Art Perspectives
Second Annual Doxie Derby Set
saturday, feb 21 Dachshund races, mixed breed races, a chihuahua race, costume contests, “smooching pooches” and more, plus adoptable pets, doggy treat makers, animal portrait painters, hand-crafted jewelry for dogs and people…fun for all is guaranteed at the Columbia County Doxie Derby. Co-sponsored by Covenant Pet Trust (CPT) and Doxie Tales Rescue, the fund-raising event is sanctioned by the National Dachshund Races. Last year dogs came from five states to compete for the trophy and the right to compete in the National Dachshund...
read moreUndisclosed: Photographs of Lightner Museum’s Stored Collections
thru dec 31 Lightner Museum in St. Augustine will be featuring contemporary art for the first time in its sixty-six-year history. This fall, Theresa Segal will be exhibiting her photographs of the museum’s stored collections. Her digital, color images are a new approach for the artist who is known for her haunting black and white photographs of landscapes, architecture and light studies. The museum is housed in the former Alcazar Hotel and exhibits collectors’ relics from America’s Gilded Age. For over a two-year period, Segal explored the...
read moreNazi Provenance
jan 13, 14 & 15, 2015 Nearly 70 years after the end of World War II, the art world is still reeling from the effects of the Nazi’s looting of artworks and other cultural property. The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens is proud to announce the amicable resolution of a claim regarding Nazi-era looting of a painting purchased by the museum in 1962. In 2012, The Cummer received notice from the heir of noted Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker regarding a claim to a still life painting by artist Jacques de Claeuw (Dutch, active 1642 –...
read moreAnnual Old Town Art Show~Winter
dec 27–28 The Old Town Art Show ~ Winter will showcase nearly one-hundred and twenty-five top-notch artists and craftsmen from Northeast Florida and around the country. The show is a juried art and fine craft event where each exhibitor is carefully selected, with only the best work being accepted in each category. Many favorites return: Jewelers extraordinaire Jim and Lia Biond of Jacksonville will have their display cases filled with exquisite pieces; painter Ray Brilli, Palm Coast, will be featuring his newest works to adorn your home;...
read moreFirst Look
From the Civil War to the War in Iraq–Thrasher-Horne’s American Soldier Exhibit Pays Tribute to Our Troops At the outbreak of the American Civil War photography was still in its infancy. The medium was experimental, and the collodion (wet-plate) process of the time was long and tedious. But in 1861 a photographer by the name of Mathew Brady secured permission from Lincoln to follow the troops in what was expected to be a short insurrection. What followed was much more, and Brady was there (along with twenty-three associates) to document the...
read moreTheatre on a Mission
You come home, and everything you’ve brought back is covered in African dirt.You really can’t escape it.It’s just like being back in Kenya, except there’s a big chunk of your heart missing, a piece that you left there with the children of the orphanage. You’ve brought everything from African dirt to a handful of mosquito bites back, but you left a part of you behind. And every day I wish I was back with the children. I am so thankful I was able to be a part of Theatre on a Mission, a group of high school and college students, whose mission it...
read moreSaving Them All, Together
There’s a famous quote by Mahatma Ghandi that is the mantra of animal lovers everywhere: “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” By that standard, then Jacksonville has become a truly great city. The proof is seen in various stats, the most impressive of which is the recent designation as the largest “no-kill” community in the nation, thanks to a dramatically reduced euthanasia rate at the city’s Animal Care and Protective Services (ACPS) shelter. The no-kill status, established by...
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