Museum in the Garden Capital Campaign Reaches $110 Million

Museum in the Garden Capital Campaign Reaches $110 Million

Museum in the Garden Capital Campaign Reaches $110 Million Posted March 13, 2026 The Vero Beach Museum of Art (VMBA) is pleased to announce that it has reached a new milestone in its Museum in the Garden capital campaign, raising $110 million toward its $126 million...
Art in Bloom Showcases Local Creativity

Art in Bloom Showcases Local Creativity

Art In Bloom Showcases Local Creativity While Raising Essential Funds for VBMA Education and Community Access Programs Posted March 9, 2026 Local floral designers artfully interpreted nine works on view in the Vero Beach Museum of Art galleries for this year’s Art in...
Mizrahi Delights Crowd at 2026 Fashion Meets Art Fundraiser

Mizrahi Delights Crowd at 2026 Fashion Meets Art Fundraiser

Mizrahi Delights Crowd at 2026 Fashion Meets Art Fundraiser Posted March 6, 2026 A sold-out crowd of 350 gathered at the Vero Beach Museum of Art on Wednesday, February 18, to attend the ninth annual Fashion Meets Art fundraiser with American fashion designer and...
Art in Bloom Exhibition March 5-8

Art in Bloom Exhibition March 5-8

Art in Bloom Floral Exhibition on View March 5-8, 2026 Posted February 26, 2026 The Vero Beach Museum of Art invites the community to view this year’s amazing Art in Bloom floral displays, on view Thursday, March 5, at 2 p.m. through Sunday, March 8. The arrangements,...
James Prosek: At Work

James Prosek: At Work

July 11–October 25, 2026 James Prosek, Maine Composition No. 1, 2024. Acrylic on panel, 25 ½ x 25 ½ inches. Image courtesy of the artist. James Prosek, Downy Painbrush, Texas, Bluebonnet, and Black Spine Prickly Pear, Ozona and Marfa, Texas (Specific Objects No. 2),...
Gala 2026: From Sea to Shining Sea

Gala 2026: From Sea to Shining Sea

VBMA Gala 2026—From Sea to Shining Sea Posted February 11, 2026 On January 30, a sold-out crowd of more than 400 guests celebrated at From Sea to Shining Sea, the Vero Beach Museum of Art’s annual Gala, arguably the season’s most iconic and anticipated event....
Proclamations, Fanfare Mark VBMA’s 40th Year of Service

Proclamations, Fanfare Mark VBMA’s 40th Year of Service

Proclamations, Fanfare Mark VBMA’s 40th Year of Service  Posted February 2, 2026 This year marks the Vero Beach Museum of Art’s 40th year of service. County Commissioners and City Council Members recognized that milestone at their January 27 meetings, presenting...
VBMA Plans 40th Anniversary Celebration for February 14

VBMA Plans 40th Anniversary Celebration for February 14

VBMA Plans 40th Anniversary Celebration for February 14 Posted December 1, 2025, Updated January 22, 2026 This Valentine’s Day, the Vero Beach Museum of Art will show its love of art and community at a special anniversary edition of Second Saturdays. Mark your...
Celebrate! Holidays at the Museum on Saturday, December 13

Celebrate! Holidays at the Museum on Saturday, December 13

Celebrate with VBMA at Holidays at the Museum on Sat. Dec. 13 Posted November 21, 2025 Join the Vero Beach Museum of Art on Saturday, December 13, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for our annual Holidays at the Museum celebration. Families, children, and adults of all...
Register Now for VBMA Winter Term Art Classes

Register Now for VBMA Winter Term Art Classes

Register Now for Winter 2026 Art Classes & Workshops Posted November 24, 2025 Artists at all levels are welcome to enroll in VBMA winter workshops and classes. Ten- and five-week courses begin on January 5, 2026. A second session of five-week courses begins in...
VBMA Breaks Ground on New Facility, Launches Capital Campaign

VBMA Breaks Ground on New Facility, Launches Capital Campaign

VBMA Breaks Ground on New Facility, Launches Capital Campaign  Posted November 7, 2025 Vero Beach Museum of Art today announced that it has raised $100 million during the quiet phase of Museum in the Garden: The Campaign for VBMA, a landmark initiative supporting a...
Ballet Vero Beach Returns to Vero Beach Museum of Art

