[Watch] Lauren Austin: Gallery Perspectives
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Fiber artist and quilter Lauren Austin from Maitland, Florida gives us her perspective on the work in her show Lauren Austin: Life in Quilts at the Polk Museum of Art.
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[Watch] Lecture on Edward Hopper and Guy Pène du Bois: Painting the Real
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Dr. H. Alexander Rich, the Polk Museum of Art’s Executive Director & Chief Curator gives a lecture on the Museum’s exhibit Edward Hopper and Guy Pène du Bois: Painting the Real.
Read More[Watch] Spirits Gallery Talk by Sunny Anzalone
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Florida Southern College student and Intern at the Polk Museum of Art discusses jewelry in the Spirits Gallery at the Museum.
Read More[Watch] Psychology of Color Gallery Talk by Zion Virgil
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Florida Southern College chemistry major and intern at the Polk Museum of Art during the summer of 2022 discusses the psychology of color using art in the George Jenkins Student Gallery.
Read More[Watch] Lecture by Gary Monroe: Highwaymen Historian & Author
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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.
Read More[Watch] Highwaymen Gallery Talk with Rox and Clark Woodsby
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Dr. Alexander Rich, in dialogue with Ron and Clark Woodsby, provides an in-depth overview of the Polk Museum of Art's exhibition The Art of the Highwaymen: From the Woodsby Family Collection in 2022.
Read More[Watch] Rodin Gallery Talk by Chandler Talkington Fletcher
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Rodin’s sculptures not only revived for a new century the expressive and naturalistic styles of antiquity, using ancient Greek sculptors’ medium of choice, but also propelled figurative sculpture into the modern age with emotion and pathos never seen before in the sculpted form.
Read More[Essay] Rodin: Contemplation and Dreams
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Rodin’s sculptures not only revived for a new century the expressive and naturalistic styles of antiquity, using ancient Greek sculptors’ medium of choice, but also propelled figurative sculpture into the modern age with emotion and pathos never seen before in the sculpted form.
Read More[Watch] Rodin in Context: Before, Of, and Beyond his Time
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During our Members Reception, Dr. H Alexander Rich spoke about the renowned French artist and sculptor, Aguste Rodin and dove into Rodin’s life-long pursuit of art, his sometimes controversial career, and his monumental contributions and influence on modern sculpture.
Read More[Watch] Point of View Gallery Talk: In Conversation with Ron and Clark Woodsby
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Dr. Alexander Rich, in dialogue with Ron and Clark Woodsby, provide an in-depth overview of exhibition The Art of the Highwaymen: From the Woodsby Family Collection.
Read More[Virtual] Crash Course: Towards a More Inclusive Art History
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Who decides which artists grab all the textbook and museum attention? Which artists have been understudied and why? Indeed, for every Picasso or Pollock, there is a lesser known artist whose contributions have been overlooked or underseen. This month, we're bringing you a Crash Course that aspires to open up an important conversation about creating a more inclusive art history.
Read More[Essay] The Art of the Highwaymen: From the Woodsby Family Collection
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The Florida Highwaymen occupy an unusual and fascinating space in the history of art. When one mentions “the art of the Highwaymen” to many Floridians, their ears perk up and their eyes brighten, with a glowing and knowing fondness for homegrown art. When you mention “the art of the Highwaymen” to non-Floridians, most look at you with little or no recognition of what you are talking about.
Read More[Watch] Point of View Gallery Talk with John Pinderhuges
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Through Pinderhughes’ powerful camera lens, he makes clear that every human subject and every still life object has a story worth telling.
Read More[Virtual] Drinks with the Director: Why is THAT Famous?!?
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Just in time for the new year, we're bringing back one of our most popular, interactive virtual programs: Drinks with the Director: Why is THAT Famous?!?
Read More[Watch] When We Were Young Lecture by Dr. H. Alexander Rich
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Featuring more than 50 works in various media on the theme of children and animals in American figurative art, this original exhibition promises to delight the child in all of us.
Read More[Virtual] In Conversation With . . . John Pinderhughes!
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Learn about Pinderhughes' decades-long career, his rise in the commercial and fine art photography worlds, and the inspirations behind the works in our upcoming original exhibition, Finding Meaning Within: The Photography of John Pinderhughes.
Read More[Watch] Collection in Focus Richard Segalman Lecture
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Learn about Pinderhughes' decades-long career, his rise in the commercial and fine art photography worlds, and the inspirations behind the works in our upcoming original exhibition, Finding Meaning Within: The Photography of John Pinderhughes.
Read More[Virtual] In Conversation with Josephine Sacabo
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Learn about Sacabo's decades-long career, the inspiration and mystery behind her works of art, and her ability to give voice to women of the past whose legacies still inspire us today.
Read More[Watch] Point of View Gallery Talk on American Impressionism
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Holly Scoggins provides an in-depth overview of our exhibition American Impressionism: Treasures from the Daywood Collection.
Read More[Essay] Finding Meaning Within: The Photography of John Pinderhughes
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A star of the New York art world, John Pinderhughes (b. 1946) has established himself over the past half-century as the ultimate observer and narrator of the communities all around him. This Fall, the Polk Museum of Art at Florida Southern College presents an original, extraordinary retrospective exhibition, years in the making, showcasing Pinderhughes’ broad reportorial eye and his ability to find meaning and value in everything — and every person — he photographs.
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