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INAUGURAL JACKSONVILLE MURAL FESTIVAL ANNOUNCED!

December 30, 2024

Words by Jason Tetlak The National Mural Awards has invited three nationally recognized muralists to the First Coast to paint alongside local artists for the first ever Jacksonville Mural Festival. The event, which will be held Jan. 22-25, 2025 promises to add color to the growing Rail Yard District and help highlight the economic growth happening in the area with

ART·Art Exhibitions·Local Artists·Local Galleries·Museum·Public Art·Visual Art

January Art Listing

The Art Center Cooperative tacjacksonville.org Beaches Museum beachesmuseum.org Butterfield Garage Art Gallery butterfieldgarage.com The Corner Gallery at The Jessie “Marcus Williams: Un-American Gods,” through Feb. 12 movingthemargins.org Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens “Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri: Mysteries that Remain,” through Jan. 12 cummermuseum.org FemArt Gallery

Artist By Accident: RJ Higgins

Words by Lorelei Belanger “I’m RJ Higgins and I’m an artist,

November Art Listing

The Art Center Cooperative “A View From My Window,” through Nov. 9

DECEMBER Entertainment Go-To Guide 2021

December 3, 2021

November Entertainment Go-To Guide 2021

The Anti-Aestheticist: Casey VanDyke

April 14, 2021

Local Artists·Uncategorized·Visual Art

Never in my life have I had an interviewee ask for the camera during a video shoot, but halfway through filming with Casey VanDyke I found myself in front of the camera rather than behind it. VanDyke is a visual artist living in Jacksonville Beach. His art transcends period movements

What’s Next for Scotty Briggs’ Art? Show Up, Create, & Savor the Whole Human Experience

February 17, 2020

Atlantic Beach·Feature·Local Artists·The Beaches·The Elbow·Visual Art

It’s not hard to understand why ’ paintings are in such high demand. With subject matter as diverse as neon dive-bar brands, Hindu deities and Catholic saints, run-on catch phrase sentences, pop culture portraits, and under-water vignettes, Briggs has created a niche for himself that defies all definitions of the

Cathedral Arts Project, The Art of Allowing: Tiffany Manning Teams Up with Daughter for New Exhibit

The Stories Within: Tiffany Manning Teams Up with Daughter for New Exhibit

November 5, 2019

Art Exhibitions·Downtown·Events·Feature·Local Artists·Visual Art

“I’ve painted my whole life …. in my head. Four years ago, I decided I was tired of standing in my own way, I just wanted to paint; to make some marks and fall in love with them. From an inner joy perspective, these have been the best four years

Through Local Lens: Toni Smailagic is Introducing Jacksonville to Jacksonville

October 8, 2019

Books·Business·Community·Feature·Lifestyle·Local Artists·Photos·Photos + Video·Shopping·Visual Art

Interview with Toni Smailagic By the time you read this, you will have about 1 week left to order your very own copy of a ground-breaking photography book depicting the people and places we all collectively home. Local photographer and owner of Cr8Jax, , is currently running a campaign to

Maiya Elaine, A Young Jacksonville Artist with an Old Soul, Embarks on Her First Solo Exhibition

October 3, 2019

5 Points·Art Exhibitions·Feature·Local Artists·Riverside·Visual Art

“I have this strange habit of coming up with the names of my pieces before I know what I’m going to create. Sometimes they live without names until long after they’re done. I just know I hear them speak before I see them. During the times I know their names,

Art Teachers are Artists: Group Exhibition at Spliff’s Gastropub and 1904 Music Hall in Downtown Jacksonville

August 5, 2019

Art Exhibitions·Art News·Downtown·Events·Local Artists·Local Galleries·The Elbow·Visual Art

Art Teachers Group Exhibition at The Elbow Okay, so this may come as a complete shocker … but believe it or not folks, the teachers who your children spend their days with actually know a lot about the subjects that they teach! Most of them even practice the subjects they

Alma Ramirez, Jacksonville Artist, Cathedral Art Project

By the Water: Alma Ramirez Shows in the Heather Moore Gallery in Downtown Jacksonville

July 18, 2019

Art Exhibitions·Downtown·Feature·Local Artists·Visual Art

“In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.” -Leonardo Da Vinci There is so much to be said about the present moment . This moment right now is already changing and moving; and

GOOD WOMEN: A Look Into St. Augustine Based Artist Jenna Alexander’s Creative Space

January 22, 2019

Creative Spaces·Family·Feature·Local Artists·St. Augustine·Visual Art

“Here’s to good women. May we know them, may we be them, may we raise them.” The mantra that hung in Jenna Alexander’s bathroom throughout her childhood has never left her. It was her inspiration for her newest series, Stripes and Buns. She wanted to know what made a good