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Art Around Town – The Circle of Life (sans singing lions)

by , in Art Around Town

Dec

27

When one thinks of “The Circle of Life,” they automatically start singing the iconic Disney song. At least that’s what I do, but maybe I’m still just a kid at heart. However, to some artists, such as Sarah Crooks Flaire, it means so much more than the theme song to a movie about singing desert animals.

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Liliana’s Top Three Public Art Pieces in Jacksonville

by , in Art Around Town

Dec

20

Art lies not only within the Museums in Jacksonville, but throughout the city in public places that you may or may not have already been to. Some may be in the most unexpected places that you visit on a daily basis or some may be lying around town that you just never got a chance to go visit.

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Annual Appeal

by , in Behind the Scenes

Dec

08

The Cummer is embarking on a renewed effort to fulfill its mission of engaging and inspiring through the arts, gardens and education. Your financial support through a tax-deductible donation, whether $50 or $5,000, will help support our mission.

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What’s Blooming? Nierembergia!

by , in Gardens

Nov

24

The Nierembergia can be seen in both blue and white here in The Cummer Gardens. It makes it a habit to grow neatly and can be used in the front of beds or borders to give your garden a crisp look.

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Italian Garden

by , in Gardens

Oct

20

The Italian Garden was designed in 1931, after Ninah Cummer had seen the gardens of the Villa Gamberaia. Ellen Biddle Shipman designed the garden to look very similar to…

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Happy 273rd Birthday Benjamin West!

by , in Artists

Oct

10

Benjamin West was an Anglo-American painter of historical scenes around the time of the American Revolution. Not only was he an extremely gifted painter, he was also…

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