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…
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Editor’s Note: Void’s New Year’s resolutions
We made 12 issues of Void Magazine in 2019, a year in which we told many stories, profiled dozens of Northeast Floridians, published hundreds of neat p…
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…
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,…
Rad Pad: The Artists’ Space of Liz Gibson and Jeff Whipple
There is art everywhere. Some paintings hang on the walls, while others lean against them. Some of the walls, meanwhile, are paintings. I’ve just w…
The Art We Need: With first solo show, Lili Yuan seizes the day
Even if you’re unfamiliar with the best selling author and popular social scientist Malcolm Gladwell, you may have heard of his “10,000-hour rule.” Per…
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…
The Art We Need: Go See these exhibits at FSCJ, CAP, and JIA NOW
In the coming months, a plethora of beautiful, impactful art happenings are planned throughout Northeast Florida. Here are three we’re super jazzed on.…
The Art We Need: Maiya Elaine’s “Breach”, Maria Daitch’s “Coalesce and Undefine”, & new Long Roads Project
In the coming months, a plethora of beautiful, impactful art happenings are planned throughout Northeast Florida. Here are three that we're jazzed on. …
We Need Your Art for Our Cover
On Oct. 1, if you pull an issue of Void Mag from a newsstand somewhere in Northeast Florida, you will draw a blank, literally. Figuratively, too: y…
35 Under 35: Keagan Anfuso
Filmmaker Keagan Anfuso has been perfecting her opus for the past four years. Since winning the Art Juried award at the 2015 One Spark festival, she …
Know Thyself: Erin Kendrick’s art of empowerment and activism
Heritage, empowerment, activism, and identity can sometimes be tossed around as cultural and creative buzzwords. But for visual artist Erin Kendrick,…
Go: Micro-Macro at MOCA Jax
Before it was “discovered,” or at least codified, in the early the 20th century by nascent psychology, the human subconscious had been the hidden twin …
Bound By Water: Rauschenberg’s 35-acre sub-tropical haunt
When I was growing up in Sarasota, Florida, encircled by the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, there was no notion of capital A art. I don’t think I went t…
Go: Four local artists face off and represent in current Southlight Gallery exhibit
Now in the infancy of the 21st century, representational art, in all of its inherent tradition and increasingly open pliability, is a form where techni…
Local Music Spotlight: Artist/Professor Mark Creegan’s “Comb Rainbow”
Savvier locals know Mark Creegan as one of the area's most vital visual artists, as well as a respected educator and gallery curator of equal renown. I…
NYE: MOCA’s annual soirrée is the p-ART-y to attend
Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville is gearing up for their annual MOCA NYE pARTy, a much-awaited soiree that the museum site touts as “an event fo…
ART NEWS: Welcome to the Cultural Council Club, Joy Young
With the hiring of Joy Young as its new executive director, beginning this February the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville will have a new leader…
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,…
ON OUR RADAR: Artists to watch
For our 2018 Arts & Music Issue (on newsstands now) we surveyed some of the most influential artists, musicians, and tastemakers in Northeast Flori…
Arts Profile: Tony Rodrigues Ciphers the Surface
Tony Rodrigues is enjoying a helluva run. In June of 2016 he was commissioned to paint a mural at Deutsche Bank in downtown Jacksonville. He sidesteppe…
How to Not Get Ripped Off
There’s a misconception that artists have the luxury of being perpetually inspired free spirits with few concerns other than making great work. However…
Looking for Great Local Art? Try a coffee shop (or bar)
Tony Rodrigues has come close to bashing his thumb more than a few times. The guy has called North Florida home for 20 years and in those two decades h…
WHAT TO DO FOR THE FL-GA GAME: STRATA’s Got You Covered
California-born, North Florida-incubated lifestyle brand STRATA has grown into and internationally recognized company, regarded widely for its commitme…