WHERE THE RIVER LEADS
Downtown Jacksonville’s Parks & Trails as Living Works of Civic Art Jacksonville’s city center is in the midst of a generational design movement —one that treats parks and trails not as passive green space, but as active civic infrastructure and works of public art. Across the Northbank and Southbank of the St. Johns River, landscape architects, engineers, artists, nonprofits, philanthropists, and public officials are composing a...
WHERE THE RIVER LEADS TO STORIES TOLD THROUGH PUBLIC ART
We Often hear, “What is Jacksonville’s Identity?” That is a question that is difficult to answer. However, a city’s identity can be shaped and expressed through public art. Businessman Preston Haskell has commissioned many sculptures throughout Northeast Florida and believes that public art “will make our city even more beautiful, more attractive.” For more than a decade, Haskell has led the Downtown Sculpture Initiative to...
Whitney Oldenburg: left behind
Edited by Amber Sesnick, Director of Communications, Arts UNF Photos by Elisabeth Bernstein A dynamic emerging sculptor who grew up here in Jacksonville but is now working out of New York, Whitney Oldenburg has cultivated a deeply reflective practice examining the relationships we build with everyday items. Her exhibition “Whitney Oldenburg: left behind” is on view through April 19 at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)...
Small Businesses With a Big Mission
There are a variety of health and wellness facilities and businesses in Northeast Florida. Degree Wellness offers an effective range of recovery and wellness services such as cryotherapy, infrared saunas, IV drips, and compression therapy in one luxurious space with private suites. Be Still Float is a wellness center that aims to help those suffering from anxiety, stress, pain, and incontinence through float therapy, emsella, MLS...
Publisher’s Note
Spring is here—the time of year that beckons us to get outside and enjoy the outdoors and fresh air while walking, exploring, and much more. All just in time to check out the newest parks and trail connections downtown and along the river. WHERE THE RIVER LEADS Downtown Jacksonville’s parks and trails are living works of civic art. Our city center is in the midst of a generational design movement—one that treats parks and...
The Conversation: Kimberly Noble
George W. and Kathleen I. Gibbs Director & CEO Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens You’re a Jacksonville native stepping into leadership of one of the city’s most beloved cultural institutions. How has growing up here shaped your connection to the museum and its mission? Growing up in Jacksonville, the Cummer Museum has been part of my life for as long as I can remember. Like so many in this community, I have deeply...
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