Mindful Dining, Part One: Proteins
The Art of Meat, Poultry, Dairy and Eggs Within the Slow Food Circle.
To get a bigger picture of our local food story, we talked with some of the area’s top chefs, restauranteurs, and farmers. We’re calling it Mindful Dining, and this first segment delves into proteins – raising livestock; sourcing meat, seafood, and dairy for restaurant use; and preparing it all in-house at local spots that are part of the farm-to-table and slow food ethos.
The Outings Project
I recently had the remarkable experience of working alongside Julien de Casabianca and dozens of community artists and activists as we instigated a new phase of the Outings Project in Jacksonville. For just over a week, Casabianca was artist in residence at the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens and in the streets of our city. More than forty images from the museum’s Permanent Collection were released from their frames, joining the...
Ambler Hutchinson: Visual Artifacts — One Mind Two Realities
Gerhard Richter once said, “Art is the highest form of hope,” and hope is the message in Ambler Hutchinson’s haunting solo exhibit at Jacksonville’s Florida Mining Gallery. Visual Artifacts – One Mind Two Realities takes the audience on a visual journey through the dark hallways of Hutchinson’s mind, to the excruciatingly gorgeous place where her depression, anxiety and mental illness find a catharsis. A work of art symbolizes the...
I Am A Runner
All shapes, sizes, colors, ages and abilities: all runners. Some are new to the sport, others have run their entire lives – 60 years plus. From 5Ks to 100-mile Ultras, transcendent runs and torturous ones, these athletes challenge themselves to go faster or farther, to discover the limits of who they are and what they can do, for a hat or medal or just to say, “I am a runner.” Photos by Laura Evans 36 of the current 77 I Am A...
Hope McMath
Hope McMath is director of the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, where she combines her education in and passion for art history, education, and the creative process. She has most recently led the Cummer through strategic planning, capital expansion, rebranding, and several significant community outreach initiatives. A Jacksonville native and JU alum, Hope spends her time away from the museum traveling, gardening, volunteering, and...
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