Art Perspectives
Michael 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.
read moreSmall Matters
thru sept 28 The inaugural exhibition for Hope McMath’s new endeavor, the Yellow House – “a place where art and action creates change” – emphasizes the power of saying a lot with less. Twenty of our region’s finest artists deliver messages of big social importance through small works. At a time in which we can become overwhelmed with the super-sized and endless layers of words and images, less can truly mean more. Yellow House, 577 King Street,...
read moreThe Business of the Arts
thursday, sept 14 Jacksonville University River House, 2800 University Blvd. N., 256-8000.
read moreJesse Cook
tuesday, oct 3 Widely considered one of the most influential figures in nuevo flamenco music, Jesse Cook combines virtuoso rumba-flamenco guitar playing with elements of musical styles from all over the world. The Florida Theatre, 128 East Forsyth St., 355-5661.
read moreSing Out Loud Music Festival
sept 8 – 24 For three weekends in September, over two-hundred musicians, singers, songwriters, storytellers, poets and comedians will take part in the largest free music festival ever held in North Florida – the Sing Out Loud Music Festival – in St. Augustine. Local, regional and national artists will perform at St. Augustine venues hosting Sing Out Loud showcases throughout the nine day celebration. The free, live entertainment extravaganza includes national acts Steve Earle & The Dukes, Lake Street Dive, Wolf Parade, Dirty Dozen Brass...
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