Art Perspectives
Melinda Bradshaw
ongoing First Street Gallery artist Melinda Bradshaw’s new works of Sailfin Tangs are part of her tropical fish series inspired by her own photography. Working in Photoshop, she combines and layers photographs, creating backgrounds and textures using different filters and processes until she reaches her finished digital painting. A graduate of the School of Visual Arts at Florida State University, Bradshaw has an artistic background spanning the last forty years. She retired after twenty-five years as a graphic designer, the majority of her...
read moreR Middleton Abstract Paintings
thru dec 30 Through the last day of 2017, The Jacksonville International Airport Arts Commission will fill the airport with abstract art, including several paintings by Rob Middleton measuring six feet or larger that have never been exhibited together. Middleton’s works will join those of fellow painter Cynthia Walburn and installation artist Stephanie Cafcules in the Haskell Gallery, located on the upper level before security. Middleton is pleased to be able to show the largest paintings he has completed to date in a location...
read moreWho Are You
thru sept 29 This exhibition presented by the Society of Mixed Media Artists (SoMMA) will showcase pieces by many of the award winning members of the organization. The title and theme of this exhibition might be misleading — it is not a show of self-portraits of the artists. Rather, the artists were challenged to create works of art (both two-dimensional and three-dimensional, and both abstract and representational) that represent their personality, their likes or dislikes, their hobbies, or maybe even give clues to their family ancestry....
read moreRobert Hall and Enzo Torcoletti
oct 1 – 27 Reddi-Arts presents work by renowned sculptor Enzo Torcoletti and noted multi-disciplinary artist Robert Hall, both longtime St. Augustine residents. Torcoletti, whose work is in many public and private institutions in North America and Europe, creates vibrant abstract sculptures in stone, wood and other materials. Locally, his sculptures grace Camp Blanding, Koger Properties’ campus, and San Marco’s Jim Rink Park, and were selected for The Cummer’s inaugural exhibit in the Weaver Sculpture Garden. Robert Hall, former chair of the...
read moreMichael Brennan @ The Vault at 1930
oct 13 – 15 Tallahassee-based artist Michael Brennan began creating his own works of art at an early age. His passion for modern art led him to explore the use of collage underlying various painted subjects, including wildlife, aviation, architectural illustration, and advertising composition, among others. Brennan’s process begins with plywood panel construction, collage of vintage text, and technical drawings for aesthetic value, then the piece is layered with a painted image in acrylic, charcoal, oil, pastel, and resin. His large-scale...
read moreGail Beveridge
ongoing First Street Gallery welcomes Jacksonville artist Gail Beveridge, an honors graduate of the University of Florida College of Architecture and Fine Arts. Beveridge made the transition to professional artist after many years as a commercial interior designer. An award-winning sculptor, she has exhibited in juried and invitational shows throughout the United States, and has been represented in Jacksonville and New Smyrna Beach. Recently, she has pursued her longtime interest in painting – her works being featured in juried exhibitions...
read moreMargaret Roseman Visits Jacksonville Watercolor Society
oct 25 – nov 28 Margaret Roseman, the instructor for the Jacksonville Watercolor Society’s fall workshop, and juror for the group’s fall show, is a founder, lifetime director and signature member of the Toronto Watercolour Society. Roseman, a popular and highly respected art instructor since 1970, has conducted workshops in Canada, the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean and France. An internationally recognized artist and juror, she has participated in numerous group and solo shows with an extensive list of awards to her credit. She has...
read more5th Annual Oktoberfest at Art Walk
wednesday, oct 4 Jacksonville’s Downtown Vision kicks off another exuberant Oktoberfest season in fifteen-plus blocks of Downtown with over sixty participating businesses at the biggest Art Walk of the year. Oktoberfest will feature a polka band, contests, local artists, live music, a carnival zone, a kids’ zone, and of course, German beer with the traditional tapping of the keg in Hemming Park. For more information, visit iloveartwalk.com.
read moreLost Springs Project
sept 14 – dec 31 The Lufrano Intercultural Gallery at the University of North Florida, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, a cultural institute of UNF, will present the Lost Springs Project in a series of exhibitions and events which chronicle the tragic demise of the iconic springs of the Ocklawaha River in North Central Florida. The UNF Lufrano Intercultural Gallery will present the exhibition Lost Springs of the Ocklawaha, a collaboration between Gainesville painter/activist Margaret Ross Tolbert and St. Augustine-based...
read moreAround The World with Lee-Margaret
nov 15 – dec 20 Photographer and gallerist Lee-Margaret Borland will exhibit fifteen 3 x 4 ft. framed images from fifteen different countries — including Austria, Belize, Costa Rica, Nepal, Patagonia, Peru, and more on the second and third floors of the Jacksonville Public Library Main Library. Above: Morning Fog in Cuba. JPL Main Library, Downtown, 303 N. Laura St., 630-2665.
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