Look Down the Road
Songwriter Frank Lindamood keeps moving forward by traveling along the roots of old time American music (Frank Lindamood performing at the Florida Folk Festival. All photos by Erica La Spada.) Located...
View ArticleCreel This Book – A Book Review of “Jubilee Hitchhiker: The Life and Times of...
I finally finished reading William Hjortsberg’s “Jubilee Hitchhiker: The Life and Times of Richard Brautigan.” It is surely the most exhaustive (and exhausting) biography ever written about Richard...
View ArticleGod is Loving Us Now
Krishna Das offers locals a “chants” encounter with a night of devotional music Song, spirituality, and celebration converge in the concerts of Krishna Das.In the past two decades, Krishna Das has been...
View ArticleA Welcome Intrusion
A pair of SoCal artists invade CoRK with Interlopers Jennie Cotterill’s One For Each: “Roughly 16 x25 x4; Acrylic on wood and mixed media; light, velvet, gold leaf, and polymer clay, etc…” The Artist...
View ArticlePictures of Home
Our Shared Past blends the personal and universal through the prism of family ["It Was Supposed to be Fun." All original images courtesy of Jefree Shalev.]["A Few Years Later," photograph by Carolyn...
View ArticlePattern Energies
Multimedia artist Nida Bangash is featured at Clay and Canvas Studio’s Open Studio Night [Installation shot of Nida Bangash's work at Clay and Canvas Studio.]Since December of 2011, artists and...
View ArticleWe Can Be Heroes
Photographer Roy Berry chronicles the colorful characters of Fan Cons ["Trekkie and Son"]In 1908, a certain Mr. and Mrs. William Fell of Cincinnati, Ohio arrived at a masquerade ball dressed as...
View ArticleCloser to the Maddening Crowd (Part Three)
First day clean: September 6, 2007. “More than those who hate you, more than all of your enemies, an undisciplined mind does greater harm. More than your mother, more than your father, more than all...
View ArticleGame of Thrones
Artist Lee Walton has got you all in check with his upcoming mass chess challenge [Screen still from Lee Walton's video "Mato Jelic."]While the art world can be competitive, Lee Walton certainly has...
View ArticleCloser to the Maddening Crowd (Part Two)
(What follows is the second part of a larger memoir piece chronicling my experiences of living with mental illness and addiction. I will be posting the third and final chapter, where I ultimately...
View ArticleCloser to the Maddening Crowd (Part One)
(The following is an excerpt from a larger memoir piece chronicling my experiences of living with mental illness and addiction. I will be posting the rest of the story in forthcoming blog posts.)...
View ArticleMaterial Flow
Marcus Kenney streams his vision through mixed-media with Shed My Skin ["How to Make a War," mixed media, 48" x 48"; 2007.]The singular artwork of Marcus Kenney is as mercurial and ever-changing as the...
View ArticleCircular Motion
Liz Rodda explores belief, fate, and the unknown with Clockwise [Liz Rodda's, "Plan For Victory," black jade icosahedron, 16 millimeters.] In the past decade, Liz Rodda has been creating a body of work...
View ArticleCollective Impact
space: eight gallery prepares for the visual onslaught of Art Dorks Rise [Brendan Danielsson's "Cpl. Brach Lee," 12 x12, oil on panel, 2013.]Northeast Florida art lovers, brace thineselves! The 30...
View ArticleCryptical Envelopment
The Estlunds’ “Out of Nowhere” is an invitation to embrace the unknown ["Surfacing," a Shannon Estlund piece to be featured in "Out of Nowhere"; oil and enamel on panel; dimensions unknown.] While...
View ArticleAdhesive Forces
The subconscious and grotesque stick together in the art of Russell Maycumber (Russell Maycumber’s “kclub,” ink on Post-it Note; year unknown.) Since the early nineties, Russell Maycumber has been...
View ArticleClass Action
Jacksonville University now offers MFA in Visual Arts program Northeast Florida’s current spate of artistic activity is surely due in no small part to the art and design programs offered at local...
View ArticleGraphic Language
Donny Miller creates provocative text-fueled imagery for the 21st century Donny Miller has a message for you. In fact, for the past two decades the L.A.-based artist has been creating thought-provoking...
View ArticlePressing Through
Three artists champion the power of expression with Hero or Non-Hero? “Expression Necessary to Evolution” Hardship, grief and loss are universal experiences; inevitable moments of being that can be as...
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