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Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens July Schedule
The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens has incredible events and activities scheduled throughout the month of July. Events and activities that are tailored to families, children and adults. Read below to plan your month of activities for July.
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Lisa Santoianni: Trees of Big Talbot Island Photo Essay
There are few places in Jacksonville that are as beautiful and mysterious as the beaches and trees of Big Talbot Island. Generations of Floridians has been bewitched by the phosphorescent sands and waters of the beach and used the fine white clay of that beach for pottery and ceramics. Photographer...
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Portrait of an Extremely Powerful Florentine Merchant
Cummer presents "Bartolomeo Compagni" painted by Pier Francesco de Jacopo Foschi in 1549, over 450 years ago. This painting was a commissioned portrait of a powerful Florentine Merchant that lived in London during the reign of Henry VIII. Compagni's trading empire stretched beyond Russia and he was often...
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Mosh Lecture: Barry Albright Discusses T Rex "Sue"
Thursday night, June 28, UNF professor and paleontologist Dr. Barry Albright will give a special presentation in the Museum of Science of History?s Bryan-Gooding Planetarium on the science and mystery behind Sue, the largest, most-complete and best-preserved Tyrannosaurus rex ever discovered. Join us...
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MOCA Jacksonville, ReFocus on the 70s: Earthworks Art
As part of MOCAJacksonville's review and survey series of shows outlining developments in Contemporary Art from the 60s to the present day: ReFocus 1970s is currently on display at the downtown digs of the Museum. Part of the show revolves around the works of Cristo and the other Earthworks artists....
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Cummer: "Ponce De Leon in Florida" by Thomas Moran
Stories of Conquistadors and the Fountain of Youth is what lured Thomas Moran to Florida, but it was her lush landscape and harsh realities that drove his inspiration to paint her. Originally intended for purchase by Congress, his painting titled, Ponce De Leon in Florida, was never given a permanent...
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MOCA: Color and Form: Abstract Painting in the 1970s
In the 1950s, there was a rise of Abstract Expressionism. In the 1960s, the style expanded creating, Post-Painterly Abstraction and Color Field Painting. And in the 1970s, the combination of geometrical lines, primary colors, contrasting light and unusual materials carried Abstract Expressionism to its...
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Erica Barfoot Photo Essay: "Litter"
MetroJacksonville.com is working with Ana Kamiar, MFA, of the Art Institute of Jacksonville to create a series of student created photo essays that highlight the people, environment, culture and thoughts of the metro Jacksonville region. This is their response. Images by Erica Barfoot.
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Sci-Fi Day at MOSH
MOSH brings the community Sci-Fi Day, Saturday, June 23rd. Sci-Fi Day's exhibitions and presenters will celebrate the pioneers of the past, discuss the intrigue of the future and explain the ideas developed within the genre that could one day become scientific, technological fact. Join MOSH with Storm...
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Tribal Beats --- Native Cool & Boho Chic
The bohemian look has made a quick comeback for summer 2012 by infusing patterns from the Great American West, Caribbean, and continental Africa. Tribal Beat examines the various colors, patterns, and styles of the "native" trend for the summer season.
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