Gasper Arts Center

Gasper Arts Center opened in 2021 at 250 South Federal Highway in Dania Beach, founded by ceramic artist Laura Gasper, who holds a ceramics degree from the Herron School of Art at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. The center was built to serve working artists and beginners at the same time, combining a teaching studio, open studio memberships, private artist studios, and gallery space for exhibitions under one roof on Federal Highway.

Programming at Gasper Arts Center is centered on clay and pottery, with wheel throwing classes for people who have never touched clay before as well as more advanced sessions, plus mosaic workshops and paired wine and pottery events aimed at a more social crowd. The center rotates exhibitions on a monthly basis, giving working ceramic and mixed media artists a place to show finished pieces to the public rather than only selling through online marketplaces.

Access to the space is structured in a few ways. The center is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday from 1 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. for classes, workshops, and browsing the gallery and store. Open studio members, who pay for ongoing access rather than booking single classes, can use shared studio space daily from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., while artists renting a private studio inside the building have around the clock access. This tiered structure lets Gasper Arts Center serve casual visitors taking a single class alongside working artists who treat the center as their primary studio.

Prospective visitors or artists interested in scheduling a tour or arranging a pickup are asked to call ahead at 954-656-3560 to confirm availability, since much of the space is booked around scheduled classes and private studio hours. The center can also be reached by email at StudioInfo@GasperArts.com. It keeps active Instagram and Facebook accounts under the handle GasperArtsCenter, where it posts about upcoming classes, new exhibitions, and available studio space.

Florida corporate records show some history here worth noting for anyone doing due diligence: an earlier entity registered as Gasper Arts, LLC in 2015 is now listed as inactive, while a separate entity simply named Gasper LLC, registered in 2022, currently shows as active. The 2021 founding date matches the newer registration more closely than the older one, and the business has operated continuously at the same Federal Highway address throughout this period based on current directory and website listings.

Sitting a few blocks from MAD Arts and within the same general stretch of Federal Highway that includes several of the city’s antique and art dealers, Gasper Arts Center gives Dania Beach something the antique shops do not: a working ceramics studio where new pieces are actually being made and taught, not just resold. For residents looking for a hands on class rather than a gallery visit, it is currently the main option of its kind inside city limits.