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WeCan: Community Art Narrative Workshop Exhibition
Artists Chyna Miller and Robin Wilkerson are collaborating with Partnership for Strong Families to engage residents from Porters Quarters to co-create artworks reflecting their distinct narratives and cultural heritage. Furthermore, in partnership with the Black Joy Restorative Justice Collective, resources for integrating restorative Black Joy practices into daily life will be offered. Through a collaboration…
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“Voices of The Community” Microphone Mentors Culminating Event
Microphone Mentors, a public speaking and communication skills mentorship program, hosted by Marley The Messenger and Gainesville Poet Laureate E. Stanley Richardson, will hold it’s culminating event, “Voices from the Community” August 10th at the Headquarters Branch Library on the 3rd floor at 2pm. Participants will present their skills acquired to friends, family, and community…
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Microphone Mentors
Presented by Marley Montano Production & ARTSPEAKSgnv, “Microphone Mentors” is a youth enrichment program that offers mentorship to teens on public speaking & communication skills. Created using funds from a grant awarded by SPARC352 in April 2024 and made possible by the UF Center for Arts, Migration & Entrepreneurship (CAME), the UF Center For Arts In Medicine, and the Mellon Foundation, this program is…
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Expressions Through Music Culminating Showcase
Expressions Through Music is a Music Mentorship program by Joy Banks of 1000 Voices of FL, funded through SPARC352. This project provided weekly music appreciation, music theory, and educational experiences that explored woodwind, percussion, brass, and stringed instruments. Through collaboration with community businesses such as Pulp Art Studio, participants will learn about the business side…
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352 Creates: Festival of Creativity
Spend the day outside browsing 20 local art and craft vendors. Enjoy live music and performances, try a free art activity or workshop and eat yummy vegan food. Fun for the whole family.
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Middle Ground
The historic Spring Hill neighborhood of Gainesville was the recent site of a new initiative to bring arts, resources, and entrepreneurship back into the community. The neighborhood’s storied Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center was bustling on Friday, April 15th, as creatives, makers, entrepreneurs, and actionists in Gainesville joined together for an afterwork experience to…
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42nd Annual 5th Ave Arts Festival
Arts and community form the very foundation of the 5th Avenue Arts Festival (April 22-24), a longstanding tradition in Gainesville. This year, the event celebrated its 42nd annual exhibition and marked its return to in-person celebration in recent years. The multi-day event welcomed crowds of locals to the newly-built Santa Fe College Charles L. Blount…
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Unapologetic Vol 2 Opening Reception
The opening reception for Unapologetic, Vol. 2 is a collection of portrait art that highlights the complex history of Black lives and their perseverance despite the censorship they experience. In conjunction with the show, Yvonne will create an interior permanent mural at the Cotton Club of Bo Diddley, BB King, Sarah McKnight, and Ella Fitzgerald,…
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Critical Community Conversation: Lincoln Estates
Addressing youth gun violence with arts programming; storytelling, spoken word, and music. Artists:
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