Celebrate our community's deep pool of creative talent during Art Walk, held the first Wednesday of each month in Downtown Jacksonville. The Main Library stays open until 9 p.m. for the festivities.
On Wednesday, July 1, join us for:
- 20-minute art tours of the Main Library
- Monthly meetup of local comic and zine makers
- Three local art exhibitions
Joining us for the first time? Pick up a "Map & Guide to the Main Library" on your way in!
Activities
Art Tours of the Main Library
Augusta Savage, Al Held, Kathryn Freeman, Lee Adams, Jerry Uelsmann. Do you know that works by these artists and many more are on permanent display at the Main Library? Come take a 20-minute docent-led tour during Art Walk and rediscover these remarkable paintings, sculptures, and photographs. Tours start every half hour starting at 6 p.m. Meet the docent by the Art Tours sign in the Pajcic Promenade (the entry/hallway on the first floor).
Zinester Meetup
Do you read zines? Make your own comics? Drop by Zine Zone on the first floor of the Main Library from 6 - 8:30 p.m. This month, the group is releasing Zinester Meetup Zine (ZMZ) Vol. 7. Stop by to grab your copy! This zine is a record of the incredible work that local zinesters and artists do at the monthly Zinester Meetup nights at the Main Library during Art Walk. You can also check out previous editions on the shelves in the Zine Collection.
Local Art Exhibitions
In the Gallery on the 1st Floor:
Red, White, and Blue Exhibition with the The Art Center Cooperative and Jacksonville Artists Guild honors the upcoming semi-quincentennial, the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Stop by during Art Walk and see how artists share their vision of “Red, White & Blue” through works inspired by community, history, and celebration.
Note: This exhibition has been extended through July 7.
Participating artists:
William Garcia, Douglas Johnson, Jan Lego, Mary Atwood, Andriyesh Bukov, Gail Karson, Cookie Davis, Annelies Dykgraaf, Ron Episcopo, Patrick Mahoney, Ed Malesky, Susanne Myatt Ulmer, Valentina Nedelcheva, Yuliia Shulhina, Carl Swanson, Michael Taylor, Stephanie Welchans, Lora Wood, Sunil Kumar Ancha, Lisa Lofton, and Peggy Harrell Jennings.
In the Gallery on the 2nd Floor Mezzanine:
Attend the opening reception for Look Again, a Solo Photography Exhibition by Sunil Kumar Ancha. Light refreshments will be served from 6 - 8 p.m. The exhibition runs through July 30.
"We move fast. We glance and continue. We assume we have seen what is there.
This collection is an invitation to stop.
Every image in Look Again was captured exactly as the moment existed — unedited, unaltered, unchanged. No filters. No adjustments. What you see is what was there. And yet, in each frame, there is more than the eye catches on first glance.
I have spent years learning to slow down — to look at what others walk past, to find the sacred in the ordinary, the extraordinary in the overlooked. These photographs are not manipulated moments. They are real ones, waiting to be seen.
All I ask is that you look again."
— Sunil Ancha
In the Betty Francis Art Gallery on the 3rd Floor Mezzanine:
Artist and printmaker Kristina Hoover took her first printmaking class 15 years ago and instantly fell in love. She continued to pursue printmaking while attending Memphis College of Art, where she received a BFA in printmaking, and Clemson University, where she earned her MFA.
"My surroundings, daily life, and the lush Florida landscape inspire my work. I work very intuitively, letting the process transform my marks and colors. I connect with the physicality and tactility of the printmaking process; it's like creating two-dimensional sculpture.
Now, she creates original art for people's homes by hand-carving, inking, and pressing woodblocks. Citrus and Saltwater: a Wood and Lino Cut Print Exhibition by Kristina Hoover runs June 16 - July 24.
