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DESCRIPTION:Ideas of Our Time is a lecture series providing a forum for cre
 ative dialogue with artists\, educators\, and others around some of the mo
 st vital and important art and ideas of our time. In 2024\, the museum is 
 hosting MOCA Jacksonville: The First 100 Years\, recounting the history of
  the museum by both historians and those who lived it.\n\n \n\nDuring the 
 first talk on June 5\, we will hear from Alan Bliss\, Executive Director o
 f the Jacksonville Historical Society\, who will discuss the cultural and 
 political landscape of Jacksonville at the time of MOCA’s founding in 19
 24. \n\n \n\nThe second lecture\, on August 7\, features speaker John Bunk
 er\, who served as Interim Director and Associate Director of Jacksonville
  Art Museum\, the precursor to MOCA Jacksonville\, from 1976-1994. \n\n \n
 \nIdeas of Our Time is free and open to all and takes place during DT Jax 
 Art Walk. Registration is not required but recommended as the MOCA Theater
  has limited seats. This program is also offered virtually. Click the Zoom
  links below to tune in. \n\n \n\nJune 5 | https://unf.zoom.us/j/968812984
 31\n\nAugust 7 | https://unf.zoom.us/j/92899752090\n\n \n\nQuestions? Cont
 act mocaeducation@unf.edu. To get in contact with someone the day of the e
 vent\, please reach out to MOCA Guest Relations at 904-366-6911.\n\n \n\nS
 PEAKERS\n\nAlan Bliss\, Ph.D. – Executive Director\, Jacksonville Histor
 ical Society\n\nBliss holds a Ph.D. from the University of Florida. His re
 search on modern Florida has won professional awards. In 2015\, Bliss was 
 elected to the board of the Jacksonville Historical Society. He chaired an
 d co-chaired JHS committees for Strategic Planning\, Programs\, and Proper
 ty Management. \n\n \n\nBeginning in 2006\, Alan Bliss taught at the Unive
 rsity of North Florida\, where his popular U.S. history courses include ur
 ban history\, maritime history\, and a seminar on public history—all emp
 hasizing Jacksonville. He is also experienced in historic resource consult
 ing and is a sought-after public speaker. \n\n \n\nIn addition to the JHS\
 , Bliss is a member of Jacksonville’s Downtown Vision Alliance\, the Urb
 an Land Institute (North Florida Chapter)\, the Jacksonville Historic Nava
 l Ship Association\, and the Naval Order of the United States. He is an ac
 tive member of Riverside Presbyterian Church\, where he chairs its Propert
 y & Maintenance Committee. He also serves on the board of Fonkoze\, USA\, 
 an anti-poverty and microfinance nonprofit serving Haiti. Prior to returni
 ng to higher education\, he had a successful career in the real estate ind
 ustry. \n\n \n\nAn experienced offshore sailor\, he enjoys boating on the 
 St. Johns River and surrounding waters.\n\n \n\nJohn Bunker - Artist & Com
 munity Leader \n\n \n\nBeyond creating an extensive and varied body of wor
 k over his 50-year career as a professional artist\, Bunker has also susta
 ined an impressive museum career\, which includes being the long-term asso
 ciate director and interim director of the Jacksonville Art Museum and dir
 ector of the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens. He is a graduate of both th
 e Smithsonian Institution's Fundamentals of Museum Management and the J.P.
  Getty's Museum Management Institute UC Berkeley. \n\n \n\nAs an active vo
 lunteer in the Jacksonville Community\, John Bunker has served as Presiden
 t of the Riverside Fine Arts Association Concert Board\, a member of JaxPr
 ide\, Chairman of the Koger Gallery of Art and Gardens Advisory Committee\
 , curator of the Jacksonville International Airport Arts Commission\, memb
 er of art in Public Places committee\, board member of Patrons of the HeAr
 ts\, board member JAG\, and vestry member of the Episcopal Church of the G
 ood Shepherd. \n\n \n\nJohn Bunker's artworks are included in numerous mus
 eums\, corporate\, public and private collections in the United States and
  abroad. Several corporate collectors include: AT&T Universal Card\, The M
 ayo Clinic\, First Coast Oncology Centers\, Nordstroms\, First Union Bank\
 , Bank of America\, North Florida College\, Vistakon\, The Florida Senate\
 , Riverside House of Junior League\, Orlando Jetport\, Timuquana Country C
 lub\, Stein Mart\, MD Anderson Cancer Center\, University of North Florida
 \, The Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art\, and the Cummer Museum of Art an
 d Gardens. \n\n \n\nIn 2007\, John Bunker received the Individual Arts Awa
 rd from the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville in recognition of thr
 ee decades of leadership in the First Coast community. In 2016\, Bunker wa
 s named one of 40 years 40 icons initiative. In 2020\, Bunker was awarded 
 the Ann McDonald Baker Art Ventures Award for his over 50 years for an ...
 .“indelible mark on our cultural community\, both through his art and in
  his leadership positions at the Cummer Museum and the Jacksonville Art Mu
 seum.”
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SUMMARY:Ideas of Our Time | MOCA Jacksonville: The First 100 Years
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