Endangered St. Augustine visual artists to be featured at Democratic Headquarters for First Friday Art Walk

City of St. Augustine employee allegedly takes surveillance photos of visual artists legally selling art at City Hall Photo credit: Art in the Market


St. Augustine Democratic Headquarters (142B King Street, 825-2336) will be the site Friday evening, May 1st for endangered visual artists and musicians to share their talents during First Friday Art Walk (from 6-9 PM).

Portrait artist Kate Merrick, a plaintiff in the visual artist’s First Amendment lawsuit against the City of St. Augustine, will be featured, along with artist Greg Travous and musician Roger Jolley. St. Augustine visual artists are awaiting a federal court decision on a motion for a preliminary injunction, seeking to overturn enforcement against our local artists of St. Augustine Ordinance 22-6, which the artists say unconstitutionally lumps visual artists together with street vendors, banning artists and their art from city parks and streets, including the historic Plaza de la Constitucion, the oldest public market in America.