Posts Tagged ‘Polk County’
Posted on November 2nd, 2009 by meredith
Categories: Arts
Polk Museum of Art’s upcoming exhibition, The Surreal Photography of Jerry Uelsmann, is certain to be a favorite among people who love photography or surrealism. The artist, Jerry Uelsmann, is a former University of Florida photography professor, and he’s been creating dream-like images in his darkroom longer than Photoshop has been around!
Tags: art, artist, Central Florida, exhibition, Florida, Jerry Uelsmann, Lakeland, photograph, photography, Polk County, Polk Museum of Art
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Posted on September 3rd, 2009 by meredith
Categories: Arts, Attractions, General, Upcoming
On Saturday, September 5, Polk Museum of Art will open its most recent exhibitions, Beautiful Things and A Perfect Mesh. Both exhibitions are curated from the Museum’s Permanent Collection, but the focus of each one is very different.
The concept of Beautiful Things was came from the idea that beauty is found within everything.
The Museum’s curator, Todd [...]
Tags: art, events, exhibitions, exhibits, Florida, Lakeland, museum, Polk County, Polk Museum of Art
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Posted on June 22nd, 2009 by meredith
Categories: Arts
Once again, Polk County is proving that we’ve got more going for us than orange groves and cow pastures (although, there is something good to be said about both of those things). Three of our arts organizations have been nominated for Nickelodeon Parents’ Pick Awards in the Tampa Area: Polk Museum of Art, Explorations V [...]
Tags: art, Explorations V, Florida, Florida Dance Theatre, Lakeland, Polk County, Polk Museum of Art, vote
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Posted on June 18th, 2009 by meredith
Categories: Arts
I ran into a colleague from Bok Tower Gardens at a meeting yesterday, and she was bubbling over about their Summer Music Series. The first one is next Saturday, June 27 at 7:30pm and will feature folk singer Rod MacDonald. I understand that seating is cabaret style, and you can show up early for an [...]
Tags: Bok Tower, Florida, Lake Wales, music, performance, Polk County
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Posted on May 15th, 2009 by meredith
Categories: Arts
In case you missed it the first time, on Friday, May 29, Polk Museum of Art will offer a unique opportunity for visitors to learn more about the artwork by Gregory Barsamian that is currently on display. For “Behind the Art,” Curator of Art Todd Behrens and Exhibits Specialist Gregory Mills will turn on the [...]
Tags: art, Florida, gregory barsamian, Lakeland, lecture, Polk County, Polk Museum of Art, tour
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Posted on May 13th, 2008 by kris
Categories: General
Well, maybe it isn’t an “official” holiday and there is no one that will come in a big red suit in the middle of the night and bring you presents, but National Tourism Week is upon us and it is definitely worth celebrating. Because we live in Florida, one of the most popular tourist destinations [...]
Tags: Lakeland, Outpost 27, Polk County, The Lakeland Center, Tourism Week
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Posted on April 16th, 2008 by kris
Categories: Arts, Attractions, Dining, Nature, Shopping, Sports
Welcome to sunnycentralflorida! Sure, this is a place on the web, but Sunny Central Florida is much more than that. It is a place in the mind of the person stuck at their computer reading this instead of being out enjoying it. It is a place in the mind of that person reading this or [...]
Tags: Central Florida, Polk County
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