RAP's ANNUAL MEETING & AWARDS

 

RAP’s Annual Meeting and Awards, February 21st, is going to be a hit! 

Doors open at 6:00pm and meeting begins at 6:30pm. We are excited to offer refreshments from Blue Budda Exotic Foods. Special thanks to Riverside Liquors and Village Wine Shop for sponsoring beverages, Dustin Wooten for the beautiful photo of Memorial Park, and to Good Sheppard for hosting the event.  Located at Good Sheppard, Worsham Hall, 1100 Stockton Street, 32204. 
 

We will unveil the hot-off-the-press Riverside Dog Park Plans for our puppy playground, 2012 Year in Review & Our 2013 Plans for both Riverside Avondale Preservation and the Riverside Arts Market, and  highlight amazing before and after transformations of our neighborhood’s historic properties and thank our neighbors who worked so very hard to improve our historic district.

COME SEE THE NEW WINNERS, as they will be announced at the meeting for this year’s categories: Outstanding Home Renovation, Outstanding Business Renovation, Neighborhood Friendly/Contributing Business, Outstanding Historically Compatible New Construction, Outstanding Neighborhood Advocate, Outstanding RAP Volunteer, Outstanding RAP Board Member, Lifetime Preservation Award, and Outstanding River-Friendly Yard.

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See more images and read about their
partnerships, www.satillainc.com

 

Former RAP Award recipient, Satilla Inc., was highlighted as “Outstanding Business Renovation”

In last year's meeting, they were highlighted for their work on the Old School Barber Shop.  Satilla Inc. partnered with Cronk Dutch Architecture on this project, which showed to be a great addition to the Shoppes of Avondale.  For those of you who aren’t familiar with Satilla Inc., they are a local construction and renovation company that has been contributing to the neighborhood for over seven years.  Their principles of value,   quality, and creativity help to preserve and maintain the unique features found in our historic district.  It is a small firm by design in efforts to provide extra care to manage each prohect closely and carefully.  Over the years, they have worked for the same clients and architects several times, showing a true testament to the relationships they have built due to their skills and quality of work.

 

 

 

 

PHOTOJAX Jacksonville Photography Festival – January 24-27, 2013

This weekend, lots to do right in our neighborhood! After you have had a chance to stop by the farmer's market (FRAM) under the bridge, be sure to check out PHOTOJAX 2013, a celebration of photography, returning to Downtown and CoRK Arts District in Jacksonville, Florida on January 24-26. PHOTOJAX 2013 presents a broad range of curated photography exhibitions, juried exhibitions, video installations, #PHOTOJAX500 – a community response Instagram  project, parties, and other fun stuff. Gallery 725 & Florida Mining Gallery will kick off the festival with dual benefit receptions on Thursday, January 24th starting at 6PM. Friday 7PM come Downtown for a street party to view the #PHOTOJAX500 project which received over 1,000 submissions. Followed at 8PM by the public opening exhibition of Slow: Marking Time in Photography and Film at MOCA Jacksonville. Saturday 12PM Featured Exhibitions will open at CoRK Arts District. Opening receptions for exhibiting photographers begins at 6PM.

PHOTOJAX is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization coordinated by a small group of dedicated volunteers who share a love of photography. The festival brings together artists, enthusiasts, collectors, dealers, educators, galleries, museums and invites the public to share in this exploration of photography.

More information can be found on their website, here are some details about what you can see during this great event!

Exhibitions

Chris McCaw Sunburned GSP #461 (Full day/Puget Sound, WA)

MOCA Jacksonville (333 N. Laura St.)

SLOW: Marking Time in Photography and Film focuses on artists and works that engage photography, film and video to explore questions of time and duration. A combination of still photographs, films, and video works, the exhibition explores multiple approaches to the topic: some works animate and extend the temporal boundaries of painting; others open the sealed confines of photography to the flow of time. In addition, photographic works capture an ever-expanding series of gestures and moments — ones that physically and conceptually transform the boundaries of the medium. In most cases, the temporal elements at play invite the viewer to slow down the process of looking and engage with the works over an expanded period of time in order to observe their unfolding. The exhibition features the works of seven American and European artists whose approaches to this concept complement and challenge one another. Participating artists include: Eve Sussman, Kota Ezawa, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Chris McCaw, Idris Khan, James Nares, and David Claerbout.

Florida Mining Gallery (5300 Shad Road)

MANIFEST: Select Photographs 

Bobby Davidson, Jessica Yatrofsky, Chang Kyun Kim, Allen Frame, and Emma Wilcox

Though the medium of photography has not yet reached its two-hundredth birthday, the significant impact on our social schema runs through many common relatable threads including the historical documentation of events such as Dorothea Lange’s “Migrant Mother” and “The Unknown Rebel in Tiananmen Square” by Jeff Widener, to the still life as abstract of Edward Weston, or the intimate yet confrontational portraits of Diane Arbus. The works in this exhibit come together to form an anthropological analysis of our social schema: in short, the figure, architecture and their interaction. The oeuvre of “Manifest: Select Photographs” range in process and production, giving attention to the various methods that consist in photographic practice, exemplifying the crisp clarity of digital shooting and printing, contrasting it with 120mm medium format film and proper darkroom process printing.

