Tag Archives: MOCA Jacksonville

Project Atrium at MOCA celebrates 10 years with special exhibition

Kerry Speckman May 25, 2021 Art News, Public Art, Visual Art 1,524

And MOCA Jacksonville marks the occasion by going back to the drawing board. Literally. In 2010, artists Christina Foard and Dolf James conceived of Imagination Squared, an exhibition featuring works by local artists of all ages, walks of life and skill levels.The concept was a huge hit, attracting 5,000 visitors for its opening and inspiring the creation of Project Atrium, a 40-foot-tall gallery space showcasing site-specific and site-sensitive installations on the museum’s first floor. The idea to revisit Imagination Squared was sparked by MOCA Executive Director Caitlín Doherty and Senior Curator Ylva Rouse who wanted to engage the public in expressing …

Thursday Evenings at MOCA Jacksonville with The Balance King

Amanda Holloway November 19, 2019 Art News, Downtown, Feature, Hemming Park, Music, Networking 2,507

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 be featured by you for the EU! What you observe is the periphery of verdant foliage, which could not thrive without the loving support of family and friends, and being a member of a superlative team – in a word, …

Jax Poetry Fest Celebrates National Poetry Month in Downtown Jax for the 4th Year

Liza Mitchell April 3, 2019 Books, Charitable, Community, Downtown, Family, Feature, Hemming Park, Learning, On Stage, Spoken Word 4,578

It’s thought-provoking and inspiring, emotional and raw, connecting us all through the power of the written word. In celebration of National Poetry Month, Hope at Hand presents the 4th Annual Jax Poetry Fest with free community workshops and presentations by a collection of local poets, writers and spoken-word artists in . Jax Poetry Fest is an annual event produced by the North Florida nonprofit every April during National Poetry Month to inspire community-based poetry projects and engage the community. The inaugural Poetry Fest was held in 2016. Now in its fourth year, the festival has grown in terms of both …

MOCA Jacksonville, Drowning World, © GIDEON MENDEL, Georgia Winegart, San Marco neighbourhood, Jacksonville, Florida, USA, September 2017. C-print, 27 ½ 27 ½ inches. Courtesy of the artist.

Drowning World at MOCA: Photographer Gideon Mendel Captures Hurricane Irma’s Aftermath in Jacksonville

Morgan Henley September 5, 2018 Art Exhibitions, Art News, Attraction, Community, Downtown, Feature, Hemming Park, Photos, Photos + Video, Visual Art 332

Jacksonville’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) will be hosting Drowning World from world-renowned photographer Gideon Mendel. The series features photographs he’s captured from around the world of floods and the people affected by them, including some from locals in Jacksonville and Middleburg after Hurricane Irma hit the First Coast, which he did as part of his winning the Jury Prize of the 2016 Greenpeace Photo Awards. I spoke to him to learn more about his work and his hopes for the reception of the exhibition. What led you to this photo series? Why did you choose flooding? The project emerged …

Explore and Engage: Northeast Florida Public Art Week 2018

EU Jacksonville April 2, 2018 Art Exhibitions, Art News, Community, Downtown, Feature, History, Learning, Outdoors, Public Art, Tours, Travel & Tourism, Urban Planning, Visual Art 1,078

Public Art Week (PAW) is an annual, week-long initiative that celebrates Jacksonville’s public art and highlights the benefits that are created when investments are made in art that is accessible by all. It is led by the to encourage residents and visitors to explore and engage with works of art that comprise Jacksonville’s rapidly developing artistic and creative landscape. In addition to advancing the community’s awareness of and engagement with the City of Jacksonville’s official public art collection, PAW also showcases public art initiatives led by private entities and individuals. PAW supports the Cultural Council’s role of ensuring broad accessibility …

Rob Middleton Art, Jacksonville, Florida, Abstract Expressionist Painter, Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville

Total Freedom: 10 Questions with Abstract Expressionist Painter Rob Middleton

Patrick Fisher October 27, 2016 Feature, Local Artists, Visual Art 115

Courtesy of our friends at the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville We, as a society, sometimes have an unhealthy, or at the very least an unproductive, response to the success of others. Social media, which certainly has its benefits, is riddled with examples of this type of behavior, which includes destructive criticism, unjustified public shaming, and passive aggressive commentary. Online networks can be a black hole where individuals can lose their sense of time, civility, and the impact of their words. That isn’t always the case, however, as was recently illustrated through a post made by abstract expressionist painter Rob Middleton. Rob’s entry, which was posted …

Art Republic, Jacksonville, Florida, Downtown Art District, Jessica Santiago, Art (Re)Public, Downtown Jacksonville

ART REPUBLIC: The Creative Intervention invading Jacksonville’s Urban Core

Joanelle Mulrain October 24, 2016 Art News, Brooklyn, Community, Downtown, Feature, Festivals, Hemming Park, Jacksonville's Sports Complex, LaVilla, Northbank, Outdoors, Public Art, The Elbow, Visual Art 42

THE WALLS Guest artists will begin to invade Jacksonville November 1 and 2, and begin to execute their mural designs in real-time. Walls featuring the Downtown Art District murals will include: FESTIVAL SCHEDULE Concierges will ensure a welcoming experience for all participating artists, including a Private Artist Lounge, city excursions to introduce each of them to Jacksonville, and a slew of events: DOWNTOWN ART DISTRICT From Jacksonville’s genesis as an early 20th century cultural destination for film and music, there is a move afoot to enhance and designate the as a nationally recognized Art District by visionary , founder of the non-profit …

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

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

Cheryl Borja August 7, 2016 Art Exhibitions, Charitable, Downtown, Feature, Health & Wellness, Hemming Park, Visual Art 948

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 decider, creator, inventor. is a non-profit arts-in-healthcare organization providing personal fine art experiences to enhance the healing process for patients and their families. The team of mostly visual artists works primarily with Wolfson Children’s Hospital and Nemours Children’s Clinic to facilitate art sessions with the young patients, as well as …

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

Erin Thursby July 24, 2016 Art Exhibitions, Downtown, Feature, Hemming Park, Visual Art 736

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 process.” And so, the artists have to move and use their bodies to achieve that. Fran O’Neill dons a raincoat and gloves to her elbows, using her arms as giant brushes. Jackie Saccoccio says that her process is something like a dance. She works on multiple canvases, using the drips …

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

EU Jacksonville July 6, 2016 Art Exhibitions, Downtown, Feature, Hemming Park, Local Galleries, Neighborhoods, Visual Art 1,148

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 our youth. This July, the Boston-based artist takes his photorealistic drawing practice to the . He uses 800 black Sharpies to produce a larger-than-life human figure caught after the act of indulgence for his exhibition Plethora, which opens July 16 and runs through October 30. As the figure leans over …

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