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

Art News·Brooklyn·Community·Downtown·Feature·Festivals·Hemming Park·Jacksonville's Sports Complex·LaVilla·Northbank·Outdoors·Public Art·The Elbow·Visual Art

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

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

2014 Spooks, Fun & Fall Festivals

Through Oct HAUNTED TRAILS Take a half-mile walking adventure through Apocalypse Alley,

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

Total Freedom: 10 Questions with Abstract Expressionist Painter Rob Middleton

Courtesy of our friends at the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville We,

The 14 Best Things that Happened in Jacksonville in 2014

January 1, 2015

5 Points·Baseball·Brooklyn·Community·Downtown·Feature·Festivals·Football·Hemming Park·Lifestyle·One Spark·Ortega·Photos·Riverside·San Marco·Videos

Now that it is possible to fully reflect on the year that was 2014 it is safe to say it was the most energized and productive 12 months seen in Jacksonville in decades! EU Jacksonville invites you to be inspired by our listing of the 14 Best Things of 2014.

MOCA Jacksonville leaders meet with Clay Yarborough

December 6, 2014

Art Exhibitions·Community·Downtown·Hemming Park·Visual Art

Jacksonville, Florida (Dec. 5, 2014) — At 3:15 p.m. Dec. 5, MOCA Jacksonville Board Chair and Director and Chief Curator met with City Council President , accompanied by his assistant, BeLinda Peeples. The conversation was amicable, and the dialogue was open and forthright. The representatives reiterated information regarding the standards

Photo Gallery: #IStandWithMOCA Rally

December 4, 2014

Community·Downtown·Hemming Park·Photos·Visual Art

#IStandWithMOCA Citizens rally behind the at the December after Council President threatened to pull funding over the display of a reclining nude. Turnout still filled the steps of City Hall, despite the fact that day was already won. The day before Art Walk, the Mayor’s office indicated that it is

ART IS NOT PORN

December 3, 2014

Art Exhibitions·Downtown·Hemming Park·Local Galleries·Photos·Visual Art

When City Council president walked into the MOCA on November 25th, what he saw shocked him so much that he felt compelled to email the mayor’s office to insist that “you immediately cause to be pulled all funding designated for MOCA for the current fiscal year or otherwise explain how

MOCA Jacksonville – Downtown for the Holidays

December 3, 2014

Art Exhibitions·Downtown·Feature·Hemming Park·Holidays·Local Galleries·Shopping·Visual Art

MOCA Jacksonville has been through many changes over the last few decades, and has been in its current (and seemingly permanent) location across from since 1999. The former Western Union Telegraph Building was built in the early 1930s, and its gorgeous Art Deco architecture was restored when the museum moved

Change Keeps Downtown Fresh

November 10, 2014

Community·Downtown·Hemming Park·Lifestyle·Neighborhoods·One Spark·Urban Planning

Barroom conversations and threads among Jacksonville’s urban cultural creatives over the past years have abounded with pessimistic rants, open wishes, and pleading prayers for a more conscious, vibrant, and progressive city. Over the years, that energy has been randomly dispersed in grassroots campaigns and DIY-style events. A growing army of

Contemporary Realism at MOCA

September 7, 2014

Art Exhibitions·Books·Downtown·Local Galleries·Visual Art

On September 12th, for their patrons and members only, unveils an exhibit featuring American contemporary painters , , , , , , , and . There is a reception for patrons from 6-7pm, followed by one from 7-9 pm for museum members. The general public is invited to the exhibition

Oktoberfest at Art Walk Returns to Downtown

September 7, 2014

Community·Downtown·Drink·Feature·Festivals·Food + Drink·Hemming Park·Music Venues

Kicking off Jacksonville’s scene, will put a little polka in your step and beauty in your brain with Oktoberfest at Art Walk. Join Downtown Vision as you grab your liebling (darling), dust off your dirndl (for the ladies) or lederhosen (for the gents), grab your most ornate beer stein or

Cultural Council has new leadership – Tony Allegretti

September 2, 2014

Business·Community·Downtown·Hemming Park·Lifestyle·Music·On Stage·Urban Planning·Visual Art

A new leader has taken over the reins of , circled round his staff, and forged a collaborative path for its future. has a vision, and he wants you to come along and be part of it. Born in , with stops in Venice, Gulf Breeze, Florida, along the way,

MOCA’s Project Atrium: Caroline Lathan-Stiefel “Wider Than the Sky”

July 7, 2014

Art Exhibitions·Downtown·Local Galleries·Visual Art

From pipe cleaners to reused and recognized old fabrics, Pennsylvania artist is preparing a monumental textile sculpture that will be suspended from skylight girders and cascade down to the floor 40-feet below in the Museum of Contemporary Art’s () Haskell Atrium Gallery. Influenced early on by textural components used in