The Museum has received an $800,000 gift to name and endow the position of Garden Curator, thanks to the generosity of the Lorena “Lory” Doolittle and her family. The gift allows the Museum to…
Museum Receives Endowment for Garden Curator
by Amber Sesnick, Marketing Manager in Gardens, Support
Apr
02
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration
by Amber Sesnick, Marketing Manager in Art, Community, Education, Programs
Jan
29
Thanks to the support of The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida, JAX Chamber, JEA, and United Way of Northeast Florida, the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens was able to provide high quality art experiences to a diverse cross-section of the community for free.
Kids Free November at the Cummer Museum!
by Amber Sesnick, Marketing Manager in Community, Education, Programs
Nov
01
Kids get in free at the Cummer Museum and many other locations around town this November! In partnership with Visit Jacksonville, the Museum will offer free admission throughout the month of November to children ages 12 and under. To learn more…
Art Beyond Sight and the Women of Vision Program
by Amber Sesnick, Marketing Manager in Education
Oct
26
The Women of Vision program celebrates the communicative power and beauty of the visual and literary arts through emotional responses by women who each have low vision or blindness. On a personal level…
See the Inspiration Behind Modern Comics, Anime, and Manga
by Amber Sesnick, Marketing Manager in Art, Behind the Scenes
Sep
04
The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens houses an extensive collection of ukiyo-e prints. Fields of Color: The Art of Japanese Printmaking, currently on view at the Museum, features 19 of these prints, ranging from the 19th to early 20th centuries. Ukiyo-e, which translates to “picture(s) of the floating world”, traditionally depicted images that were easy to relate to or held common interest, such as scenes of entertainment, fantasy, history, or everyday life. Because of their mass production these images were easily accessible to all levels of Japanese society. These images were so common that some even used the prints as wrapping paper!
‘ELLEN SHIPMAN AND THE AMERICAN GARDEN’ BOOK SIGNING WITH JUDITH TANKARD
by Amber Sesnick, Marketing Manager in Gardens, Programs
Apr
05
Judith B. Tankard is an award winning landscape historian, author, and preservation consultant, with ten illustrated books on landscape under her belt. We are excited to announce that she has authored “Ellen Shipman and the American Garden”, and will be signing copies of the new book at the Museum on Friday, April 13 from 10 to 11 a.m.
Philadelphia native Ellen Biddle Shipman discovered her remarkable talent for…
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