Art by Bike
What better way to enjoy local public art than by riding a piece of art while viewing it? Ron Rothberg’s Art Bikes offer self-guided public art tours by bike. But these aren’t just any bikes; these are electric bikes designed by local artists. Known as ebikes, these bikes do the work for you, giving you freedom to explore our city’s art, architecture, parks, and points of interest without breaking a sweat. New, custom bikes are being...
Xi Guo Visits the Jacksonville Watercolor Society
Oct. 23 – Nov. 29 Xi Guo, signature member of the American Watercolor Society (AWS), National Watercolor Society (NWS), and Northwest Watercolor Society (NWWS), was born and grew up in Shanghai, China. She earned her BFA in oil painting from Shanghai Normal University. After completing graduate school at Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) in 2014, majoring in photography, Guo moved to St. Augustine, Florida. Watercolor became...
Hillary Whitaker Gallery Fall Exhibition
“Turning of the Tide” by Page Jones Davis Friday, Oct. 22 Hillary Whitaker Gallery is thrilled to announce their highly anticipated annual fall exhibition featuring the works of Page Jones Davis, Erin Gregory, and Jennifer JL Jones. Davis’s abstracts are bursting with saturated color and compositions that evoke emotions such as curiosity, intimacy, playfulness, and chance. Gregory is known for her bold and layered...
Downtown Festival & Art Show
Nov. 6 – 7 The streets of historic downtown Gainesville will transform into a masterful blend of art, music, and entertainment during the 40th Annual Downtown Festival & Art Show on November 6 and 7 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Described as one of Florida’s premier fine arts festivals, the art show draws 80,000 people to peruse the original artwork of 200 of the nation’s most talented artists, enjoy continuous entertainment on...
Ericka Sobrack: Suburban Echoes
Sept. 3 – Oct. 18 Ericka Sobrack’s small-scale landscape paintings focus on domestic scenes of suburban America. Shrouded in darkness, the paintings deconstruct familiar environments, creating dreamlike settings that amplify feelings of anticipation, angst, and trepidation. Created to showcase the extraordinary talents of artists who live in the Northeast and Central Florida regions, Lightner Local is supported by the Benjamin and...
Project Atrium—Damián Ortega: Molecule Dance
Thru Jan. 16, 2022 Born in Mexico City in 1967, Damián Ortega is a leading Mexican contemporary artist. He first came to widespread attention at the 50th Venice Biennale in 2003 with “Cosmic Thing,” a Volkswagen Beetle perfectly dismantled and suspended from the ceiling, an ironic deconstruction of one of the cult objects of Mexican consumer culture. Since then, with his sense of humor and wit, Ortega has become known...
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