Floridation

Send us Fan MailThe DA kid that got a D, $20 and premiered at Cummer (spoiler alert: it wasn't Autrelle).Art levels - Master Cho vs Timmy 🥋 Belt-divisions among artists. Origin story - Cleveland to Riverside, found art to steer clear of bullies at John Gorrie Middle.  Continued at DA. Martial Arts - Pak’s Karate to Aikido to Wing Chun (an infamous dojo in Riverside led by Sifu Arnett). Done with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle work, time to think about the Splinter work. “It’s all art to me.” DJing, martial arts, making music, and visual art. It’s not a hobby. It’s central to identity and real work. "Seeking peace and refinement." “Can I join your dojo?” The return to visual art, private craft and connecting with people. Jim Draper’s influence (put the poop in a delicious cake). Art League Jax in Murray Hill, drawing and portrait classes, the value of being around artists. “In a different era they’d break your hand to take your kung fu from you.” Drawing is thinking. “I love what you do, ever thought of taking an art class?” DA in the 90s. Different treatment for different students. Do more than work and sleep and party to feel good about yourself. Activities put you around people. What Autrelle misses about jax - every weeknight there was something to do. Old wave night, art bar dance night, art show Thursdays, everyone showed up to the weekly thing. Old 5 points. Pop culture vs counter-culture.What we’re missing that’s happening now? - It’s hard to not drink in Jax. You age out of the scene, we need places people can gather without getting shit-hammered. Autrelle dwells at Casbah in Avondale where he can smoke a hookah and work on art. Autrelle’s house art show “Four”. People wanted snacks. Mactruque complained. How much art is enough? Next show: no art, just snacks. You break it with your Cheetoh’s fingers, you buy it. Read the companion article at Floridation.substack.com for more.Season 2 of Floridation discusses art and culture in Northeast Florida with a different artist or culture maker each episode.For more check out The Floridation Papers at Floridation.substack.com. Thanks for putting a little a Florida in you. Y'all come back now, hear?

Send us Fan MailInterview with artist Mark George. We talk about the subject matters that compel him, his struggle with the trend of impermanence, an early obsession with line quality, how humans are emotional and plastic and isn't. The relationship between real people and advertising, human imperfection against the demands of design, and the evolution of his artistic process over time as well as his contribution to pop art in general. We discuss everything from his early assemblage work to his no-signature-required fine artwork to surviving capitalism by enjoying sunsets. We also specifically talk about his figurative work, black and white series, landscapes series, and collaborations with Tony Rodrigues. Season 2 of Floridation discusses art and culture in Northeast Florida with a different artist or culture maker each episode.For more check out The Floridation Papers at Floridation.substack.com. Thanks for putting a little a Florida in you. Y'all come back now, hear?

Send us Fan MailWe discuss shantyboat writer’s workshops with Lynn Harlin and Jim’s book of short fiction. Dystopian walks and the dirty Suwannee River. Taxodium, more than just his big Cummer exhibition, a multi- disciplinary exploration of the local sentinels that know more than entire civilizations. No kneed to apologize. Season 2 of Floridation discusses art and culture in Northeast Florida with a different artist or culture maker each episode.For more check out The Floridation Papers at Floridation.substack.com. Thanks for putting a little a Florida in you. Y'all come back now, hear?

Send us Fan MailPart 1 of 2. This episode discusses Baroque Jacksonville, Jim and the Jags/Cowford connection, his Mississippi roots, the Jax art scene of Murray Hill in the 90s and the Feast of Flowers project and Cummer exhibition as the  prototype for his upcoming Taxodium project. Also, how Radical Naturalism is you! Follow Jim on his Substack: https://substack.com/@jimdraper (artwork by AI, which is very radically natural)Season 2 of Floridation discusses art and culture in Northeast Florida with a different artist or culture maker each episode.For more check out The Floridation Papers at Floridation.substack.com. Thanks for putting a little a Florida in you. Y'all come back now, hear?

Send us Fan MailMeet Jacksonville artist, community organizer, and Director of CoRK Arts District, Crystal Floyd. She's been central to the thriving Jacksonville artist community for at least 20 years, makes terrariums and dimensional, sculptural naturalist environments. Join us as we learn about the history of CoRK, the intricacies of her medium, how she sources materials, where she recommends to go into the wild, and on a studio tour to learn about her influences, her space, and the workshops you can participate in.Season 2 of Floridation discusses art and culture in Northeast Florida with a different artist or culture maker each episode.For more check out The Floridation Papers at Floridation.substack.com. Thanks for putting a little a Florida in you. Y'all come back now, hear?

Send us Fan MailJacksonville’s progressive mayor, Donna Deegan, is an outlier in Florida politics. Obvi, MAGA is gunning for her, but their ideas of waste, fraud and abuse are all a deflection. Donna is Florida’s post-MAGA future. For more check out The Floridation Papers at Floridation.substack.com. Thanks for putting a little a Florida in you. Y'all come back now, hear?

Send us Fan MailThe racist roadways of Jacksonville and the characters that inhabit them. Will is looking for a dog with a badonkadonk. Bad Playlist Street. Segway suicide. Where did “sharrow” come from? The gang war between cyclists and pedestrians. For more check out The Floridation Papers at Floridation.substack.com. Thanks for putting a little a Florida in you. Y'all come back now, hear?

Send us Fan MailA rare recording of the first time Will and Jon tried talking into microphones. They discussed the Florida Governor’s secret $30k golf simulator and how much better corruption is than “waste and abuse.”For more check out The Floridation Papers at Floridation.substack.com. Thanks for putting a little a Florida in you. Y'all come back now, hear?

Send us Fan MailWill and Jon on “the free state of Florida” and Tiny Trump MAGA-ing it up. The boyz ask the hard questions like “Who owns this wild pack of dogs?” and “Do the 100 new laws make us free-er?”For more check out The Floridation Papers at Floridation.substack.com. Thanks for putting a little a Florida in you. Y'all come back now, hear?

Send us Fan MailMeet the Real Dawg, the amateur wrestler from Lorida, FL, a mermanatee dancer, Temu Batman, and other unbelievable characters in this improv episode. For more check out The Floridation Papers at Floridation.substack.com. Thanks for putting a little a Florida in you. Y'all come back now, hear?

Send us Fan MailWill and Jon snitch on Florida cops. These violent, racist rednecks are hammers while the rest of us are nails. Especially criticizing Jacksonville’s sheriff about the roadside beating of William McNeil Jr. For more check out The Floridation Papers at Floridation.substack.com. Thanks for putting a little a Florida in you. Y'all come back now, hear?

Send us Fan MailWill and Jon talk about their cute meet, sportsball (go jags), the lost Spice Girl, fighting Joe Rogan, but not the audio issues, God is still working on them.For more check out The Floridation Papers at Floridation.substack.com. Thanks for putting a little a Florida in you. Y'all come back now, hear?

Send us Fan MailWill and Jon work on their DeSantis impressions. Governor DeSantis fields a press conference to pitch new laws to Floridaman for EVEN MORE freedom. For more check out The Floridation Papers at Floridation.substack.com. Thanks for putting a little a Florida in you. Y'all come back now, hear?