Water Works: The Mila Furstova Interview
When I saw the artwork for Coldplay’s Ghost Stories, I was taken by the mythology and discovered Mila Furstova for the first time. Mila etches in Perspex, often creating multilayered pieces. Enamored, I looked at her body of work, including the Flow Series, of a woman in the water. It is featured in last month’s story, “Apo Helios” (Jan/February). Mila, who resides in Cheltenham, England, balances an exhibition in the world’s largest venue – the album cover, motherhood, art and business. She will soon release her new series, Motherhood; to be shown at the AGallery in London. I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Mila Furstova for Arbus …
Making Sure Kids Don’t Miss A Beat
The Jacksonville arts-based non-profit Don’t Miss a Beat (DMAB), started by renowned jazz musician and Jacksonville native Ulysses Owens, Jr. and family, is perfectly named. The seed for DMAB was sparked by Owens’ time as a student at The Juilliard School and as a touring musician: He noticed community centers in Manhattan and elsewhere, and told his family that Jacksonville needed one. Initially, the Owens had a specific goal to provide a space for high school students to go to when they were suspended from school, so that they wouldn’t “miss a beat” while out of their classrooms.
Archipenko: A Modern Legacy
An exhibition featuring the work of internationally-acclaimed sculptor Alexander Archipenko is coming to the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens. From January 29 through April 17, visitors will be able to see nearly fifty works by this pioneer of modern sculpture. Archipenko: A Modern Legacy, organized by International Arts & Artists, Washington, D.C., in collaboration with the Archipenko Foundation, features sculptures, mixed...
The Outings Project
I recently had the remarkable experience of working alongside Julien de Casabianca and dozens of community artists and activists as we instigated a new phase of the Outings Project in Jacksonville. For just over a week, Casabianca was artist in residence at the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens and in the streets of our city. More than forty images from the museum’s Permanent Collection were released from their frames, joining the...
Ambler Hutchinson: Visual Artifacts — One Mind Two Realities
Gerhard Richter once said, “Art is the highest form of hope,” and hope is the message in Ambler Hutchinson’s haunting solo exhibit at Jacksonville’s Florida Mining Gallery. Visual Artifacts – One Mind Two Realities takes the audience on a visual journey through the dark hallways of Hutchinson’s mind, to the excruciatingly gorgeous place where her depression, anxiety and mental illness find a catharsis. A work of art symbolizes the...
Christina Hope: Her World of Underwater Wonder
Christina Hope’s ethereal photographs transport viewers to a timeless and serene underwater world. Her exquisite figure studies, bathed in shimmering waves of shadow and sunlight, offer glimpses of dreamlike realms inhabited by water angels. Elegant nudes reminiscent of Greco-Roman sculpture float and twist gracefully, veiled by diaphanous swaths of fabric, bouquets of flowers, and musical instruments. An exhibition of work by the...
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