Hi, I’m Raechel Bodie, I was drawn into the world of art twenty-four years ago as a freshman in High School. My parents tell me as a young child they would never guess this is where I would be now. In High School, given the choice of art or music, I chose art. Under the […]
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Featured Artist: Linda Howell
Linda is a native Floridian and a graduate from the University of Florida. She has always had a great love for her state and its natural beauty which has had a great impact on her photography. In her travels around the world and “her own back yard”, she has seen the beauty of landscape change dramatically from […]
Exhibit: Veterans and Benefactors Collection
The Gateway Art Gallery in historic downtown Lake City, an extension of the 40-year-old Art League of North Florida, will recognize and honor recent benefactors in a special exhibit during the months of March and April. The idea of this special exhibit began when the Lt. Col. Aloysius (Al) Harter Trust made a generous donation […]
Featured Artist: Stephen Speck
From Steve’s wife, Barbara: “I met Steve in high school and married him shortly thereafter. He was a remarkable man, talented in so many areas, but his passion was for photography. The earliest photo I saw of him was when he was 2 1/2 years old with a Kodak camera in his hands taking pictures. […]
Exhibit: Tobacco Barns by Cindy Mantini
A collection of oil paintings of historic area tobacco barns is on exhibit at the Gateway Art Gallery in downtown Lake City. Completed by local award-winning artist Cynthia Mantini, these barns represent an industry and way of life of days gone by. Mantini says, ” Many of these barns have succumbed to the elements and […]






