Exhibits & Events

What

This community’s first BLACK LIVES MATTER mural is the most beautiful one in the nation, and it is the welcoming mat to our most historic African American community Jordan Park, and the beautiful Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum. 

T-shirts & Mural Prints

PURCHASE A T-SHIRT OR MURAL PRINT HERE

T-shirts and Black Lives Matter Mural prints are available for purchase.

Items are available for pick-up Tuesday – Friday, 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

What

Jane began studying art seriously at age ten at the Farnsworth School of Art in North Truro, MA with Helen Sawyer and Jerry Farnsworth, who were students of Charles Hawthorne, himself a student of William Merritt Chase. 

After majoring in Art at Stanford University, she received an MA in Health  Communication, and a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology, from Stanford, and took a detour  into a career as a psychologist. She began painting again after she retired, twenty-five  years ago.  

While not currently represented by any gallery, she has been represented by galleries  in New York, Santa Fe, Aspen, Boise, and Cape Cod.  

In 2013, she was given a one-woman show at the New Britain Museum of American Art (Google “Illumination – Jane Bunker”). Bunker also had shows in 2019 and 2020 at the  Woodson African American Museum of Florida, in 2022 a two-woman show at the  Chihuly Museum of St. Petersburg, Florida, and in 2023, a show at Soft Water Gallery,  also in St. Petersburg, FL. 

Over the years, photography has influenced her, particularly the atmospheric Steichen imagery. She is drawn to pastel Degas landscapes, charcoal Seurat drawings,  representational Richters, Mondrian’s early trees, Redon’s flowers, and some more abstract Turners. 

“Seeing beauty in a flower could awaken humans, however briefly, to the beauty that is an essential part of their own innermost being, their true nature.”

–Eckhart Tolle

This is why I paint. When what I see touches my heart, brings me joy, and gives me peace, I paint so that I might share those experiences with another. Painting
is my meditation. Painting is also my service. 100% of the proceeds from the sale of my paintings fund college scholarships for African American youth. This is my way of paying
forward all the gifts that I have been given.

For more information about Jane Bunker’s work, go to janebunkerartist.com 

What

Mindful Movement hosts yoga sessions every Saturday morning in The Woodson’s Legacy Garden.

No registration required.

What

African American High School seniors that are residents of St. Petersburg and have a GPA above 3.0 are eligible for a Woodson Warriors Scholarship. Click here to view the application.