Void & Cultural Council Launch Artist Relief Fund
In order to support local artists who’ve lost work during the shutdown, Void Magazine has partnered with longtime friends of the mag, and ultra hip loc…
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Steve Williams on #mappingjax push for an arts- and historical-preservation-centered downtown
I’ve been passionate about Jacksonville for as long as I can remember. I was raised in Arlington, an old neighborhood with a unique and historical beau…
How to Make a Cool Zine
With some pens, paper, scissors and a little imagination, two good friends seek to change the world—and have some fun along the way—one zine at a time.…
Art Walk Still Pops
Nearly two decades strong, First Wednesday Art Walk remains downtown's core event. Need proof? Dig these photos from local lensman and Cre8Jax founder …
Void On Vinyl: We made a(nother) record!
Since the fall of 2018, we've been hitting the local music thing hard, capturing live performances at our Jax Beach HQ and dropping all-local music com…
Portfolio: Tenny Rudolph
It’s a cloudy, colorless fall day when I meet up with Tenny Rudolph at That Poor Girl Vintage, a distinctly offbeat secondhand clothing store in Jackso…
Rad Pad: Artist Jenna Alexander’s Lighthouse Park Bungalow
Making my way toward Jenna and Za Alexander’s Lighthouse Park bungalow nestled between St. Augustine’s historic downtown and the town’s white sand beac…
These photos are EVERYTHING we love about Winterland (and Toni Smailagic)
Let the following sentence serve as a warning; if you missed Winterland and are susceptible to FOMO, please don't read any further. Winterland 2020 …
Rad Pads: Tony Prat’s Warehouse Wonderland
Longtime beaches resident Tony Prat is a renaissance man, of sorts. As a visual artist, videographer, DJ, musician, furniture maker, surfer, etcetera, …
Deluxe Enterprise: Bebe Deluxe’s foray into 21st-Century Pop
In the past decade, BeBe Deluxe has become a de facto celebrity in the local Drag Queen scene and overall LGBT community. Outspoken, hilarious, and not…
Neat Photo: How Allan Pimenta scored this sick shot!
Local lens-person Allan Pimenta has lately become one of our favorite image-makers. Pimenta shot a handful of vibrant portraits of local artists for Vo…
WTF is Winterland?: A primer to this weekend’s cultural happening in 5 Points
Northeast Florida’s coolest and ever-growing DIY music fest returns to to Historic 5 Points this weekend for three days of cool sounds and distinctive …
Neat Photo: This Khalil Osborne snap caught our eye
Undeniably talented and influential, Khalil Osborne has been a mentor of sorts to many young Northeast Florida image-makers. In a recent profile in Voi…
Interview: Synthy Jax musician Yuno just inked a deal with Sub Pop
Since the late-80s, the unimpeachably cool Seattle-based record label Sub Pop has kept its proverbial finger on the pulse of independent music. After s…
The Art We Need: Harewood, Malc Jax, Jordan Walter present “Black Beach” at CAP
Established in 1935 in defiance of segregation and the Jim Crow laws of the era, American Beach was the largest and most popular black-only beach commu…
Portfolio: Ana Kamiar
If she is a naturalist, then it’s the embracing of an otherworldly environment. Working with photography or collage, Ana Kamiar creates images born fro…
Rad Pad: Itinerant artist Ty Williams’ Lincolnville abode
Nestled into a sleeping bag atop a chaise lounge chair, Ty Williams closed his eyes and fell asleep for the first time in his new house. “It was basica…
Photographer Leighton Hoey documents the loud legacy of Jax’s underground music scene
If you wind up captured in a Leighton Hoey print, the chances are you’ll never even know it. In recent years, the photographer has been honing her skil…
Local Music Spotlight: LPT’s “Llegamos” is a relentless groove-force to be reckoned with
Since their inception in 2015, LPT have wasted no time in establishing their presence as a relentless rhythmic-groove force to be reckoned with. Th…
Local Music Spotlight: Sailor Goon’s surreal “Milk & Bones”
Thanks to the unrelenting stream of non-stop information in the 21st century, it’s easy to categorize, dissect—even drown out—an artist due to their si…
More than a Pretty Face: Upcoming Mark George exhibit takes an unflinching look at feminist expressions
This weekend local visual artist Mark George unveils his latest neo-pop-art paintings with his solo exhibit, POUT, held at Space 42 in Riverside. …
Beach Street Photographer: Coastline culture through the lens of Sean Kelly Conway
After speaking with Sean Kelly Conway, I am no longer convinced that he is a photographer. Yes, in a traditional sense, he makes a business of creating…
Got Ya Covered: Void’s Cover Art Show brought an eclectic gathering of creatives to Jax Beach
You may remember, a few months back, when we dropped an issue of Void Mag (our Arts & Music one, specifically) with a blank cover on racks across N…
Is this the coolest collection of skate decks in Northeast Florida?
Albert Emma collects rare skate decks. A North Florida surfer-skater and former owner of the beloved but not-long-for-this world Square One Skate Shop,…
Cool Snaps: Go inside our Photo Annual and the year that was in Northeast Florida
On old long syne, my Jo. On old long syne. Translation: Another year of making magazines (or something). We made 12 of these bad boys in 2019, a…