The Liminal Space Between Presence and Remembering
Oct14

The Liminal Space Between Presence and Remembering

By Vanessa Harper  When I first laid eyes on Caitlin Flynn’s body of work, I felt transported in time. Some paintings took me to the rustic beaches of old Florida or Cape Cod in decades past, while others open like a doorway to what comes next. Her work suspends you between memory and imagination and captures fragments of a shared nostalgia with scenes that feel like they belong equally to someone else’s story and to your...

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The Conversation                                                                     Mari Kuraishi                                                                    President of the Jessie Ball duPont Fund
Oct14

The Conversation Mari Kuraishi President of the Jessie Ball duPont Fund

Mari Kuraishi is president of the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, where she leads work to create communities of belonging in Jacksonville and beyond. Named one of Foreign Policy’s Top 100 Global Thinkers for “crowdsourcing worldsaving,” she cofounded the crowdfunding platform GlobalGiving after many years at the World Bank, where she created and managed some of its most innovative programs. Fluent in several languages and having lived in...

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Grief in Bloom
Oct14

Grief in Bloom

How a Public Garden Helped Me Find My Way After Loss  By Mary Mantey Photos by Rachel Bradshaw When the world feels shattered, where do you go to put the pieces back together? After losing my brother and father within a short period, grief settled in as an unwelcome but constant companion. Their absence left an ache too vast for words—a silence that threatened to swallow everything. I struggled to find footing in a world that...

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The Art of Music When Creativity Heals
Oct14

The Art of Music When Creativity Heals

By Brooke McKinney Artist & Communications Manager  for Art with a Heart in Healthcare  Art and music are more than creative outlets—they are essential parts of the healing process. For pediatric patients at Wolfson Children’s Hospital (WCH), the arts offer a powerful way to express emotions, process challenges, and rediscover joy during medical treatment. In collaboration with Art with a Heart in Healthcare (AWAHIH),...

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Project Atrium: Muralists in Action                             Dustin Harewood & Shaun Thurston
Oct14

Project Atrium: Muralists in Action Dustin Harewood & Shaun Thurston

Local artists Dustin Harewood and Shaun Thurston have teamed up to lead the creation of a mural inside the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Jacksonville. Their collaborative installation, part of the museum’s ongoing Project Atrium series, is more than a mural—it’s a living process, unfolding over weeks in full view of museum visitors.  Harewood and Thurston have both contributed to the development of Jacksonville’s now vibrant...

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Lotus Noodle Bar: Where Every Dish Tells a Story
Oct14

Lotus Noodle Bar: Where Every Dish Tells a Story

By Vanessa Harper If you love food and don’t know the name Chef Barry Honan, you should. Nestled in a thoughtfully renovated space on the edge of bustling downtown St. Augustine, the Lotus Noodle Bar is in bloom. Run, don’t walk, to get there. Honan has a knack for setting ambitious goals and achieving them—and if I had to wager, reservations will soon be hard to come by. Honan’s attention to detail is meticulous and is a...

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