We sat down with international artist and arts educator from Jacksonville, Florida, Erin Kendrick to talk about the Post-pandemic arts and culture in NE Florida and abroad and the depth and breadth of the pandemic impact on the arts community.
Arts and culture in NE Florida and abroad, groups and individuals had to adjust to a new ‘normal’ in 2020. From museum exhibits to theater and much more, these groups had to drastically change the way they interacted with the community at large. We saw a vast number of small independent galleries shut their doors uncertain if, or when they would reopen.
‘Erin is an international artist and arts educator from Jacksonville, Florida. Her color-rich, acrylic ink-stained works of art and transformative installations seek to inspire a dialogue about contemporary spectatorship and the power of language as it relates to perceptions of and about black women.
She has exhibited work in museums, galleries and alternative spaces throughout the United States and abroad.’ From her website: “She is currently the Director of Education and Lead Visual Art Instructor at Jacksonville Arts & Music School.
Having taught at every level including higher ed, she was recently named the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville’s 2019 Art Educator of the Year. In 2018, she was voted Best Visual Artist, Best Art Exhibition, and Best Arts Educator in Folio Weekly’s Best of Jax 2018 poll. She has won several grants including the Jackie Cornelius Art Residency Grant (Douglas Anderson School of the Arts), the Lift Every Student Artist-In-Residence Grant, and the Community First Foundation Art Ventures Individual Artist Grant. Erin maintains a studio at CoRK Arts District.
Her current initiative, “Artists Types”, helps practicing artists with career advancement by providing workshops, mini-courses, and templates for CV writing, artist statements, proposals, and more.
As an educator she lives by Elbert Hubbard’s quote, “Art is not a thing. It is a way.”
We are huge supporters of the arts and Erin, and so true is her statement: “Art is not a thing. It is a way.” *
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