Ballet Vero Beach Returns to Vero Beach Museum of Art

Ballet Vero Beach Return in November & February for Exhibition-Inspired Performances  Posted October 31, 2025 Dancers and choreographers from Ballet Vero Beach take the stage at the Vero Beach Museum of Art (VBMA) Leonhardt Auditorium for noon and 3 p.m. performances...
Once Upon an Orchestra 2025

Once Upon an Orchestra 2025

Children’s Classics to Life with Once Upon an Orchestra  Posted October 31, 2025 The Vero Beach Museum of Art is pleased to announce that the Space Coast Symphony Orchestra will perform two free concerts at the Museum during the upcoming season. Once Upon an...
VBMA Expands Free Admission Days

VBMA Expands Free Admission Days

VBMA Expands Free Admission Days to Include Grandparents’ Day, Mother’s Day, and Father’s Day Posted August 25, 2025 Museum goers have another reason to celebrate. Vero Beach Museum of Art has expanded its free admission days to include Grandparents’ Day (Sunday,...
A New Building for VBMA’s Future

A New Building for VBMA’s Future

 A New Building for VBMA’s Future Posted August 14, 2025 On August 12, 2025, City of Vero Beach Councilmembers enthusiastically and unanimously approved a new lease with the Vero Beach Museum of Art, extending its premises to accommodate the Museum’s new...
Don’t Miss September 13 at the VBMA

Don’t Miss September 13 at the VBMA

September 13 at the VBMA—Free Admission Second Saturday is Jam-Packed  Posted August 11, 2025 Art lovers, artists, and environmentalists of all ages should mark their calendars for Saturday, September 13, a free admission day at the Vero Beach Museum of Art, rich with...
Tour Timeless with Photographer Robert Farber

Tour Timeless with Photographer Robert Farber

Take a Tour of the Timeless Exhibition with Robert Farber on August 29 from 3 to 4 p.m.  Posted August 7, 2025 Join Robert Farber on August 29, from 3 to 4 p.m., for a guided tour of the Timeless exhibition. The original exhibition, which opened at VBMA in February,...
VBMA Promotes Two to Key Leadership Roles

VBMA Promotes Two to Key Leadership Roles

VBMA Appoints Suzanne Seldes Deputy Director, Names Sara Klein Director of Education and Visitor Experience Posted July 28, 2025 The Vero Beach Museum of Art is pleased to announce the appointment of Suzanne Seldes as its new Deputy Director, one of two strategic...
VBMA Welcomes Blue Star Families

VBMA Welcomes Blue Star Families

VBMA Offers Free Admission to Military Personnel and Their Families this Summer Posted May 13, 2025 The Vero Beach Museum of Art joins Blue Star Museums from across the nation to offer free admission to active-duty U.S. military personnel and their families from...
Free VBMA Admission, Class Discounts for U.S. Military Veterans

Free VBMA Admission, Class Discounts for U.S. Military Veterans

VBMA Announces Free Admission, Class Discounts for U.S. Military Veterans Posted May 13, 2025 U.S. military Veterans can now visit the Vero Beach Museum of Art (VBMA) galleries and sculpture gardens free of charge. The Museum will also offer Veterans a 15% discount on...
VBMA Named One of the Nation’s Best-Attended Small Museums

VBMA Named One of the Nation’s Best-Attended Small Museums

VBMA Named One of the Nation’s Best-Attended Small Museums Posted May 8, 2025 The Vero Beach Museum of Art is one of the nation’s best-attended small museums, ranking first among museums with budgets under $12 million, not located in a city with high tourist traffic....
Athena Society Elects to Acquire Anish Kapoor’s Magenta

Athena Society Elects to Acquire Anish Kapoor’s Magenta

Athena Society Elects to Acquire Anish Kapoor’s Magenta Posted April 22, 2025 The Vero Beach Museum of Art hosted its annual Athena Society Dinner on Thursday, April 17, 2025, at 6 p.m. with nearly 200 in attendance. The event is one of the highlights of the...
VBMA Children’s Art Festival Set for April 12

