The performance is free and open to the public. Tomczak, who lives in Lake Helen, and is married to Lake Helen's mayor, Mark Shuttleworth, is considered one of the contemporary masters of hand-painted photographs. The Dec. 9 reception will be from 6-8 p.m. It is free and open to the public. Poet Silvia Curbelo will read during the reception. The workshops will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 10-11.
Space is limited.
The exhibit opens to the general public Thursday. More than 35 Jacksonville artists will exhibit their work at the Alford Ackerman Gallery as part of ''2000 Necessary Things,'' a show that will run from Dec. 7 through Jan. 21.