Timucuan Parks Foundation will Celebrate its 20th year with a Special MOSH Exhibit

September 18, 2019

Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 16, 2019 – Timucuan Parks Foundation is celebrating its 20^th year with a special exhibit at the Museum of Science and History, and the nonprofit is looking for sponsors for the anniversary exhibit. “Timucuan Parks Foundation: Celebrate and Explore Our Wilderness Parks” will open on Oct. 29, 2019, and will feature local artists who support the organization. The exhibit will be on display for seven months. Sponsorships will help the not-for-profit continue its mission to preserve, promote and enhance Jacksonville’s natural areas.

“We are honored to have these local artists, including our board member Kathy Stark, participate in this exhibit to showcase our local preservation parks, and we are asking the community to be a part of it as well,” said Mark Middlebrook, executive director of TPF. “I have been working with this organization since its inception in 1999 and have watched it grow to what it is today, a protector of the largest urban park system in the U.S.”

Sponsorships are available at a variety of levels; Premier, Video, Sense of Place, Sense of Well-Being, 7 Creeks Trail Partnership, Barrier Islands Parks, and Exhibit Engagement. The sponsorships range from $25,000 to $1,000. Each comes with logo recognition on a credit panel, along with other benefits, The deadline for inclusion on the panel is October 1. Supporters can also be part of the event by donating at an Individual supporter level. Those who donate between $250 and $999 will receive an invitation to the opening of the exhibit and recognition in the program, an archival print of a Kathy Stark exhibit painting, and a one-year Timucuan Parks Foundation membership. To sign up to sponsor or support the event or for more information, visit timucuanparks.org/20^th-celebration/.

The “Timucuan Parks Foundation: Celebrate and Explore Our Wilderness Parks” exhibit will feature four new park paintings by Kathy Stark and a video that will include drone video captured by Tom Schifanella and still images taken by photographer Will Dickey. The images will highlight the beauty of the area’s parks and preserves. The exhibit will also include a map of the area’s preservation parks, native animals, and animal tracks. Engagement activities at the MOSH will run the duration of the exhibit. The exhibit elements will be reused and repurposed in the future by TPF.

About Timucuan Parks Foundation

The Timucuan Parks Foundation is a nonprofit organization that preserves, promotes and protects Jacksonville’s vast network of preservation parks. The foundation originated in 1999 with the Preservation Project Jacksonville, Inc. to identify and assist in acquiring the most vulnerable and environmentally sensitive lands in Duval County. The acquisition of lands created the largest urban park system in the United States. The Timucuan Parks Foundation works with park partners, including the National Park Service, Florida State Parks and the City of Jacksonville, to promote environmental stewardship, the health benefits of the parks and preserves, and an appreciation for Jacksonville’s special outdoor spaces. For more information, visit timucuanparks.org.