David Ponsler
Blacksmith Photo: Laird You’ve had a long career working with metal. Tell us how that all began and when you first became interested in metalwork. My parents were from Indiana, and my father had wanderlust which is why at 17 he volunteered to serve overseas in WW2. In 1950 he was lured down to Jacksonville to partner with a man making playground equipment out of steel. The company was called Wonderland Products. My mother...
Posing Beauty in African American Culture at the Harn
By Jade Powers Harn Museum of Art, Curator of Contemporary Art The nationally touring exhibition “Posing Beauty in African American Culture” opened at the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida in Gainesville on January 31. More than a hundred works of art by more than 45 artists and photographers explore the ways in which African and African American beauty has been represented in historical and contemporary contexts....
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MOCA Jacksonville’S Project Atrium Edited by Amber Sesnick Director of Communications & Marketing at MOCA Jacksonville Photos by Laura Evans The most recent installation in the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Jacksonville’s Project Atrium series was created by MILAGROS. Cofounded by Florida artists Felici Asteinza and Joey Fillastre, MILAGROS creates site-specific works that are interactive, multi media, and...
Douglas Anderson School of the Arts’s 38th Extravaganza
February 10, 2023 Plans are underway for Douglas Anderson School of the Arts’s 38th Extravaganza, an evening of top student performances, showcases, and a hundred-piece gallery opening. It all takes place on February 10, Friday night at the Moran Theater in the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts. Douglas Anderson School of the Arts’s 38th Annual Extravaganza is an incredible showcase of art,...
Beaches Fine Arts 50th Anniversary Celebrations
Beloved Piano Quartets, February 24 Concert features Mozart’s Piano Quartet #2 in E-flat Major and Brahms’s Piano Quartet #1 in G Minor, performed by four renowned players. Jaime Laredo and Sharon Robinson were part of the Kalichstein Laredo Robinson Trio for over 25 years. Joseph Kalichstein, the pianist, died suddenly last spring, and this concert will be in memory of him. The trio appeared on the series three times. The...
Boundless Possibilities: The Jacksonville Symphony’s 2022/23 Season
The 73rd season of the Jacksonville Symphony will be kicking off in just a few short weeks, and we could not be more excited. Featuring world-class music performed by one of America’s finest orchestras, we expect to reach new heights of artistic excellence and take our patrons on a journey of musical adventures. Whether it’s the classics or new favorites yet to be explored, the symphony offers an exceptional experience for everyone to enjoy.