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Miradas Playlist

by , Guest Services & Marketing in Exhibitions

May

16

In celebration of Miradas: Ancient Roots in Modern Mexican Art Works from the Bank of America Collection, we are excited to offer an online playlist that will enhance the visitor experience of the exhibition.  Local musician and ethno-musicologist Goliath Flores, is creating an album inspired by the artwork in the collection.  The album will be available to listen to here during the run of the exhibit, and will be available for purchase at The Cummer Store.

The playlist will be available beginning June 5th.

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Wells Fargo’s 2012 Community Partners Giving Program

by , Guest Services & Marketing in Cultural Connections

May

15

Wells Fargo’s Community Partners Giving Program is an annual program where each of its retail banking stores explores the needs of their local communities and selects a non-profit or school to receive a $1,000 grant. This year, Wells Fargo will award more than $600,000 in grants to nonprofits and schools throughout Florida.

The grants are part of the company’s broader support of its communities. In 2011, Wells Fargo invested more than $11 million in nonprofit organizations and schools and team members volunteered more than 50,000 hours across Florida.

“At Wells Fargo, we are committed to supporting programs and organizations that we believe are important to the future of our communities’ vitality and success,” said Andrea Crutchfield, Wells Fargo Store Manager in Fleming Island. “So we are proud to support the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens with this grant.”

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In the Gallery – Cornelis van der Voort: Portrait of a Lady

by , Guest Services & Marketing in Art, Artists

May

15

AP 1988.2.1- Portrait of a Lady, Cornelis van der Voort, 1617

By Angela Gonzalez,  Curatorial Intern

Cornelis van der Voort was a Flemish artist who settled in the Dutch Republic once his hometown of Antwerp fell captive to the Spanish in 1585. He set up in Amsterdam and became one of the city’s leading portraitists. He was elected head of the Guild of St. Luke which united all the professional painters in that city.

Van der Voort presents a sober, yet elegant portrayal of the affluent Dutch Republic. The woman is dressed in black with white lace rendered in astonishing precision and accuracy. Her portrait is part of a custom double portrait, with her husband’s image to be placed on the left side. Her face is solemn, and her eyes gaze from the canvas in an unflinching manner. The buttons on her dress are painted in gold which run from her neck down to her waist splitting the bottom of the canvas in two. She holds a white textile in her left hand. Adorning her left hand is a double banded ring, complete with a red gem and a blue gem. Cornelis van der Voort and his contemporaries focused on the minute details such as the pattern on a textile, the application of lace to a sleeve or the individual lines that would make up a head full of hair. For the artists in the North, art was all about painstakingly rendering the details. This is evident in Portrait of a Lady.

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What’s Blooming? Easter Lilies!

by , Guest Services & Marketing in Gardens

May

12

Lilium longiflorum, often called the Easter Lily, is a plant native to the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.  In the early part of the 20th century, Lily bulbs were a thriving trade from Bermuda.  But once it was discovered that the bulbs were affected by disease the supply diminished and an alternative had to be found.  The Japanese variant of the Easter Lilly first appeared in the states in the 1920’s.  However this source of bulbs was soon cut off with the advent of World War II.

Today, Lilium longiflorum is cultivated extensively as a cut flower.  Because of its irregular blooming periods it can be forced to bloom during particular times.  Because of its strong ties with the Christian tradition this flower has come to symbolize both the resurrection of Christ and of the Virgin Mary and accordingly is a popular flower at Easter celebrations.

Another interesting aspect of the Easter Lilly is that the trumpet shape of the flower itself demonstrates the Golden Mean in that the rotation of leaves around stem is that ratio which gives each leaf perfect exposure to the sun.

 

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