In Time We Shall Know Ourselves: Photographs by Raymond Smith
thru aug 30 In the summer of 1974, a young Raymond Smith set out from New Haven, Connecticut, with a friend and two medium-format, twin-lens cameras to see and photograph the United States. Crisscrossing much of the American South, they traveled in a Volkswagen Beetle for six weeks, until the car broke down in Kansas City, Missouri. Smith returned home and took a job photographing students around the country for ID cards. Between...
Allison Griner
Allison Griner is a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in both Canadian and American publications, including The Washington Post and the Vancouver Observer. Getting lost and stumbling across interesting people used to be an accident for her. Now, it’s a passion. Her home is Jacksonville, but her life is spent on the road, with the aim of doing regular foreign correspondence. Find out more through her Twitter handle,...
Jim Alabiso
Host of “Tonight with Jim Alabiso” at MeeMeeTVJax.com, 18.1 WVVQ ~ Writer ~ Swimmer ~ Meditator I’m your host, like the person that greets you at the restaurant, but the show is really inside. A viewer tells the station, “I saw this music segment on your channel then started playing my keyboard for the first time in three years.” That’s why we are here. Inspiration, where arts and culture start. Photo by Laura Evans...
Amber Sesnick
Amber Sesnick received an undergraduate degree in Art History and a Master’s of Public Administration from the University of North Florida. She is currently the Marketing & Communication Coordinator at the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, and has been actively involved in Jacksonville’s nonprofit sector for over ten years. Amber believes in the power of art to tell stories and build bridges, and in the power of innovative...
13th Annual Sea Turtle Show
thru jul 6 First Street Gallery presents sea turtle-themed artwork by national, regional and local artists. A portion of the sales will benefit the Beaches Sea Turtle Patrol. First Street Gallery, 216-B First Street, Neptune Beach, 241-6928.