Exhibitions Mennello Museum

Current Exhibitions

The Original Influencers: Mernet Larsen, Steve Lotz, and Bruce Marsh

JANUARY 31 - MAY 25, 2025

The exhibition examines the rich and vibrant legacy of Central Florida’s arts and higher education through contemplating the work of these three foundational figures – artists who have had a profound impact on the Central Florida art scene and have inspired generations of students.

Upcoming Exhibitions

Pool Party: The Pool in American Art

JUNE 6 - SEPTEMBER 28, 2025

The pool symbolizes luxury and leisure in America, and it has been captivating artists since the 1950s with bright sunlight, vibrant colors, and modernist architecture.

Juan William Chavez: Art Pollination

OCTOBER 10, 2025 - JANUARY 25, 2026

In concurrence with the City of Orlando’s $1m 2023 Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge project Art Pollination: Building Food Justice through Creativity, the bilingual (English & Spanish) exhibition highlights the social practice of artist Juan William Chávez.

Past Exhibitions

Sally Michel: Abstracting Tonalism

September 20, 2024 - January 12, 2025

Sally Michel: Abstracting Tonalism is the first museum retrospective in over 20 years of Sally Michel's Modernist landscapes and figurations from the 1930s - 1990s, long overlooked in traditional Art Historical discourse.

Mark Messersmith: Long Summer

May 31, 2024 – September 8, 2024

Over the past four decades, Mark Messersmith has created densely packed, large-scale paintings of Florida’s untamed landscapes where black bears wade among lotuses, discarded bottles hang in trees, and herons devour their dinners under high the high contrast light of the sun and moon.

Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America

May 31, 2024 – September 8, 2024

In the early 1840’s after publishing the wildly successful Birds of America portfolio, John James Audubon set out on his second grand expedition, this time to record and draw the Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. Audubon along with his son, John Woodhouse Audubon, produced 150 folio drawings hand-printed and hand colored by J.T. Bowen of Philadelphia.

Self-Taught Black Artists in the American South

January 26, 2024 – May 19, 2024

This exhibition presents the work of 13 Black self-taught artists from the American South. It highlights excellent examples from the Mennello Museum’s permanent collection alongside the 2023 acquisition of works from the Polk Museum of Art.

American Artists in the Southwest from the Melanson Holt Collection

January 19 - April 11, 2021

At the turn of the last century, prominent artists of the east coast art worlds in New York and Pennsylvania were drawn to embark on adventurous journeys across a growing United States. First hired as professional illustrators, artists documented stunning vistas for the marketing and tourism connected to new cross-country railway systems.

The Grand Portraits of Mr Eddy Mumma

April 23 - August 1, 2021

This intimate exhibit presents the vibrant portraits of self-taught, Southern folk artist Eddy Mumma. From kings & commoners to ornate self-portraits, the artist’s prolific production of paintings highlights his interest in art history, color, human form & popular culture.

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Adults	$8
Seniors (60+)	$5
Educators and students with valid ID	$3
Children ages 6-17	$3
Children under age 6	FREE
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