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We’re kicking off October with plenty of programming! From tours and activities to workshops and music in our galleries, we’ve got something for everyone. 🎨 “After School Art” | Monday at 4:30 pm | Learn all about unity through a fun art activity in our classrooms! 🖌️ “Access Art: Special Needs” | Thursday at 2 pm | Tour the galleries and create art inspired by your visit in this program for individuals with special needs and varying exceptionalities. 🖼️ “After Hours” | Thursday at 4 pm | Get a late night look at our exhibitions on display. Please note that there will not be a Curator Tour this evening. 🎹 “Jews in Jazz: A Lecture/Recital” | Thursday at 6 pm | Listen to biographical and musical thumbnails on Jewish Jazz composers, musicians, and icons in this special program featuring Dr. Jeffrey Benatar, Assistant Professor of Music at Florida Southern College. 🍂 “Nature Journaling” | Saturday at 10 am | Slow down and connect with the world around you with nothing more than a journal and a drawing tool in hand in this workshop led by Danielle Ivy (B.A., Environmental Studies and Growth Management, Rollins College). 🚶 “Docent-Led Tour” | Saturday at 1 pm | Get an in-depth look at the exhibitions on view through an interactive discussion with one of our passionate museum docents. 📽️ “Documentary Screening: ‘Samuel Bak: Painter of Questions’” | Saturday at 1 pm | Enjoy a documentary screening featuring the artist behind the works seen in “Remembering Vilna: The Holocaust and the Art of Samuel Bak.” For more information on upcoming events, visit PolkMuseumofArt.org/Events! #PolkMuseumofArt #UpcomingEvents #RememberingVilna #SamuelBak #AfterSchoolArt #AccessArt #JewsinJazz #LiveJazz #JeffreyBenatar #NatureJournaling #ArtWorkshops #DocentLedTour #DocumentaryScreening #ArtEvents #ContemporaryArt #ArtEducation #LearnAboutArt #LakelandFL #ThingsToDoInLakeland #LakelandEvents #MuseumLover #ArtAppreciation #ArtsandCulture #LearnAboutArt #LakelandFL #ThingsToDoInLakeland

Next week, join us for two special programs with visual artist Ahmad Taylor! On Thursday, October 12, at 1 pm, stop by for a "Coffee with the Artist" reception celebrating the opening of "Illustrations from the Mirror: The Art of Ahmad Taylor." Then, beginning at 2 pm, explore the art of storybook illustration through a hands-on ArtLab. In this workshop led by Taylor, learn more about how artists tell compelling stories through pictures and the tricks to sequencing images to visually move the story along. The reception is free and open to the public. Pre-registration for the ArtLab is required. Visit PolkMuseumofArt.org/ArtLab to save your spot! #PolkMuseumofArt #PMoA #AhmadTaylor #IllustrationsfromtheMirror #ElsMirror #EllisonBlakes #BavuBlakes #Illustration #Storyboarding #ChildrensBookIllustration #Process #BehindtheScenes #ArtLab #CoffeeWiththeArtist #Workshop #InteractiveWorkshop #ArtEducation #Reception #MuseumReception #OctoberEvents

CALL FOR ARTISTS! 🗣️ 🎨 We have officially launched our Mayfaire by-the-Lake 2024 applications! You can now apply to have your art featured at Mayfaire! The deadline to apply is March 1st, 2024. Be sure to visit MayfairebytheLake.org and apply today! Know an artist whose work you'd like to see at next year's festival? Tag them in the comments below! #PolkMuseumofArt #Mayfaire #MayfairebytheLake #Artists #CallForArtists #PolkMuseumofArt #Museum #Museums #ArtMuseum #ArtCommunity #ArtExhibition #ArtHistory #MuseumEvents #MuseumVisit #MuseumLover #ArtWatchers #Lakeland #LakelandEvents #CentralFlorida #VisitCentralFL #LKLDArts

Stop by tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 pm for our next "After School Art" class! This week, learn how to bring different elements of a composition together in an engaging activity exploring unity! "After School Art" is designed for parents/guardians and their children (ages 5 to 12) to learn new creative skills together. This program begins at 4:30 pm every Monday through October 30 and is FREE for Members, $5 Non-Members (per child/visit). Spots fill up fast, so be sure to get in line early! #AfterSchoolArt #ArtEducation #ArtEd #ArtClassesforAdults #ArtClassesforKids #ArtStudent #StudentArtists #PolkCountyFL #Line #LearnAboutArt #ElementsandPrinciplesofDesign #ArtBasics

"Illustrations from the Mirror: The Art of Ahmad Taylor" opens today in our Ledger and Murrary Galleries upstairs! Get a behind-the-scenes look at the process of how storybook illustrations come to life! Featuring original characters from "El's Mirror," a picture book written by Ellison & Bavu Blakes and illustrated by Ahmad Taylor, this exhibition examines how illustrations are developed, storyboarded, and finalized for publication. Immerse yourself in the world of the book's titular character while exploring the artist's thought process! "Illustrations from the Mirror: The Art of Ahmad Taylor" is on view through February 4, 2024. #PolkMuseumofArt #PMoA #Exhibitions #Now Open #AhmadTaylor #IllustrationsfromtheMirror #ElsMirror #EllisonBlakes #BavuBlakes #Illustration #Storyboarding #ChildrensBookIllustration #Process #BehindtheScenes

Our final #MemberSeptember winner is here! Congratulations, Member Jon Chase Porter, from Lakeland, FL! You may pick up your $50 The Joinery gift card, plus shirt, cap and bag at the Museum at your earliest convenience. Thank you for celebrating with us all month long. We hope to see all of you really soon at the Museum! Not a Member yet? Join us today! Visit PolkMuseumofArt.org/Join to sign up.

