Nelda Damiano
Nelda Damiano recently joined the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens as associate curator. She received her doctoral degree from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, with a focus on Italian Renaissance and Baroque Art. Recently employed as senior exhibitions manager at the National Gallery of Canada, in Ottawa, Dr. Damiano previously held curatorial positions at the Prints and Drawings Department at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence...
Shop Local Gift Guide 2016
Our annual gift guide takes you neighborhood by neighborhood to local businesses with the goodies you’ll want this season.
Recipe Inspired by the Collection of the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens and from their new cookbook: The Chef’s Canvas*
“There is a parallel between my appreciation of the Italian Garden’s beauty, its layout, symmetry, curves, arches, and lines, and a similarity to how I work with ingredients. I choose ingredients for a dish based on flavor first, and also for their color, texture, shape, and visual interest when plated together.
Heroes & Battlefields
Even during wartime, when all sketching was prohibited without special permission, James McBey (1883 – 1959) continued to diligently observe and record the events that unfolded before him.