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Breastfeeding Support Group Monday February 08 2010
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Event Type: Community
Cost: Free
The St. Johns County Health Department willhost a support group for breastfeeding mothers as well as pregnant women who may beconsidering breastfeeding. Human breast milk is considered to be the perfect food for yourinfant and has the right ingredients for your baby in just the right amounts. According toresearch studies, breastfed children as well as mothers that breastfeed experience many healthbenefits.
This event will be held at the St. Johns County Health Department located at 1955 US 1 South, St. Augustine, FL 32086. Other dates are available including January 11th, February 8th and March 8th.
For more information, call 904-825-5055 or visit the SJCHD website at www.StJohnsCHD.org.
Acrylic Painting Class for All Skill Levels at the CCPVB
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Acrylic Painting Class for All Skill Levels at the CCPVB Monday February 08 2010
Event Type: Art
Cost: $225-260
Mondays 9:30am - 12pm
January 11 - February 15 6 classes - no class January 4
Instructor: Lois Simon
Traditional
and contemporary styles will be taught focusing on intent, methods and
design. Each class will build on painting skills to bring out
individual styles. Drawing skills are not required, only the desire to
paint.
Media Arts Open Studio at the CCPVB Monday February 08 2010
Event Type: Art
Cost:
Media Arts Open Studio
Mondays 10am - 4pm or
Saturdays 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Work
independently with Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite 4 on Mac G4
computers. The new media arts studio will be available for artists to
use the Adobe suite on Mondays and Saturdays. Black and white printing
included.
RSVP prior to attending, (904) 280-0614 ext. 204
Member $10 per hour Non-members $20 per hour
Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach 50 Executive Way Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082 (904) 280-0614 www.ccpvb.org
Figure Open Studio at the CCPVB Monday February 08 2010
Event Type: Art
Cost:
Figure Open Studio
Mondays 10am - 1:30pm
January 4 - February 8
Work
independently drawing or painting either the clothed or nude figure.
Participants will collectively decide the duration of each pose. No
instruction will be offered.
Members - Free studio space, split model fee Non-member $15, plus model fee
Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach 50 Executive Way Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082 (904) 280-0614 www.ccpvb.org
Jazz ABZ: An A to Z Collection of Jazz Portraits by Paul Rogers
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Jazz ABZ: An A to Z Collection of Jazz Portraits by Paul Rogers Monday February 08 2010
Event Type: Art
Cost: Members Free, Non-Members $10
Artist Paul Rogers teamed with legendary jazz musician Wynton Marsalis to create the book Jazz ABZ, which highlights through poetry jazz greats from A (Louis Armstrong) to Z (Dizzy Gillespie). Each portrait and poem is evocative of the particular musician’s sound, and each work of art alludes to song titles, artifacts, and other markers of the time, including artistic references to well-known artists who were particularly inspired by jazz music. This exhibit will also include selected poems by Wynton Marsalis and is a must-see for jazz fans and poets of all ages.
MOCA's "Life as a Legend: Marilyn Monroe" Exhibit Monday February 08 2010
Event Type: Art
Cost: $5 - $8
The Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, a cultural resource of the University of North Florida, reintroduces Marilyn Monroe, the 20th century’s most iconic actress, to a new generation this winter through an upcoming art exhibition and award-winning one-person play.
The art exhibition “Life as a Legend: Marilyn Monroe” begins Friday, Jan. 22, and runs through Sunday, April 4, capturing the beauty, sensuality and vulnerability of an American icon, who many have described as the sexiest woman of the 20th century. Tickets are $8, non-members; and $5, seniors, students and military. There will also be an opening-night reception and preview at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 21, which is free to members and $30 for non-members.
Further bringing Monroe to life will be “Marilyn…Forever Blonde,” a one-woman play that tells the actress’ story in her own words and music, running every weekend starting Thursday, Feb. 11, through Sunday, March 7. Tickets are $29, members; $34, non-members; $24, students and military. Make it a complete night out with a pre-theater dinner at MOCA’s Café Nola on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, starting Thursday, Feb. 11, through Saturday, March 6, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Experience the spark, sex appeal and sensation of Monroe at the “Life as a Legend: Marilyn Monroe” exhibition through the art of Andy Warhol, Christo, Douglas Kirkland, Robert Indiana, Mel Ramos, Richard Avedon, Bert Stern, Henri Cartier-Bresson and many others. This vivid and diverse exhibition of 307 objects captures her rise to stardom, her private life and public image, through works by more than 80 artists, ranging from fashion photographers to pop art painters to international contemporary artists.
Eartha M. M. White Exhibit at UNF Monday February 08 2010
Event Type: Talks_Presentations
Cost:
The University of North Florida Thomas G. Carpenter Library presents “Eartha M. M. White: A Jacksonville Legend” exhibit, which features the prominent African-American Jacksonville resident who was known for her humanitarian and philanthropic endeavors in Northeast Florida.
The exhibit, which is free and open to the public, runs through Tuesday, March 16, and is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at the campus library, which is located in Building 12 between the Fine Arts Center and the new College of Education and Human Services.
The UNF library is fortunate to hold White’s personal papers, containing more than 1,000 items, including correspondence, photographs, documents, notes and other memorabilia.
The exhibit features unique items from the collection—rare photographs showing White and her activities, a small replica of the sculpture “The Harp” by Augusta Savage, and documents relating to the Clara White Mission (named after her mother) in downtown Jacksonville.
In conjunction with the exhibit, there will be a presentation by Dr. Carolyn Williams, UNF history professor, about White on Thursday, Feb. 25, at 2 p.m. in the Special Collections Reading Room on the first floor of the Carpenter Library. Williams just had a chapter published on White in the book, “The Varieties of Women’s Experiences,” published by the University Press of Florida.
For more information, contact Eileen Brady, Special Collections and University Archives, at (904) 620-1533 or by e-mail at ebrady@unf.edu.
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