Art Perspectives
Extravaganza
This year’s Extravaganza is going to be a most unique showcase of the best of Douglas Anderson School of the Arts (DA). This year DA plans to both celebrate the classics and take risks with presenting new material in very new ways.
read moreThe Black Beach
The Black Beach is a multi disciplinary contemporary art exhibition inspired by the history- to present state of the famous American Beach. Abraham Lincoln Lewis, the first black millionaire in the state of Florida, bought and led the development of the famous strip of land in 1935.
read more“W.A.V.E.” – Women Artists, Visual Experience
This show will feature one piece each by ninety-plus important women artists living and working in the airport’s seven-county service region. It includes members of the FemArt Gallery art consortium, many artists who applied to show at JIA in 2020, artists from the CoRK Arts District, and women artists who have previously made an impact showing their work at JIA during the twenty-five-year history of its art program.
read moreArt and Love: Cuban Art Auction Supporting Kids with Cancer
Thursday, February 27 Join Carmen & Rey’s Cancer Kids at the Haskell building for an evening of Cuban art in support of this non-governmental organization that has helped change the lives of kids with cancer in Cuba for more than thirty-one years. Beginning in 2008, the British and U.S. Embassies in Havana held annual art auctions to support the work of Carmen & Rey’s Cancer Kids. However, as the US Embassy scaled back personnel in 2017, these auctions have not been possible. So in February 2020, the art auction is coming to you....
read moreThe 17th Annual Gingerbread Extravaganza
Hosted by the Jacksonville Historical Society, this tradition is sure to enthrall visitors of all ages as they experience more than four dozen gingerbread creations built by amateurs and professionals from all over Northeast Florida.
read moreThe Stories Within by Tiffany Manning
Tiffany Manning is a local, contemporary fine artist and portrait photographer. Her drive to create is fueled by a lifelong fascination with energy – specifically the way it moves through people to form the connective tissue that weaves our world together.
read moreProject Atrium: Kedgar Volta
Jacksonville-based artist Kedgar Volta presents The Fragility of the Promise, a large scale reactive light and sound installation in the acclaimed Project Atrium series at MOCA Jacksonville, a cultural institute of the University of North Florida.
read moreIcons & Legends featuring Kyle Willis, Tony Miller, and Kim Reed
Themed around great musical and pop culture icons and legends of our time, the Thrasher-Horne Center’s Icons & Legends exhibition features artwork that highlights celebrity in impactful ways. Local artist Kyle Willis’ mixed media portraits have grabbed people’s attention.
read moreHillary Whitaker Gallery at Ponte Vedra Beach Fall Show Opening Reception
Hillary Whitaker Gallery, formerly Stellers at Ponte Vedra Beach, invites you to the opening of their fall exhibit featuring the work of nationally-recognized painters Jennifer J.L. Jones and Erin Gregory.
read moreChasing Color: A 50-Year Retrospective of Work by Ellen Diamond
“Everywhere I go, I go looking for color. Color comes from within, but the subject matter brings it forth and interprets it for the viewer,” explains Ellen Diamond. To experience any of her paintings is to be immersed in color. “To be in Provence, surrounded by their ochres and blues, the intensity of their textiles – I just want to capture that and share it with everyone.”
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