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what is WAX?
Emily Cargill and Dancers is producing Jacksonville's FOUTH annual Women Arts Exchange on Friday and Saturday, March 6 + 7, 2026 in partnership with the Beaches Museum (Visual Art Gallery) and Players by the Sea (Dance Performance). WAX is thrilled to call these two prestigious, professional and celebrated venues home this year, as this collaboration is sure to cultivate one of the most innovative and inspiring artistic events in JAX. Both Players by the Sea and the Beaches Museum closely align with the WAX mission of collaboration, community engagement and accessibility to innovative and professional LOCAL talent.
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​WAX will promote, highlight and feature bold and unique women artists in Jacksonville and the surrounding areas in the visual and performance art genres. Through this endeavor, Emily Cargill and Dancers strives to build community and camaraderie among women creators and encourage artistic collaborations in the future among participating artists. WAX will feature the wide array of professional female artists in Jacksonville and the surrounding southeastern region, who are inspired to be a part of a 'women supporting women' event. In short, a celebration of women in the arts!​
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Last year we had 20 of THE MOST innovative and interesting local visual artists presenting their work at the Women Arts Exchange. These women's experience spanned from emerging through professional artists, working in mediums of all types such as painting, sculpture, 3-D installation, photography, print work and ceramics. This year, 5 artists will be selected for a long term gallery installation at the iconic Beaches Museum, which will run throughout the month of March, and the opening gallery celebration happening on the Women Arts Exchange weekend. 15 additional artists will represent the Jacksonville Art Community during the entirety of the WAX weekend.
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Whether you have experience in, are curious about, or are passionate for contemporary dance, THIS is the dance event that you must mark on your calendar! This year, WAX will hand pick the most daring, unique, sophisticated, compelling dance artists working professionally in the Southeastern region. The curated selection of female dance makers are some of the most innovative choreographers of contemporary dance. The performance will be jaw droppingly beautiful and full of wild abandon yet carefully crafted contemporary movement scores. ​
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The 4th Annual Women Arts Exchange will be THE art event of the city so don't miss it.
You really will be sorry you did. ​
Mission
*To provide an innovative, unique and intriguing artistic experience for the community and to contribute to the artistic landscape of the city of Jacksonville.
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*To highlight and feature the wide array of vibrant female creators living and working in the city of Jacksonville and beyond.
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*To curate and feature a culturally and generationally diverse representation of local and regional female artists and to provide participating artists, of all career levels, a professional, no-cost platform to present their work.
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*To create and encourage artistic collaborations and on-going discussions between participating artists.
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*To build and foster relationships between student & emerging and professional creators, providing the younger artists with mentorship opportunities.
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*To create an inspiring and uplifting experience for participating female artists and to offer artists a safe and supportive environment to share their voices with one another and the community.
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*To celebrate and empower the women creatives that fuel, drive and inspire the artistic landscape of the Jacksonville community!
vision
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Art Gallery/Sip'n Stroll
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Visual artists will be announced in January 2026!
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8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Dance Performance
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Dance artists will be announced December 2025!
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Now in it’s 4th year, the Women Arts Exchange promotes, highlights and features bold, unique and innovative women artists in Jacksonville and the surrounding areas in the visual and performance art genres. The event begins with an art gallery/sip n' stroll, which features the most esteemed visual artists living and working in the Jacksonville area. The second half of the evening is a contemporary dance performance, featuring the most daring, unique, sophisticated, compelling dance artists working professionally in the Southeastern region. Past choreographers have hailed from NYC, Tampa, Valdosta, Richmond, Atlanta, D.C + Jacksonville and these curated female dance makers are the creatives of the future in contemporary dance.
