St. Johns Cultural Council Receives National Endowment for the Arts Grant to Support 2026-2027 Arts for All Grants
St. Johns Cultural Council is pleased to announce it is the recipient of an FY 2026 grant award of $60,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts. This funding will [...]
Request for Proposal and Qualifications (RFP): Architectural Services, St. Augustine Beach Hotel Phase II Renovation
Request for proposal and qualifications (RFP) for architectural services for the historic St. Augustine Beach Hotel Phase II Renovation in St. Augustine, Florida. BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW The mission of the [...]
2026 Haiku Contest Results & Comments
The Cultural Council’s sixth annual Haiku Contest was a great success with over 250 poems submitted. Judges Antoinette Libro and Patricia Konover chose one winner from three categories as [...]
St. Johns Cultural Council Announces Recipients of the 2026 ROWITA Awards
The St. Johns Cultural Council is pleased to announce the 2026 recipients of the Dr. Gail Pflaster Recognizing Outstanding Women in the Arts award. Established in 2008, ROWITA is [...]
Request for Proposals and Qualifications: Interactive Exhibition for the St. Augustine Beach Hotel Wade-in
The St. Johns Cultural Council has issued a Request for Proposals and Qualifications (RFP) from teams interested in coordinating the development of an interpretive exhibition that shares the history [...]
Performing Arts, Visual Arts, and Arts Education projects in St. Johns County receive Arts for All Grants
The St. Johns Cultural Council is pleased to announce the 2026 Arts For All Grant recipients. With additional funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, these grants support local [...]
Art in Public Spaces Exhibition, “Opening New Doors,” Showcases the Work of Alexter Albury & Brandon Santiago
The St. Johns Cultural Council presents Opening New Doors, an Art in Public Spaces exhibition by local artists Brandon Santiago and Alexter Albury, which opens to the public in the [...]
Ekphrasis Explorations- Poetry inspired by Art
Creativity is often intertwined, and as such, many artists dabble in multiple art forms or are inspired by other artists' work. Ekphrasis is when poems are inspired by works [...]
St. Johns Cultural Council Awards 2025 Tommy Bledsoe State of the Arts Grants to Music, Visual Arts, and Arts Education Projects
The St. Johns Cultural Council (SJCC) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 Tommy Bledsoe State of the Arts (SOTA) Grants. Celebrating 25 years of SOTA grants, [...]
St. Johns Cultural Council & VFW Post 2391 Shine Spotlight on Veterans with A Veterans Day Photography Contest & Juried Exhibition
"Stories of American Veterans” Opens November 20th in ReFRAME Gallery As part of a continued partnership, the St. Johns Cultural Council and St. Johns County are expanding the Art in [...]
ST. JOHNS CULTURAL COUNCIL CELEBRATES 25 YEARS WITH HISTORIC ARTS GRANTS
SJCC opens applications for State of the Arts + St. Johns County Arts for All Grants this October The St. Johns Cultural Council is opening two of its annual grant [...]
Request for Qualifications: St. Augustine Beach Mural Project
Project Overview The St. Johns Cultural Council is issuing this Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for the design and creation of a painted mural for the building at 368 A1A [...]
Request for Qualifications: Public Art Plan Consultancy
Project Overview The St. Johns County Cultural Council, the designated Local Arts Agency for St. Johns County Florida (“Council”), is seeking a consultant or a team [...]
St. Johns Cultural Council Unveils Kelsey Montague Mural in Hastings Celebrating Florida Farming
Montague is best known for her #WhatLiftsYou series and Taylor Swift’s “wings” mural in Nashville The St. Johns Cultural Council has unveiled a new public mural in downtown Hastings by [...]
2025 Haiku Contest Results & Comments
The Cultural Council’s fifth annual Haiku Contest was a great success with more than 200 individual entries and hundreds of poems. Antoinette Libro and Patricia Konover chose one winner [...]
The Waterworks Receives Autism Training, Joins Community Initiative to Become a Certified Autism Destination™
The Waterworks earns the Certified Autism Center™ (CAC) designation from the International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education Standards (IBCCES). This credential is awarded to organizations whose staff undergo autism-specific [...]
The St. Johns Cultural Council Selects Photographer Bill Boxer for Art in Public Spaces Exhibition Titled Close to Home
St. Johns Cultural Council announces its next Art in Public Spaces exhibition titled Close to Home, showcasing the photography of Bill Boxer. The exhibition is displayed from Wednesday, April 9th, [...]
St. Johns Cultural Council Announces Recipients of the 2025 ROWITA Awards
Each year the St. Johns Cultural Council honors a select group of women for lifetime achievement of influencing arts and culture in St. Johns County with the Dr. Gail [...]
St. Johns Cultural Council Announces New Executive Director
The St. Johns Cultural Council Welcomes Jeff Potts as New Executive Director After a rigorous search process, The St. Johns Cultural Council is pleased to announce that Jeff Potts has [...]
St. Johns Cultural Council Announces Recipients of Fall 2024 State of the Arts Grant
Music, Visual Arts, and Arts Education Projects in St. Johns County Receive Grants from the St. Johns Cultural Council The St. Johns Cultural Council is pleased to announce the recipients [...]
Request for Proposals and Qualifications: St. Johns County Black Heritage Trail
The St. Johns County Cultural Council has issued a Request for Proposals and Qualifications (RFP) from teams interested in coordinating the design and site-specific interpretive exhibition elements based on the [...]
St. Johns Cultural Council Announces Recipients of the Summer 2024 Arts For All Grant
Music and art classes, musical performance, after-school dance instruction, and cultural exhibition projects in St. Johns County receive Arts for All Grants, funded by the St. Johns Cultural Council and [...]
Ponte Vedra Artist Brook Page Selected for St. Augustine Beach Mural, Community Meeting July 30th
Ponte Vedra artist Brook Page has been selected to create the first in a series of murals that will make up a new St. Johns County Public Art Trail. Brook [...]
The St. Johns Cultural Council Partners with Local Organizations to Celebrate Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings in St. Augustine during August 2024
The St. Johns Cultural Council, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Society, St. Augustine Film Society, and the St. Johns County Public Library celebrate Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings with film screenings, live music, and [...]
St. Augustine’s Lotus Noodle Bar Cooks at James Beard House, SJCC Promotes St. Johns County Food Culture
Chef Barry Honan and his team prepare meals at the world-renowned James Beard Foundation in New York Less than a year after opening, Chef Barry Honan’s Lotus Noodle Bar has [...]
