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Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville (MOCA Jacksonville)

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

Downtown·Drink·Family·Feature·Festivals·Holidays·Jacksonville Beach·Mandarin·Neptune Beach·Orange Park·Southbank·St. Augustine·St. Johns Town Center·The Beaches

2014 Spooks, Fun & Fall Festivals

Through Oct HAUNTED TRAILS Take a half-mile walking adventure through Apocalypse Alley, the Voodoo Gardens and the Old Spanish Trails Cemetery. Pass by the haunted house if you dare! Tours are held from 8-11pm every Thursday through Saturday during the month of October. Old Spanish Trail, 13535 W. Beaver Street,

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

Jacksonville’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) will be hosting Drowning World from

Change Keeps Downtown Fresh

Barroom conversations and threads among Jacksonville’s urban cultural creatives over the past

Project Atrium at MOCA celebrates 10 years with special exhibition

May 25, 2021

Art News·Public Art·Visual Art

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

The Art Spectrum: Art Aviators at MOCA, For Children & Families in the Autism Spectrum

May 6, 2017

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

[box type=”shadow” align=”” class=”” width=”420px”]EVENT: Art Aviators Family Workshop WHERE: MOCA Jacksonville (333 North Laura Street, Jacksonville, FL 32202) WHEN: Saturday, May 13, 10:00 to 11:30am MORE INFORMATION [/box] The invites autistic children to a morning of creating. Their Art Aviators Family Workshop is geared toward children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

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

Total Freedom: 10 Questions with Abstract Expressionist Painter Rob Middleton

October 27, 2016

Feature·Local Artists·Visual Art

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,

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

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

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

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: [box type=”shadow” align=”” class=”” width=””]245 Water Street, Enterprise Parking Garage, by artist James Reka, Australia 233 East Forsyth Street, by

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

Gamaliel Rodriguez, Long Road Projects, Aaron Levi Garvey

Importing Artists: Long Road Projects Residency

October 17, 2016

Art News·Feature·Learning·Lectures·Visual Art

When it comes to enriching the arts scene here in Jacksonville, sometimes it’s a little hard to be in the know when it comes to projects outside of the more storied institutions such as or the . One such series of projects that should be on your radar is .

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

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

Downtown Developments in 2016

January 6, 2016

Business·Community·Downtown·Feature·Lifestyle·Neighborhoods·Urban Planning

Downtown Jacksonville is no longer on the verge, but is actually undergoing a transformation. This transformation is not a rapid one, but rather the thoughtful type of renewal that it has long needed. It’s understandable if you’re cynical about it. Jacksonvillians have long heard mayoral campaign promises about downtown, but