Mattie Kelly Fine Arts Center Near Destin Florida Hotel

Just 15 miles north and across the Choctawhatchee Bay from the Wingate by Wyndham Hotelin Destin is Mattie Kelly Fine & Performing Arts Center.  The Mattie Kelly Arts Center has been bringing Broadway’s best touring shows to the Emerald Coast for over 11 years.

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Located on the campus of Okaloosa-Walton College in Niceville, Florida, the Mattie Kelly Arts Center is also home to the Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra.  Amid lush, wooded landscape, the arts complex offers 120,000 square feet of facilities dedicated to the fine and performing arts.  In addition to being a venue for professional performances, the Mattie Kelly Arts Center at OWC provides students with educational programs in all areas of the arts from sculpting to dancing to acting. 

The Mattie Kelly Fine & Performing Arts Center consists of:

• The Music Wing with a recording studio and classrooms as well as a large dance rehearsal hall
• Two professional art galleries and a new Visual Arts building with four large labs for painting/drawing, design/lecture, sculpture and ceramics/pottery
• The Mainstage Theatre, the crown jewel of the complex featuring two-tiers and 1,650 seats which accommodates large Broadway shows
• Sprint Theater, a smaller more flexible theater for smaller performances with 195 seats
• OWC Amphitheater, a perfect venue for outdoor performances with 500 permanent seats and grassy sloped grounds that easily accommodates 3,000 more attendees
• Mattie Kelly Arts Center Galleries, two adjoined galleries showcasing about 20 different international, national and regional exhibits each year

Discover more about the Mattie Kelly Fine & Performing Arts Center at their official website linked below.

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