The Art League was founded in 1989 by a small group of artists and art lovers with a desire to bring art to the island community. In June 1993 the Art League opened the island’s first art center in Holmes Beach, Florida. The Art Center facility includes a large exhibit / classroom, membership gallery / conference room, photo lab, art library and picnic grounds where the League offers a broad range of classes, including a scholarship program for children and adults. Annually the League sponsors two juried fine arts and fine crafts festivals that provide funds for the art center and its scholarship fund.