Art Connections

Art Connections sets the stage for interactive learning that takes place throughout the rest of The Cummer.  The space is designed to facilitate educational, hands-on activities for individual visitors, as well as groups – making it a great place for families.  Art Connections is a multidisciplinary experience that combines art, music, literature, history, dance and poetry through a series of low-tech and high-tech learning stations, ranging from a collage table to a state-of-the-art virtual canvas.

Creativity Timeline

Using the museum's own collection as its core, this chronological display packs over 30,000 years of artistic history into 40 feet. Interactive stations allow visitors to view, listen, touch and explore the relationship art has shared with science, technology and culture since 35,000 B.C.

Visions/Versions

The Cummer commissioned four separate artists to create works inspired by The Cummer Gardens - each in a medium of the artist's choosing. Visitors can view the art (a drawing, an oil painting, a relief print and a clay vase) accompanied by video featuring the artists discussing the various inspirations, tools and techniques related to the media in which they work. It's a great way to learn about the creative process and how it varies from one individual to the next.

Gallery Under Five

One of several exhibits for children aged 18 months to five years, this exhibit presents art on a smaller scale. Here, younger children can better appreciate art from the museum in a setting where it's easier for them to see, and they won't feel intimidated by large objects.

Face to Face

Using a touchscreen, visitors can create their very own self-portraits, which can then be printed out and taken home. It's the perfect way to start an art experience - in familiar territory.

Picture Perfect

Picture Perfect allows visitors to paint their own masterpieces without even putting on a smock. Moving a large paintbrush through the air, the painting appears on a giant video screen. A seating area behind the display allows friends and family to encourage painters, and, upon completion, the work can be printed and taken home.