AREA ART GROUPS 
NOTE: Some of these groups are NOT good about keeping us informed when schedules or contacts change, so this list is only as good as the information last furnished us.
Ocala Art Group, Inc.
Open to anyone with an interest in art. Meets at 1:00 pm on second Wednesday of each month September through May . Holds member shows and workshops featuring guest artists. Their website is: http://ocalaartgroup.org
Fine Art on Broadway
Meets first Monday of each month except July and August at 7:00 p.m. at Brick City Center for the Arts (23 W Broadway). Open to all who wish to produce, promote, and show art, and to those interested in art education. For information contact Anita Anderson (352) 687-2667.
Ocala Decorative Artists
Meet at 6:30 the last Monday of each month at Freedom Library. For information call Margaret Fredrick (352) 854-5158.
Citrus County Art League Cultural Center
2644 Annapolis Avenue
Hernando, FL 34442-4709
(352) 746-7606
Portrait Painters - Meet Fridays, 9:30 to 12:00
Wednesdays 2:30 to 4:30
Portrait Contact: Patricia Y. Russak
Citrus County Watercolor Club
An extremely active club. Meets second Friday each month at the United Methodist Church of Inverness on Pleasant Grove Road, two miles south of 44.
Schedules many workshops.
Contact: Kathy Pedeira
(352) 527-1260
For a list of their special events here's a link to their web page:
Ocala Plein Air Painters
A group devoted to painting en plein air (French for in the open air, i.e. outdoors). Here's their web page: http://www.ocalapleinairpainters.org