Art Walk Visitor Survey
Last month, the First Wednesday Art Walk turned nine years old. Now drawing more than 6,000 visitors each month, Art Walk has come a long way since its conception and we believe it’s many evolutions...
View ArticleArt Walk Through the Years
Tony Allegretti launched DVI’s First Wednesday Art Walk in November 2003 with less than 10 venues. “I remember there was a DVI board meeting on the day of the first ever Art Walk,” remembers...
View ArticleNew video highlights sights and sounds of Art Walk
Hemming Plaza packed with artists. Creative treasures tucked away in galleries and studios. Local music, dining and events. You can’t deny that Art Walk is engaging, contagious and a true Downtown...
View ArticleFirst Wednesday Art Walk Case Study: Atomic Sketch Partnership
“Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is a process, working together is a success,” Henry Ford said. And an opportunity arose…. A recent Art Walk survey confirmed that attendees crave a...
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After nine successful years, there’s always room for improvement. Late last year, Downtown Vision, Inc. released an Art Walk feedback survey and more than 500 residents weighed in. The survey results...
View ArticleIDA Recognizes Jacksonville as May Downtown of the Month
With events like One Spark and other developments on the horizon earlier this spring, DVI submitted Jacksonville for the International Downtown Association‘s (IDA) “Downtown of the Month” feature....
View ArticleWalking the Urban Core: Art Walk
The economic and community benefits of walkable urban places is easily understood when you observe Art Walkers on the first Wednesday of every month, especially when the weather cooperates. An average...
View ArticleFive Reasons to Party in October
First of all don’t be thrown off by the title. There are more than five reasons to party in October but for the sake of blogging rules I picked five. Waste no time and kick off the month, October 1...
View Article11 Reasons To Celebrate Oktoberfest
We may not observe a two-week-long Oktoberfest like the Germans do, but the festivities kick off here in Jacksonville with the inaugural Oktoberfest @ Art Walk. Here are 11 random reasons to celebrate...
View ArticleDVI kicks off community funding campaign for Art Walk
Times flies when you’re having fun. Next month, Downtown Vision, Inc.’s signature event celebrates a decade of collaboration between artists, musicians, Downtown businesses and venues, and the...
View ArticleSay “I Do” at Art Walk!
Ring in a new year of First Wednesday Art Walk on Feb. 5 with wedding bells! At “Art is for Lovers,” there will be activities for all, including the singles, the couples and the heartbroken. Married by...
View ArticleGoing to an Art Walk and We’re Gonna Get Married
Lyn and Randy Jager with The Specktator. All photography by Rob Futrell. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, February’s Art Walk was the perfect affair for art lovers, couples, singles and the...
View ArticleFive Reasons Why You Should Attend Art Walk
There’s only one event this week that the whole world (OK, maybe just Jacksonville) should attend. Here are five reasons why you have no excuse not to experience “Art Walk: All the World’s a Stage”...
View ArticleWelcome to #Actionville at the First Wednesday Art Walk
JAX2025 held its annual celebration at May’s Art Walk, and if you missed it, you missed a great time! Surrounded by the hustle and bustle of artists and performers, the message from JAX2025 rang out...
View Article15 Reasons You Should Attend July 2 Art Walk
Art Walk happens 12 times a year – well, 11 in 2014 because of New Year’s Day but, regardless, you should never miss one. Especially this one. Really. It’s summertime and Downtown is ready to give you...
View ArticleDVI’s Art Walk recognized as a ‘Duval Health Heroes’ initiative
In a special breakfast ceremony at WJCT this morning, the Healthy Jacksonville Childhood Obesity Prevention Coalition recognized Downtown Vision, Inc.’s First Wednesday Art Walk as a “Duval Health...
View ArticleSeptember EU Column: #ProstDTJax – Oktoberfest at Art Walk Returns to Downtown
Photo by DVI. The following is from our Downtown column published monthly in EU Jacksonville. Kicking off Jacksonville’s Oktoberfest scene, First Wednesday Art Walk will put a little polka in your...
View Article13 Reasons To Check Out Oktoberfest @ Art Walk
If you were one of the 15,000 Jacksonvillians who attended last year’s inaugural Oktoberfest @ Art Walk, you won’t need convincing. But for the few residents that didn’t attend, please begin reading....
View ArticleProst! to another record-setting Oktoberfest @ Art Walk
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View Article7 Reasons to Attend November’s Art Walk
With the First Wednesday Art Walk’s 11th birthday coming up Nov. 5, we wanted to do something pretty big. By “big” we mean bringing out the entire Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra to Hemming Park for...
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