CoRK Arts District ( 2689 Rosselle Street)

Featured Photographers

Abra Anderson, Roy Albert Berry, Daryl Bunn, Dennis Ho, Jensen Hande, Jen Morgan, David Montgomery, Kedgar Volta, Edison Williams, Logan Zawacki

Featured Exhibits

The Territory of Light: Works by UNF photography students

#PHOTOJAX500 Poloroid Exhibit, by Jensen Hande

Gallery 725 (725-5 Atlantic Blvd./Beaches)

LOCAL EXPOSURE: A juried photography exhibit featuring artists from the region.

Historic Mobbing

5 Points is hosting the latest Jax Cash Mob this Saturday, September 8^th at Sun Ray Cinema. 

Cash mobbing is a nifty term that promotes shopping locally in “flash mob” form.  A group of people assemble at a local independent retailer, that is unveiled day of, and buy items from that business.  Their purpose is to support both the locally owned and operated businesses and overall community while having a great time.  Previous mob meetings this year were held in Springfield, Shoppes of Avondale, and Downtown Jacksonville.

Join the Jax Cash Mob this Saturday, September 8^th at 11am in 5 Points.  Everyone will meet at Sun-Ray Cinema to view a short documentary about building community.  Then they will head off to explore local shops in the 5 Points village by way of a scavenger hunt, prizes included!  Afterwards, Tapa That will be the designated spot to meet back up for lunch and socializing starting at 1pm.

Rules for participating:

1.      Show up at Sun Ray Cinema, 1028 Park Street, at 11am

2.      Watch Movie

3.      Spend $10-$20 at a local store, which will be revealed day of the event

4.      Meet three new people

5.      Eat lunch and socialize at Tapa That, 820 Lomax Street

Read more about Jax Cash Mob

CoRK Welcomes a Special Curated Show for RAP's 2012 Spring Tour of Homes

Story by Guest Blogger Anna Rodgers, House Captain for Art House (and preservationist extraordinaire)

Every year, RAP's Home Tour features one house, devoid of furniture, that serves as a space for local artists.  It is RAP's belief that artists are an essential component to a neighborhoods vitality, so the organization does what it can to foster the growth of the "creative class." This year is, by far, no exception.  Join us at CoRK for an unforgettable Art House--this weekend: Saturday, April 21 and Sunday, April 22. 

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Cork ArtSpace, 2689 Roselle Street

Built in 1926 as wholesale supply warehouses, the developers of CoRK (Corner of Rosselle and King) Arts District have transformed these once utilitarian group of buildings into the newest in Jacksonville's art scene.  CoRK East still boasts some if its original building materials such as its original diagonal floor boards, wood beams and columns.  The buildings have been divided out to provide Jacksonville artist space to develop and create their varied works of imagination.  Both CoRK East and CoRK West have been outfitted with individual studio spaces for artists to rent and access 24 hours a day.  CoRK is currently housing 22 of Jacksonville's best known and loved artists in town.  CoRK East also features a gallery space and an exhibition hall that are regularly used to showcase local and national talents.  This collection of in-house artists, open gallery spaces and façade graffiti/mural art provides a dynamic collaboration amongst a wide variety of visual artists. 

CoRK's gallery space will be open during the tour and will feature works by resident CoRK artists, Madeleine Peck Wagner and a collection of pieces from Jen Jones Art Consulting.  Dolf James, one of the driving and sustaining forces in the development of CoRK, has an expansive studio space in CoRK West that will be available for view on Saturday only.  As a bonus, the exhibition space will showcase a multi-sensory light and sound installation piece by UNF artists.  Tour attendees will also be able to tour select CoRK East and CoRK West studio spaces. 

Refreshments will be served in the gallery space at CoRK East on both Saturday and Sunday.  Coffee will be provided by Riverside's own Bold Bean Coffee Roasters and treats come courtesy of Peace, Love and Confection bakers.

Paintdancer, Sister Feathertoe

On Saturday at 12PM and 2PM, performance painter, Sister Feathertoe, will be Paintdancing in her studio space #13, CoRK East.  This will be a truly unique opportunity to witness an encore of Sister Feathertoe's "elaborate 60's-centric Be-In/ Go-Go Paintdancing show" that was performed at MOCA for their ReFocus: Art of the 1960s exhibition.  For more information about this artist, visit: http://siennajoy.tumblr.com/  

Backyard Treasure: Riverside Park United Methodist Church

Located in the heart of Riverside neighborhood, Riverside Park United Methodist Church has a long history. RPUMC began as a group of members of St. Matthews Methodist Episcopal Church, who met in the home of W.P. Spiers of Grape Street, now Ernest Street. The Church was officially organized as Riverside Episcopal Church on April 15, 1890, with Rev. W.D. Dowell as first pastor. The first sanctuary was built on Roselle Street in 1891. In 1905, property for a new sanctuary was bought at Park and Fisk streets and new sanctuary was built by 1911. The name was changed to Riverside Park Methodist Episcopal Church, South. In addition, an educational building was erected in 1930 honoring the 40-year career of L.P. McCord, the Sunday school superintendent.

