UNF Seaside Sculpture Auction

The auction will be hosted on the Greater Giving app. The link for the auction will become live (and shared) on Monday, Feb. 12th. Please note that through the gift agreement for Seaside Sculpture Park and a state mandate that pertains to UNF property, they Read More …

Stream restoration and litter removal workdays

Every Saturday morning at 10am, beginning on January 20th, join a park naturalist at Tillie K. Fowler Regional Park to help with the stream restoration and litter removal. This is a partnership with UNF students and St. Johns Riverkeeper to help preserve this parkland, preserve Read More …

UNF Student archaeologists may have found Timucua Native American council house

Student archaeologists at the University of North Florida have possibly uncovered something big — both in size and in historical importance. UNF Archeology Lab Director Keith Ashley says students found evidence of a large indigenous building during a dig at Big Talbot Island State Park. It could Read More …

Old stories from Jacksonville’s Black Community find a new home

Viola Muse, a Jacksonville hair salon owner and writer with the Negro Writers’ Division of the Florida Federal Writers Project conducted interviews in the Jacksonville Black Community during the 1930’s and 1940’s. Her interviews detailed the lives of children, former slaves and everyday people in Read More …

Yellow House’s Mother’s Day Message: Magic, Mirth, and Mortality: Musings on Black Motherhood

The current Yellow House exhibition of Magic, Mirth, and Mortality: Musings on Black Motherhood, pierces the heart and stirs the soul.  With the murder of Ahmaud Arbery and Mother’s Day as bookends, one of sorrow, one of joy, the exhibition   becomes all the more significant. Read More …

Magic, Mirth, and Mortality: Musings on Black Motherhood Opening

Yellow House invites you o their latest exhibition.  “Join us on March 7th for the opening of ‘Magic, Mirth, and Mortality: Musings on Black Motherhood’ between 6-8pm. Be a part of the conversation and help us lift up the lived experiences and art of writer Read More …

The Hope and History Mural Project

The Hope and History Mural Project commemorates the sit-ins and Ax Handle Saturday which began  in Hemming Park August 27, 1960. The day when a mob of whites beat a group of students trying to integrate a whites-only lunch counter in downtown Jacksonville. The stunning Read More …