A Visual Testimony: The Jazz Jam Photography Collection

PRINTS FROM THE EXHIBIT

PRINTS THE EXHIBIT ARE PRICED AT $200.00 EACH. To purchase send an email to feliciarbass@gmail.com and in the subject line include: PRINT # 1 , and an invoice will be sent to you to purchase your print.

ABOUT THE EXHIBIT

A Visual Testimony: The Jazz Jam Photography Collection is making a stop at the Gallery at Main, Jacksonville’s Public Library gallery space located downtown on the first floor of the main library. 

Come experience new images from the collection depicted in black and white, “supporting the idea that the absence of color provokes imagination to create its own impressively beautiful pictures.”

Special thanks to the City of Jacksonville Public Library system for bringing my collection of work to the public in this way.

The Main Library remains the centerpiece of the library system and continues to change to meet the needs of its customers.

This installation includes a live jazz pop-up reception with artists from the Jazz Jam.

The exhibit run from August 2 thru September 23, 2023.

Exhibit Opener: August 2, 2023 | 6:00 - 9:00 PM with a talkback with the artist

Jacksonville Public Library

303 N. Laura St.
Jacksonville, Florida 32202
904-255-2665

Hours:

Monday: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Tuesday: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Wednesday: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Art Walk, first Wednesday of the month: 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.

Thursday: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Friday: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Saturday: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Sunday: Closed

ARTIST STATEMENT

The unique exhibition features images captured during the height of the pandemic. As safety measures allowed, Bass took a series of photos of the Wildcrafters Jazz Jam, which took place on Sunday evenings during 2020-2022 and was led by Grammy-award-winning drummer, Ulysses Owens Jr. The Jazz Jam existed in the moment, as many of the musicians that gathered there were unsure when they would have a chance to play live again. That immediacy and uncertainty about the future was expressed in their music and on their faces. Bass was there to capture those instances of pure enjoyment. Now, in her  exhibit at the Gallery at Main at the Jacksonville Public Library, is a collection of black-and-white photography featuring local Jazz musicians “supporting the idea that the absence of color provokes imagination to create its own impressively beautiful pictures.”