Mount Dora Art League
Mount Dora Center for the Arts is proud to lift up and partner with the Mount Dora Art League, the oldest organized group of artists in Central Florida.
The Mount Dora Art League is comprised of artists who pay an annual $25 membership fee to cover monthly art demonstrations and workshops between October and April each year. They meet once a month and have a Member only exhibition that will run from Oct 1 through Oct 9, 2022 in the MDCA gallery.
Today, all forms of artistic expression are encouraged. Members need not be artists, just have an interest in art and are welcome to come to learn about art through demos and discussions.
Demos and workshops are planned for each of their meetings which are held in the Mount Dora Center for the Arts gallery at 135 E. 5th Ave Mount Dora, FL on the third Saturday of the months from October through April from 10pm to 12pm.
OCTOBER 15,2022
General Business Meeting,
Meet and Greet – Catch Up
NOVEMBER 19,2022
Rosemarie Brown
Stained Glass and Fusion
DECEMBER 17,2022
Bill Cheslesth
Fireglass
JANUARY 21,2022
Jane Slivka
Acrylics
FEBRUARY 18,2022
Mayor Crissy Stle
MARCH 18,2022ϯ
Plein Air at WT BLAND Library
APRIL 15,2022
Mike McCrary
Whimsical Art

Read the MARCH 2023 newsletter
Read the APRIL 2023 newsletter
Mount Dora Art League History
The Mount Dora Art League was founded on February 26, 1926 and was active from the start. In the early days, the artists were from both Mount Dora and Eustis until Eustis began their own league, but there are still close ties between the two. Art classes in many disciplines and writing were conducted and the first art shows by the group were often held on the tennis court fence!
On the 25 th. anniversary in 1951, Hugh Mc Kean who was then President of Rollins College and is the benefactor along with his wife of the Morse Museum in Winter Park, was the honored guest at a catered dinner in the Community Building.
The League began to fade but was invigorated in February of 1962 when dues were a dollar and no meetings were held but the membership displayed their work together in several exhibits a year.
In 1963 –64, the membership was similar to today’s membership of 50; two shows a year were held and displays by four local schools were included.
Then, only painters were displaying their work, but now all forms of artistic expression are encouraged and members who have an interest in art but are not producing art , are also encouraged to come as members to learn about art through demos and discussions.
Demos are planned for each of their meetings which are held at the Congregational Church on Donnelly on the third Saturday of the months from October through April from ten to twelve. Membership for the year is $25.00. Come join our Mount Dora Art League and display your art with us at our two shows this coming year.