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Students in lines attending UNF Spring Art Fest on Thursday, April 17, 2025. (Submitted by Nicole Cunha)

Spring Art Fest returns to UNF: A celebration of student creativity, community, and culture

Sasha Koresh, General Assignment Reporter Apr 18, 2025

University of North Florida students celebrated their art and community at the Spring Art Fest on campus Thursday. Lance Vickery, a sculpture professor and the faculty committee chair, said the Spring...

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An inside look at 'The Merry Widow,' UNF Opera's spring production

An inside look at ‘The Merry Widow,’ UNF Opera’s spring production

Cadence Beck, Volunteer Reporter Apr 7, 2025

Inside the Fine Arts Center choir room, University of North Florida students can be seen running lines, practicing dances and sharing tech week snacks. Each member of the cast and crew spends most...

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"Welcome to Hobbs Creek," by artist Emily Timmons.

Graduating seniors celebrate artistic accomplishments featured at UNF art galleries

Lena Perkins, Staff Writer Intern Nov 25, 2024

Nineteen graduating art students showcased their final projects at the Fall 2024 Senior Showcase at the University of North Florida Gallery of Art and Lufrano Intercultural Gallery on Nov. 21. Taking...

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A piece of artwork made at the Expressive Arts Open Studio

Open art studio gives UNF students a place to belong

Sierra Parsons, Volunteer Reporter Nov 15, 2024

Every Thursday inside the Counseling Center, University of North Florida students channel their experiences and emotions into creativity. The Expressive Arts Open Studio is one of the walk-in workshops...

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UNF Pride Club hosts Halloween arts market for campus community

UNF Pride Club hosts Halloween arts market for campus community

Ethan Leckie, Managing Editor Oct 29, 2024

Local small businesses, community organizations and Registered Student Organizations lined the Student Union’s Osprey Plaza for the UNF Pride Club’s Halloween Market. The event took place from 5...

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A mural of sticky notes created by Korie ‘Gigi’ Novaton, spelling out “Voces y Caras.”

Self-discovery in community: How Voces y Caras celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

Kaili Cochran and Madelyn Schneider Sep 26, 2024

Voces y Caras— the product of storytelling, discovery and community. The University of North Florida Art Gallery will host this immersive exhibit of Hispanic voices and faces for Hispanic Heritage Month.  Led...

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Vendors displayed and sold their art at the queer arts market.

UNF Student Union hosts first queer arts market event

Sydney Teitelbaum and Madelyn Schneider Apr 4, 2024

Updated April 11, 2024: Spinnaker originally referred to Mack Rush as the president of UNF's Pride Club. However, she is the social media specialist, and the story has been updated to reflect that. Spinnaker...

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Brennan Wojtyla in the Museum of Contemporary Art Artist-in-Residence Studio.

Merging industrial artifacts with fine art, MOCA features UNF artist

Darvin Nelson, General Assignment Reporter Feb 8, 2023

University of North Florida alumni Brennan Wojtyla brings industrial artifacts into a fine art setting in his solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA). Wojtlya has been working as MOCA’s...

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Entrance to Neckles’ Bless This House gallery at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Jacksonville.

MOCA artist Shervone Neckles shares the creative process behind her thought-provoking artwork

Darvin Nelson, General Assignment Reporter Nov 16, 2022

The second floor of the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville (MOCA) features Shervone Neckles’ Bless This House, a hospitable collection of pieces that explore welcoming themes of family, home, and...

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The gallery of Kara Walker's art at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA).

Artist Kara Walker explores race, gender and violence in work displayed at the MOCA

Darvin Nelson, General Assignment Reporter Aug 4, 2022

Covering the walls of the third floor in the Jacksonville Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) is a collection of Kara Walker’s pensive artwork. Walker dives into racism, colonialism, gender violence and...

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Khalil Osborne (left) and Tenny Rudolph (right).

Local photographers Tenny and Khalil introduce “FORVERGREEN,” their upcoming farewell gallery

Darvin Nelson, General Assignment Reporter Apr 25, 2022

Khalil Osborne and Tenny Rudolph are two Duval artists that create killer work that explores culture through portraiture. “FOREVERGREEN” is their farewell show, which will display fresh ideas and new...

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UNF Sculpture Program to bring potatoes to Germany

UNF Sculpture Program to bring potatoes to Germany

Nathan Turoff, Features Editor Apr 8, 2022

Potatoes are one of the most popular vegetables in the world. People may be familiar with red, gold or even sweet potatoes, but two University of North Florida (UNF) professors are working to add “sculpture”...

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