First Look
From the Civil War to the War in Iraq–Thrasher-Horne’s American Soldier Exhibit Pays Tribute to Our Troops At the outbreak of the American Civil War photography was still in its infancy. The medium was experimental, and the collodion (wet-plate) process of the time was long and tedious. But in 1861 a photographer by the name of Mathew Brady secured permission from Lincoln to follow the troops in what was expected to be a short...
Theatre on a Mission
You come home, and everything you’ve brought back is covered in African dirt.You really can’t escape it.It’s just like being back in Kenya, except there’s a big chunk of your heart missing, a piece that you left there with the children of the orphanage. You’ve brought everything from African dirt to a handful of mosquito bites back, but you left a part of you behind. And every day I wish I was back with the children. I am so thankful...
SCULPTURE WALK JAX
A LANDMARK INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF EXPRESSION Internationally recognized sculptor art. The incentive is provided for the community to gather Jenny Hager, associate professor of sculpture at the University of North Florida, has taken the curatorial lead in a one-year-in-the-making outdoor sculpture exhibition in Downtown Jacksonville sponsored by the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville. The central...
Water Angel: Remembering Christina
Christina Hope Shepherd was a devoted mother, loving wife, and talented artist celebrated for her magical underwater photography. Her exquisite studies in natural light, shadow, and the human form offer glimpses into dream-like realms inhabited by water angels. In Christina’s photographs elegant nudes float gracefully, veiled by swaths of gauzy fabric and bouquets of flowers, occasionally perched atop pillars like classical sculpture....
Memories of Paul
Our noses pressed against the glass created a fog that made it almost impossible to spy on our new neighbor moving in. We were formally introduced to Paul Figura by Pumpkin and Monster, two eccentric cats that immediately adopted our house as their own. Paul came over one evening hunting for his wayward felines. That’s how we met almost three decades ago. He became a brother, a part of our family, a friend, a mentor, and an...
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