The Cummer Gallery of Art, built on the site of the home of Arthur Gerrish Cummer and Ninah May Holden Cummer, was dedicated at a glittering reception held on November 10, 1961, with one thousand guests in attendance, including Florida Governor C. Farris Bryant and Jacksonville Mayor Haydon Burns.
Cummer Museum Celebrates 55th Anniversary
by Amber Sesnick, Marketing Manager in Art, Gardens
Nov
11
Oct
26
Start your weekend off in the historic Gardens with the WillowWacks and Canary in the Coalmine playing under the stars.
Oct
20
Written by Shawana Brooks, Guest Contributor Somewhere, Over In Mandarin Marsha Hatcher is not easy to read. First impressions with her can leave you misconstruing her high-pitched, southern, at times […]
Oct
17
Talks & Tea offers opportunities for both social and mental connections to the artwork at the Museum, combined with delicious refreshments in a comfortable setting. Once a month, an art […]
LIFT: DUSTIN HAREWOOD
by PR Assistant, in Art
Oct
11
Written by: Julie Thieman, Marketing Intern Dustin Harewood is a contributing artist for LIFT: Contemporary Expressions of the African American Experience which presents a modern response to Jacksonville’s African American […]
Music Makes Its Mark
by Dawn Zattau, in Art, Community
Sep
28
Overstreet Ducasse is going places. Literally. Before settling in to conduct this interview, his upcoming trip to Bristol, England is consuming most of his attention. He fields phone calls from collectors and other concerned parties. His feet glide with the confidence of artistic ownership across the canvas in his extended studio… unable to contain his genius to his 12 x 12, which is completely covered in pieces of antiquities, frames, and scraps that only Ducasse can identify. It’s in this mixed media artist’s…
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