Now Through July 2013
Through Our Eyes 2012:
20/20 Perfect Vision
To mark the twenty year milestone of Jacksonville’s longest running visual art exhibit showcasing new works by African American artists, Through Our Eyes 2012 features twenty artists in the exhibit, “20/20 Perfect Vision”. Opening in the gallery of the Ritz Theatre and Museum at 829 N. Davis Street on December 13, 2012, the show will run through June 30, 2013.
Through Our Eyes was conceived and has been curated since 1993 by Lydia P. Stewart, who was a Public Affairs Producer at PBS station WJCT, where the exhibit was first presented in celebration of Black History Month. Over the next few years, Through Our Eyes grew in artist participation and community patronage, becoming an eagerly anticipated annual event at WJCT until Stewart accepted an appointment to the position of Museum Administrator for the newly created Ritz Theatre and LaVilla Museum in 1999.
With that move, Through Our Eyes found a new home at the Ritz. No longer limited to February (Black History Month), it took on a new personality and extended its run in the gallery to several months, adding vigor and increased public interaction with a wide range of programming opportunities, including gallery talks, art classes, and collaborations with poets and musicians. To date, about 75 different artists have participated in the show.
Now a permanent fixture in Jacksonville’s cultural landscape, Through Our Eyes is committed to nudging artists to create and present fresh, innovative, experimental and non-traditional works that explore a wide range of subjects and may utilize new media or inventive installation techniques.
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About the Gallery
The Museum gallery hosts traveling as well as locally curated art and history exhibits reflecting the broad scope of the African Diaspora.
Art Class
"Made From Clay"
Saturday, June 8
10:30am-12:30pm
Presented by TOE 2012
Artist Glendia Cooper
$10.00
EXHIBIT EVENTS
Art Class
"Made From Clay"
Saturday, June 8, 10:30am
Presented by TOE Artist
Glendia Cooper
$10.00
Gallery Talk
Tuesday, June 25, 6-8pm
Discussion with T.O.E.
Artist Blue Franswa
Free Admission!
Art Class
"Designed To Provoke: Art
That Inspires Thought
And Action"
Saturday, June 22, 10:30am
Presented by T.O.E. Artist
Gil Mayers
$10.00
Workshops & Classes
2nd & 4th Saturdays
January- June 2013