Category: News
06 Oct 2025 |
DTC Christmas Market Brings Holiday Cheer And Support For Students In The Arts
JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla (October 6, 2025) — Deck The Chairs is thrilled to announce its inaugural Deck The Chairs Christmas Market for the 2025 season. As a new addition to the popular event, the DTC Christmas Market will take place on November 29 and December 6 at the Seawalk Pavilion, adjacent to the main Deck The Chairs...
Continue Reading06 Oct 2025 |
DTC Student Decorating Challenge Underway
JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla (October 6, 2025) — Art programs from 22 middle and high schools will once again display their creative talents through the Student Decorating Challenge. Hundreds of students have been hard at work for the past month preparing to showcase their artistry. Student exhibits will be located at Jax ...
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Deck The Chairs Expands Student Arts Programming For 2025 Season
JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla (October 6, 2025) — As Deck The Chairs (DTC) undergoes preparations for 2025 Jax Beach Deck The Chairs (JBDTC), November 26 through January 1, 2026, audiences are invited once again to join in this beloved holiday tradition. This year’s student-focused visual and performing arts programming ...
Continue Reading14 May 2025 |
Deck The Chairs Launches “Deck The Bins” Student Art Contest
JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla (March 31, 2025) — Deck The Chairs (DTC), a Jacksonville Beach-based non-profit organization, today announced the launch of Deck The Bins, a student art decorating contest. The contest, which launches March 31 and runs through May 16, is an opportunity for students across the First Coast to design artwork to ...
Continue Reading17 Dec 2024 |
12.17.24 DECK THE CHAIRS WEATHER UPDATE
RAIN/FOG EXPECTED TO NEGATIVELY IMPACT LIGHT DISPLAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING, 12.19 JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla (November 17, 2024) — Jax Beach Deck The Chairs (JBDTC) event organizers and volunteers will spend Tuesday, 12.17 through Thursday, 12.19 closely monitoring rain and dense fog impacts on the popular, free decorated lifeguard ...
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13 Feb 2024 |
Thank You Partners For Another Awesome Season
2023 was an incredible year for DTC. We are just now catching our breath and putting together the stories and data to share with community partners.DTC continues to expand its mission promoting children’s arts and arts education. The 2023 holiday season showcased our biggest stretch in 11 years.Two free public displays were ...
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27 Mar 2023 |
Deck The Chairs Holiday Tree Restoration Underway
Deck The Chairs (DTC) is a non-profit promoting children’s arts and arts education.The organization hosts a free, six-week, holiday event in Jax Beach featuring a nationally recognized decorated lifeguard chairs exhibit. Chair sponsorships help underwrite holiday park lighting, supportstudent exhibits, and allow organizers to ...
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31 May 2022 |
More Chairs, More Shows, More Memories
2022 Jax Beach Deck The Chairs Marks Deckin’ Decade The DTC Board is excited to be working on the 2022 JBDTC Deckin’ Decade — Celebrating Ten Seasons of Jax Beach Deck The Chairs. Free and open to the public, the holiday showcase will feature nightly light and music programming with more than 60 lifeguard chairs...
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27 Apr 2022 |
Octopus Garden Finds A New Home
In early 2019, Beaches Go Green partnered with Deck The Chairs and Artistic Contractors to begin a six month design and fabrication project that would change the way we look at our planet, the ocean, and how humans manage single use plastics. Beaches Go Green Octopus Garden at Deck The Chairs would become one of...
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