The Mattie Kelly Fine & Performing Arts Center in Niceville

The Mattie Kelly Arts Center is located on the campus of Okaloosa-Walton College in Niceville (use the main entrance at the intersection of College Blvd. and Palm Blvd). The complex encompasses 120,000 square feet of facilities dedicated to the fine and performing arts.

 
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The Mattie Kelly Fine & Performing Arts Center Galleries
The Mattie Kelly Arts Center Galleries consist of two adjoined galleries which together showcase about 20 different international, national and regional exhibitions each year.

The McIlroy Gallery features an 18-foot ceiling constructed with screened windows, allowing in defused natural light. The other exhibit area is the Holzhauer Gallery which was named after famed artist Emil Holzhauer who donated a multi-million dollar permanent collection of his works to OWC. When not displaying other works, the Holzhauer Gallery displays parts of this collection as well as the college's Sublette Collection of New Guinea Sculpture and Masks or the L.R. Davis Flint Glass Collection.

The hours are: Monday to Thursday, 9 am to 4 pm and Sunday 1 to 4 pm. The Galleries are closed most holidays.
 

Mainstage Theater
The two-tiered, 1,650-seat Mainstage Theater accommodates large-scale Broadway shows. The theater towers over the surrounding area with a 10-story fly tower that stores stage backdrops, lights, riggings and curtains. State-of-the-art lighting and acoustics provide a superb theater experience for patrons.

For more information about the Arts Center, current Gallery exhibits and upcoming stage shows and other live performances, click here: Mattie Kelly Fine & Performing Arts Center Web Site:

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