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 [...]

So, I just found out about a really cool, innovative series of events happening this summer. I’d heard rumors of it, but this is the first I’d seen that showed it was a done deal. Polk Theatre and Florida Dance Theatre are teaming up with some serious local talent to present SummerJamz at Polk Theatre. [...]

Looks like Polk Museum of Art is planning a day to celebrate its folk art exhibition, Unfiltered: Self-Taught Artists from the Permanent Collection. I don’t know very many details at this point, but I do know that it’s going to be on Saturday, April 25, and it will start with a workshop with Lakeland folk [...]

Whew! What a weekend. I forgot to mention that I was at Race for the Arts at the Fort Frasier Trail — the part that starts at PCC Lakeland — this morning. But here are some pics from Platform earlier tonight. I apologize for not remembering the names of all the artists. I also apologize [...]

Stop by Polk Museum of Art on Saturday, December 20, at 1:00pm for a fun, wild, FREE, family event! We’re hosting our annual Kwanzaa Celebration early this year so that you can learn all about it, and then go home and observe the holiday on your own.
Once again, the fantastic Kuumba Drummers and Dancers of [...]