Seeing the Light
If there is one tenet that Stellers Gallery at Ponte Vedra (Stellers PV) owner Hillary Whitaker holds fast to, it is this: “Great artwork will always speak for itself.” Whitaker and her gallery director, Courtney Tinnesz Hill, are highlighting two painters in their spring show that they say they personally never tire of seeing – Laura Lacambra Shubert, who has been with the gallery for twenty-two years, and Erin Gregory, who joined Stellers in 2016. These are two painters whose work quickly becomes recognizable, with an approach to painting and subject matter that evokes an aesthetic response effortlessly.
Watercolor Windows
“Art is the window to man’s soul,” former First Lady Claudia ‘Lady Bird’ Johnson said. “Without it, he would never be able to see beyond his immediate world; nor could the world see the man within.” Man’s relationship with nature has always been a balancing act, and with technology making our immediate world so fraught with busyness, it can be difficult to turn our attention outward. But local artist Kathy Starks has created a project that both upholds Johnson’s quote and Stark’s own desire to “… create a window to the natural world through which the viewer has a heightened awareness of its beauty,” as described in her artist statement.
The Joy of Discovery
Local artists and Bolles students bring art and books to life in new Downtown Library mural Artist and Atlantic Coast High art teacher Thom Buttner’s career has primarily been in the field of commercial illustration. “I get paid to come up with pictures,” he laughs. But when he walked into the Jacksonville Public Library’s Main Library to view a blank wall that was slated for a mural in the Children’s Department’s Discovery Zone, the...
Where Music Begins
Friday Musicale is Florida’s oldest musical organization Tucked away on Oak Street in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Riverside, you will find the oldest musical organization in Florida: Friday Musicale. Founded in 1890, Friday Musicale is where music begins in Jacksonville. Conveniently located near I-95 and I-10 and less than two miles from the heart of Downtown, the Oak Street property was purchased in 1929. Friday Musicale’s two...
FSCJ Artist Series: The Best of Broadway Here in Jacksonville
The best of Broadway is coming direct to downtown Jacksonville. The 2016/17 season of the FSCJ Artist Series, sponsored by Chase, is filled with award-winning hits and family favorites. The lineup will feature the Tony Award winner for Best Musical, Kinky Boots, and the critically acclaimed new production of Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella. Plus, back by popular demand, The Book Of Mormon will return to Jacksonville for a limited...
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