With short, bold strokes of oil built upon the canvas, Laurence A. Campbell presents triumphant scenes of Philadelphia and New York City high rises draped in American flags with streets, mid-century cars, and passersby covered in snow, under rain, or lit with the setting sun of an autumn day. Campbell is a modern painter inspired by the late 19th to early 20th century technique and thought of the American Impressionists.

COLLECTORS PASSION is curated by Katherine E. Navarro, Marilyn L. Mennello Associate Curator of Education. The Mennello Museum is pleased to present paintings from the collections of Michael A. Mennello, The Allan E. and Linda S. Keen Family, and Dr. Manuel and Destiny Perez. An exhibition catalog will be accompanying the exhibition with an essay written by Navarro.

The Mennello Museum of American Art is pleased to announce two returning exhibitions, Our Orlando: Making Sense of our World and American Youth: Our Future.

Our Orlando: Making Sense of our World
Opening August 24, 2018, Our Orlando: Making Sense of our World will feature the work of four rising local artists: Sarah M. Bender, Peterson Guerrier, Boy Kong, and Kelly Ladd.  These four artists conceptualize a multitude of relationships within our shared world – ranging from the personal and familiar to the mysterious and universal. In this exhibition, human experience is depicted, varied as it is in its accounts, through figuration and form, in two and three dimensions. The voices and visions of the artists presented here can be seen in a consideration of how we, as humans, relate to one another and our time on earth by reflecting upon their representations of individuality and imagination.

American Youth: Our Future
American Youth: Our Future is an exhibition to support and foster the creativity of Orlando’s talented teen artists. In this exhibition’s second year, the Mennello Museum of American Art will hold a juried art show and currently has an open Call for Art to all Orange and Seminole County high school students as part of our increasingly expansive, diverse, and inclusive exhibition program. American Youth: Our Futureaspires to empower rising artists and give them a space to engage in conversations through their art with our community.

Visit The Mennello Museum this weekend and enjoy a FREE cultural experience thanks to Bank of America’s Museums on Us! Bank of America and Merrill Lynch cardholders receive free admission by presenting their debit or credit card, along with valid photo ID at the front desk.

What is Museums on Us?
Designed to provide a benefit to Bank of America and Merrill Lynch customers and increase access to the arts across the United States, Museums on Us offers free general admission to more than 150 museums in some 90 cities. The program brings new audiences and increased attention to participating organizations, which range from some of the nation’s most celebrated museums to regional gems and include art, science and history museums, as well as other cultural institutions.

Every second Sunday of the month is Free Family Funday!

More information: mennellomuseum.org/freefamilyfunday

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The Mennello Museum of American Art is pleased to present Shifting Gaze: A Reconstruction of The Black & Hispanic Body in Contemporary Art from the Collection of Dr. Robert B. Feldman.

City of Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, the Friends of the Mennello Museum of American Art, the Mennello Museum Board of Trustees together with Executive Director, Shannon Fitzgerald, invite you to the opening reception.

Opening Reception
Friday, October 19, 2018

Members-only Preview
5:30–6:30 p.m.

Public Reception
6:30–8:30 pm

Catered by Runway Catering Group.
Music by DJ Stereo 77.

$10 for Non-Members | Free for Mennello Museum Members

FREE EVENT

Mennello Museum Executive Director Shannon Fitzgerald will moderate a panel discussion with artists and gallerists from the exhibition Shifting Gaze: A Reconstruction of The Black & Hispanic Body in Contemporary Art from the Collection of Dr. Robert B. Feldman: Radcliffe Bailey, Joeonna Bellorado-Samuels, Mark Thomas Gibson, Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz, Vaughn Spann and Carlos Vega. Panelists will discuss timely and resonating themes and artistic practices across multiple disciplines in an age where the gaze is shifting.

NOTE: This panel discussion will be held in Orlando Museum of Art’s Auditorium.