Public Art Takes Center Stage in the Heart of the Arts
From Art-i-facts (Summer 2012) By Sandra Dimsdale Horan Art is in bloom in communities around Polk County this spring. Several local arts organizations are partnering with government agencies and downtown businesses to transform their communities through public art and pedestrian walkways. Public art is taking center stage at several big events, including Platform Art Party #19... Read More
Apr 16-22 in the Heart of the Arts, Central Florida’s Polk County
Apr 17: Lunch and Learn – “Florida at the Movies” Bring your brown bag lunch for the Polk County Historical Museum’s new Lunch and Learn Series. The free lectures begin at noon on the third Tuesday of each month. The Museum is location in the old County Courthouse at 100 E Main St, Bartow. www.polkcountymuseum.org, or phone (863) 534-4386. Apr 18: Spring Fashion... Read More
May 4-5: Spring Dance Concert
Harrison School for the Arts Spring Dance Concert is at 7:30pm on May 4 and 5. Call 863-499-2855 or visit www.harrisonarts.com Read More
Feb 14-May 26: Exhibit “Polk in the War Between the States”
Portrait of William Hampton Johnson Polk in the War Between the States Exhibit at the Polk County Historical Museum, Bartow. Free. Call 863-534-4386 or visit www.polkcountymuseum.org. Read More
March 3-May 26: From the Flat Files
Most museumgoers only ever get to see a fraction of a museum’s collection. Due to the cost, time and space required to frame and house artwork, a large portion of museums’ pieces go unframed and are stored in flat files, cabinets where artwork is laid flat in drawers. These pieces, unfortunately, are hidden away from the rest of the world and only seen by a select few of the... Read More
May 4-29: 41st Annual Juried Art Show
The Lakeland Art Guild’s 41st Annual Juried Art Show takes place at the Melvin Gallery, Florida Southern College on Lake Hollingsworth Drive, Lakeland. The show opens on Friday, May 4, 2012 at 6:30 pm. “The continuing relationship between the LAG and FSC by having this annual exhibition in its lovely gallery confirms the value and quality of the work by area artists” says... Read More
Art-i-facts: Summer 2012 (Apr 15-July)
Click image to view magazine online The Summer issue of Art-i-facts is here. Included in this issue is information about Summer Camps and MIDFLORIDA Mayfaire-by-the-Lake and so much more. View below or click here to view full-screen on Scribd.com. Summer 2012 Art-i-facts Read More
March 31-June 23: Sketches & Steel
Albert Paley, Splayed Bench, 1992, forged and fabricated steel with mahogany. Polk Museum of Art Permanent Collection. Internationally renowned sculptor Albert Paley’s use of steel can be described as industrial poetry. His large sculptures combine an apparent heaviness with an almost lost sense of gravity as unfurled and animate forms construct massive works of art. Upon seeing... Read More
