Past Exhibitions

The Northeast Florida Scholastic Art Awards: Gold Key Exhibition runs from February 13 through March 13 in the Gallery at the Main Library. Come view work by the best of NE Florida's middle school and high school artists, who are competing in the nation's largest and oldest student art awards.The month-long exhibit will feature "Gold Key" award-winning artworks by middle and high school student-artists from counties across the northeast Florida region including Baker, Clay, Duval, Flagler, Nassau, St. Johns, Union, and Volusia and will be installed in the 1st floor gallery and the second floor atrium space. Any pieces awarded "Silver Key" or "Honorable Mention" will be exhibited digitally.

June 19, 2019 – July 30, 2019

2^nd Floor and 3^rd Floor Betty Francis Galleries       

Florida belongs to its own place and time. The heat, the swamps, the humidity and the bugs have been like a foreign planet I've somehow landed on. The density of these forests, with the ominous rustle of creatures moving close next to you, but which you can't see, create a miasma of nightmare. Yet, in that, there is a rich beauty, as if steeped in a world where time stands still. These drawings try to get at that, if only just a little.

June 5 – September 22, 2019

Art increases awareness and inspires change by examining important issues. In this exhibition, this innovative art highlights the abundance of single-use products which contributes to pollution and teeming landfills. Reclaimed: Life Beyond the Landfill showcases artists who reimagine and assemble discarded materials into original works of art, giving objects a second life.

February 6th - May 19th 2019

On the Fringe: Blurred Lines of Florida Folk puts folk art at center stage, exploring how contemporary folk artists capture cultural identity and community values by blending traditional skills with present-day aesthetics. Featured artists include Thony Auippy, Chris Clark, Mindy Hawkins, Dima Kroma, Billie McCray, Richard McMahan, Suzanne Pickett, Dardanius Smith and Marcie Wallace. The exhibit is open during regular library hours and runs through May 19 in the Jax Makerspace, Main Library, 303 Laura St. N.