Painting the Region: The Bartram Trail 2009

Alpine Groves Park
2060 STATE Road 13, 32259

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    Video produced by Tony Sotelo: Painting The Region: The Bartram Trail PSA
     
  • Five-day juried event for landscape artists and art patrons to help support preservation efforts by the North Florida Land Trust
  • Arts advocacy by St. Johns Cultural Council Northwest Arts Advisory Group

2nd Saturday Art Walk - come see the art

Come out to the newest artwalk in Jacksonville. January and February includes a wine tasting sponsored by Cork N Keg at the art gallery, Suite 100. Come sample some great wines as you enjoy beautiful art. Join the merchants of Bartram Walk as they expose you to artwork, which includes an exhibition by North Florida Land Trust of paintings from Painting The Region, the week-long art event held in October in Julington Creek. Questions, call 827-9870, or email info@northfloridalandtrust.org.

Shops of Bartram are located at 112 Bartram Oaks Walk, Jacksonville, FL 32259 (map)

Plein air painting

En plein air is a French expression which means "in open air," and is particularly used to describe the act of painting outdoors. French Impressionist painters such as Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir advocated en plein air painting, and much of their work was done outdoors, in the diffuse light provided by a large white umbrella.

Plein air Venues

Locations along the Bartram Scenic and Historic Highway, State Road 13, five miles south of Mandarin and the Julington Creek Bridge, will be showcased:

Alpine Groves County Park Alpine Groves County Park
1800s-era citrus farmstead on the St. Johns River
Marywood Retreat Marywood Catholic Retreat Center
Miles of trails and Mediterranean-inspired architecture
on the St. Johns River
Beluthahatchee, National Landmark
Beluthahatchee, National Literary Heritage Landmark Cypress-lined lake and home of Stetson Kennedy
Bailey Family Farm The Bailey Family's
Working horse and cattle ranch adjacent to Julington Creek 

Enjoy a glimpse of Day 1 of this event.....

the bartram trail


The Bartram Trail

 

 

 

 

 




The William Bartram Scenic and Historic Highway, a century-oak-framed window into "Old Florida," runs parallel to the St. Johns River in Northwest St. Johns County.

Painting the Regionsm venues are located off a five-mile stretch south of Mandarin and Julington Creek, in the communities of Fruit Cove, St. Johns and Switzerland, Florida.

The William Bartram Scenic Highway, part of a much longer "Bartram Trail," commemorates John and William Bartram’s time in St. Johns County during their extensive explorations of the Southeast between 1765 and 1774. 

Today visitors might see eagles’ nests and diving ospreys, go hiking, boating or fishing, or sit by the river savoring gorgeous sunsets.  Vestiges of the area’s rich agricultural past can be glimpsed in historic buildings at Alpine Groves County Park and at the Bailey Family’s working cattle ranch.

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