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Wednesday, August 11

Classes - Adults

Painting Basics

Session IV: August 11 through September 15

1:30PM - 5:00PM

This class is for beginning and intermediate painters, as well as advanced students wanting to advance into more intensive study of techniques. Each student will have individual attention, and will work at their own level and will produce one or more original paintings. There will be demonstrations in each class covering landscapes, still life, acrylic, watercolor, mixed media, and color theory. Each session is six weeks.

Members: $168; Non-members: $188; Active Docents: $84

Call 904.355.0630 for more information, supply list or to register.


Saturday, August 14

Classes - Children

Art for Two

Faces and Places

10:30AM - 12:00PM

Come make art with your little one and enjoy gallery visits and time in Art Connections. Pre-registration recommended. Ages 3 to 5. Members $10 per pair, Non-members $15 per pair. For more information or to register for art classes, please call 904.355.0630.


Tuesday, August 17

Up & Cummers

What is Art?

Featuring Graphic Designers

6:30PM - 8:30PM

The Up & Cummers, the young professionals group at the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, are pleased to introduce a new event series entitled What is Art?  We will host four unique What is Art? events throughout 2010.  Each event will feature the works of three to four local, aspiring artists and provide exclusive opportunities for attendees to interact with each artist.

Tickets: $15 for Up & Cummers Members, $25 for Non-members. 


Wednesday, August 18

Classes - Seniors

Especially for Seniors Talks and Tea

Claude Lorrain and Baroque Landscape Painting

1:30PM - 2:30PM

Seated gallery talk at 1:30 p.m., with afternoon tea and refreshments following. Includes free admission to the museum and Gardens. 

Members and Non-members $6; for reservations please call (904) 355-0630.

Sponsored by the Woodcock Foundation for the Appreciation of the Arts, Inc.

 


Thursday, August 19

Classes - Seniors

Especially for Seniors Talks and Tea

Claude Lorrain and Baroque Landscape Painting

1:30PM - 2:30PM

Seated gallery talk at 1:30 p.m., with afternoon tea and refreshments following. Includes free admission to the museum and Gardens. 

Members and Non-members $6; for reservations please call (904) 355-0630.

Sponsored by the Woodcock Foundation for the Appreciation of the Arts, Inc.

 


Wednesday, August 25

Up & Cummers

After Hours Tour of Collectors' Choice: Works of Art from Jacksonville Collections6:00PM - 8:00PM

Drinks will be served at 6 p.m.

Holly Keris, The Cummer''s Curator, will lead the tour at 6:45 p.m.

FREE for Up & Cummers Members, $10 tickets available for Non-members

To purchase tickets in advance or reserve a space, contact Emily Magevney at (904) 899-6027 or emagevney@cummer.org.  


August

Exhibitions

Jazz ABZ: An A to Z Collection of Jazz Portraits by Paul Rogers with poems by Wynton Marsalis

See exhibition description for details.

Go Figure: Twentieth Century Works On Paper from The Cummer Collection

See exhibition description for details.

Collectors' Choice: Works of Art from Jacksonville Collections

See exhibition description for details.

Eugene Louis Charvot: Favorite Faces, Favorite Places

See exhibition description for details.