Sporting Club Jacksonville women's team has one final home game after a remarkably successful inaugural season. The team clinched a spot at the playoffs in early April after dominating in their first year as an expansion team in the Gainsbridge Super League. And although they’ve suffered a couple losses in April, before that they held a seven-game winning streak and hadn’t allowed more than one goal in any game since Oct. 25. We talk to the team’s star defender, Georgia Brown, and the defender-turned-striker Paige Kenton, as well as the women’s head coach about their first season in the sun and how they’re preparing for the playoff challenge.

Guests:

• Stacey Balaam, Sporting Club Jacksonville women's soccer head coach
• Georgia Brown, Sporting JAX defender
• Paige Kenton, Sporting JAX forward

Outsider art

A Jacksonville-based artist with a global, even universal vision, is the focus of a new exhibition at MOCA Jacksonville. Outside Looking In: The Paintings of Amer Kobaslija features works showcasing his life and travels, from his childhood in war-torn Bosnia to his series Florida Diaries to his portrayal of the devastation from the 2011 tsunami in Japan, One Hundred Views of Kesennuma. Throughout his work, Kobaslija offers colorful, even whimsical views of damaged and denuded landscapes, whether by natural forces or man-made devastation, including rampant development and climate change. The exhibit opens Thursday and runs through Sept. 20.

Guests:

• Amer Kobaslija, visual artist, associate professor of studio art at the University of Central Florida
• Amber Sesnick, director of marketing, arts University of North Florida and MOCA Jacksonville

Arts awards

Celebrating the people and organizations pushing Jacksonville’s cultural and creative ecosystem forward is the focus of the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville’s annual art awards. The 49th Annual awards ceremony is also the group’s largest fundraiser, with 92 cents of every dollar raised returned to local arts and culture. The event promises a “multilevel experience” with a theme of “Neon Noir” to celebrate those who light the way for the rest of the community. The event will be at 6:30 p.m. May 9 at Decca Live. Tickets are required.

Guest:

• Diana Donovan, executive director, Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville
• Darren Dailey, president and artistic director, Jacksonville Children's Chorus