Arts & Culture

$2,500 Grant for Performing Arts

The Arts & Culture Committee of the Woman’s Club of Coconut Grove has established a $2,500 Grant for Performing Arts to support a local school student in need from Grade 6 - 12.

We would like to award this Grant to a student who shows aptitude, interest and promise in the Performing Arts. The money should be used for lessons and supplies in their field of endeavor.

This letter has been sent to middle and high schools, and religious institutions in the area. We are now posting this grant on social media. Applicants must live in zip code 33133. Our committee will accept the applications until 5/1/2025. Decisions will be based on ability, need, and recommendation letters. The student should fill out the attached application and attach the two recommendations to us by email. The email address is wccg.grant@gmail.com . Please email us with your name, address and phone number to receive an application. If you have any problems with application submissions, please contact us at the above email address. Please feel free to submit more than one applicant per school or household.

Musical Events
"Sing in the Season" was our way to celebrate the holidays with an old fashioned sing-along. We enjoyed a variety show with audience participation, live music, skits and group carolling. In addition, we used this opportunity to collect clothing, toiletries and monetary donations for those in need, which we gave to St. James Baptist Church and Clothing Ministry.

Dance
In the fall of 2022 we had a Country Line Dance Party and Fundraiser. Our enthusiastic instructor taught all of us how to do several different dance routines. The main room was turned into a “dance hall” including elaborate square dance style decorations. Over 100 people from the local community came and participated.

Architecture
We volunteered to work with and host The University of Miami School of Architecture Students to present an exhibition of their work in our clubhouse. We made history by hosting a 5-day event attended by over 300 members of the Miami community. This exhibition showed the work that was completed by students given an academic exercise to address the housing crisis in the Little Bahamian section of Coconut Grove, also known as the West Grove. They were asked to address the role that architecture can play in alleviating affordability issues in this densely populated neighborhood. We exhibited twenty distinctly different architectural models for public viewing.

Theater
In celebration of our 131st Founders Day, volunteer members of our Arts & Culture Committee performed the stage play Pineland on our clubhouse stage. Pineland, is a short story by Marjory Stoneman Douglas that was adapted for the stage by our member and playwright, Sandra Riley. We packed the house for this very special evening.

Coconut Grove 150th Anniversary Celebration

“Ladies of the 1880’s” was a program our club designed in conjunction with the Coconut Grove Business Improvement District’s city-wide celebration. Our speaker, Dr. John Nordt, gave a presentation in our clubhouse about Old Coconut Grove history. We also showed a video created by and about the WCCG history. Participants dressed in vintage clothing.

We also marched in the Mango Strut annual parade as Ladies of the 1880's.

Field Trips

WCCG members visited the Frost Art Museum. The Chief Curator of the Frost Art Museum gave us a tour of current exhibitions.

We also attended "El Huracan" at Gablestage for an entertaining afternoon of local theater.

WCCG Ukulele Strummers

Playing ukulele is just good fun! Late on an afternoon passersby may hear rich, warm sounds and singing at the WCCG clubhouse. This is the time and place where the Strummers get together to make music on the little four string instrument and sing together.

The club’s strumming team finds the ukulele an incredibly social instrument because it’s not intimidating and can be played by anyone, young and old, musician or non-musician. Even those who have never played a musical instrument before are invited to share the fun.

Out and About

Out and About is a service provided by the WCCG Arts and Culture Committee, available on WhatsApp. This group chat is a casual way to invite other club members to an arts or culture event like restaurants, films, performances, museums, etc.

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