{"id":319159,"date":"2025-09-23T14:36:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T18:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailynewsnetwork.com\/?p=319159"},"modified":"2025-09-23T14:36:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T18:36:16","slug":"best-of-jam-juried-artist-member-exhibition-opening-at-first-coast-cultural-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mij.cfmedia.dev\/?p=319159","title":{"rendered":"Best of JAM (Juried Artist Member) Exhibition Opening at First Coast Cultural Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Disclaimer: this article was submitted by a guest author. Daily News Network is not responsible for the content or accuracy of this press release. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Three artists with unique backgrounds will open the Best of JAM (Juried Artist Member) exhibition at First Coast Cultural Center on 10\/9, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The event, which is free and open to the public, will feature Mike Wodrich, a glass artist and sculptor with a background in anthropology and law; Jami Childers, a former hair salon owner who is now receiving numerous awards for her nature paintings; and Cynthia Spitzer, who was a retail specialty store buyer and teacher in New York City before discovering a whole new world as an outdoor photographer in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe diversity and skill represented by the JAM honorees is phenomenal,\u201d according to Silvia Romero, FCCC\u2019s Senior Director of Operations. She says this exhibition runs through January 2, and these works will be on display, along with items from many other artisans, during the popular Holiday Shoppes event on November 22 and 23.<\/p>\n<p>Wodrich uses glass, steel, stone, wood, ceramics, and unique objects like Calculagraphs from the 1800s to tell colorful, 3-dimensional stories with a degree of ambiguity. \u201cMy hope is that what I\u2019ve created will be sufficiently novel and unexpected to stimulate the viewer to become an active participant in the visual dialogue of the interpretation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Jami Childers\u2019 acrylic and oil paintings convey the joy she finds in life and being outside. \u201cI\u2019m a self-professed seeker, and I seek beauty in all things.\u201d Childers was a portrait painter for years before embracing her passion for the outdoors. \u201cI realized it\u2019s not the ones that are the most talented that are out there making it \u2013 it\u2019s the ones that keep showing up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Photographer Cynthia Spitzer also finds inspiration outdoors. \u201cWalking helps me see the world differently. 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