[WATCH] The Last Picture Show: A Retrospective of Recent Ledger Staff Photograhers - A Conversation with the Artists

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[WATCH] The Last Picture Show: A Retrospective of Recent Ledger Staff Photograhers - A Conversation with the Artists

View a conversation on May 21st, 2026 at the AGB Museum of Art with five former Ledger staff photographers about their work as artists and photojournalists, to celebrate the Museum’s exhibit The Last Picture Show: A Retrospective of Recent Ledger Staff Photographers.

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[WATCH] Frank Lloyd Wright and His Influence on Florida Architecture

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[WATCH] Frank Lloyd Wright and His Influence on Florida Architecture

Dr Wayne Wood gave a presentation called Frank Lloyd Wright and His Influence on Florida Architecture at the AGB Museum of Art in Lakeland, Florida, November 14, 2025. View the entire presentation here.

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[Watch] Drinks with the Director: These Are a Few of My Favorite Things (Night Two)

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[Watch] Drinks with the Director: These Are a Few of My Favorite Things (Night Two)

Former Executive Director and Chief Curator Dr. Alex Rich has always been passionate about art history, and about sharing that passion with our community. As he prepared to leave the Museum after eight years, he hosted his final set of lectures as part of a special interactive “Drinks with the Director” event held live in the galleries. He reflected on the impact of art and art history while highlighting some of his all-time favorite works, including pieces from our own collection.

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[Watch] Drinks with the Director: These Are a Few of My Favorite Things (Night One)

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[Watch] Drinks with the Director: These Are a Few of My Favorite Things (Night One)

Former Executive Director and Chief Curator Dr. Alex Rich has always been passionate about art history, and about sharing that passion with our community. As he prepared to leave the Museum after eight years, he hosted his final set of lectures as part of a special interactive “Drinks with the Director” event held live in the galleries. He reflected on the impact of art and art history while highlighting some of his all-time favorite works, including pieces from our own collection.

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[Watch] Frank Lloyd Wright & the College of Tomorrow: Gallery Perspectives Tour with Dr. Rich

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[Watch] Frank Lloyd Wright & the College of Tomorrow: Gallery Perspectives Tour with Dr. Rich

Dr. H. Alexander Rich leads a Gallery Perspectives Tour of the exhibition Frank Lloyd Wright & the College of Tomorrow. This will be his final tour before he departs for his new role as Director and CEO of the Gibbs Museum of Art in Charleston, SC.

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[Watch] "Dr H. Alexander Rich Lecture - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Impressionism

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[Watch] "Dr H. Alexander Rich Lecture - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Impressionism

Dr H. Alexander Rich gives a lecture at the Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art’s Holiday Member’s Reception called It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Impressionism to go along with the Museum’s exhibition, Dutch Impressionism: The Hague School, 1860-1930.

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[Watch] Interview between Samuel Bak and Dr. Rich at the Member's Reception

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[Watch] Interview between Samuel Bak and Dr. Rich at the Member's Reception

Join Executive Director and Chief Curator Dr. Alex Rich of the Polk Museum of Art as he interviews Samuel Bak over Zoom during the Member’s Reception.

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[Watch] Seen and Unseen: Photographs by Imogen Cunningham

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[Watch] Seen and Unseen: Photographs by Imogen Cunningham

Join Executive Director and Chief Curator Dr. Alex Rich on a tour through Seen & Unseen: Photographs by Imogen Cunningham. This exhibition features 60 photographs by Cunningham, whose life — and career — traversed nearly a century.

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[Watch] Seeing Things Differently: Lecture by Dr. H. Alexander Rich

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[Watch] Seeing Things Differently: Lecture by Dr. H. Alexander Rich

At the member's reception on April 14th, 2023, Dr. H. Alexander Rich discusses the three featured exhibits at the Polk Museum of Art. The exhibits were Seen & Unseen: Photographs by Imogen Cunningham, In the Eye of the Mind: The Fantastic Realities of Steven Kenny, and New Eyes on the Permanent Collection.

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[Watch] Lecture by Gary Monroe: Highwaymen Historian & Author

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[Watch] Lecture by Gary Monroe: Highwaymen Historian & Author

Author and historian Gary Monroe lectures at the Polk Museum of Art on the Highwaymen, 26 Florida-based Afican-American landscape painters who managed to thrive in the Jim Crow South. Consisting of 25 men and 1 woman, these mostly self-taught artists produced a uniquely Florida art movement that is prized by collectors and the public today.

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