LiterARTure
is a Searching For Identity program

CULTURAL ARTS SERIES
presented by
Cindy Edelman and Stacey Goldring

2025 PROGRAM DETAILS
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LiterARTure is an entertaining 90-minute art and literature program

  • Explore how the visual arts and literature reflect our community, culture and humankind

  • Enjoy learning how books and artwork present endless opportunities to connect with one another

  • Discover how artists and authors present endless opportunities to better understand ourselves, society and one another

Our History

LiterARTure was born in 2016, when we were sitting outside the San Marco Starbucks in Jacksonville, Florida, bemoaning the lack of civil discourse in our world. 

Not the type to bemoan too, too much, we came up with an idea. “What if we married books and art, showing what we, as Americans, have in common?” Since then, using that template, we’ve presented numerous examples based on different themes in our annual LiterARTure series. 

LiterARTure is always packed with information and peppered with a healthy dose of wit! We’re delighted to open the 2024 series with The Seven Deadly Sins. 

Stacey Goldring and Cindy Edelman

Check out a video from last season

  • Cindy and Stacey consistently provide discussions that are not only entertaining but expand my knowledge of literature and art. I appreciate the amount of time that they devote to creating their lectures.

  • This has been SO wonderful - what a fantastic lecture! Thank you both!!!

  • Thank you both so much. Very interesting! Always learn for you all! This series and the lecturers have been engaging. I appreciate the popular culture connections and other text-to-text connections.

  • References to basketball AND aphrodisiacs! You’ve outdone yourself!

  • Thank you both for the enlightening lesson. I was alternately gob smacked with your knowledge and amused by your humorous comments. I will never again look at Whistler's "Arrangement in Grey and Black" in the same way.

  • Always love to hear Stacey and Cindy's lectures. Especially like that I can watch it on YouTube at a time that is more convenient to me. I hope that continues to be the case even when we can meet in person again.

  • Very unique, creative and inspiring lecture. Great speakers.

  • Both speakers were excellent - very knowledgeable and entertaining! I'll plan to attend future programs.

  • Always love them! Keep them coming...

  • The quality of this presentation was excellent! The lecturers were both interesting and connected well with the audience. It's one of the best executed museum online talks I've seen.

  • You have inspired me to seek the book out and read it!

  • These ladies are fabulous.

  • WONDERFUL THANK YOU. I would attend a 2-hour lecture!