Art Stuff.
11/08/07 • Posted in: Art, Downtown Jacksonville, San Marco by Brittni Wood 14 Comments »
Text by Brittni Wood
Last night I braved the cold (but incredible) weather and headed down to Art Walk. I am not sure if I got down there a little late or what, but it was practically dead on the streets. Of course Burrito Gallery was packed, but other than that I really didn’t see as many people as I had expected.
Maybe that was because there didn’t seem to be too much happening at this art walk, aside from Process Organic at Opaq, which by the way was quite a treat, as usual. The space was completely transformed. Every wall had been painted and a separate “room” was created within the space that housed a mini-landscape of plants.
For more photos from Process Organic, click here.
After eating dinner, I walked across the street to the old library to see what was going on there, and I stumbled across something that I became fascinated with…BOX CITY! It was a fairly elaborate replica of Jacksonville made of mostly boxes and construction paper, that spanned at least twenty feet.
Unfortunately, I have little to no background info on this project because the only information around the area was about the sponsors for the project. So, if anyone can fill me in on the specifics that would be great.
For more photos of Box City, click here.
The art stuff doesn’t end there…tomorrow night is FLOOD, a juried exhibition at Pedestrian Projects from 7pm-close. This show will feature the work of Alex Diaz, Jenny Henley, Jeff Rich, Christie Holecheck, Gabriel Wells, and more. There will be free beer and wine too.
Then, of course, there is the Winter Selections show at J. Johnson, which officially (according to the postcard) opens on the 10th, but will have an opening reception on Friday, November 9th from 6-8pm. The show will feature work by Basquiat, Carlos Betancourt, Ingrid Calame, Francesco Clemente, Chuck Close, Walton Ford, Zac Freeman, Jacob Hashimoto, Candida Hofer, Tonya Lee, Pepe Mar, Ryan McGinness, James Rosenquist, Thomas Ruff, Slomotion, Robert Yasuda.
the box city project was created by the students at pine forest elementary. it is an arts magnet school. i believe the project was originally set up at city hall and then moved to art walk. rick and sarah’s daughter, lilly goes there and was involved in the making.
Thanks for the info Rachel. Very cool.
There was participation by the local AIA (www.aia.org) which brought in local architects & designers to help the kids put their city together (graphically & spatially).
Thank you.
man. wasn’t opaq amazing last night!!! i was having a really shitty day, but when i arrived there it all went away. while matt’s personal show was definitely my favorite show they’ve had (i’m biased, as a piece from it is suppose to be hanging above my couch right now), the show last night was unlike anything else going on in jax.
J. Johnson, tonight (Nov. 9th, Friday) will be amazing. I cannot wait to see Tonya Lee’s new work … she is such a talent and SO humble to boot.
Is Tonya still in town? How long will her stuff be showing @ JJ?
Thank you.
The show runs through Janurary 11th.
that completely summed up the entire night: freezing, opaq, box city and burrito gallery. and that picture is pretty cool. good job dude!
Box city was a project that every student at Pine Forest School of The Arts participated in over the course of a few months. It was in commemoration of 150 years of the AIA, that brought in local architects to help. Letitia Hubbard, the visual arts teacher at PineForest, worked with several local architects to create architectual based art projects that the kids could participate in. Each classroom was given a square grid to work with and to design their part of the city on. When “Box City” was completed the students voted on a name for the city, Boxenville, and even elected a mayor! The architects came into the classsrooms during the course of the project to assist but I feel that the brilliance of Boxenville is the obvious creativity of the kids, and the hard work of amazing teachers. The original display in City Hall had all the background information, as well as photos of students working on the city. It dissapopints me that they didn’t have all of that same information up for Art walk.
Thanks for the info Sarah. What an awesome project. It would have been great to see the photos of all the students creating it, but on its own with little to no info, it was still very exciting to see.
I know they had to scramble to get the project from City Hall to the library in time for art walk which might explain the lack of signage. I think it will be there for the next art walk as well.
I will pass on the comments so that info can be out there. It is a fantastic project and the students, teachers, and volunteers should be proud.
i agree on the opaq awesomeness. tina and lance really went for it with cmyk walls and live plants. it was a fun space to be in for the night. i’m excited it will be up again for next artwalk in case anyone missed it this time around. it’s def worth the trip.
Adam - thanks for the reminder - I owe Matt some money and he owes me a piece.
I’ve heard nothing but good things about the Opaq show.
Hmm…
Yes, I thought Process Organic @ Opaq was quite cool, a pretty good use of color and space.
I got to ArtWalk late, so I missed checking out BoxCity, but would have loved to see it live rather than in pics. If it is there for the next ArtWalk, I’ll be sure to check it out…