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Last year, the State Attorney’s Office Special Victims Unit handled over 210 special assault cases, including sexual violence against adults and children. Unfortunately, there will be more.

Internationally renowned artist Anila Quayym Agha returned to Jacksonville with Anila Quayyum Agha: Flight Patterns

A student production of the stage play ‘Indecent’ at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts in Jacksonville was called off by school administrators, citing ‘inappropriate’ dialog.

A new exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Jacksonville is similar to the concept of the Beyond Van Gogh immersive experience in that it’s interactive for people of all ages.

This installation, constructed in August, highlights some of the challenges, struggles, triumphs and achievements of members of UF’s Black community and how those experiences and contributions helped to shape the university today.

A local man held an art show this weekend to showcase Puerto Rican culture

Michael Rosato knew he had an incredibly important assignment on his hands when he was commissioned to paint a Harriet Tubman mural in Cambridge, Maryland.

As the spooky season rolls around, this local first grader is helping kids in need with her creativity and talent.

As we inch closer to the 20th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, it feels fitting that we’re seeing more and more tributes and events pop up to remember the day.

The first mural featured on “Mural Monday” was the mural of Bill Murray is on display in Murray Hill.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jessica Dimalanta, 19, was shot through her right eye this month in San Francisco. Jacksonville artist Elena Øhlander is speaking out against the hate through her art to help Dimalanta and other Asians dealing with violence. “Unfortunately, the level of harassment and violence against Asian Americans has been escalating,” said Øhlander, who is of Chinese and Norwegian descent. Recently, the United States was awakened by a disturbing attack in which eight people, including six Asian Americans, were killed at Atlanta-area day spas. Elena Øhlander (Toni Smailagic (Cre8Jax))According to stopaapihate.org, the group has received 3,795 reports of hate against Asian Americans from March 2020 to February 2021.

The Moroccan landscape painted by Winston Churchill and owned by Angelina Jolie sold at auction on Monday March 1, 2021, for more than $11.5 million, smashing the previous record for a work by Britains World War II leader. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)LONDON – A Moroccan landscape painted by Winston Churchill and owned by Angelina Jolie sold at auction on Monday for more than $11.5 million, smashing the previous record for a work by Britain’s World War II leader. The pre-sale estimate was 1.5 million pounds to 2.5 million pounds, and the previous record price for a Churchill painting was just under 1.8 million pounds. Churchill gave the painting to Roosevelt as a memento of the trip. The painting was sold by the Jolie Family Collection.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens is reopening its galleries today for the first time since it closed because of the coronavirus pandemic March 13. The museum reopened its gardens to the public June 20, but this is the first reopening for indoor exhibitions. The main exhibition on display, Striking Power, is a collection from the Brooklyn Museum of Art. The exhibition was featured in Janaury at Cummer Museum. RELATED: Information about tickets and admissionCummer Museum of Art & Gardens reopens Tuesday at 11 a.m.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. A group of local artists unveiled a mural Saturday in Avondale. Six artists, part of a nonprofit organization called Figment, spent the last month putting the mural together. "It's all about courage, uncertainty, how we get through those times of uncertainty, perseverance and change," Corey Kreisel said. He talked about how this plays a role in reaching out into communities and having conversations to make change. This was also an effort to gather up donations for a Jacksonville group fighting injustices.