VBMA Children’s Art Festival Set for April 12

VBMA Children’s Art Festival Set for April 12 Posted March 27, 2025 The entire family is welcome at the Vero Beach Museum of Art on Saturday, April 12, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for the Children’s Art Festival. The free, all-ages event is the museum’s annual celebration...
Art in Bloom 2025 Showcases Local Creativity

Art in Bloom 2025 Showcases Local Creativity

VBMA’s Art in Bloom Showcases Local Creativity While Raising Essential Funds for Education and Community Access Program Posted March 27, 2025 Sixteen local floral designers artfully interpreted 12 works on view in the Vero Beach Museum of Art galleries for this year’s...
Picasso and the Progressive Proof

Picasso and the Progressive Proof

September 13, 2025–January 4, 2026 Pablo Picasso, Portrait of a Young Woman after Cranach the Younger II (trial proof of all five blocks), 1958. Linocut. Private Collection © 2024 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Stark Gallery Picasso...
Recent Acquisition Highlights

Recent Acquisition Highlights

September 27, 2025–January 11, 2026 Joseph Stella, Swans (Night), 1917. Pastel and charcoal on paper, 18 ¾ x 24 ½ inches. Museum purchase through the Yela “Peter” and Derek Fowler Endowment for Acquisitions and Exhibitions, 2024.12.01 Alice Neel, Portrait...
Double Portraits

Double Portraits

October 25, 2025–January 11, 2026 Rineke Dijkstra, Hilton Head Island, SC, USA, June, 1992, 1992. Chromogenic print: 9 ¼ x 7 ¼ inches. Collection of the Do Good Fund, Inc., 2015-058. © Rineke Dijkstra Eva Verbeeck, Jasmine and Carmen, age 16, 2019. Chromogenic print,...
The Sounds They Loved: An Interview with Pianist Leslie Amper

The Sounds They Loved: An Interview with Pianist Leslie Amper

The Sounds They Loved: An Interview with Pianist Leslie Amper Posted March 3, 2025 Tickets are on sale now. On Saturday, March 22, pianist Leslie Amper returns to the Vero Beach Museum of Art for The Sounds They Loved: Musical Connections to French Moderns: Monet to...
Beth Lipman’s Miles Law on View Now in the Stark Rotunda

Beth Lipman’s Miles Law on View Now in the Stark Rotunda

Beth Lipman’s Miles Law on View Now in the Stark Rotunda Posted March 3, 2025 Beth Lipman is an American artist whose sculptural work is inspired by the art historical tradition of still life—a Western genre that depicts arranged objects, both natural and man-made....
New Exhibitions on View in All Four VBMA Galleries

New Exhibitions on View in All Four VBMA Galleries

New Exhibitions on View in All Four VBMA Galleries Posted February 11, 2025 The Vero Beach Museum of Art offers art lovers an entirely refreshed experience. As of February 10, new exhibitions are on view in each of the Museum’s four interior galleries, including two...
Concerts in the Park Returns to the Vero Beach Museum of Art

Concerts in the Park Returns to the Vero Beach Museum of Art

Concerts in the Park Returns to the Vero Beach Museum of Art Posted February 7, 2025 Concerts in the Park are back at the Vero Beach Museum of Art.  Bring a chair or picnic blanket and enjoy performances amid the beautiful outdoor atmosphere of the Museum’s Sculpture...
VBMA GALA 2025—La soirée était magnifique

VBMA GALA 2025—La soirée était magnifique

VBMA Gala 2025—La soirée était magnifique Posted February 7, 2025 On January 31, a sold-out crowd of more than 470 guests celebrated at GALA 2025: A Moveable Feast, the Vero Beach Museum of Art’s annual gala, arguably the season’s most iconic and anticipated...
Art Matters—A Closer Look at VBMA Programs for Veterans

Art Matters—A Closer Look at VBMA Programs for Veterans

Art Matters—A Closer Look at VBMA Programs for Veterans Posted December 20, 2024 The Vero Beach Museum of Art provides U. S. Military Veterans with opportunities for creative expression in museum gallery and art studio settings. Classes are free of charge for veterans...
Winter Break Family Fun

