
2026-10-07 19:00 - 22:00
Orlando Story Club is a live storytelling competition that takes place at CityArts Orlando (39 S Magnolia Ave). All regular shows begin at 7:00 p.m., doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Every Orlando Story Club event has a theme. Anyone with a story that fits with that theme can enter by putting their name in the story hat. Ten names are drawn at random. Each storyteller is given 5 minutes to impress the audience, and the top 3 tellers take home prizes.

It’s a night of laughter, fun, and connection! Join us for our not-so-serious storytelling competition! Come laugh, listen, drink, and help build our community!

Purchase tickets at https://osc2026.eventbrite.com

Upcoming Events
All regular shows start at 7:00 p.m.October 7: HarvestDecember 2: All That Glitters

If you aren’t interested in telling a story, we love story listeners! We have an activity that everyone can participate in. What’s a one-liner?

It is an anonymous story (true to the storyteller) that can fit on one notecard and relates to the theme of the evening.

For example, if the theme is “Past Our Bedtime,” a one-liner is: “I truly thought there were monsters under my bed until I was in high school.”

Who reads these one-liners? Our awesome hosts, Danielle and Bobby, read them in between storytellers. Don’t worry. They won’t reveal your name!

All regular productions are hosted by Danielle Ziss & Bobby Wesley

Orlando Story Club is a program of The Downtown Arts District

Orlando Story Club: All That Glitters
2026-12-02 19:00 - 22:00
Orlando Story Club is a live storytelling competition that takes place at CityArts Orlando (39 S Magnolia Ave). All regular shows begin at 7:00 p.m., doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Every Orlando Story Club event has a theme. Anyone with a story that fits with that theme can enter by putting their name in the story hat. Ten names are drawn at random. Each storyteller is given 5 minutes to impress the audience, and the top 3 tellers take home prizes.

It’s a night of laughter, fun, and connection! Join us for our not-so-serious storytelling competition! Come laugh, listen, drink, and help build our community!

Purchase tickets at https://osc2026.eventbrite.com

Upcoming EventsAll regular shows start at 7:00 p.m.December 2: All That Glitters

If you aren’t interested in telling a story, we love story listeners! We have an activity that everyone can participate in. What’s a one-liner?

It is an anonymous story (true to the storyteller) that can fit on one notecard and relates to the theme of the evening.

For example, if the theme is “Past Our Bedtime,” a one-liner is: “I truly thought there were monsters under my bed until I was in high school.”

Who reads these one-liners? Our awesome hosts, Danielle and Bobby, read them in between storytellers. Don’t worry. They won’t reveal your name!

All regular productions are hosted by Danielle Ziss & Bobby Wesley

Orlando Story Club is a program of The Downtown Arts District
