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Tag Archives: florida

Artist in the Store: Michael Viafora

by , Guest Services & Marketing in Education

May

14

Michael Viafora is an authentic automotive artist who has been drawing , painting, and designing and rebuilding automobiles since winning a Pinewood Derby design contest as a child in his native state of New York. Viafora graduated from Jacksonville University and has been an art instructor for the…

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In the Gallery: Hunting Alligators by Theodor de Bry, 1591 in La Florida Exhibit

by , Registrar in Art, Artists, Exhibitions

May

07

In 2013, Florida is commemorating the 500-year anniversary of the arrival of Europeans and Africans in the Americas. Juan Ponce de León’s expedition…

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Jr. Docent Podcast #11: Early Florida Art

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Apr

25

One of the earliest known depictions of Florida in art was this print by Theodor de Bry from a drawing by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues. Le Moyne was…

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Jr. Docent Podcast #4: Artist Eugene Savage and the Seminoles

by , Director of Art Education in Podcast

Apr

22

As Florida became a tourist destination, artists discovered it as well, recording Florida’s…

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In the Gallery: The St. Johns River by Martin Johnson Heade, c.1890s in La Florida Exhibit

by , Registrar in Art, Artists

Apr

09

Martin Johnson Heade lived in Florida from 1883 until his death. At first an avid hunter, he soon changed his views and

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What’s Blooming? Lyonia Lucida!

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Mar

27

Lyonia lucida is a species of flowering plant in the heath family known by the common names Fetterbush, Hurrahbush, and Staggerbush. This plant grows on the…

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