Painted Pages: Illuminated Manuscripts 13th to 18th Centuries features more than thirty works from medieval Bibles, prayer books, psalters, books of hours, choir books, missals, breviaries, and lectionaries as well as a selection of rare Hebrew and Arabic manuscripts.
Read MoreFlorida Southern College, Erin LaSala, along with students from Florida Southern College’s dance program provide a performance based gallery talk focusing on the artist Edgar Degas.
Read MoreEdgar Degas is one of the most familiar “name” artists in the entire history of art — and, this winter, the Polk Museum is excited to bring Degas to Lakeland in a wide-ranging exhibition of privately-owned works entitled Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist.
Read MoreDr. Jennifer Moffitt explores the Polk Museum of Art's exhibition, "The Art of Romaine Brooks." The Art of Romaine Brooks, on loan from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, brings together 18 paintings and 32 drawings by the American expatriate artist Romaine Brooks (1874-1970). Dr. Moffitt is Assistant Professor of English at Florida Southern College.
Read MoreThe Polk Museum of Art at Florida Southern College hosted a panel discussion entitled Goya, Picasso & the Heritage of Spain: Exploring Spanish Culture in Florida from 1513 to Today. A distinguished panel of presenters from four institutions collaboratively developed this humanities-focused program to coincide with the Museum's Masters of Spain: Goya & Picasso exhibition on view from March 17-June 17, 2018.
Read MoreKen Rollins, President of Rollins Fine Art and PMA Director (1981-1994), explores the life and inspiration of artist William Schaaf.
Read MoreDerek Menchan, professor of humanities, philosophy, and music at Polk State College leads a discussion on the omnipresence of music found in Chagall's work as well as universal themes of human morality.
Read MoreCurator and Director of Galleries & Exhibitions at the Polk Museum of Art H. Alexander Rich, Ph.D. gives the opening lecture for the fall 2018 - 2019 season of exhibitions at the Polk Museum of Art.
Read MoreExperience Chagall: Stories into Dreams as an audio tour. Look for the numbered prompts on the wall and on the identification labels.
This September, Chagall arrives at the Polk Museum of Art at Florida Southern College.
Read MoreThis September, the Polk Museum of Art at Florida Southern College proudly presents The Art of Romaine Brooks, a retrospective exhibition of a remarkable and under-acknowledged 20th century American artist.
Read MoreThe Von Wagner Code is a unique Polk Museum of Art curated exhibition inspired by the rediscovery of a damaged, long-lost painting on the Florida Southern College campus and the exciting search for answers about its origins.
Read MoreRead more on the exhibition, Double Vision: Photocentric Paintings by Richard Heipp.
Read MoreRead more on the exhibition, Lorrie Goulet: Seventy Years Carving.
Read MoreIn this video, Polk Museum of Art curator Dr. H. Alexander Rich speaks with conservator Rustin Levenson about the mysterious painting at the center of “The Von Wagner Code” exhibition and about the painstaking stabilization process being undertaken to preserve it.
Read MoreRichard Heipp shares his perspective on his retrospective exhibition, Double Vision: Photocentric Paintings.
Read MoreMasters of Spain: Goya and Picasso brings a rare showcase of work by two of the greatest Spanish painters of all time. Experience this exhibition as an audio tour.
Read MoreIn keeping with our mission to offer incomparable world-class art experiences for the community, this exhibition brings to Polk County a rare showcase of work by two of the greatest Spanish painters of all time.
Read MorePainting A Nation: Hudson River School Landscapesfrom the Higdon Collection was organized by the Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, South Carolina.
Read MoreThe Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Florida
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