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New mural on Jacksonville’s Eastside aims to bring more awareness to mental health
Read full article: New mural on Jacksonville’s Eastside aims to bring more awareness to mental healthA new mural was unveiled on Jacksonville’s Eastside Saturday to bring more awareness to mental health and the resources available to the community.
Art with a Heart Exhibit Child Patient’s Art at MOCA
Read full article: Art with a Heart Exhibit Child Patient’s Art at MOCAFor more than two decades, Art with a Heart in Healthcare has been dedicated to serving Greater Jacksonville and its surrounding communities by providing a fine art experience that enhances the healing process for patients and their families. Now in their 14th year of partnership, Art with a Heart in Healthcare and MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art) Jacksonville present "The Power Within" art exhibition, showcasing the artwork of 16 patients from Wolfson Children's Hospital. To celebrate the opening of this inspiring exhibition, a free, family-friendly public reception will be held on Sunday, September 15, from 2-4 pm. To learn more about Art with a Heart in Healthcare, their upcoming event, and how to support their mission, please visit www.awahih.org.
Event hall-turned-art studio gives Jacksonville residents a creative space to make unique art
Read full article: Event hall-turned-art studio gives Jacksonville residents a creative space to make unique artA new business in Jacksonville is providing residents with a creative outlet to express themselves and spend their free time.
Art of Healing: Expressing creativity helps sexual violence survivors feel seen, heard
Read full article: Art of Healing: Expressing creativity helps sexual violence survivors feel seen, heardLast year, the State Attorney’s Office Special Victims Unit handled over 210 special assault cases, including sexual violence against adults and children. Unfortunately, there will be more.
Pulitzer-winning playwright criticizes Duval County school for canceling student production
Read full article: Pulitzer-winning playwright criticizes Duval County school for canceling student productionA student production of the stage play ‘Indecent’ at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts in Jacksonville was called off by school administrators, citing ‘inappropriate’ dialog.
Art exhibit at Museum of Contemporary Art offers interactive experience
Read full article: Art exhibit at Museum of Contemporary Art offers interactive experienceA new exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Jacksonville is similar to the concept of the Beyond Van Gogh immersive experience in that it’s interactive for people of all ages.
UF highlights Black community with ‘Black Experience Installation’
Read full article: UF highlights Black community with ‘Black Experience Installation’This installation, constructed in August, highlights some of the challenges, struggles, triumphs and achievements of members of UF’s Black community and how those experiences and contributions helped to shape the university today.
This Harriet Tubman mural is so powerful – just like the moving story of how it came to be
Read full article: This Harriet Tubman mural is so powerful – just like the moving story of how it came to beMichael Rosato knew he had an incredibly important assignment on his hands when he was commissioned to paint a Harriet Tubman mural in Cambridge, Maryland.
Chalk artists gather to complete 40 (incredible!) portraits of the passengers and crew members of Flight 93
Read full article: Chalk artists gather to complete 40 (incredible!) portraits of the passengers and crew members of Flight 93As we inch closer to the 20th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, it feels fitting that we’re seeing more and more tributes and events pop up to remember the day.
Jacksonville artist speaking out against hate through her art
Read full article: Jacksonville artist speaking out against hate through her artJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jessica Dimalanta, 19, was shot through her right eye this month in San Francisco. Jacksonville artist Elena Øhlander is speaking out against the hate through her art to help Dimalanta and other Asians dealing with violence. “Unfortunately, the level of harassment and violence against Asian Americans has been escalating,” said Øhlander, who is of Chinese and Norwegian descent. Recently, the United States was awakened by a disturbing attack in which eight people, including six Asian Americans, were killed at Atlanta-area day spas. Elena Øhlander (Toni Smailagic (Cre8Jax))According to stopaapihate.org, the group has received 3,795 reports of hate against Asian Americans from March 2020 to February 2021.
Churchill painting owned by Angelina Jolie sells for $11.5M
Read full article: Churchill painting owned by Angelina Jolie sells for $11.5MThe Moroccan landscape painted by Winston Churchill and owned by Angelina Jolie sold at auction on Monday March 1, 2021, for more than $11.5 million, smashing the previous record for a work by Britains World War II leader. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)LONDON – A Moroccan landscape painted by Winston Churchill and owned by Angelina Jolie sold at auction on Monday for more than $11.5 million, smashing the previous record for a work by Britain’s World War II leader. The pre-sale estimate was 1.5 million pounds to 2.5 million pounds, and the previous record price for a Churchill painting was just under 1.8 million pounds. Churchill gave the painting to Roosevelt as a memento of the trip. The painting was sold by the Jolie Family Collection.
When social distancing is a good thing: Cummer Museum of Art boasts better art experience during pandemic
Read full article: When social distancing is a good thing: Cummer Museum of Art boasts better art experience during pandemicJACKSONVILLE, Fla. The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens is reopening its galleries today for the first time since it closed because of the coronavirus pandemic March 13. The museum reopened its gardens to the public June 20, but this is the first reopening for indoor exhibitions. The main exhibition on display, Striking Power, is a collection from the Brooklyn Museum of Art. The exhibition was featured in Janaury at Cummer Museum. RELATED: Information about tickets and admissionCummer Museum of Art & Gardens reopens Tuesday at 11 a.m.
Group of local artists unveils mural in Avondale
Read full article: Group of local artists unveils mural in AvondaleJACKSONVILLE, Fla. A group of local artists unveiled a mural Saturday in Avondale. Six artists, part of a nonprofit organization called Figment, spent the last month putting the mural together. "It's all about courage, uncertainty, how we get through those times of uncertainty, perseverance and change," Corey Kreisel said. He talked about how this plays a role in reaching out into communities and having conversations to make change. This was also an effort to gather up donations for a Jacksonville group fighting injustices.