Mimi Pearce

Art is ageless: Karpeles hosts “Generations” exhibit by local artists

Art is ageless: Karpeles hosts “Generations” exhibit by local artists

Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum in Jacksonville’s Historic Springfield neighborhood is opening a new art exhibit featuring a group of local artists beginning March 1. The “Generations” exhibit will showcase more than 20 art pieces by seven artists – Leila Griffith, Suzanne Magee, Mary McAllister, Jim Pearce, Mimi Sherman Pearce, Megan Reid and Jackie Schrank – […]

HISTORY in pen & ink: Jacksonville’s Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum

HISTORY in pen & ink: Jacksonville’s Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had a problem many writers can relate to at one point or another in their career: He could not figure out the title for the story he was working on. After writing a working title down in a strong, confident hand, Doyle eventually struck it out with his pen, scrawling another […]