Press, Publications & Awards
Beaches Fine Arts Series
Since 1972, Beaches Fine Arts Series has offered people of North Florida the chance to enjoy world-class music and dance in an annual season of performances, all for free. At each reception following the home venue concerts, we present an art exhibit featuring the works of a regional visual artist.
Jacksonville Beach, FL.
January 2025
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Sigma Lambda Gamma Education Foundation Professional Development Grant Recipient
SLG education Foundation Grant recipient, Professional Development. Grant for funds to attend the 2024 National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Conference in Richmond, VA.
December 2023
SLG Education Foundation Awardees
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Blueprint IA Public Art Unveiling
Installation announcement of "For The Generations To Fulfill The Dream" bronze, public art sculpture. Installed at 400 FAMU Way Tallahassee, Fl in honor of Florida A&M University student activists of the Civil Rights Movement.
December 2023
The Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency
https://twitter.com/Blueprint_IA/status/1735383295964143982
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Jax Cultural Council Round 2 Grantee
Visual Arts grant award sponsored by the Cultural Council and PNC Bank to focus upon a body of work "Sweet Fruit"
2023
"PNC Foundation has partnered with the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville to award seven $2,500 grant awards through the JAX Arts Project - Round 2 to individual artists living and working in Northeast Florida.
The purpose of the funding is to enable the selected artists to focus on the completion of art works during a six-month grant period. Following the grant period, all grantees will share and discuss their work in a community forum hosted by the Cultural Council and PNC. "
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Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency Public Art Commission Unveiling
Awarded the pubic art commission of a bronze sculpture in Tallahassee, Fl in honor of FAMU student activists of the 1950s & 60s.
October 13,2022
ABC 27 WTXL Tallahassee
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Mildred Thompson Scholarship for 2022 from the Gainesville Fine Arts Association
Awarded the Mildred Thompson Scholarship for association membership and exhibition space,
February 14, 2022
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Jacksonville-based Art Ventures awards 30th round of arts grants
Eighteen Northeast Florida artists have received $3,500 grants from The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida’s 30th annual Art Ventures program.
The 2020 award winners include... (Read More)
May 13, 2020
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THE RITZ THEATRE AND MUSEUM PARTNERS WITH JACKSONVILLE SISTER CITIES ASSOCIATION
The Ritz Theatre and Museum is proud to announce the artists of the 2018 Through Our Eyes exhibit, which will open in February 2018. The 25th anniversary of "Through Our Eyes" Exhibition :Struggle and Resistance. A multiyear exhibition, due to COVID-19 pandemic, by artists in Jacksonville,Fl USA and Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa. The painting "Euphoria" was on display at both the Ritz in the U.S. and Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum in South Africa.
2017-2021
Virtual Exhibition In South Africa
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Art Teachers are Artists: Group Exhibition at Spliff’s Gastropub and 1904 Music Hall in Downtown Jacksonville
"Okay, so this may come as a complete shocker … but believe it or not folks, the teachers who your children spend their days with actually know a lot about the subjects that they teach! Most of them even practice the ... "(Read More)
August 5, 2019
Cummer Museum Blog Folio Weekly Exhibition Artist Highlight: Alisha Lewis
"An appreciation of the human figure, satire, and humor, are reflected in
Alisha’s art. Her current sculptures and videos are social commentaries that express ideas of ... "(Read More)
September 4, 2012.
New addition to 'Off the Grid'
“A gallery for inspiration and amusement.”
That’s the philosophy behind “Salon,” the new “Off the Grid” artists venue on East Bay Street near the Ivy Ultra Bar. The name comes from... (Read More)
July 13, 2010
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Exhibition List
Creative Tallahassee 2025 Annual Juried Art Exhibition, April-June 2025
Awarded 2nd Place for sculpture "She Had A Vision".
presented by the Council on Culture & Arts, artist Juror Valerie Goodwin, and exhibited one the City Hall of Tallahassee, FL
DUVALTON The Artist Ball! Art Exhibition & Ball , February 2025
Friday Musicale Jacksonville ,FL
Beaches Fine Arts Series Exhibition, January 2025
Jacksonville Beach, FL
Arts & Culture Program Regional Artist Exhibition , October 2023-2024
Jacksonville International Airport, FL
“For The Generations To FulFill The Dream” 2023
Public Art Installation, Lifesize Bronze Statue
Commissioned by the BluePrint Intergovernmental Agency Tallahassee, FL
"Through Our Eyes 2018, Celebrating 25 Years, Journey to South Africa,
A Cultural Exchange: Struggle and Resistance " 2018-2020
Ritz Theatre and LaVilla Museum, group art exhibition, Jacksonville, FL and
Nelson Mendela Metropolitan Museum of Art in Port Elizabeth, South Africa
"Through Our Eyes 2018, Celebrating 25 Years, Journey to South Africa, A Cultural Exchange: Struggle and Resistance " 2018-2021
Ritz Theatre and LaVilla Museum, group art exhibition, Jacksonville, FL and
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Museum of Art in Port Elizabeth, South Africa
“Through Our Eyes” 2015
Ritz Theatre and LaVilla Museum, art exhibition artwork as well as art demonstration Jacksonville, FL
One Spark 2014
“Brown Girls Unite!” Project to promote African American children’s books, cultural diversity and art. Semifinalist and partially funnded. Jacksonville,FL
“In Situ” 2013
Juried group art exhibition by the Northeast Florida Sculptors at the Ethan Allen
Design Center Jacksonville, FL
Sculpture Exhibition
“Positive/Negative” Annual Art Exhibition 2013
Juror artist Michael Ray Charles Johnson City, TN
FolioWeekly Invitational Artist Exhibition 2012
Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens Jacksonville, FL.
Sculpture exhibited
Salon Gallery Group Exhibition 2010
Salon Gallery Jacksonville, FL collective artist exhibition
“Beaute Noire” 2010
A Nu Twist Salon Gainesville, Fl. A Solo Art Exhibition and Installation of sculpture and technology integration
Cirque Des Arts 2010
Warphaus Gallery, Gainesville, Fl. Second Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition
Oveden Contemporary, Self 2009
Online Portraiture Exhibition and book “Self: Self Portraits From Around the World”
United Kingdom
University of Florida & Morehouse College HHMI Celebration of Creativity in the Arts & Sciences 2009
Samuel P Harn Museum of Art and Florida Museum of Natural History Gainesville, FL
Sculpture Exhibited