CalaVida Music & Arts Festival
April 27 – 30 The CalaVida Music & Arts Festival offers something for everyone, from performing arts to visual and written arts, plus vendors of all sorts. Music will include reggae, blues, jazz, country, bluegrass, a one-woman performance, and more. Fine arts will be displayed throughout Spring Park in beautiful Green Cove Springs. Painters, sculptors, and other artisans will have their work on display, and some artists will be...
Many Small Gestures
Thru May 4 Moving the Margins (MTM) presents “Many Small Gestures,” a powerful exhibition of artwork by local and nationally recognized artist, Sheila Goloborotko. Through a partnership with the Jessie Ball duPont Center, this is the latest in a series of artist residency projects taking place in The Corner Gallery. Moving the Margins is an immersive artist-in-residence program that redefines civic engagement. This groundbreaking...
Pilobolus—Big Five-Oh!
Wednesday, March 2 For this 50th anniversary celebration, modern dance company Pilobolus questions its own “givens,” turns its traditions sideways, and brings its past into the future in a thoroughly engaging new way. As fresh and vibrant as ever, Pilobolus—that feisty arts organism—puts the “Oh!” in Big Five-Oh! and continues to thrillingly morph its way into audiences’ hearts and minds. The celebration includes the vintage classic...
Chain of Parks Art Festival
April 23–24 Expect to have fun-filled outdoor cultural experience as downtown Tallahassee’s 22nd annual Chain of Parks Art Festival welcomes 150 artists. View amazing, original works of art in a delightful, tree-lined outdoor setting. Enjoy a wide variety of children’s activities, live entertainment, local food trucks, and libations. The festival, recognized as one of the nation’s “Top 100 Fine Art Festivals” by Sunshine Artist...
Lana Shuttleworth at Chain of Parks
April 21 – May 28 Jacksonville artist Lana Shuttleworth will be the featured speaker for the opening night of Tallahassee’s Chain of Parks Art Festival on April 21, in collaboration with Florida State University. In her presentation, “‘Re-‘… A Prefix for Art and Life,” Shuttleworth will talk about her journey navigating through the art world and give the audience a glimpse into the process of repurposing everyday objects. Widely...
Screams Echo
Thru April 16 This multidisciplinary exhibition centers the legacy of racism from the time of slavery through the era of lynching to contemporary experiences of brutality. Told through the written words of Bobbie O’Connor; the music of the Ritz Chamber Players; and visual art by Erin Kendrick, Marsha Hatcher, and Deja Echols, the show speaks to what has been lost through the stories those left behind. These contemporary works...