Winter Break Family Fun

Winter Break Means Even More Family Fun at VBMA Posted December 13, 2024 This winter break, bring the entire family to the Vero Beach Museum of Art for art workshops on Thursday and Friday, December 26 and 27, and Thursday and Friday, January 2 and 3. Drop into the...
Art After Dark Returns to VBMA on December 13 & 14

Art After Dark Returns to VBMA on December 13 & 14

Art After Dark Returns to VBMA on December 13 & 14 Posted December 1, 2024 Experience the Treasure Coast’s pre-eminent outdoor digital art exhibition when the Vero Beach Museum of Art hosts Art After Dark on Friday, December 13, and Saturday, December 14, 2024, from 6...
Behind the Scenes with Artist John Miller

Behind the Scenes with Artist John Miller

Roadside Reverie: A Conversation with Artist John Miller Posted November 15, 2024Interview recorded October 22, 2024 In this playful and insightful exchange with VBMA Chief Curator Caitlin Swindell, artist John Miller reveals his inspirations, creative process, and...
Classic Heat: An Interview with BVB’s Adam Schnell

Classic Heat: An Interview with BVB’s Adam Schnell

Classic Heat: An Interview with Ballet Vero Beach’s Adam Schnell Posted October 31, 2024 Tickets for the November 16, 3 p.m. performance are available now. On Saturday, November 16, 2024, dancers and choreographers from Ballet Vero Beach (BVB) will ignite the VBMA...
Ballet Vero Beach Returns to VBMA Nov. 16 & Feb. 8

Ballet Vero Beach Returns to VBMA Nov. 16 & Feb. 8

Ballet Vero Beach Returns to VBMA Nov. 16 & Feb. 8 Posted October 29, 2024 Dancers and choreographers from Ballet Vero Beach take the stage at the Vero Beach Museum of Art (VBMA) Leonhardt Auditorium for afternoon performances on Saturday, November 16, 2024, and...
Art After Dark 2024

Art After Dark 2024

December 13 & 14, 2024 Free, outdoor exhibition Experience the Treasure Coast’s pre-eminent digital art exhibition when the Vero Beach Museum of Art hosts Art After Dark on Friday, December 13, and Saturday, December 14, 2024, from 6 to 8 p.m. Bring your lawn...
French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850–1950

French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850–1950

February 1–June 22, 2025 Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926). Rising Tide at Pourville, 1882. Oil on canvas, 26 x 32 in. (66 x 81.3cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Horace O. Havemeyer, 41.1260. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum) Holmes Gallery French Moderns: Monet to Matisse,...
Don’t Miss September 13 at the VBMA

Free Admission Days Now ‘Second Saturdays’ at VBMA

Free Admission Days Now ‘Second Saturdays’ at VBMA Posted October 9, 2024 Updated October 11, 2024 NOTE: The Museum will be closed on Saturday, October 12, due to Hurricane Milton. The Vero Beach Museum of Art is pleased to announce that its free admission...
Jaume Plensa’s Yorkshire Soul III, 2010

Jaume Plensa’s Yorkshire Soul III, 2010

Jaume Plensa’s Yorkshire Soul III, 2010 Contributed by VBMA Intern Isabella Thomas. Posted September 27, 2024 Jaume Plensa’s stainless-steel sculpture Yorkshire Soul III depicts a seated figure whose silhouette is formed by symbols from different writing...
Melissa A. DePriest, MPA, CFRE Named Director of Development

Melissa A. DePriest, MPA, CFRE Named Director of Development

Melissa A. DePriest, MPA, CFRE Named Director of Development Posted September 30, 2024 The Vero Beach Museum of Art (VBMA) is delighted to introduce Melissa A. DePriest, MPA, CFRE, as its new Director of Development. Mrs. DePriest brings nearly two decades of...
VBMA Named One of the Nation’s Best-Attended Small Museums

Summer Interns Assist with Collections Documentation

VBMA Summer Interns Assist with Collections Documentation Posted August 29, 2024 Under the direction of the Vero Beach Museum of Art Chief Curator Caitlin Swindell and with the support of Collections and Exhibitions Assistant Bailee Radakovich, two summer interns,...
VBMA Staff, Teaching Artists, and Docent Exhibition

