If you’ve been to see PMoA‘s newest exhibition, Visual Unity 2, (or even if you haven’t) you won’t want to miss the event that is being held on November 13. From 1:00 – 2:00pm, at least nine of the artists from the exhibition will be at the Museum to discuss all of the ins and [...]

We’re so excited about the current exhibition at PMoA that we’re hosting two events to celebrate it! Lois Mailou Jones: A Life in Vibrant Color is a retrospective of the 70 year career of this amazing artist. Jones was one of the most influential African-American artists of the 20th Century, and she is often associated [...]

Polk Museum of Art is proud to announce that it is offering free admission to active duty military families all summer as a part of the Blue Star Museums program. Blue Star Museums runs from Memorial Day, May 31 through to Labor Day, September 6, 2010.  The free admission program is available to active duty [...]

Head over to Polk Museum of Art on Thursday, February 11, and you’ll have the chance to meet one of the artists whose work is currently on display. At 7pm, Kenneth Treister, a Winter Haven resident and world renowned architect, will present a lecture about his life in art. Afterwards, he will sign copies of [...]

Art, film, fashion, sound & performance by kids for kids: Fun for kids of ages 4 to 94 and it’s FREE! when || saturday february 5, 2011 – 5pm to 8pm where || Oasis Community Church, 3330 Winter Lake Rd, Lakeland, FL 33803 || map it! tickets || students: FREE (thru grade 12) | adults: $5 suggested donation volunteers || [...]

Polk Museum of Art’s newest exhibition will open to the public next weekend, November 14, and this one will definitely be a good one for anyone who likes surrealism or photography.

On Saturday, September 5, Polk Museum of Art will open its most recent exhibitions, Beautiful Things and A Perfect Mesh.  Both exhibitions are curated from the Museum’s Permanent Collection, but the focus of each one is very different. The concept of Beautiful Things was derived from the idea that beauty is found within everything. The [...]

I hope you’ve been over to PMoA to see the new exhibitions. One of them, Silver Linings: Delicate Drawings by Carol Prusa is really captivating. (I even asked the Curator how much one of the smaller ones cost. Let’s just say it’s not in my budget.) And, lucky for Lakeland, the artist will be here for the reception on July 24 at 5:30pm.

Polk Museum of Art is opening three new exhibitions in June, and the first one is Shelter, an exhibition of works from the Museum’s permanent collection. Since I’ve been having a hard time putting the concept behind this exhibition into my own words, I’m just going to quote PMoA’s Curator of Art, Todd Behrens: