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2010 Jacksonville Jazz Festival Poster Contest

CALLING ALL ARTISTS! 2010 Jacksonville Jazz Festival Poster Contest Submission Deadline: September 1, 2009 2010 Poster Contest Parameters (PDF) Do you have a great idea for the 2010 Jacksonville Jazz Festival poster? The winning artist will receive a cash prize and festival perks associated with being the artist of the 2010 Jacksonville Jazz Festival commemorative poster. Submit your vision for the 2010 poster today!… Continue

Added by Anthony Hodge on August 17, 2009 at 8:43pm — No Comments

Profile Photos

Hi everyone. When you get a chance please add a photo to your provide. Doesn't even have to be a picture of you if you don't want, it could be a piece of your art. The NING service allows me as the admin to customize the silhouette image currently displaying, so I'm going to come up with something unique, so you may want to consider updating your photo soon! : ) Anthony Continue

Added by Anthony Hodge on April 24, 2009 at 9:03am — No Comments

ART CRUISE 2009!!

Don’t Miss This Opportunity To Sell Your Art Through This Unique Venue! The Dakota Studios is sponsoring a Jacksonville Art Show Cruise in April 2009 The cruise ship will be docked and open to the public for several hours in a high traffic location. Then up to 200 art enthusiast guests will enjoy a two and one-half hour cruise among the art and artists who wish to participate. You will have a captive audience who will also enjoy music and a cash bar. A lovely social/art event and a unique venu… Continue

Added by Amanda Hood on March 2, 2009 at 7:39am — 1 Comment

The Art Center Presents Scott Morris at ArtWalk January 7th 2009

At the Art Center at 31 West Adams St. Next to the Carling. You will experience some unique wall sculptures made from aluminum metal and glass. Please visit his web site for a sneak preview at, www.ScoMo-art.com Continue

Added by Scott Morris on December 23, 2008 at 5:06pm — No Comments

The Downtown Sidewalk Chalk Contest

The Downtown Sidewalk Chalk Contest (To Benefit The Concentric Arts Educational Fund) @ The Jacksonville Landing, Saturday November 15th 2008. www.JaxChalkFest.com Students Win Scholarships! Artists Win Grants! Families and Creative Individuals and Groups Win Cash and Prizes for DRAWING ON THE SIDEWALK!!! There will also be a PUBLIC MURAL drawn around the fountain in the Center of the Landing! Donations Welcome! All proceeds Benefit The Concentric Arts Educational Fund and are di… Continue

Added by Anthony Hodge on November 8, 2008 at 10:18am — No Comments

Creek Art Festival

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Added by Gurin on October 30, 2008 at 12:00pm — No Comments

JaxParks Calling All Artists

Calling all artists! JaxParks is accepting applications for display booths for Art in the Park 2008. Limited space is available. Applications are available online at www.jaxparks.com or by email at Mercedes@coj.net. Application deadline in September 26th. Portfolio submission is required prior to acceptance. Participation is FREE! Call (904) 630-4100 for more information. Continue

Added by Anthony Hodge on September 21, 2008 at 9:59am — No Comments

June ArtWalk Downtown Jacksonville

For those of you not showing who may be out and about, I'll be at the Landing on a Cruise Ship (I think actually it's a Yacht). Hope everyone has a successful night. Continue

Added by Anthony Hodge on May 28, 2008 at 5:23pm — No Comments

MOSAIC at The Art Center

Come see the MOSAIC at The Art Center. This is one image of our city... 16 artists... 16 different styles... Put it all together and you get a MOSAIC of the city that is over 16ft long and 6ft tall. Come to The Art Center April 2, 5pm - 9pm 31 West Adams St., located in the Carling Downtown Jacksonville, FL Continue

Added by Scott Morris on April 1, 2008 at 8:25am — 1 Comment

April ArtWalk Downtown Jax

Hi everyone, I'll be back at Gold's Gym adding finishing touches to my Hands of Hope painting I started when I was there in Feb. FYI - I was not able to get a post card printed in time but will have some flyers on hand this Wed. night. Continue

Added by Anthony Hodge on March 21, 2008 at 8:30am — 1 Comment

Question...

Does anyone know where I can go to get prints of my paintings. I am running into problems finding someone to do them because they are so big.. they are 19"x39" and about an inch and a half thick... Thanks! Continue

Added by Amanda Hood on March 7, 2008 at 11:44am — 1 Comment

ArtWalk March

Hi everyone, I'll be at the Jacksonville Landing this time, if you're not exhibiting please drop by and say hi. If you are, and want to promote our site click here to print and distribute the the promo flyer pdf. Anthony P.S. I would like to create another version featuring artists on JaxArt.biz - please shoot me a message giving approval and preference for images you would be okay with being on a promotional fl… Continue

Added by Anthony Hodge on March 5, 2008 at 9:30am — No Comments

Classroom Presentations

Michael is available to teach your students the fun and creativity of drawing "silly faces" using the numbers 0-9. He will bring samples of his artwork to your class for display, photo copies for your students to keep and all the fun of learning drawing faces is really easy and a great way to express creativity! Contact Michael at 904-252-4392 or michaelrcraig@comcast.net for all the details. Continue

Added by Michael Craig on February 14, 2008 at 6:12pm — No Comments

JaxArt.Biz in the News

Hi everyone, Tamra McClaran from the Times Union Shorlines wrote an article about our website for artists (as well as others) and featured us prominently. Share this with all your artists friends as we continue to get the word out.
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Added by Anthony Hodge on February 13, 2008 at 8:52am — No Comments

It's Official www.jaxart.biz

Now you can tell all your friends about JAXART.BIZ the new domain for our website. It still uses the same great services that ning.com offers, and you can still get to it from both URL paths. Continue

Added by Anthony Hodge on February 11, 2008 at 6:39pm — No Comments

New User Tips

Hi there, I thought I would post some basic instructions to help others customize their My Page profile, upload photos etc. I'll add to this as time permits. Feel free to contact me with any special requests for help using the site.

Adding your personal photo
1. Click > My Page from the main navigation. (make sure you're logged in)
2. Under box where your photo should go Click the Change My Photo link

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Added by Anthony Hodge on February 9, 2008 at 12:00pm — No Comments

ArtWalk February

Hope everyone had a great time - last nights ArtWalk was wonderful. Lots of people turned out and I actually got a start on my painting "Hands of Hope" for a charitable event coming up in May. You can read more details on my website ArtWalk Downtown Jacksonville Continue

Added by Anthony Hodge on February 7, 2008 at 8:37am — No Comments

Welcome Tips

Hi everyone, As you can see I've been busy customizing the home page. You can also customize your own pages, change colors, upload background images and get real creative. As part of promoting the site you can click the "Get Code" link at the bottom right an put on other to help spread the word. You can also add just a link from your personal sites to this one which helps let folks know and increases our findings in search results. Here are a few of my sites where I've added a links.
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Added by Anthony Hodge on February 4, 2008 at 8:37am — No Comments

Who loves digital art?

Well, I do. Maybe digital art means something different to different people....many think only of digital art as art created in Photoshop...manipulation of photos or tons of filters to create abstract art or even the new photorealism many Photoshop users are creating...

Often overlooked when you hear "digital art" is art created in Illustrator--vector art (there are other vector art programs also. like Corel Draw). Vector art means no pixels like in photoshop...so you can change your dr… Continue

Added by Patricia Adams on February 2, 2008 at 4:29pm — 2 Comments

Welcome

Welcome to a totally FREE community for artists to network and to share their art with the city and the world. As an artist myself with a background in marketing I plan on spending a lot of time promoting this site. So create your profile and page and get the message out! Anthony Continue

Added by Anthony Hodge on January 30, 2008 at 8:34pm — No Comments