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 a…
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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…
PREVIEW: Beaches Art Fest
The 5th Annual Beaches Art Fest is going down this weekend, rain or shine, at the Beaches Museum off Beach Blvd and third and the surrounding streets. …
The Right Kind of Impulse Buy: How to be an Art Collector
Surrounding oneself with art isn’t just for the affluent, uber-privileged. With a keen eye (and a little insider know-how), you too can amass an enviab…
#1 in the 9-0-Future: Community, residency, and activism in Northeast Florida’s art scene
Gallery shows, museums, and other cultural experiences are a proven way to enjoy work by local and visiting artists. But there is a creative current in…
How to Make a Geode-Embedded Concrete Table Top
Inside the capacious DIY art venue, The Space Gallery in downtown Jacksonville, concrete artist Josh Gaston’s starting to sweat as he furiously polishe…
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.…
Go: Artist-in-Residence, Luisa Posada Bleier fills Space 42 with whimsical, colorful sculptures and more
For the past few months, artist Luisa Posada Bleier has been hammering, drilling, sawing, and splattering paint in a small room she refers to as her "c…
Go: Local lensmen combine the tangible with the digital for photography exhibition “As of Now”
Our insatiable appetites for Social Media have made the majority of us, in a way, amateur photojournalists, doggedly capturing our daily highlights in …
Go: Downtown DIY art venue The Space Gallery transforms one last time for “Other Places”
Over course of a nearly a dozen shows in less than a year and a half, Downtown Jax DIY art venue The Space Gallery has been in a constant state of tran…
Salty & Soulful Boutique Opens in Jax Beach
Salty & Soulful made their boutique debut in Jacksonville Beach this March. What started one year ago as Owner Lisa Swindell Batts 'Wine Down Wedne…
Zine And Heard — Trenton Phillips Makes Noise, Releases Two New Books of Imagery
Local surfer/skateboarder, Trenton “Tarpits” Phillips is ceaseless in his search for creative inspiration. If the waves turn on, he’s most certainly in…
Meet Your Maker — Gwen Meking of Aunt Gwen
Local multimedia artist Gwen Meking was gracious enough to invite me to her new studio on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon. The shared space is tucked away …