CALL FOR ARTISTS

CALL TO PLEIN AIR ARTISTS: Commemorate 450!

Greetings,

The Art Center Cooperative, Inc. has been invited to participate in the Commemorate 450!, 450 Years of French

History in Florida during Jacksonville FRENCH Week – Thursday, April 6 – Sunday, May 6, 2012.

Mayor Alvin Brown is the Honorary Chair of “Commemorate 450!” and everyone is invited to participate in and enjoy the activities now being listed on the City’s site: http://www.commemorate450.coj.net. On May 1, 1562,

French Huguenot Captain Jean Ribault sailed into the mouth of our river, naming it The River of May, and this was the beginning of European exploration and French history in Jacksonville, Florida.

The Art Center is inviting local plein air artists to paint at the Ft. Caroline National Memorial at the Timucuan Preserve on Tuesday, May 1, the day of the rededication of the Ribault Monument. The preserve is open between 9:00 AM -5:00 PM. Those artists who paint are offered to display their one framed painting at our Hogan Street space during downtown Jacksonville Art Walk on Wednesday, May 2.

Artists may set up on the park grounds during normal hours. Room will be extremely limited at the site of the rededication, so the Ribault Monument area will be closed to plein air painters in the morning. The rededication will start at 10:00 AM. Painters may work in the Ribault Column area in the afternoon.

Framed, ready-to-hang paintings are to be delivered to the The Art Center II Studios at 229 North Hogan Street on Tuesday, May 1 between 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM. Paintings will remain on display until Tuesday, May 29th. If you have any questions, please contact Annelies Dykgraaf at amdafricanmk@msn.com .

Fort Caroline National Memorial

12713 Fort Caroline Road

Jacksonville, FL 32225

904.641.7155

Directions: http://www.nps.gov/timu/planyourvisit/directions_fortcaroline.htm

Hours: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

The opening will be held at

The Art Center II Studios

229 North Hogan Street

Jacksonville, FL 32202

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

between 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM.

We look forward to seeing your art in this exhibit!

Annelies M. Dykgraaf

President

www.tacjacksonville.