Arts and Culture

The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens is highlighting five glass artists with strong Jacksonville University ties in “Glass Here,” an exhibit in the new Pop Up Art Shop inside Cummer’s Bank of America Concourse.

The show is the second …

Feuding families, plundering pirates and 16^th century St. Augustine come together beginning Oct. 31 on Jacksonville University’s Swisher Theater stage in a re-imagined retelling of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

Not long ago, Director and Linda Barry Stein College of …

President Tim Cost ‘81 presented the keynote address “The Changing Face of Art in Higher Education” to the Arts School Network (ASN) Annual Conference visit to Jacksonville University on Thursday, Oct. 24.

This year, approximately 300 conference attendees spent a …

President Tim Cost ‘81 will present the keynote address “The Changing Face of Art in Higher Education” when the Arts School Network (ASN) Annual Conference comes to Jacksonville University on Thursday, Oct. 24.

The non-profit ASN provides leaders in art …

The biggest gift Jacksonville University gives to our community is our alumni.

Alumni are polished products of the education they’ve received from their respective institutions. They carry their life experiences and school spirit into their careers, and pass it onto …

Jacksonville University and the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville have chosen internationally renowned artist Shan Shan Sheng of San Francisco to create the large-scale artwork for the new “turbo” roundabout scheduled for construction at the University’s main entrance.

The City …

From the electro-acoustic music performed by Jacksonville University faculty and students to interactive art installations accompanied by plenty of food and drink JU welcomed the new academic year with its very first Future Fest on Thursday, Aug. 29, at River …

Davis College of Business Junior Natasha Ubani returns to campus after a year of studying abroad at Japan’s Waseda University.

Minna-san Kon’nichiwa!

In my first blog post, I expressed my desire to see what version of myself would be …

In 2017, Hurricane Irma ended the life of a more than 150-year-old oak tree just beyond the patio of River House. Two years later, Chad Gainey is using his chainsaws to resurrect the tree’s dead stump.

Gainey, a Husqvarna global …

For decades, we have heard about the importance of STEM education in the U.S. — to the point where it has become ubiquitous. In the race to compete globally, as other countries continue to churn out coders, doctors, engineers and …