Art Perspectives
Lana 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...
read moreAvondale 5K Classic
Saturday, March 19 The Sanctuary on 8th Street is excited to hold its annual Avondale 5K Classic as it celebrates its 30th year as an organization. Funds raised through the event will support the Sanctuary’s afterschool and summer programs serving at-hope youth in Jacksonville. This family-friendly event will feature a one-mile fun run at 8 a.m., followed by the 5K at 8:30 a.m. The race will begin and end at the Shoppes of Avondale on St. Johns Avenue and features a beautiful route through the historic neighborhood. Stick around after the run...
read moreCalaVida Music & Arts Festival
April 27 – 30 The CalaVida Music & Arts Festival offers something for everyone, from performing arts to visual and written arts, plus vendors of all sorts. Music will include reggae, blues, jazz, country, bluegrass, a one-woman performance, and more. Fine arts will be displayed throughout Spring Park in beautiful Green Cove Springs. Painters, sculptors, and other artisans will have their work on display, and some artists will be working during the festival. Each year, authors join CalaVida to discuss their works and sign and sell books at...
read moreMany Small Gestures
Thru May 4 Moving the Margins (MTM) presents “Many Small Gestures,” a powerful exhibition of artwork by local and nationally recognized artist, Sheila Goloborotko. Through a partnership with the Jessie Ball duPont Center, this is the latest in a series of artist residency projects taking place in The Corner Gallery. Moving the Margins is an immersive artist-in-residence program that redefines civic engagement. This groundbreaking artist-in-residence program is an incubator for artists taking on contemporary themes of justice. Each residency...
read morePilobolus—Big Five-Oh!
Wednesday, March 2 For this 50th anniversary celebration, modern dance company Pilobolus questions its own “givens,” turns its traditions sideways, and brings its past into the future in a thoroughly engaging new way. As fresh and vibrant as ever, Pilobolus—that feisty arts organism—puts the “Oh!” in Big Five-Oh! and continues to thrillingly morph its way into audiences’ hearts and minds. The celebration includes the vintage classic Untitled, the high-voltage Megawatt, signature shadow works, and a few concepts that have never been seen...
read moreChain of Parks Art Festival
April 23–24 Expect to have fun-filled outdoor cultural experience as downtown Tallahassee’s 22nd annual Chain of Parks Art Festival welcomes 150 artists. View amazing, original works of art in a delightful, tree-lined outdoor setting. Enjoy a wide variety of children’s activities, live entertainment, local food trucks, and libations. The festival, recognized as one of the nation’s “Top 100 Fine Art Festivals” by Sunshine Artist Magazine, was named the “BEST Family Amusement” in the Tallahassee Democrat’s Reader’s Choice Awards in 2021. Adding...
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