Just for the fun of it, Polk Museum of Art has gotten together with Explorations V and the Downtown Lakeland Partnership to create lots of fun stuff for First Friday (this Friday, the 5th!). One of the highlights is the sidewalk art contest for teens and adults that PMoA is hosting on the South Kentucky block (between Main and Lemon).

No artistic skill is necessary, no entry fee is required, and heck, they even provide the chalk. The winner will be determined by who creates the best interpretation of the theme “School’s Out for the Summer” — which, happily, is also the theme for this month’s First Friday! The winner will receive an as yet unknown number of Downtown Dollars that they can then freely spend at any downtown establishment.

If that’s not your cup of tea, there will also be a Summer Attire Contest, hula hoop contests (for kids and adults), a water-gun shoot-out for kids, bubble blowing, and a community art project — not to mention lots of entertainment. I’ll be out there in the PMoA section with my camera. I hope I see you there!