Posts Tagged ‘Florida Southern College’

NeocryptoFunk, an exhibit of new sculptures, created by Dewane Hughes opened in the Melvin Gallery at Florida Southern College on January 20 at 7pm with a well-attended reception that included the artist and his wife.
I really didn’t know what to expect, but was pleasantly surprised.  I had called my mother about an hour before and [...]

I took a short break on Thursday to walk through ”Blacklight by Al Kriston” currently on exhibit in Melvin Gallery at Florida Southern College.  I was truly impressed by the refinement and quality of every sculpture, all of which show the human form in motion.  The open space and gallery layout offer the viewer an opportunity [...]

It’s National Arts & Humanities Month and we are celebrating in the Heart of the Arts in a big way.  There are more than 100 arts and cultural activities taking place during the October.
Attend arts activities in October and register for a chance to win awesome “ARTS” prizes! The rules are easy. Look for the Heart of the Arts [...]

Several art exhibits open or run at Polk County museums, galleries and cultural institutions during the month of October.
October 1-27    Fear (Juried Exhibition)
Arts on the Park, 115 N. Kentucky Ave, Lakeland, FL 33801
Reception and Awards, Friday October 1, 2010 6-9 p.m.
Gallery hours are Noon – 4:00pm, Tuesday – Saturday.
October 1-29    Vilas Tonape Exhibition: Kruti
Melvin [...]

The Princeton Review has selected Lakeland’s Florida Southern College as the #9 “Most Beautiful College Campus” in the U.S. in their 2011 edition of the popular college guidebook. Florida Southern was listed right after Princeton University (#8) and ahead of the only other Florida college in the Top 20, Rollins College (#12). Surely being the largest one-site collection of Frank [...]

Well, I’m glad you asked!
Last Saturday, Florida Southern College celebrated the future home of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Tourism and Education Center, which will be located at the northeast corner of Johnson Avenue and McDonald Street. The Tourism and Education Center will be built using plans for a Usonian house that Mr. Wright designed as part [...]

I was recently having lunch at a downtown Lakeland restaurant and saw the brand new Downtown Lakeland newsletter. What a great piece for those looking for things to do in Lakeland. One of the things I liked in the newsletter was their list of the Top 25 things to Do in Downtown Lakeland. This is [...]

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, [...]