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what is WAX?
Emily Cargill and Dancers is producing Jacksonville's third annual Women Arts Exchange on Friday and Saturday, March 28 + 29 at the Jessie DuPont Center in Downtown Jax. WAX is thrilled to call the Jessie home this year, as this collaboration is sure to cultivate one of the most innovative and inspiring artistic events in JAX.
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WAX will promote, highlight and feature bold, unique and interesting women artists in Jacksonville and the surrounding areas in the visual and performance art genres. WAX is our way of paying homage to the important and necessary impact that women have had on our culture, our community and our world.
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Last year, 30 of THE MOST innovative and interesting local visual artists presented their work at the Women Arts Exchange. These women spanned from emerging through professional artists, working in mediums of all types such as painting, sculpture, 3-D installation, photography, print work and ceramics.
Whether you have experience in, are curious about, or are passionate for contemporary dance, THIS is the dance event that you must mark on your calendar! Last year, WAX presented 7 of the most daring, unique, sophisticated, compelling dance artists working professionally in the Southeastern region. The choreographers hailed from Atlanta, Tampa, Gainesville, NYC, D.C + Jacksonville and these female dance makers are the creatives of the future of contemporary dance. The performance was jaw droppingly beautiful and full of wild abandon yet carefully crafted contemporary movement scores.
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The Women Arts Exchange is honored to collaborate for the 3rd year in a row with Women Writing for (a) Change / Jacksonville, offering audiences a spoken word experience while the participating dancers of WAX respond with an improvisational movement score. To say this has been a meaningful artistic exchange would be an understatement - each year creating an emotional and visceral impact on audience members and performers alike.
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The 3rd Annual Women Arts Exchange will be THE art event of the city so don't miss it.
You really will be sorry you did.
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Mission
Emily Cargill and Dancers seeks to build community and camaraderie among women creators and encourage artistic collaborations in the future among participating artists. WAX will showcase the wide array of women artists in Jacksonville and the surrounding areas who are inspired to be a part of a 'women supporting women' event.
In short, a celebration of women in the arts!
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7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Art Gallery/Sip'n Stroll
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The Women Arts Exchange will feature a curated art gallery, displaying work from local female creatives in the visual art genre. Participating artists will be announced soon! While patrons stroll, local craft brews by Bold City Brewing will be available for purchase.
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8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Dance Performance
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The second half of the evening will feature an intimate dance performance featuring some of the most innovative, creative, and bold female dance makers in Jacksonville and the surrounding areas. Audience members will be seated in the round, where they will be able to witness up close and personal accounts of these unique and compelling choreographic voices. Featured choreographers include: Emily Cargill and Dancers (JAX), Xan Burley (Gainsville), Sami Coplon (NYC) + Julianna Raimondo (DC). Additional dance artists to be announced soon!
The performance will end with a collaborative auditory and movement exchange between spoken word artists from Women Writing for (a) Change/ Jacksonville and the participating dancers of the Women Arts Exchange.
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Come, join us for the 3rd Annual Women Arts Exchange!
