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Jazz ABZ: Improvisations by Students at S.P. Livingston Elementary School
Art Connections
Monday, Mar 1, 2010 through Sunday, May 9, 2010
Selected 5th grade students at S.P. Livingston Elementary School display their Jazz-Inspired art work as part of the Weaver Academy of Art at The Cummer. Under the guidance of The Cummer Education staff with documentation by photographer Ingrid Damiani, the artists from the school's Exceptional Student Education Department created abstract paintings, cityscape collages and free-form alliterative poetry based on the sounds in jazz music.
For more information, call (904) 355-0630.
Jazz ABZ: An A to Z Collection of Jazz Portraits by Paul Rogers with poems by Wynton Marsalis
Wednesday, Jan 20, 2010 through Sunday, Aug 8, 2010
Artist Paul Rogers teamed with legendary jazz musician Wynton Marsalis to create the book Jazz ABZ, which highlights jazz greats from A (Louis Armstrong) to Z (Dizzy Gillespie) through art and poetry.
Each portrait and poem is evocative of the particular musician’s sound, and each work of art alludes to song titles, artifacts, and other markers of the time, including artistic references to well-known artists who were particularly inspired by jazz music.
For a complete schedule of classes, concerts and poetry events, please call (904) 355-0630.
Exhibition Sponsors: Elkins Constructors, Inc., Carl S. Swisher Foundation, Inc., City of Jacksonville and Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville, Inc.
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