{"id":203276,"date":"2026-03-24T01:38:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T01:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/203276\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T01:38:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T01:38:15","slug":"barkums-art-of-fun-104-5-wokv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/203276\/","title":{"rendered":"Barkum\u2019s Art of Fun \u2013 104.5 WOKV"},"content":{"rendered":"

JACKSONVILLE, Fla \u2014 Barkum\u2019s Art of Fun is an interactive art experience on Jacksonville\u2019s Southside where creativity and fun go hand in hand. <\/p>\n

Owner Chantell Casey opened the studio in June 2024, drawing inspiration from the concept of splatter art studios. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe went to a place that did splatter art, they did a number of things using techniques and wheels and just splattering to make art. I thought that would be a great thing to do, to just have fun with it. You can splatter the walls and each other, so I took a spin off of an already used technique which is splatter art and turned it into a fun experience,\u201d said Casey. <\/p>\n

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Barkum’s Art of Fun (Photo Credit: Chantell Casey\/Owner)<\/p>\n

Barkum\u2019s features three different creative spaces. Two studios are dedicated to splatter painting, offering both neon and glow-in-the-dark options while the third allows guests to enjoy a more traditional DIY painting experience. <\/p>\n

Casey says the studio hosts a variety of themed nights, including paint-and-sing-along events, with activities designed for guests ages 3 and up. <\/p>\n

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Barkum’s Art of Fun (Photo Credit: Chantell Casey, Owner)<\/p>\n

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Barkum’s Art of Fun (Photo Credit: Chantell Casey, Owner)<\/p>\n

The venue is also available for private bookings, making it a popular choice for birthday parties, date nights, and group events. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a unique offering that we have here and it\u2019s something that you typically can\u2019t do all the time. Most people, we have been taught as little ones not to make a mess, don\u2019t write on the walls, don\u2019t paint on the walls, and we do the exact opposite here. If you\u2019re not a kid and you\u2019re an adult, you can be a big kid again. For kids, you can do absolutely what your parents tell you not to do at home, you can do that in here,\u201d said Casey. <\/p>\n

Those interested in booking a session or learning more can visit the Barkum\u2019s Art of Fun <\/a>website. <\/p>\n

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Barkum’s Art of Fun (Photo Credit: Chantell Casey, Owner)<\/p>\n

For more information or to be considered for WOKV\u2019s For Locals by Locals, email news@wokv.com<\/a>. Please put \u201cFor Locals by Locals\u201d in the subject line.<\/p>\n

\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla \u2014 Barkum\u2019s Art of Fun is an interactive art experience on Jacksonville\u2019s Southside where creativity and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":203277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[796,3087,93520,93521,794,28,82848,116,118,117,795,349,49068,93522],"class_list":["post-203276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-796","tag-art","tag-barkums-art-of-fun","tag-chantell-casey","tag-duval","tag-florida","tag-immersive","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-ne-florida","tag-northeast-florida","tag-paint","tag-splatter-paint"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}