Edgar Degas (1834-1917) is one of the most revered artists of all time, a French Impressionist renowned for his paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings that take the viewer deep into the world of late 19th century Paris.
Artwork by Polk County students, grades K through 5
This exhibition showcases a selection of 11 works chosen from the 42 works by Cubans in the Polk Museum of Art’s permanent collection, 33 of which were created by exiles and 9 by artists who live in Cuba.
Artwork by Polk County middle school students.
This extraordinary show of Marc Chagall’s work will be the only one of its kind in Florida and the only one in the country that pairs his Fables of La Fontaine etchings (1952) with his Story of Exodus lithographs (1966).
Conversing with Reality celebrates the most recent works of contemporary visual artist John Jacopelle. Devoid of preconceived ideas and direction, Jacopelle’s work takes a stream-of-consciousness approach to painting.
An extraordinarily independent woman, Brooks crafted an androgynous appearance and a unique artistic voice that challenged conventions of how women should look and behave.
A site-specific multimedia installation, Sad Tropics will be produced at and exclusively for the Melvin and Burks Galleries at Florida Southern College by New Orleans artists and Florida natives Cristina Molina and Jonathan Traviesa.
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.
Lorrie Goulet: Seventy Years Carving celebrates the storied career of a sculptor, painter, and poet who first made her name in the 1950s and 1960s as a female artist who identified herself principally as a carver — a term that aptly describes her hands-on and intuitive approach to sculpting directly from stone and wood.
There exists a complex tangle of trajectories between art, culture and technology.
This intimate two-work installation of Gabriela Gonzalez Dellosso’s The Recyclers featuring the finished painting and its study hung side-by-side — provides an instructive opportunity for viewers to engage in the process of close looking, gaining better understanding of the artist’s process and the methodology underlying her imaginative contemporary spin on Old-Master-style painting.
Artwork by Polk County students, grades K through 12.
“Room 4” is Beth Ford's first book which contains over 50 colored pencil illustrations.
Artwork by Polk County high school students.
This exhibition brings a rare showcase of work by two of the greatest Spanish painters of all time.
15th Congressional District Art Competition
from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
from the Higdon Collection
Visual Arts Senior Showcase
part of the Arts on the Park series.
Long a household name, Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) is considered to be one of the great nineteenth-century masters.
Richard Segalman was born in Coney Island, New York in 1934, and the timeless American-ness of his iconic birthplace — think amusement parks and seaside relaxation — seems to echo the timelessness one feels when looking at his work in any medium.
Selections from the Permanent Collection
Original illustrations by Fred Koehler, from the award-winning children's book.
Working in both monumental and small dimensions, since the 1970s, sculptor Gino Miles is inspired primarily by 20th-Century masters such as Moore, Brancusi, Archipenko, and Marini.
