[Watch] "Rockwell/Wyeth: Icons of Americana" Virtual Tour
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Dr. Alex Rich takes visitors through Rockwell/Wyeth: Icons of Americana!
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[Watch] N.C. Wyeth: Context and Commentary: Lecture by Dr. Roy Kerr
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Dr. Roy Kerr traces out N.C. Wyeth’s career against the backdrop of the development of American illustration
Read More[Watch] Drinks with the Director Recorded LIVE
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For the first time, Drinks with the Director, moves from a virtual only event to being recorded in front of a studio audience while being broadcast over Facebook Live.
Read More[Watch] Gallery Perspectives: Reynier Llanes
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Artist Reynier Llanes speaks about his work during the Point of View Gallery Talk at the Polk Museum of Art in Lakeland, Florida.
Read More[Watch] Interview between Samuel Bak and Dr. Rich at the Member's Reception
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Join Executive Director and Chief Curator Dr. Alex Rich of the Polk Museum of Art as he interviews Samuel Bak over Zoom during the Member’s Reception.
Read More[Watch] Remembering Vilna: The Holocaust and the Art of Samuel Bak
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Join Executive Director Dr. Alex Rich as he takes visitors through the exhibition, Remembering Vilna: The Holocaust and the Art of Samuel Bak, at the Polk Museum of Art.
Read More[Watch] Seen and Unseen: Photographs by Imogen Cunningham
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Join Executive Director and Chief Curator Dr. Alex Rich on a tour through Seen & Unseen: Photographs by Imogen Cunningham. This exhibition features 60 photographs by Cunningham, whose life — and career — traversed nearly a century.
Read More[Watch] Seeing Things Differently: Lecture by Dr. H. Alexander Rich
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At the member's reception on April 14th, 2023, Dr. H. Alexander Rich discusses the three featured exhibits at the Polk Museum of Art. The exhibits were Seen & Unseen: Photographs by Imogen Cunningham, In the Eye of the Mind: The Fantastic Realities of Steven Kenny, and New Eyes on the Permanent Collection.
Read More[Watch] Steven Kenny: Gallery Perspectives
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Join artist Steven Kenny as he takes visitors through his exhibition, In the Eye of the Mind: The Fantastic Realities of Steven Kenny, at the Polk Museum of Art.
Read More[Watch] Lauren Austin: Gallery Perspectives
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Fiber artist and quilter Lauren Austin from Maitland, Florida gives us her perspective on the work in her show Lauren Austin: Life in Quilts at the Polk Museum of Art.
Read More[Watch] Lecture on Edward Hopper and Guy Pène du Bois: Painting the Real
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Dr. H. Alexander Rich, the Polk Museum of Art’s Executive Director & Chief Curator gives a lecture on the Museum’s exhibit Edward Hopper and Guy Pène du Bois: Painting the Real.
Read More[Watch] Spirits Gallery Talk by Sunny Anzalone
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Florida Southern College student and Intern at the Polk Museum of Art discusses jewelry in the Spirits Gallery at the Museum.
Read More[Watch] Psychology of Color Gallery Talk by Zion Virgil
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Florida Southern College chemistry major and intern at the Polk Museum of Art during the summer of 2022 discusses the psychology of color using art in the George Jenkins Student Gallery.
Read More[Watch] Lecture by Gary Monroe: Highwaymen Historian & Author
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Author and historian Gary Monroe lectures at the Polk Museum of Art on the Highwaymen, 26 Florida-based Afican-American landscape painters who managed to thrive in the Jim Crow South. Consisting of 25 men and 1 woman, these mostly self-taught artists produced a uniquely Florida art movement that is prized by collectors and the public today.
Read More[Watch] Highwaymen Gallery Talk with Rox and Clark Woodsby
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Dr. Alexander Rich, in dialogue with Ron and Clark Woodsby, provides an in-depth overview of the Polk Museum of Art's exhibition The Art of the Highwaymen: From the Woodsby Family Collection in 2022.
Read More[Watch] Rodin Gallery Talk by Chandler Talkington Fletcher
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Rodin’s sculptures not only revived for a new century the expressive and naturalistic styles of antiquity, using ancient Greek sculptors’ medium of choice, but also propelled figurative sculpture into the modern age with emotion and pathos never seen before in the sculpted form.
Read More[Essay] Rodin: Contemplation and Dreams
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Rodin’s sculptures not only revived for a new century the expressive and naturalistic styles of antiquity, using ancient Greek sculptors’ medium of choice, but also propelled figurative sculpture into the modern age with emotion and pathos never seen before in the sculpted form.
Read More[Watch] Rodin in Context: Before, Of, and Beyond his Time
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During our Members Reception, Dr. H Alexander Rich spoke about the renowned French artist and sculptor, Aguste Rodin and dove into Rodin’s life-long pursuit of art, his sometimes controversial career, and his monumental contributions and influence on modern sculpture.
Read More[Watch] Point of View Gallery Talk: In Conversation with Ron and Clark Woodsby
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Dr. Alexander Rich, in dialogue with Ron and Clark Woodsby, provide an in-depth overview of exhibition The Art of the Highwaymen: From the Woodsby Family Collection.
Read More[Virtual] Crash Course: Towards a More Inclusive Art History
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Who decides which artists grab all the textbook and museum attention? Which artists have been understudied and why? Indeed, for every Picasso or Pollock, there is a lesser known artist whose contributions have been overlooked or underseen. This month, we're bringing you a Crash Course that aspires to open up an important conversation about creating a more inclusive art history.
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