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Thursday Evenings at MOCA Jacksonville with The Balance King

November 19, 2019

Art News·Downtown·Feature·Hemming Park·Music·Networking

Q& A with Jeremy Nix, The Balance King First off, thank you for letting me feature you! After doing even cursory research on The Balance King it is obvious that you’re in the midst of a very active and exciting chapter of life. You have so many great projects in the works, congrats! Thank you, Amanda, it’s an honor to

Art News·Attraction·Business·Community·Creative Spaces·Downtown·Feature·Hemming Park·Visual Art

The Lark, a New Creative Space for Downtown Jacksonville

Our great city is home to dozens of iconic buildings Downtown that have their own unique, cultural history to tell. The Bryan Building on Hogan Street at is one such superstructure that is layered with decades of creative owners and establishments that only add to its rich authenticity. With the

Jacksonville Jazz Festival , City of Jacksonville, Florida

Memorial Day Weekend Tradition, Jacksonville Jazz Festival Features Big Names, Festival Veterans and Young, Emerging Artists

Downtown Jacksonville does more than just set the stage for the .

Local Filmmakers Challenge Each Other with the 48 Hour Film Project

Filmmakers view life through a unique lens and the challenges participants to

Hooking Us All Together: MOCA’s ARTIST IN RESIDENCE MARY RATCLIFF

October 17, 2016

Art Exhibitions·Art News·Downtown·Feature·Hemming Park·Local Artists·Public Art·Visual Art

I go looking for ’s studio space during an evening soiree at the . The smiling girl at the front check-in points me to the elevator in the back, so I dart around waitstaff offering trays of appetizers, devoured daintly by freshly-shaved gentlemen in sport coats, and ladies in reflective

Amerika Brings Beautiful to MOSH

September 25, 2016

Art Exhibitions·Art News·Downtown·Feature·Hemming Park·Local Galleries·Visual Art

World-renowned visual artist will present a lecture this October in the Bryan-Gooding Planetarium at the as part of the VyStar International Artist Lecture Series. Seating is limited. Tickets are available that include a pre-reception artist meet or general admission to lecture only (https://markamerika.eventbrite.com/). All ticket holders will receive complimentary tickets to

Art with a Heart in Healthcare, Wolfson Children's Hospital, MOCA Jacksonville

Inside the Outline: Art With a Heart Show Opening at MOCA

August 7, 2016

Art Exhibitions·Charitable·Downtown·Feature·Health & Wellness·Hemming Park·Visual Art

What makes you happy? Often times, a young person’s hospital stay can be confusing, and so much of what happens with illness and the treatment of it can leave the patient feeling powerless. That’s where art comes in, reaching the part of the patient that still gets to be the

MOCA Jacksonville, Confronting the Canvas, © ANKE WEYER, Myellow, 2015. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 84 x 66 inches. Peter Sahlman. Photo courtesy of CANADA. Photo by Jason Mandella.

Color Me Abstract: Confronting the Canvas at MOCA Jacksonville

July 24, 2016

Art Exhibitions·Downtown·Feature·Hemming Park·Visual Art

When interviewing some of the various artists for , there were two words that kept cropping up from the artists: physicality and color. Jill Nathanson says, “The two things together are central to the way the color moves through us. The paint has to move to engage you in that

Ethan Murrow draws a story of desire in MOCA’s ‘Project Atrium’

July 6, 2016

Art Exhibitions·Downtown·Feature·Hemming Park·Local Galleries·Neighborhoods·Visual Art

Wall drawing exposes the artist’s moment of gluttony in a world of food inequity Almost every child has the desire to draw on a wall. Ethan Murrow has never lost that fascination, and his work seeks to elevate drawing and connect the art form to the practice we learned in

Beloved Books on the Big Screen

June 6, 2016

Books·Downtown·Feature·Hemming Park·Lifestyle

Florida is known for many things, mostly football and horrific news stories that cannot be blamed on heat and illiteracy alone. The is offering a reprieve from the Floridian madness in the form of a film series. Every Tuesday beginning on June 14th, the Main Library will be hosting films

Preston Haskell Donates “Opposing Forces” to Hemming Park

May 18, 2016

Community·Downtown·Feature·Hemming Park·Public Art·Visual Art

has generously donated “Opposing Forces,” a 15-foot-tall painted steel sculpture by , to Hemming Park. The outdoor sculpture was previously located at the corner of Laura St. & Forsyth St. as part of project. “I bought the piece from Sculpture Walk and have been waiting until Hemming Park was ready

IgersJax_Downtown Jax iphone_photo by @mr_brileyx

The 21 Most Instagrammed Places in Jacksonville

May 5, 2016

Community·Feature·Hemming Park·Learning·Networking·Outdoors·Perennial·Photos·Technology·Visual Art

The Instagram app, without a doubt, has been the driving force behind the revival of photography over the past 5 years. Sure, there’s the rise of the smartphone camera giving us the ability to take photos at any moment—nowadays, everyone has a camera in their pocket—but the inspiration among today’s

Expounding the Pavement with Heartbeat of the Bold City Founder Jessica Pounds

May 4, 2016

Downtown·Feature·Hemming Park·Local Musicians·Music·Music News·Music Venues·Neighborhoods

A little over 100 years ago, downtown Jacksonville was on fire. Now we use that teachable moment as an advertising campaign to implore residents of our geographically expansive community to venture downtown and breathe in the culture. has been instrumental (forgive the inevitable musician pun) in the application of physical

Printmaker George Cornwell, Photo by Jensen Hande

Printmaker’s Perspective: George Cornwell

April 6, 2016

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

When we hit the Warhol section of portraits, I’m attracted to the Edward Kennedy. The background is red, white, and blue. “Oooh,” I say, “There’s glitter in this one.” “Diamond dust,” George says, “Warhol used to mix diamond dust with an adhesive and the paint when he did the print.”