Charles Webb Wesconnett Regional Library is closed beginning Monday, April 21 for facilities upgrades.
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.
March 23rd - April 23rd 2019
Enjoy the amazing artwork of K - 5th grade students in Duval County Public schools. The exhibit is open during regular library hours and on display on the 2nd and 3rd floor galleries at the Main Library, Jacksonville Public Library, 303 Laura St. N.
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.
November 1, 2017 - January 28, 2018
This exhibit presents artists from a wide range of cultural backgrounds who will be invited to represent their stories through mixed media art forms. The visual storytelling art will explore ties to Jacksonville and Northeast Florida, as well as the subject of old, new, and transitional “home.” As a result, these hand-crafted legacies will provide a map that can connect individual and collective pasts, presents, and even futures.
February 14, 2018 - April 14, 2018
Writing on the Walls: Visual Literacy through Street Art Culture immerses viewers in the world of street art while exploring its sub-culture of anti-mainstream themes, topics and challenges.
May 2, 2018 - July 22, 2018
Prescribed Expression: Relief in Healing Arts focuses on the impact of the arts in mental health and medicine, and prompts viewers to recognize their own innate creative abilities. Each of the artists uses their chosen art form as a way of escape, and to find release in their own unique creative expression. In this highly personal and inspirational exhibit, art, theater, and music therapy organizations of Northeast Florida come together to promote mental, emotional and physical well-being through the arts
Feb 2nd – March 6th, 2019
This exhibition features award-winning work from high school students in Baker, Clay, Duval, Flagler, Nassau, St. John's and Volusia Counties. Over 2,500 works were submitted for this year’s awards from 843 students across seven counties in Northeast Florida. The library exhibition features the 300 individual art pieces that earned regional Gold Keys. Come and experience these works of art on the second and third floors at the Main Library of the Jacksonville Public Library, Jacksonville, Florida.
November 7, 2018- January 24, 2019
Textile arts have a long history of tradition and utility. In contemporary art, textiles are among the most versatile mediums. Ties and Knots: Weaving Narratives of Northeast Florida is an exploration of the dynamic relationship between tradition and modernity, as textiles expand beyond functional art and into the realm of fine art.
August 1, 2018 - October 21, 2018
Jacksonville: A Tale of My City examines what it means to be a community as local photographers capture our city’s neighborhood identities. The exhibit and programs invite viewers to look around their own neighborhoods and see how the communities where they live, work, and play have shaped them. Take a look at where Jacksonville has been, where the community is now, and find opportunities to get involved in the development of these places that make Jacksonville our bold new city of the south. Jacksonville: A Tale of My City examines what it means to be a community as local photographers capture our city’s neighborhood identities. The exhibit and programs invite viewers to look around their own neighborhoods and see how the communities where they live, work, and play have shaped them. Take a look at where Jacksonville has been, where the community is now, and find opportunities to get involved in the development of these places that make Jacksonville our bold new city of the south.
August 2, 2017 - October 22, 2017
Artists used a range of printing techniques and painting to create imagery and context that addresses how sexual abuse affects everyone. Florida ranks third, behind only California and Texas, respectively, in instances of human trafficking. Jacksonville is a major location for this crime due to its accessibility by interstate, ocean and air routes.
