Art & Culture Features
The Man of Many Hands
There is a traditional ornamental shape used in art and architecture known as a quatrefoil, which is essentially a four-leafed outline created from four partially-overlapping, identical circles. This shape could be overlaid upon Ed Hall’s home studio, a perfect representation of this multi-faceted artist. Sitting upstairs in a bungalow addition that he and his wife designed in total, the room is literally divided into four distinct areas, designated for four distinct pursuits.
read moreThe Man with the Van
Scott Riley’s art van travels a thousand miles a week, as he meets with clients up and down the Southeastern coastline, but his gallery home has been the same since 1992 … until now. The venerable Stellers Gallery has relocated from San Marco Square to a space almost triple the size on Philips Highway, adjacent to Hugo’s Interiors.
read moreInk, Silk and Gold
Islamic art has recently been the focus of a number of major exhibitions throughout North America, including Court and Cosmos: The Great Age of the Seljuqs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and Pearls on a String: Artists, Patrons, and Poets at the Great Islamic Courts at the Walters Art Museum, in Baltimore. The Cummer Museum is embracing this trend by presenting an exhibition that will help illuminate Islamic and Middle Eastern history, culture, religious beliefs, and their contribution to global society.
read moreI Still Matter & I Still Color
I Still Matter is a grassroots organization of volunteers who are living with mental illness or have loved ones who are. The organization was founded by Carmen Joyce, executive director, who moved to Jacksonville from Central Florida in 2011. During that time, she was struggling with manic depression and grieving the loss of her father.
read moreOne Size Does Not Fit All
Yoga. It’s not just about a pose. And it’s not about a particular style. It is, arguably, not even about where yoga comes from. Yoga is about living in the present moment, regardless of who you are or where you are. It’s fundamentally a way of life. One that combines philosophy, meditation, breath, and movement of the body.
read moreA Conversation with Elizabeth Gilbert
Theatre Jacksonville brings bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love) to Jacksonville for the first time to headline the theatre’s annual benefit event as she celebrates her newest book, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear. On this special evening, April 25th, Gilbert will be speaking onstage at The Florida Theatre, and in anticipation of her appearance, she generously made time to talk about her work and creativity. Here are excerpts from that conversation.
read moreProton U Mobile App Turns Cancer Treatment Into Child’s Play
When you’re the first to do something, there is usually no guidebook for how to do it. You make your own way and figure out how to best make it happen. That’s just what Kim Todd did when she started her job six years ago as a child life specialist at the UF Health Proton Therapy Institute.
read moreCalling All Curious Listeners
When talking about live music, local community organizer and culture advocate Keith Marks makes an interesting point: “Most people only go see music they know, music they trust, music that’s familiar.” Enter Avant Arts, Marks’ newly-formed non-profit 501(c)3 that is bringing unique, genre-bending musical experiences to Jacksonville through a gift of music to the Jacksonville Public Library (JPL) and a concert series aimed at curious listeners and acoustic explorers.
read moreCelebrating the Gardens
The Cummer Gardens are beautiful throughout the year, but they peak during the month of March. This year marks the fourth year the museum will host Garden Month to celebrate these remarkable spaces. With a history dating back more than one-hundred years, the Cummer Gardens are places of learning, energy, and respite.
read moreSeeing the Light
If there is one tenet that Stellers Gallery at Ponte Vedra (Stellers PV) owner Hillary Whitaker holds fast to, it is this: “Great artwork will always speak for itself.” Whitaker and her gallery director, Courtney Tinnesz Hill, are highlighting two painters in their spring show that they say they personally never tire of seeing – Laura Lacambra Shubert, who has been with the gallery for twenty-two years, and Erin Gregory, who joined Stellers in 2016. These are two painters whose work quickly becomes recognizable, with an approach to painting and subject matter that evokes an aesthetic response effortlessly.
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