Local Arts Organizations Gearing Up For the Season

September is about the time that arts organizations start their seasons, and if you pick up a copy of Art-i-Facts magazine, you will see that Polk County’s organizations are already going strong! In fact, I count 21 events and exhibitions just in September!

Here’s a quick rundown:

Exhibitions:

• Quackery to Remedy: 100 Years of Polk County Medicine and Our Patchwork Heritage: Museum Quilts at the Polk County Historical Museum.
• Members Show II, September 5 – 24, at Arts on the Park.
• Bridges, Livingston & Turro, September 5 – October 17, at Lake Wales Arts Center.
• Frederic Remington Makes Tracks… Adventures and Artistic Impressions, September 13 – November 9, at Polk Museum of Art.
• Generations: The Member’s Exhibition, September 24 – October 12, at Ridge Art Association.
• Platform Florida Art Party #12, one night only, September 27, at Florida Air Museum at Sun’n'Fun.

Performances:

• Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland at Lake Wales Little Theatre, September 12 – 21
• Anton Brees Birthday Carillon Concerts at Bok Tower Gardens, September 14
• Harrison School for the Arts Faculty Recital on September 18
• Nunsensations at Theatre Winter Haven, September 25 – October 12
• The Foreigner at Florida Southern College’s Buckner Theater, September 25 – 28 & October 2 – 5
• Anne of Green Gables at Lakeland Community Theatre, September 26 – 28
• Tea & Symphony: A Different Beat by Imperial Symphony Orchestra at The Lakeland Center on September 30.

Other Events:

• Family Fun Workshop with Polk Museum of Art at Polk County Historical Museum on September 13
• View & Review: Critiquing Emerging Artists at Polk Museum of Art, September 19
• Family Day at Polk Museum of Art, September 20
• Creative Studies Series: Mask of the Shaman Woman at Polk Museum of Art, September 21
• MEGA Monday for Moms Community Expo at Explorations V Children’s Museum, September 23
• A Workshop called “The Business of Fine Art” at Polk Museum of Art, September 27
• From Paintings to Fine Art Prints with Bob Rosensky, hosted by Lakeland Art Guild and held at the Peggy Brown Building at the Lake Mirror Complex, September 29

Whew! I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: If you love the arts, there is always something happening right here in Polk County! So get out there and enjoy it!