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...
Richard A. Salkin
Richard A. Salkin is a beach-based freelance writer with a healthy fondness for opera. He serves on the board of Opera Jacksonville, writes for Encore magazine (published by the Jacksonville Symphony), and has appeared in non-singing roles (“Thankfully!” he says) in local productions of La Boheme and Tosca. His most recent piece for Arbus profiled artist Steve Williams.
Toni Hernandez
Toni is a Philadelphia native and absolutely crazy in love with her newly adopted city of Jacksonville. The founder of Toni Hernandez Brown and Associates, she is a visionary, entrepreneur, risk-taker, leadership and goal coach, culture change agent and brand consultant. Toni is a runner who is passionate about cancer research, and is co-founder of Tacos for Tatas, a 26.2 charity event. She is a resident of South Jacksonville Beach....
Jim Draper
Jim Draper’s work includes drawing, painting, photography, video and writing that is informed by journeys into the wilds of Florida and Georgia. He is currently the coordinator for the University of North Florida’s galleries. Jim’s latest exhibitions include his seminal work Feast of Flowers at the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens and Image Gathering + Disseminating the Natural Experience at Florida School of the Arts (Palatka). He...
Allison Griner
Allison Griner is a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in both Canadian and American publications, including The Washington Post and the Vancouver Observer. Getting lost and stumbling across interesting people used to be an accident for her. Now, it’s a passion. Her home is Jacksonville, but her life is spent on the road, with the aim of doing regular foreign correspondence. Find out more through her Twitter handle,...
Amber Sesnick
Amber Sesnick received an undergraduate degree in Art History and a Master’s of Public Administration from the University of North Florida. She is currently the Marketing & Communication Coordinator at the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, and has been actively involved in Jacksonville’s nonprofit sector for over ten years. Amber believes in the power of art to tell stories and build bridges, and in the power of innovative...
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