I really didn’t know what to expect, but was pleasantly surprised.  I had called my mother about an hour before and asked if she would like to go.  I also suggested that she could buy dinner for us afterward.  She laughed and obliged.  Thank you Mom.

My mother and I wandered around the exhibit for about 20 minutes before Hughes, a professor of art at The University of Texas at Tyler, spoke briefly about his new works.  The artist has entitled the new body of work Neocryptofunk.  What a cool new word.  All of the new sculptures on exhibit were fabricated from steel during the recent holiday break.  View a few of the detail images from Neocryptofunk on the artists website.

I thoroughly enjoyed the exhibit and recommend making a special visit to Melvin Gallery at Florida Southern College before it closes on February 24.  Gallery hours are Monday-Friday from 9am-4pm when school is in session.

While you are there, stop by the “Child of the Sun” Visitor Center located in the William M. Hollis Exhibition and Seminar Room.  It’s a short walk from Melvin Gallery.  Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Florida is home to the largest one-site-collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world.  View photos of Frank Lloyd Wright’s “Child of the Sun” architecture on the beautiful campus by clicking here.

I’m a proud 1999 graduate of Florida Southern College. It was a beautiful campus back then and I am amazed to see the beauty expand over the past 12 years.  Drop by to see for yourself why The Princeton Review recently honored Florida Southern College as the #1 Most Beautiful Campus in the nation.  And, don’t forget your camera.  You’ll take home some beautiful memories.

One of famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s most recognizable and famous works, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, is going to feature a display about Wright’s largest one-site work, the “Child of the Sun” campus at Florida Southern College in Lakeland. The exhibition “Frank Lloyd Wright: From Within Outward” will be up May 15-August 23, 2009 at the Guggenheimon Fifth Avenue in New York and will travel to the Guggenheim in Bilbao, Spain in October.

Florida Southern College will have a prominent position in the Rotunda, the main gallery, and will be discovered by many thousands of national and international visitors for the first time. As with the Water Dome World Premiere earlier this year, this event will draw national and international media attention for Polk County and Florida Southern College.