Focused on Family
Angela Strassheim photographs life’s transitions for Project Atrium at MOCA Jacksonville Moving to new homes, changing careers, getting married, having a baby—these are the transitions that have shaped photographer Angela Strassheim’s life. Now her photographs—how she makes them and thinks about them—are undergoing an evolution. Her Project Atrium exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, a cultural resource of the...
Best of the Vault
An intriguing look into J. Johnson Gallery’s collection A playful, ecstatic display, the upcoming exhibition at J. Johnson Gallery – Winter Selections – incorporates sculpture, printmaking, photography and painting. The exhibition at once offers an overview of the gallery’s stable of artists (and thereby its history) while also introducing some new faces. Artists include Grey Malin, Slomotion, Craig Kaths, Ryan McGinness, Mark...
This Is Where We Meet: Creative Portraits
cre•a•tive [krē ā′tiv] / relating to or involving the imagination or original ideas, esp. in the production of an artistic work: change unleashes people’s creative energy | creative writing. • (of a person) having good imagination or original ideas We may not all be visual artists, capable of painting a masterpiece or writing a symphony, but everyone possesses some creative ability and imagination. Creativity infuses many...
Art Ventures: Building a city that artists call home
To learn about The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida and its Art Ventures program is to learn a great deal about Jacksonville’s philanthropy and art. This year, The Community Foundation celebrates its 50th anniversary, and for more than half its history it has dedicated part of its grantmaking to small arts organizations and individual artists. The mission of the foundation is this: “Stimulating philanthropy to build a better...
Water Angel: Remembering Christina
Christina Hope Shepherd was a devoted mother, loving wife, and talented artist celebrated for her magical underwater photography. Her exquisite studies in natural light, shadow, and the human form offer glimpses into dream-like realms inhabited by water angels. In Christina’s photographs elegant nudes float gracefully, veiled by swaths of gauzy fabric and bouquets of flowers, occasionally perched atop pillars like classical sculpture....
Memories of Paul
Our noses pressed against the glass created a fog that made it almost impossible to spy on our new neighbor moving in. We were formally introduced to Paul Figura by Pumpkin and Monster, two eccentric cats that immediately adopted our house as their own. Paul came over one evening hunting for his wayward felines. That’s how we met almost three decades ago. He became a brother, a part of our family, a friend, a mentor, and an...
Current Issue
Past Issue
