Art Perspectives
St. Augustine Art Association to Celebrate 100 Years of Art
Nina Hawkins, the first female editor of the St. Augustine Record, saw the need for an organized group to promote the arts in St. Augustine. On January 18, 1924, she gathered together wintering artists and writers to form the Pen & Brush Club, which soon became the Galleon Club, and eventually the St. Augustine Art Association. The organization went through a few fits and starts during its early years, and in 1931 artists Hildegard Müller-Uri and J. Dexter Phinney took the art association to the next level with the intent of making St. Augustine a major winter art colony.
read moreBouke de Vries: War & Pieces
Bouke de Vries’ “War & Pieces” is a powerful meditation on the follies of war and the dangers of consumerism, mass production, and waste. Trained as a conservator of art objects, de Vries uses broken and discarded ceramics as the primary medium for his artwork, celebrating the “beauty of destruction” through his fragmented sculptures.
read moreArt Camp, presented by Hotel Palms and Lucas Beaufort
June 13–19 During six days, ten renowned artists from across the United States will come together to create and share their vision with the public. Throughout the week, there will be a number of community events, including “Community and Create,” “Night of Music,” and “Subtropic with DJ Max Danger.” Born in Cannes in 1981, Lucas Beaufort is a French visionary artist-painter. In a recent interview with Luxe Beat Magazine, Lucas offered up some advice to other artists: “Connect with other people as much as you can...
read moreSuper Wonderful Crazy Fun-Time Circus
June 1 Part gallery, part performance piece, part three-ring extravaganza, Super Wonderful Crazy Fun-Time Circus will bring to life the art of Jason Tetlak through a carnival-themed celebration featuring clowns, popcorn, cotton candy, acrobats, and over 50 works of art valued at more than $20,000 which will all be given away! Each ticket to the show acts as a chance to win a piece of the artwork on display, so don’t miss your chance to be part of this fun Wednesday on June 1st during Downtown Art Walk. 502 N. Hogan Street. For...
read moreSee the Girl
Opens May 14 The next Corner Gallery opening will be a historic one as it converges The Jessie’s work with Moving the Margins and the Corner Gallery along with the Delores Barr Weaver Policy Center and their See the Girl Monologues. Artist Erin Kendrick has been working very closely with the policy center to create an exhibit tightly intertwined with the See the Girl Monologues, creating her own monologue as a lead participant in this work. The monologues are intended to help women that have faced trauma be able to write and...
read moreLana Shuttleworth at LeMoyne Art
May 28 Jacksonville artist Lana Shuttleworth is widely known for her innovative three-dimensional art featuring recycled materials that explores the transformation from reclamation to rediscovery. From gutter to gallery, her work “ignites a desire to recover and re-see beauty around us by reusing, recycling, and revisioning new ways to reduce waste.” Shuttleworth’s art will be featured in LeMoyne Art’s exhibit “Recycled Beauty” thru May 28 in honor of Earth Day. More information on LeMoyne Arts at...
read moreJacksonville’s Bicentennial
A city only gets one bicentennial. Jacksonville deserves a moment to reflect on its first 200 years and to glance ahead at the next 200. The city of Jacksonville and the Jacksonville Historical Society will commemorate, celebrate, and elevate Florida’s most authentic city with an all-day/evening event.
read moreBouke de Vries: War & Pieces
Thru December 31 London-based Dutch artist Bouke de Vries’ War & Pieces has been described as a masterwork by art critics. The monumental artwork, crafted from thousands of fragments of porcelain, reimagines the decorative centerpieces that adorned seventeenth-and eighteenth-century banquet tables. A former conservator of ceramics, Bouke de Vries uses broken ceramics as the primary medium for his artwork, celebrating the “beauty of destruction” through his fragmentary sculptures. The exhibition is supported by the St. Johns County Tourism...
read moreLightner Local
April thru October With support from the Benjamin and Jean Troemel Arts Foundation, the Lightner Museum presents the second year of Lightner Local. Created to showcase the extraordinary talents of artists who live in the Northeast and Central Florida regions, four artists will be awarded with solo exhibitions at the Lightner. Submissions were accepted through March 1, and the selection process is now underway. Information on Lightner Local artists will be posted on social media and on lightnermuseum.org. Lightner Museum, 75 King St.,...
read moreLaura Lacambra Shubert and Wyanne Thompson
Thru April 14 Wyanne Thompson Hillary Whitaker Gallery will display the new artwork of renowned fine art painters Laura Lacambra Shubert and Wyanne Thompson. Shubert’s art uses light, shadow, and intense colors as key elements. Tones of gray serve as undercurrents among simple subject matter. Classic scenes with Shubert’s iconic thick painterly strokes have long been admired by collectors. Thompson’s work is consistently bold and beautiful. As a cancer survivor, she considers the illness a gift, pushing her to find the courage to express...
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