Douglas Anderson School of the Arts 30th Annual Extravaganza
friday, feb 26 Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, the Duval County high school for students with a passion for the performing and visual arts, hosts its 30th annual showcase, Extravaganza, at the Moran Theater on Friday, February 26. The Art Exhibition begins at 6:30 p.m., with the theater performance at 7:30. The showcase features some of the area’s most accomplished high school performers in dance, theater, vocals, instrumental...
Passing the Torch
thursday, feb 4 The Public Trust Environmental Legal Institute of Florida, a non-profit organization, is sponsoring an historic gala event for the environmental and North Florida communities. Passing the Torch – Networking Young Environmental Activists, is designed to be a celebration of and an inspiration for young people in our community who have shown the potential to be our next generation of environmental leaders. The primary...
Marisa Yow: New Works
jan 20 – feb 28 Marisa Yow is a visual artist from Jacksonville, currently working out of CoRK Arts District. Her figurative work infuses expressionistic brushwork and gestural mark-making with confidence. Yow brings her own unique perspectives and style, giving her figurative work a fresh, contemporary feel. “The ability to have a connection with another on a level that is further felt than something that can be verbally expressed...
Every Child Deserves to Learn Classical Music
Imagine an educational program that gives children a music education while teaching them teamwork, leadership, how to bring their best and to be part of something bigger. That’s what Jump Start Strings, a Jacksonville version of El Sistema, the national children’s music program of Venezuela, does as part of the Communities in Schools Team-Up After School Program.
Making Sure Kids Don’t Miss A Beat
The Jacksonville arts-based non-profit Don’t Miss a Beat (DMAB), started by renowned jazz musician and Jacksonville native Ulysses Owens, Jr. and family, is perfectly named. The seed for DMAB was sparked by Owens’ time as a student at The Juilliard School and as a touring musician: He noticed community centers in Manhattan and elsewhere, and told his family that Jacksonville needed one. Initially, the Owens had a specific goal to provide a space for high school students to go to when they were suspended from school, so that they wouldn’t “miss a beat” while out of their classrooms.