Outside Looking In The Paintings of Amer Kobaslija
“I think it is about looking closely around you and responding with a sense of urgency. Not imposingviews but implicitly reflecting.” ~Amer Kobaslija When you see the world through the eyes of the artist and feel their connection to the place or the people depicted, that is when they capture your attention. Hyper detailed and often layered with meaning, Amer Kobaslija’s work is inherently...
WHERE THE RIVER LEADS
Downtown Jacksonville’s Parks & Trails as Living Works of Civic Art Jacksonville’s city center is in the midst of a generational design movement —one that treats parks and trails not as passive green space, but as active civic infrastructure and works of public art. Across the Northbank and Southbank of the St. Johns River, landscape architects, engineers, artists, nonprofits, philanthropists, and public officials are composing a...
WHERE THE RIVER LEADS TO STORIES TOLD THROUGH PUBLIC ART
We Often hear, “What is Jacksonville’s Identity?” That is a question that is difficult to answer. However, a city’s identity can be shaped and expressed through public art. Businessman Preston Haskell has commissioned many sculptures throughout Northeast Florida and believes that public art “will make our city even more beautiful, more attractive.” For more than a decade, Haskell has led the Downtown Sculpture Initiative to...
Whitney Oldenburg: left behind
Edited by Amber Sesnick, Director of Communications, Arts UNF Photos by Elisabeth Bernstein A dynamic emerging sculptor who grew up here in Jacksonville but is now working out of New York, Whitney Oldenburg has cultivated a deeply reflective practice examining the relationships we build with everyday items. Her exhibition “Whitney Oldenburg: left behind” is on view through April 19 at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)...
Small Businesses With a Big Mission
There are a variety of health and wellness facilities and businesses in Northeast Florida. Degree Wellness offers an effective range of recovery and wellness services such as cryotherapy, infrared saunas, IV drips, and compression therapy in one luxurious space with private suites. Be Still Float is a wellness center that aims to help those suffering from anxiety, stress, pain, and incontinence through float therapy, emsella, MLS...
Cover Artist: Jennifer J. L. Jones
Jennifer J. L. Jones, (b. 1971 in Alexandria, Virginia), is an acclaimed American artist whose artwork captivates international audiences with her exploration of beauty and energy. Raised in the historic, coastal tidewater region of Virginia and beneath the rocket-lit skies of Florida’s Space Coast, Jones creates contemporary paintings that echo the grounded rhythms of nature and the boundless wonder of discovery. Her work weaves...
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