Art & Culture
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An artist is defined by Merriam-Webster as “one who professes and practices an imaginative art.” YourDictionary adds that an artist produces a creative product. “There are few companies as art-driven as we are in Jacksonville,” says John Wood, founder and CEO of Sally Industries, now known as Sally Dark Rides.
read moreHow Design Will Shape a Post Pandemic Future
Since the worldwide outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have witnessed systemic changes to our behavior and how we interact with one other. These new norms present challenges in how we approach the design of spaces. All the places we take for granted today, such as restaurants, shops, malls, offices, churches, hotels, and bars may look differently in the future.
read moreCoin Artists — America’s Storytellers
Local artist Matt Swaim is chosen for the U.S. Mint’s Artistic Infusion Program
read moreThe Ultimate Collection of “Selfies” by America’s Leading Artists, 1901 – 2015
Eye to I: Self Portraits from the National Portrait Gallery visits the Boca Raton Museum of Art
read moreSt. Augustine: A Cultural Tapestry
St. Augustine is a treasure trove of arts, culture and heritage woven together in a fine and colorful tapestry. Traveling just thirty minutes from Jacksonville, you are transported in both time and place, far from the hustle and stress of digital life.
read moreAn Affinity for Oysters
Oysters have played an important role in human civilization for thousands of years, even here in Northeast Florida. When the first Europeans arrived along the First Coast in the 1500s, oysters were already a substantial part of the diet enjoyed by local Timucua. Evidence is clearly visible in the remarkable number of oyster middens (large mounds of discarded oyster shells) that dot the coastline.
read moreStriking Power: Iconoclasm in Ancient Egypt
“Why are the noses broken?”
That question, a frequent one asked by visitors of the Brooklyn Museum’s Senior Curator of Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Near Eastern Art Edward Bleiberg, inspired the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens’ newest exhibition, Striking Power: Iconoclasm in Ancient Egypt
The Exhibition Matrix
What role do exhibitions serve at an art museum? Museums, after all, are a particular type of institution defined in large part by the presence of a permanent collection.
read moreSpirited Collaboration
In an inspired arts and business collaboration, born just in time for locally-focused holiday gift-giving, Manifest Distilling has released the Commedia Dell’Arte Artist Collector’s Series.
read moreKeeping Hope Alive
National Geographic Photo Ark by Photographer Joel Sartore at the Jacksonville Zoo & Gardens
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