Explorations V Children’s Museum will host two three-week sessions of afternoon art classes running in April and May.
The sessions will run on Thursday April 9, 16 and 23 and on Thursday May 7, 14 and 21.
April’s series is Get Your Hands-on Clay and May’s series is Printing and Poetry. The time for both month’s [...]
If you are looking for a cure for spring fever, Explorations V Children’s Museum has just the thing! On Saturday, April 18 from 10am until 3 pm, Explorations V will be hosting the 28th Annual Children’s Festival in Munn Park, just across the street from the museum, and inside Explorations V!
Spring On the Adventure Spring Break Camps offered at Explorations V Children’s Museum! The camps will be open for children ages 5-13. Half day (9am-1pm) and full day (9am-1pm) camps will be offered. Sessions will feature hands-on themed activities such as Spring into Space, Spring on the Games & Toys, April Fool, Weather Widgets and Food Science and will also include museum exploration, afternoon snack and outdoor fun. Campers will need to furnish their own lunch
Polk Museum of Art is hosting a Silk Painting Workshop on Saturday, February 21, that will be taught by Vicky Luffman, a Lakeland based silk painter. She’s planning to cover all the basics of silk painting, so no experience necessary!
All materials will be provided but you should bring an apron or oversize t-shirt because the [...]
One of the things I’ve heard before, from people who aren’t terribly familiar with Polk Museum of Art and everything it does, is, “You guys should offer art classes.” Well, prayers are answered! (Actually, we’ve been offering classes for years, but that’s not the point.)
Spring Art classes will start at the Museum on February 3rd. [...]
Yep, it’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve posted anything. Sometimes, you just have to fall off the radar for a little while. But I’m back with a vengeance! And while this event is still about a month away, it’s one of those things you have to actually plan ahead for in order to [...]
NEW PUBLIC ICE SKATING DATES & ADDITIONAL TIMES
December 19-20 – 11:00PM-1:30AM
December 26-27 – 11:00PM-1:30AM
January 2 – 7:00PM-10:00PM
January 3 – 9:00AM-12:00PM, 2:00PM-5:00PM, & 7:00PM-10:00PM
January 4 – 9:00AM-12:00PM, 2:00PM-5:00PM & 7:00PM-10:00PM
January 5 – 9:00AM-12:00PM, 2:00PM-5:00PM
(Thanks to Darby Critendon for the heads up!)
photo credit: Tom Hagerty for The Arts in Lakeland
Kids Tag Art is a fundraising project for Polk County school art programs that features art from area fifth grade students. Following teacher set guidelines, Polk County 5th graders design auto specialty tags. This year there were over 4200 entries and 134 received the 2008 Awards of Distinction. Those winning entries were made into plastic specialty car tags and placed for sale at the Polk County Tax Collector’s website.
Tags can be purchased for $15 with all proceeds used to purchase classroom art supplies. The 134 award winning designs are on sale through the 2009 school year. However, to receive the tags for Christmas, parents and others must order from the winning designs until December 10th.
In the program’s first two years, over 220 plastic auto tags were sold to raise $30,000 for Polk County elementary school art programs.
In addition to the online display, the winning entries will travel the county on the 2008 Kids Tag Art Mobile, and featured in a 2009 calendar.
The Kids Art Tag program started in 2006 as an outreach program sponsored by the Polk County Tax Collector’s Office. This year the are joined by co-sponsors Central Florida Eurocars, Douglass Screen Printers, Polk County Schools, Junior Women’s Club of Lakeland, Polk Museum of Art, and the Ridge Art Association. For more information you can contact the Polk County Tax Collector’s Office at 863-534-4722.