Visual arts coverage, including news, think-pieces, profiles of local artists and previews of upcoming exhibits and performances happening in and around Jacksonville.
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October 25, 2023

ARTS PICKS | Oct. 27-29

Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his arts and culture picks for the weekend.…

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October 19, 2023

ARTS PICKS | Oct. 20-22

This weekend’s Arts Picks include a jazz trio, art by one of the Florida Highwaymen and a music-and-art show in…

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Credit: Toni Smailagic, @cre8jax
October 12, 2023

ARTS PICKS | Oct. 13-15

Two concerts on Friday night, an art show at the Beaches and Jacksonville’s only Hispanic festival are the Arts Picks…

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October 5, 2023

ARTS PICKS | Oct. 6-8

Two art shows and Jacksonville’s annual LGBTQ pride festival are this weekend’s Arts Picks.…

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September 28, 2023

ARTS PICKS | Sept. 29–Oct. 1

Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his arts and culture picks for the weekend. Friday & Saturday  Beethoven,…

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September 20, 2023

ARTS PICKS | Sept. 22-24

This weekend is all about music, from national headliners in St. Augustine to a local jazz trio taking on “A…

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Grammy nominated Tiny Desk contest winners Tank and the Bangas headline Florida Fin Fest at the Seawalk Pavilion this weekend | Credit: Courtesy of the artist
September 14, 2023

ARTS PICKS | Sept. 15-17

Visual arts in LaVilla, music at Jacksonville Beach and a new atrium exhibit at Downtown’s MOCA are this weekend’s Arts…

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September 7, 2023

Arts Picks | Sept. 8-10

Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his arts and culture picks for the weekend.…

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Icon of Southern hip-hop, Big Boi performs at this weekend's Jacksonville Taco & Tequila Festival | Concerttour, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
August 31, 2023

ARTS PICKS | Sept. 1-3

Two museums with free admission and a music and taco festival are this Labor Day weekend’s Arts Picks.…

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Credit: Toni Smailagic, courtesy of @Cre8Jax
August 23, 2023

ARTS PICKS | Aug. 25-27

This weekend’s Arts Picks span from the beach to Riverside and Avondale. Where will you be?…

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August 17, 2023

Arts Picks | Aug. 18-20

This week, your Jacksonville Arts Picks are experimental theater, a makers’ market or dancing the night away in a honky…

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Headliners for this year's Queer Country Disco include (clockwise from top left) Rachel Angel, Daddy and Folk is People.
August 10, 2023

Arts Picks | Aug. 11-13

New art, a musical about life as an artist and a concert event celebrating queer country music are this week’s…

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From the Jazz Jam photo collection on view at the Main Branch Public Library through late September | Felicia Bass
August 3, 2023

ARTS PICKS | Aug. 4-6

A comedy and film fest, a Civil Rights exhibit and photos of the pandemic’s early days are this weekend’s local…

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A celebration of hip-hop and all its elements -- graffiti, DJ'ing, emceeing and (seen here) breakdancing -- is the main thrust of this weekend's Summer in the City held in James Weldon Johnson park | Photo by Toni Smailagic, courtesy of Cre8Jax
July 27, 2023

Arts Picks | Jul. 28-30

Free music in Avondale, theater in Arlington and a free celebration of hip hop Downtown are this weekend’s Arts Picks.…

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Grammy-winning drummer Ulysses Owens Jr. (center) leads a trio of topflight jazz artists at Wildcrafters on Sunday | Photo by Toni Smailagic
July 20, 2023

Arts Picks | Jul. 21-23

A clay workshop, competitive storytelling and a jazz jam are the Arts Picks for this Jacksonville weekend.…

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July 13, 2023

Arts Picks | July 14-16

Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his arts and culture picks for the weekend.…

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Summer at the Cummer returns to Riverside's revered cultural institution this week with the first of 10 free Friday evenings of programming taking place across the museum's grounds | Photo by Toni Smailagic, courtesy of Cre8Jax
July 6, 2023

ARTS PICKS | July 7-9

Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his arts and culture picks for the weekend. Friday Summer at the…

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Popular Jacksonville-based country band Dean Winter and the Heat present Heat Fest at Intuition Ale Works this weekend, in celebration of the vinyl release of their debut full-length record | Jesse Brantman, courtesy of the artist
June 29, 2023

Arts Picks | June 30 – July 2

Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his arts and culture picks for the weekend. Saturday Heat Fest  Intuition…

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Jacksonville artists (clockwise from bottom left) Daddy, Bebe Deluxe and Bad Madonna are among the artists performing at the Walrus on Sunday for Duval County Queer Pride | Press photos courtesy of the artists (cropped)
June 22, 2023

Arts Picks | Jun. 23-25

Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his arts and culture picks for the weekend. Friday Bab’s Lab Story…

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Jazz great, the saxophonist and composer Dayna Stephens, performs at a special event honoring James Weldon Johnson's birthday, on Sunday. | Credit: Courtesy of the artist
June 15, 2023

Arts Picks | Jun. 16-18

Weekend Arts Picks include a Juneteenth Festival, LGBTQ history bike tour and a jazz concert in James Weldon Johnson Park…

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The inclusive dance party Duval Folx returns to the Cummer Gardens on Friday in celebration of Pride | Photo courtesy of Toni Smailagic, Cre8Jax
June 8, 2023

Arts Picks | June 9-11

Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his arts and culture picks for the weekend.…

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Miami surf-rock band Haute Tension headlines the Summer Crush Series at the Walrus, put on by St. Augustine BIPOC- and queer-focussed music and arts organization Underwire Collective | Credit: Courtesy of the artist
June 1, 2023

Arts Picks | Jun. 2-4

Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his top 3 arts and culture picks for the weekend.…

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Thin Veil, 2021, by Bo Bartlett (American, b. 1955). Oil on linen, 82 x 100 inches. © Image courtesy of the artist and Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
May 25, 2023

Arts Picks | May 26-28

Southern Gothic drama in a new show at MOCA, insiders’ picks for the Jacksonville Jazz Fest and experimental rock are…

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Flalgler College's Crisp-Ellert Art Museum hosts the second annual exploration of experimental film and art, the Finger Mullet Film Festival, this weekend. | Credit: Courtesy of CEAM
May 18, 2023

Arts Picks | May 19-21

A film festival, a music fest and the city of Jacksonville’s Emancipation Day celebration are this week’s Arts Picks.…