The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens 829 Riverside Ave. Jacksonville, FL 32204

The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens

829 Riverside Ave. Jacksonville, FL 32204

The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens is committed to engage and inspire through

the arts, gardens and education.

Programs for Children

• Every Tuesday: Drop-In Art from

5-6p.m.

• Second Saturday of every Month: Art for Two 10:30 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. **Pre-registration**

• Third Saturday of every Month:

Art Adventures 10:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. **Pre-registration**

• June 11- August 3: Camp Cummer

**Pre-registration**

Art for Two

Camp Cummer

Programs for Adults• Every Tuesday is free Tuesday

from 4-9 p.m. for adults and children.

• Every Sunday: Free with admission Collection Tour: 3-3:45 p.m.

• Every Tuesday: Free with admission Collection Tour: 7-7:45 p.m.

• Photo Challenge 1: Impressionist Reflections of the St. Johns River until May 5

• Photo Challenge 2: Gardens and Landscape

• Every Wednesday until September 5: Painting Fundamentals

**Pre-registration**

Café Nights

Photo Challenge 1

• 50 Forward: New Additions to the Permanent CollectionsJanuary 31-July 31, 2012

Hughie Lee-Smith (American, 1915-1999), End of the Festival, 1954, oil on Masonite, 24 x 36 in., Purchased with funds from the 2011 Grand Benefactors of the Cummer Ball and the Robert Helms Memorial Fund, AP.2011.3.1. 

Current and Upcoming Exhibits

• Beyond Ukiyo-e: Japanese Woodblock Prints and their Influence on Western ArtDec. 15, 2011- Aug. 9, 2012

Artist Unknown (Japanese), Untitled, 19th Century, woodblock print, 8 7/8 x 10 7/8 in., Purchased with funds from the Cornelia Morse Carithers Endowment Fund, AP.1994.4.1.

• Impressionism and Post-Impressionism from The High Museum of ArtFebruary 16-May 6, 2012

Claude Monet, (French, 1840–1926), Autumn on the Seine, Argenteuil, 1873, Oil on canvas, 21 3/8 x 28 7/8 inches, Purchase with funds from the Forward Arts Foundation, The Buisson Foundation, Eleanor McDonald Storza Estate, Frances Cheney Boggs Estate, Katherine John Murphy Foundation, and High Museum of Art Enhancement Fund, 2000.205.

• Richard Chamberlain: The Year of the SheepJan. 10-July 8, 2012

Richard N. Chamberlain, Inside Black, 1988, enamel and oil on panel. © Richard Chamberlain.

• Miradas: Ancient Roots in Modern Mexican Art: Works from the Bank of America CollectionJune 5, 2012- September 16, 2012

Javier Chavira (Mexican, B.1971), El guerrero (The Warrior), 2004, Acrylic and crayon on paper/ acrilico y crayón sobre papel, Bank of America Collection. © Javier Chavira.

• Folio Weekly Invitational Artist ExhibitAugust 24-December 2, 2012

Photographer unknown. Photo found on Folio Weekly’s blog from the 2009 Exhibit

• Histories of Africa: 20 Years of Photography by Elizabeth GilbertSeptember 13, 2012-January 27, 2013

Photo credit: Elizabeth Gilbert as part of the Histories of Africa Exhibit

Image credit: Loïs Mailou Jones, Babelle, Paris, 1937. Oil on canvas. Courtesy of the Loïs Mailou Jones Pierre-Noël Trust.

• Loïs Mailou Jones: A Life in Vibrant ColorOctober 11, 2012- January 4, 2013

• Jim Draper: Feast of FlowersDecember 18, 2012- April 7, 2013

Jim Draper, Nana (unfinished), 48 x 60 inches.  © Jim Draper. 

• The Tsar’s Cabinet: Two Hundred Years of Russian Decorative Arts under the RomanovsJanuary 26, 2013- April 27, 2013

The Tsar’s Cabinet is developed from the Kathleen Durdin Collection and is organized by the Muscarelle Museum of Art at the College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, in collaboration with International Arts & Artists, Washington, D.C.

• La FloridaFebruary 19, 2013-October 27, 2013

Winslow Homer (American, 1836 - 1910), The White Rowboat, St. Johns River, 1890, watercolor on paper, 14 x 20 in., Bequest of Ninah M. H. Cummer, C.0.154.1.

Upcoming Events• Bon Voyage Late Closing Hours:

May 5, 2012 5:00 p.m.- midnight

• Pecha Kucha: May 15, 2012 6:00-8:00 p.m.

• Beyond Ukiyo-e: Japanese Woodblock Prints and their influence on Western Art - Talk and Tea Lecture SeriesMay 16, 2012 1:30-2:30 p.m.May 17, 2012 1:30-2:30 p.m.

• Miradas: Ancient Roots in Modern Mexican Art: Talk and Tea Lecture SeriesJune 20, 2012 1:30-2:30 p.m.June 21, 2012 1:30-2:30 p.m.

• 4th of July Concert in the Gardens7:00-10:00 p.m.

• Miradas Concert in the Gardens??September 14, 2012Time??