Today is #NationalCoffeeDay! While you sip on your morning cup o' joe, take a closer look at this painting featured in "Timeless Origins: The Art of Reynier Llanes." Do the rich, brown tones remind you of anything in particular? ☕ In "Luna de mi," Llanes explores the use of coffee as an artistic medium. The artist discovered coffee's watercolor-like properties after spilling a cup on a drawing he was working on late at night. Intrigued by its texture and depth of color, Llanes created several works in which coffee was the centerpiece. Come see "Luna de mi" and other works by Reynier Llanes in "Timeless Origins: The Art of Reynier Llanes," now on view in the Harper Family Gallery through January 14, 2024! 🖼️ Reynier Llanes, "Luna de mi," 2021, Coffee on paper, Courtesy of the artist. #PolkMuseumofArt #OnView #Coffee #FunFact #PaintingwithCoffee #ReynierLlanes #TimelessOrigins #WorksonPaper

After strolling the galleries during "After Hours" next week, why not join us in the Hollis Gallery for "Jews in Jazz: A Lecture/Recital"? 🎹 Beginning at 6 pm, Dr. Jeffrey Benatar, Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Jazz Studies at Florida Southern College, will present biographical and musical thumbnails on Jewish Jazz composers, musicians, and icons. 🎹 Spotlighted figures include George Gershwin, Artie Shaw, and Jerome Kern. 🎹 Plus, Dr. Benatar will perform on-the-spot improvisations and his own compositions! "Jews in Jazz: A Lecture/Recital" will be presented in place of our regularly scheduled Curator Tour on Thursday, October 5 at 6 pm. This program is free and open to the public! #PolkMuseumofArt #Lecture #Recital #JeffreyBenatar #FloridaSouthernCollege #MusicPerformance #LiveJazz #Jazz #JazzComposers #JewishIdentity #ArtEducation #ArtandMusic #ThingstoDoinLakeland #LKLDArts #VisitCentralFlorida #OctoberEvents

New this week: "Illustrations from the Mirror: The Art of Ahmad Taylor" opens in our Ledger and Murray Galleries! See how a storybook comes to life via the imaginative mind of visual artist Ahmad Taylor. We all love a children's book, but how many of us know how a book's illustrations move from abstract concept to colorful publication? In this exhibition, "Illustrations from the Mirror," Taylor, an Atlanta-based artist who created the illustrations for the book El's Mirror, invites visitors to learn about the illustration process, from initial storyboarding to character studies, while immersing them in El's world. "Illustrations from the Mirror: The Art of Ahmad Taylor" is on view from September 30 through February 4, 2024. #PolkMuseumofArt #PMoA #Exhibitions #ComingSoon #AhmadTaylor #IllustrationsfromtheMirror #ElsMirror #Illustration #Storyboarding #ChildrensBookIllustration #Process #BehindtheScenes

#MemberSeptember giveaways are coming to an end, but we’re going out with a tasty local treat! You could win a $50 The Joinery gift card, plus a shirt, cap, and bag! We'll announce the winner of this giveaway on Friday, September 29. We love celebrating our Museum Members, so keep submitting your name! All you have to do is: ✅ Be a Member. ✅ Email or call our Head of Membership to enter your name into our weekly drawing. ✅ Stop by the Museum lobby and enter in person to DOUBLE your chances at winning! Valued at over $100, you could win this wonderful gift by entering in person or online. Contact Alex Santiago, Head of Membership, by email at [email protected] or by calling (863) 688-7743 ext. 249 to enter. Not a Member yet? Join us today! Visit PolkMuseumofArt.org/Join to sign up. #Membership #PolkMuseumofArt #Giveaway #JoinToday #WeLoveOurMembers #TheJoinery #Lakeland #Swag

This afternoon, learn all about LINE in our first session of "After School Art"! This weekly program is designed for parents/guardians and their children (ages 5 to 12) to learn new creative skills together. We'll introduce a new element and principle of design each week through an engaging art activity that can be easily reproduced at home. "After School Art" begins at 4:30 pm every Monday through October 30 and is FREE for Members, $5 Non-Members (per child/visit). Spots fill up fast, so be sure to get in line early! #AfterSchoolArt #ArtEducation #ArtEd #ArtClassesforAdults #ArtClassesforKids #ArtStudent #StudentArtists #PolkCountyFL #Line #LearnAboutArt #ElementsandPrinciplesofDesign #ArtBasics

Registration from "Nature Journaling" closes tonight at midnight! On Saturday, October 7, learn to thoughtfully observe and record nature using just a pen and paper. In this workshop led by Danielle Ivy (B.A., Environmental Studies and Growth Management, Rollins College), connect with the world around you through drawing and writing prompts as you explore Lake Morton. Best of all -- no previous drawing experience is required! For more information on "Nature Journaling" and other upcoming workshops, visit PolkMuseumofArt.org/Workshops. #PolkMuseumofArt #Workshops #ArtEducation #LearnAboutArt #LakelandFL #LakeMorton #Nature #NatureJournaling #JournalingWorkshop #ThingsToDoInLakeland #LakelandEvents #MuseumLover #ArtAppreciation #ArtsandCulture #LearnAboutArt #Drawing #Journaling #ArtforBeginners