VBMA Staff, Teaching Artists, and Docent Exhibition

VBMA Staff, Teaching Artists, and Docent ExhibitionNow on View in the Patricia M. Patten Community Gallery Posted August 4, 2024 Seventy-five works of art—including 18 three-dimensional pieces—created by Vero Beach Museum of Art staff, teaching artists, and docents...
Art Matters—July 2024

Art Matters—July 2024

Art Matters—July 2024 sted July 12, 2024 Museums can increase our well-being, help us better understand where we come from, and inspire and challenge us. For nearly 40 years, the Vero Beach Museum of Art has enriched and transformed lives by encouraging active public...
Jack Tworkov: Drawings 1948 – 1981

Jack Tworkov: Drawings 1948 – 1981

May 26 – September 10, 2023 Jack Tworkov American (1900-1982), Bar Decoration I, 1963-64. Oil on canvas, 51 x 73 inches. VBMA, Museum Purchase with funds provided by the Athena Society, 2014.4 Stark Gallery In a career that played out over seven decades, two phases...
M.C. Escher: Infinite Variations

M.C. Escher: Infinite Variations

September 30 – December 30, 2023 M.C. Escher (1898 – 1972), Relativity, 1953. Lithograph, 27.7 x 29.2 cm. Private Collection, Image copyright of the M.C. Escher Co. Holmes and Titelman Galleries The Museum presents M.C. Escher: Infinite Variations, in the Fall of...
Art After Dark

Art After Dark

December 15, 2023 VBMA Art After Dark 2022 Dolphin and Seal by Kaybid, Istanbul, Turkey   Outdoors at the Museum The Vero Beach Museum of Art is hosting its third Art After Dark outdoor digital art exhibition, with an expanded list of eighteen new global artworks...
Art After Dark

Art After Dark

December 16 – 17, 2022 VBMA Art After Dark 2021 Evotree by Jonathan McCabe   Outdoors at the Museum The VBMA is hosting its second Art After Dark outdoor digital art exhibition, with an expanded list of artwork from around the globe. The show will be free to visitors...
Simple Pleasures: The Art of Doris Lee

Simple Pleasures: The Art of Doris Lee

June 5 – September 18, 2022 Doris Lee (American 1904 – 1983), Fruits of Pennsylvania, 1946-47. Oil on canvas, 35 ¼ x 28 inches. The Penn Art Collection, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1959.0001.0018. © Estate of Doris Lee, Courtesy D. Wigmore...
Masters in Black & White

Masters in Black & White

June 11 – September 11, 2022 André Kertész (Hungarian-American, 1894 – 1985), Washington Square Park, 1954. Gelatin silver print, 7 x 10 inches. Collection of Elizabeth Stewart.   Stark Gallery Masters in Black & White showcases a selection from the...
Hanneke Beaumont: Drawn to Life

Hanneke Beaumont: Drawn to Life

Hanneke Beaumont, Study for Bronze #93, (Drawing 133), 2010. Mixed media on paper, 29.1339 x 43.3071 inches. On loan to Vero Beach Museum of Art, courtesy of the artist. August 28 — Dec 5, 2021 Lobby Gallery In her cast iron and bronze sculptures, Dutch artist Hanneke...
Martin Puryear: Printmaker

Martin Puryear: Printmaker

Martin Puryear, Untitled (State II), 2014. Color softground etching with drypoint and chine collé, 38.75 x 32.75 inches. On loan to Vero Beach Museum of Art, Promised Gift of Georgia E. Welles. September 4, 2021 — June 5, 2022 Stark Gallery Martin L. Puryear (1941),...
Vero Collects: Hidden Treasures Revealed

Vero Collects: Hidden Treasures Revealed

Vero Collects: Hidden Treasures Revealed Marc Chagall (Russian-French, 1887 – 1985), Les Amoureux au Trois Bouquets, 1980. Oil on canvas. On loan to Vero Beach Museum of Art, Private Collection. January 29 – May 15, 2022That Vero Beach takes collecting art seriously...

Glass Works

Dale Chihuly, American (b. 1941), Lapis Blue Persian, 1990, Glass, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David K. Welles, 2001.011 VBMA GLASS WORKS On view through September 1, 2021 The VBMA has in its holdings various high-quality artworks made of glass. The new exhibition in the...