The breathtaking sanctuary, which currently stands, was completed in 1926.  The exterior was designed by architect Leeroy Sheftall in a Gothic Revival style, featuring cast stone scrollwork and tracery, along with two sleepy gargolyes on the Park Street side. The thirty-two stained glass windows were designed by Henry Wilet of Philadelphia in the 1940s. The interior boats massive, wooden beams complementing the Gothic Revival style of the exterior. 

In 1966, the name of the congregation was officially changed to Riverside Park United Methodist Church. After over 120 years, the church still opens its doors each Sunday morning, 9:00 for a contemporary service and 11:00 for traditional and has over 400 members. In addition to Sunday mornings, the church holds Wednesday night classes such as yoga, painting and container gardening. Local community support is shown each August with "Rockin’ Back to School," a free event where over 300 backpacks filled with school supplies are distributed, and children are given physicals and vaccinations provided by St. Vincent’s Medical Center to get kids ready for school.

For more information on RPUMC, visit them on the web at http://riversideparkumc.com/ or call (904) 355-5491.

A special "thank you"
Riverside Avondale Preservation would like to take a moment and thank RPUMC for their generosity in loaning us their table linens for our Bootleggers Ball fundraiser.  For more informatio  and to purchase tickets, please visit www.rapbootleggersball.eventbrite.com

Frank Lloyd Wright Film Festival at Sun Ray Cinema

Sun-Ray Cinema hosts a film festival honoring the work of one of America's most influential architects Sunday April 15, 2012.  Proceeds benefit RAP, The Jacksonville Historical Society, and the Jacksonville Chapter of the AIA. 

Few architects have the enduring legacy of Frank Lloyd Wright; his Priaire Style has left an indellable mark in American design and architecture.  For one day only, Director Michael Milner will present three documentaries focused on the man and his artistic contributions:

A Child of the Sun: The West Campus of Florida Southern College

1:00 pm (73 minutes)

Documents the story of Florida Southern College, whose west campus contains the largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture anywhere in the world.  Originally planned as an “Academic Village” of more than 20 structures, only half the project was completed, remaining today as Wright’s “Unfinished Symphony.” The film delves into each building in great detail, while also elucidating viewers on the 20-year relationship Wright developed with the college and its visionary president, Dr. Ludd Myrl Spivey. Wright himself provided the nickname for the campus when, during its creation, he proclaimed that the buildings at Florida Southern would “...grow out of the ground, and into the light, A Child of the Sun.”  View a Clip

Sacred Spaces: The Houses of Worship Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright 
2:45 pm (73 minutes)

Frank Lloyd Wright has long been regarded as America's greatest architect. Famous for such works as the Guggenheim Museum and Fallingwater, Wright designed over 1,000 buildings during his 70-year career. Sacred Spaces examines his brilliant, but less well-known, houses of worship.These magnificent Sacred Spaces transcend religious boundaries and demonstrate not only Wright's genius but also his devotion to nature, which he said, “is all the body of God we are ever going to see.”

The Houses of Worship included featured in this film:

• Unity Temple Oak Park, IL
• Pettit Chapel Belvidere, IL
• Pfeiffer Chapel Lakeland, FL
• Danforth Chapel Lakeland, FL
• Community Christian Church Kansas City, MO
• Unitarian Meeting House Madison, WI
• Beth Sholom Synagogue Elkins Park, PA
• Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church Wauwatos, WI
• Pilgrim Congregational Church Redding, CA
• First Christian Church Phoenix, AZ

Romanza: The California Structures of Frank Lloyd Wright4:00 pm

The latest documentary by Micheal Milner Romanza documents Wright's contributions beginning with his first commission in 1909 until his death in 1959.  Watch trailer. 

Director Milner will be present after each film for a short question and answer session with the audience.  Don't miss this opportunity to gain invaluable insights into the making of these documentaries and Wright himself. 

Tickets are $9 per film, or $18 for all three.

For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit AIA Jacksonville  

Tree Planting Event to Kick-Off re:solve Marketing Grant

Join RAP's Green Team and Brunet Garcia advertising as we kick-off the re:solve marketing grant with a tree planting this Saturday at Boone Park, from 9:00 am - noon.  We will plant 59 trees, including native trees such as: Fringe Trees, Dogwoods, Bald Cypress, and Riverbirch Trees.  We will also plant Crape Myrtles.

Volunteers Needed!

To volunteer, contact our Green Team Chair, Sally Robson at sallyrobson@bellsouth.net. (or just show up at Boone Park with your shorts, hat, sunscreen, and sunny disposition!)

re:solve is a one-year grant from Brunet-Garcia advertising for pro-bono marketing and advertising services.  This year, Riverside Avondale Preservation is honored to have been selected as one of the local non-profit organizations to receive the grant from this prestigious firm.