Cultural Center

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Cultural Center *

Black and white mural on a building wall depicting historical African American figures and scenes, with tree in front and clear sky above.

The Historic Eastside Cultural Center

920 A. Philip Randolph Boulevard
Jacksonville, Florida

Discover the Historic Eastside Cultural Center — a living creative campus in the heart of Eastside.

Now open to the public, this dynamic space includes:

  • Shofar Recording Studio

  • Curated art exhibitions

  • Fine art & culturally rooted gifts

  • Maker studio + creative workspace

  • Classroom space for workshops (up to 20 participants)

  • Rental opportunities for artists & entrepreneurs

This is where heritage meets innovation.

The FUSE Youth Arts & Music Program is a free year-round creative entrepreneurship experience designed to teach young people age 13 - 19 how to recognize, activate, and monetize the wealth they already carry through visual art, design, music and technology.

Every session follows the Soul Capital progression moving students from imagination to income and from talent to ownership.

Spring Session -March 7 - April 25

4:30 - 6 p.m. Tuesdays & Thursdays

DESIGN

Students will turn creativity into clear, intentional plans that communicate their vision.

CREATE

Students will learn how to bring their ideas to life,transforming imagination into real art, music, and products.

SELL

Students will learn skills on how to share their work with confidence, recognizing that their creativity has real value.

OWN

Students will learn to claim their power and their profit. It’s building something that belongs to them and securing their independence.

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SPRING SESSION - March 7 - April 25, 2026

Fiber Arts Through Recycled Objects, T-Shirt & Merchandise Design + Music Production

The Spring session connects youth to fiber arts traditions and contemporary merchandise design through recycled objects, and t-shirt and merchandise design. Youth will be introduced to music production skills in the Shofar Recording Studio. These disciplines teach the Soul Capital principle of Embodied Practice: that mastery comes through patient, daily discipline. Students learn that both handcraft and digital design require the same fundamental commitment practice, pattern, repetition, and creative variation

Following the Design. Create. Sell. Own. framework, students spend

Weeks 1–2 discovering creative techniques, exploring fiber arts through recycled objects, learning t-shirt and merchandise design using sublimation printing and heat press equipment, and beginning music production in the Shofar Recording Studio.

Weeks 3–5 shift into creation mode as students bring their designs to life completing products, transforming recycled materials into wearable and usable art, printing original merchandise, and building beats and tracks while growing their inventory with variations in colorways, patterns, and product types.

Weeks 6–7 focus on branding, product photography, maker storytelling, sales skills, and a full mock market rehearsal.

Week 8 culminates in Soul Capital Market on May 2, 2026 in our gallery store , a public sales event where students sell their products and original merchandise and share their music productions.

Students leave with tangible products, real sales experience, real income, and the Soul Capital mindset: I am the asset — capital seeks me.