Ava Gardner Blog /ava-gardner/blog/ Mon, 20 Apr 2026 03:03:32 +0000 Director's Message for the New Year: "See You Soon!" /ava-gardner/blog/post/directors-message-for-the-new-year-see-you-soon/ /ava-gardner/blog/post/directors-message-for-the-new-year-see-you-soon/#comments /ava-gardner/blog/post/directors-message-for-the-new-year-see-you-soon/ Fri, 29 Dec 2023 11:00:00 -0500

A new year. Turning the page. A new beginning. These phrases resonate with me right now, on my official last day as the Executive Director of the Ava Gardner Museum. It has been quite an adventure! I

]]> Reflections on Ava /ava-gardner/blog/post/reflections-on-ava/ /ava-gardner/blog/post/reflections-on-ava/#comments /ava-gardner/blog/post/reflections-on-ava/ Thu, 22 Dec 2022 12:00:00 -0500

Ava Gardner. What do you think of when you hear that name? Movie star, icon, “The World’s Most Beautiful Animal,” Frank Sinatra’s wife? That was how I thought of her, a beautiful star who had it all.

Ava Gardner portrait holding flower

]]> A Tribute to Ava Gardner /ava-gardner/blog/post/a-tribute-to-ava-gardner/ /ava-gardner/blog/post/a-tribute-to-ava-gardner/#comments /ava-gardner/blog/post/a-tribute-to-ava-gardner/ Tue, 06 Sep 2022 20:00:00 -0400

A mural of Ava Gardner was proposed at the very first planning meeting for the Ava 100 Centennial Celebration over a year ago and has been in the works ever since. Our first order of business was to

]]> My Weekend with Ava /ava-gardner/blog/post/my-weekend-with-ava/ /ava-gardner/blog/post/my-weekend-with-ava/#comments /ava-gardner/blog/post/my-weekend-with-ava/ Fri, 24 Jul 2020 08:00:00 -0400

Every once in a while, everything lines up in your life just right. That was the case for me in 2017. I had recently been promoted to Director of the Ava Gardner Museum, and I had spent the last

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