Art & Culture Features
Archipenko: A Modern Legacy
An exhibition featuring the work of internationally-acclaimed sculptor Alexander Archipenko is coming to the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens. From January 29 through April 17, visitors will be able to see nearly fifty works by this pioneer of modern sculpture. Archipenko: A Modern Legacy, organized by International Arts & Artists, Washington, D.C., in collaboration with the Archipenko Foundation, features sculptures, mixed media reliefs, and works on paper that span the artist’s European and American periods. Exhibition curator...
read moreGold Star Restaurants
In this, our annual issue that champions excellence in local dining, we share restaurants that are favorites of both Arbus’ staff and Arbus’ friends and readers. Specifically, locally-owned ones. We listen to the buzz of the new and go back to the tried-and-true, ending up with these spots—the places that we feel make our neighborhoods distinctive destinations and our city a fun place to explore through dining.
read moreMindful Dining, Part One: Proteins
The Art of Meat, Poultry, Dairy and Eggs Within the Slow Food Circle.
To get a bigger picture of our local food story, we talked with some of the area’s top chefs, restauranteurs, and farmers. We’re calling it Mindful Dining, and this first segment delves into proteins – raising livestock; sourcing meat, seafood, and dairy for restaurant use; and preparing it all in-house at local spots that are part of the farm-to-table and slow food ethos.
The Outings Project
I recently had the remarkable experience of working alongside Julien de Casabianca and dozens of community artists and activists as we instigated a new phase of the Outings Project in Jacksonville. For just over a week, Casabianca was artist in residence at the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens and in the streets of our city. More than forty images from the museum’s Permanent Collection were released from their frames, joining the dozen that popped up on buildings and in parks last summer. About the Outings Project Outings is a participatory...
read moreAmbler Hutchinson: Visual Artifacts — One Mind Two Realities
Gerhard Richter once said, “Art is the highest form of hope,” and hope is the message in Ambler Hutchinson’s haunting solo exhibit at Jacksonville’s Florida Mining Gallery. Visual Artifacts – One Mind Two Realities takes the audience on a visual journey through the dark hallways of Hutchinson’s mind, to the excruciatingly gorgeous place where her depression, anxiety and mental illness find a catharsis. A work of art symbolizes the artist’s profound anticipation – it exposes their deepest wants and resolves internal conflicts. A work of art is...
read moreI Am A Runner
All shapes, sizes, colors, ages and abilities: all runners. Some are new to the sport, others have run their entire lives – 60 years plus. From 5Ks to 100-mile Ultras, transcendent runs and torturous ones, these athletes challenge themselves to go faster or farther, to discover the limits of who they are and what they can do, for a hat or medal or just to say, “I am a runner.” Photos by Laura Evans 36 of the current 77 I Am A Runner portraits will be shown in the Unity Plaza Gallery through March 30. See some of the portraits...
read moreChristina Hope: Her World of Underwater Wonder
Christina Hope’s ethereal photographs transport viewers to a timeless and serene underwater world. Her exquisite figure studies, bathed in shimmering waves of shadow and sunlight, offer glimpses of dreamlike realms inhabited by water angels. Elegant nudes reminiscent of Greco-Roman sculpture float and twist gracefully, veiled by diaphanous swaths of fabric, bouquets of flowers, and musical instruments. An exhibition of work by the artist opened at Jacksonville Beach’s J. Johnson Gallery on November 13 and runs through January 21, 2016. ...
read morethis is where we meet / creative portraits II
cre•a•tive [krē ā′tiv] / relating to or involving the imagination or original ideas, esp. in the production of an artistic work: change unleashes people’s creative energy | creative writing. • (of a person) having good imagination or original ideas We may not all be visual artists, capable of painting a masterpiece or writing a symphony, but everyone possesses some creative ability and imagination. Creativity infuses many areas of our daily lives; even though sometimes it can be somewhat abstract. / For a second year, Arbus tasked...
read moreA Garden for All
In a big first, food will soon be grown on City of Jacksonville property. Riverside Avondale Preservation (RAP) is partnering with the city to open the Riverside Avondale Community Garden, centrally located in the neighborhoods it serves on the corner of Park Street and Azalea Terrace – across the street from Willowbranch Park. RAP is hoping to break ground this fall and have the garden open for planting soon thereafter.
read moreSTAAA Garden — An Artful 450th Legacy
The seed of an idea planted nearly fifteen years ago has blossomed into a 450th anniversary legacy project at the St. Augustine Art Association. The TOUCH St. Augustine Sculpture Garden, officially opening in October, is an extensive exterior renovation designed to celebrate the arts and honor St. Augustine history, while providing greater access for people with disabilities. The garden is one of three initiatives to make art and history come alive for the blind by engaging all the senses. First came the Tactile Art Show in 2002 when local...
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