Elizabeth Catlett (1915 – 2012) was a teacher and a successful artist. She graduated cum laude from Howard University in 1935. Catlett had not originally planned on going to Howard because she won a scholarship to the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh. After the college found out she was black, however, the university denied her…
Mar
07
In partnership with Avant Arts, join us for a concert with HEAR in NOW is a world-class collective is a string trio that composes and improvises fluidly among free jazz and contemporary classical, folk music, and avant-garde. Be prepared to be engaged by…
WOMEN OF VISION
by Cummer Museum Admin, Director of Art Education in Art, Education, Programs
Oct
30
This show is small and located in an unassuming space in Art Connections at the Museum. However, the emotion behind the newest exhibition from Women of Vision is powerful! Museum Educator, Matthew Patterson has been working with these incredible women for three years and we asked him to tell us a little bit more about […]
Phase 1: Diana of the Hunt Conservation Project
by Cummer Museum Admin, Director of Art Education in Art, Behind the Scenes
Aug
27
The cleaning and conservation of Diana of the Hunt, a bronze sculpture by Anna Hyatt Huntington is currently under way in the Cummer Gardens.
The sculpture was a gift from Huntington to the Museum…
Celebrating Art Beyond Sight Awareness Month with the Women of Vision Exhibition
by Amber Sesnick, Marketing Manager in Education
Oct
08
The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens will celebrate Art Beyond Sight Awareness Month this October with the opening of The Women of Vision exhibition in Art Connections. Art Beyond Sight (ABS) was created in 1987 on the premise that everyone must have access to the world’s visual culture if they are to participate fully in their communities and in the world at large.
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