The Conversation Mari Kuraishi President of the Jessie Ball duPont Fund
Mari Kuraishi is president of the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, where she leads work to create communities of belonging in Jacksonville and beyond. Named one of Foreign Policy’s Top 100 Global Thinkers for “crowdsourcing worldsaving,” she cofounded the crowdfunding platform GlobalGiving after many years at the World Bank, where she created and managed some of its most innovative programs. Fluent in several languages and having lived in...
PHX JAX: A Springfield Protopia
Phoenix Arts & Innovation District By Sherry Magill The Road to Utopia runs through Jacksonville. Not the 1945 comedy featuring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, but rather a 2024 documentary film featuring the repurposing of Springfield Warehouse District into a regenerative community. This Road to Utopia is found on Food Matters TV via Prime Video and highlights the Phoenix Arts & Innovation District (PHX...
Cutting Culture
Slashing arts and humanities programs may balance budgets today, but will it bankrupt the soul of higher education tomorrow? By Sheri Webber In recent years, the study of fine arts and the humanities has faced an unprecedented and destructive tide of scrutiny and defunding, as colleges and universities across the United States respond to shifting market pressures and political rhetoric. Once considered the heart of a well-rounded...
Looking To the Past To Create Our Future
The Art of the Jessie By Caitlin Flynn Buildings echo the past, even as they await the future. One of Jacksonville’s most iconic buildings, the Haydon Burns Library, had strong historic and architectural roots in the community. But in 2005, after a new Main Library opened, it lay dormant. Until 2013. That’s when the ghosts of the past were swept away and the Jessie Ball duPont Fund Board of Trustees invested in its renovation....
Baptist Wellness Centers Provide Care Close to Home
Health coaches and classes help individuals reach their personalized goals By Catherine Graham, Senior Vice President of Clinical Service Lines and Ambulatory Business Development for Baptist Health Do you have a goal of wanting to reduce your blood sugar, running in a 5K or maybe just learning better ways of eating healthier? Baptist Health has wellness coaches who can help you plan and track whatever life goal or goals are best for...
Publishers Note
This marks the 29th year of our partnership with AIA Jacksonville to bring you the annual Art & Architecture issue. Architecture guides us through our daily lives in many ways we don’t even realize. Not just visually, but in how the built environment moves and directs us physically. City Shapers & World Builders The Florida Association of Architects was founded in Jacksonville in 1912 by a group of 42 architects who...
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