Ever wonder what a day in the life of a working artist is like? Where their inspiration comes from or how they create their incredible pieces of art? You’re in luck! Our amazing Curatorial team interviewed an artist a week for the month of June — LIVE!
Watch Loren Hicks, Collections Manager & Registrar, along with our first guest artist, Reynier Llanes!
Why We Need the Arts Now
Join Dr. Alex Rich, Executive Director and Chief Curator, for an interactive happy hour and Q&A as he chats LIVE with YOU and special guests Amy Wiggins, Executive Director of the Imperial Symphony Orchestra, Jermaine Thornton, Executive Director of Florida Dance Theatre, and Meri Mass, Executive Director of the Polk Arts Alliance. They are excited to take take YOUR questions live, eager to discuss the powerful roles all arts organizations play in our community, the obstacles they face, and the impact they will have moving forward.
Read MoreHappy Hour with the Curatorial Team
We're putting a new twist on our First Thursday After Hours! With a drink in hand (BYOB, alcoholic or non), join us — and Executive Director Alex Rich — on Facebook Live this Thursday, May 7, at 6 pm, as he chats with YOU and our amazing Curatorial team.
Read MoreThis exhibition, custom-curated for the Polk Museum of Art at Florida Southern College by the Hoogsteder Museum Foundation of The Netherlands, showcases 27 Dutch and Flemish paintings from the 17th century, selected and organized around the unifying visual theme of music and dance. All the Masterworks in the exhibition come to the Museum from private European Collections and have not been seen by the wide public before.
Read MoreIn this combined lecture, Dr. Alex Rich explains the source of two concurrent exhibits at the Polk Museum of Art. Spirits: Ritual and Ceremonial African and Oceanic Art from the Dr. Alan and Linda Rich Collection in one gallery and Global Art of the 1970s: From the SC Johnson Collection in another gallery.
Read MoreIn this combined lecture, Dr. Alex Rich explains the source of two concurrent exhibits at the Polk Museum of Art. Spirits: Ritual and Ceremonial African and Oceanic Art from the Dr. Alan and Linda Rich Collection in one gallery and Global Art of the 1970s: From the SC Johnson Collection in another gallery.
Read MoreThe Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Florida
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