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The Check In: Artist Dustin Harewood actually finding time to make art
A lockdown hemmed in by silver linings for eternally optimistic professor and artist, Dustin Harewood.
The Check In: Hotel Palms stays connected to the community it cultivated
Despite the shutdown, Atlantic Beach gathering place stays connected to the community it cultivated.
Watch: Artist/educator Mark Creegan reacts perfectly to another semester online
Like many contemporary artists, Mark Creegan's work often explores the very nature of art making. His mixed media work of late makes use of the most ba…
The Check In: MOCA Jax Director on safety, solitude, and escape through art
As the coronavirus pandemic spread rapidly and Duval County went into lockdown mode, MOCA Jax Director Caitlín Doherty and her team wanted to ensure th…
Shop: Void On Vinyl (Vol. 3) is Here
Our third all-local music compilation on vinyl.
Interview: Artist Victor Ali’s Quiet Rebellion
Victor Ali is a soft-spoken, polite young dude. His art, however, reveals a mischievous side. Influenced by underground movements and cyberpunk motifs,…
The Art We Need: Dustin Harewood’s latest is “Warm Rain and Electricity”
Dustin Harewood is as magnanimous as he is busy. As a visual artist, curator, and arts educator he has spent years co-creating, sustaining—and as a tea…
Watch: The wild, surreal, and very cool Tony Prat Experience
A handful of issues ago, when we got a glimpse of beaches Renaissance Man Tony Prat's fantasy factory, the artist-musician-filmmaker-DJ opined about op…
#StayHomeForThis: Volcom wants your help to get us ALL back together again
At the outset of the coronavirus pandemic, iconic Newport Beach-based surf/skate/snow brand Volcom, famous for its wildly creative teams and youth-agai…
Good News: Artists can apply for relief from the Cultural Council
The Coronavirus pandemic represents a sudden, unanticipated work stoppage for many individual artists. In an effort to support local artists who los…
New Normal: MOCA Jax launches Virtual Museum Platform
As a culture and lifestyle publication, we thrive on the community we cover--the live music shows, the art exhibitions, the new restaurant openings; yo…
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…
Stay Inside (the Lines) with These Illustrations by Local Artists
With kids out of school, many parents have had to manage the role of co-teacher while also fulfilling the role of their actual full-time job remotely. …
Listen: Tenny Rudolph wins our Slashy Award
Clearly dating myself here, but every time I encounter a multi-hyphenate (and there seem to be quite a few here in Jax), I'm reminded of the satirical …
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 …
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…
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…