St. Augustine Art Association to Celebrate 100 Years of Art
Nina Hawkins, the first female editor of the St. Augustine Record, saw the need for an organized group to promote the arts in St. Augustine. On January 18, 1924, she gathered together wintering artists and writers to form the Pen & Brush Club, which soon became the Galleon Club, and eventually the St. Augustine Art Association. The organization went through a few fits and starts during its early years, and in 1931 artists Hildegard Müller-Uri and J. Dexter Phinney took the art association to the next level with the intent of making St. Augustine a major winter art colony.
Bouke de Vries: War & Pieces
Bouke de Vries’ “War & Pieces” is a powerful meditation on the follies of war and the dangers of consumerism, mass production, and waste. Trained as a conservator of art objects, de Vries uses broken and discarded ceramics as the primary medium for his artwork, celebrating the “beauty of destruction” through his fragmented sculptures.
Art Camp, presented by Hotel Palms and Lucas Beaufort
June 13–19 During six days, ten renowned artists from across the United States will come together to create and share their vision with the public. Throughout the week, there will be a number of community events, including “Community and Create,” “Night of Music,” and “Subtropic with DJ Max Danger.” Born in Cannes in 1981, Lucas Beaufort is a French visionary artist-painter. In a recent interview with Luxe...
Super Wonderful Crazy Fun-Time Circus
June 1 Part gallery, part performance piece, part three-ring extravaganza, Super Wonderful Crazy Fun-Time Circus will bring to life the art of Jason Tetlak through a carnival-themed celebration featuring clowns, popcorn, cotton candy, acrobats, and over 50 works of art valued at more than $20,000 which will all be given away! Each ticket to the show acts as a chance to win a piece of the artwork on display, so don’t miss...
See the Girl
Opens May 14 The next Corner Gallery opening will be a historic one as it converges The Jessie’s work with Moving the Margins and the Corner Gallery along with the Delores Barr Weaver Policy Center and their See the Girl Monologues. Artist Erin Kendrick has been working very closely with the policy center to create an exhibit tightly intertwined with the See the Girl Monologues, creating her own monologue as a lead...
Lana Shuttleworth at LeMoyne Art
May 28 Jacksonville artist Lana Shuttleworth is widely known for her innovative three-dimensional art featuring recycled materials that explores the transformation from reclamation to rediscovery. From gutter to gallery, her work “ignites a desire to recover and re-see beauty around us by reusing, recycling, and revisioning new ways to reduce waste.” Shuttleworth’s art will be featured in LeMoyne Art’s exhibit “Recycled Beauty” thru...
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