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Tag Archives: landscape

Fifth Grade Garden Tours: Gardners by Design

by , Marketing Manager in Education

Nov

30

Fifth graders step into a landscape architect’s shoes as they solve the problems of garden design. How do you blend a landscape and a built environment? How should it feel? Textures, shapes, colors, and symmetry are all elements that are part of good garden design. How do you deal with scale? Unlike paintings, living things grow. Will this plant still…

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Collectors’ Choice: Featured Collector, Dr. Diane DeMell Jacobsen

by , in Art, Education

Jul

15

Written by Caitlyn Cooney, Curatorial Intern As cultural institutions, Museums exist based on the premise that they are responsible for the exhibition and preservation of our visual history. The collection […]

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Modern Dialect: Spotlight on John Steuart Curry

by , in Art

Dec

10

The current exhibit Modern Dialect: American Paintings from the John and Susan Horseman Collection, on display in the Mason Gallery until January 5, 2014, contains works made by various artists in the early to mid 20th century. The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens’ permanent collection also contains works by three of these artists: William Zorach, John Steuart Curry, and George Wesley Bellows.

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The Sculpture Garden: Coming this September!

by , Marketing Manager in Education

Aug

30

The creation of the J. Wayne and Delores Barr Weaver Community Sculpture Garden & Plaza, located on the front lawn of the Art Connections building, will mark the completion of…

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In the Gallery: The Nameless River by Jasper F. Cropsey, 1846

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Jul

23

Jasper F. Cropsey–born in Rossville, New York, was a 19th century American Hudson River landscape painter. He was a member of the second generation of the Hudson River School that…

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VSA Projects & Impacts on Students

by , Marketing Manager in Education, Programs

May

06

Each year thousands of students visit the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens during it’s week long VSA Festival. Not only do our student visitors enjoy the rare experience of being in a museum and…

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