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

Next date: Thursday, February 13, 2025 | 10:30 AM to 04:30 PM

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THE ORIGINAL INFLUENCERS: MERNET LARSEN, STEVE LOTZ & BRUCE MARSH (JANUARY 31 - MAY 25, 2025)

This exhibition examines the rich and vibrant legacy of Central Florida’s arts and higher education through contemplating the work of three foundational figures – artists who have had a profound impact on the Central Florida art scene and have inspired generations of students. Through their extraordinary practices and decades of teaching, Mernet Larsen, Steve Lotz, and Bruce Marsh depict natural worlds both organically and geometrically, which implore viewers to analyze how they view the world through lenses of abstraction, symbolism, and perception.

Mernet Larsen depicts monumentalized memories of geometric figures, landscapes, and objects compacted into perspectival, non-organic configurations. Steve Lotz is a self-described Organic Imaginative artist whose paintings represent the visual symbology of his unconscious self. Bruce Marsh is a naturalistic painter interested in the drama of seeing through light and shadow in both natural and manmade landscapes. Together, these artists represent an era of pioneering mentorship and an artistic practice that endures.

The three artists have cultivated remarkable styles, which depict the world around them and demonstrate a deep, almost sacred, appreciation for nature, humanity, and our connections therein. While their approaches and subject matters diverge from one another yielding three singular presentations, their devotion to showing us and their students a new way of viewing is significant and unparalleled.

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When

  • Friday, January 31, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Saturday, February 01, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Sunday, February 02, 2025 | 12:00 PM - 04:30 PM
  • Tuesday, February 04, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Wednesday, February 05, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Thursday, February 06, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Friday, February 07, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Saturday, February 08, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Sunday, February 09, 2025 | 12:00 PM - 04:30 PM
  • Tuesday, February 11, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Wednesday, February 12, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Thursday, February 13, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Friday, February 14, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Saturday, February 15, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Sunday, February 16, 2025 | 12:00 PM - 04:30 PM
  • Tuesday, February 18, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Wednesday, February 19, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Thursday, February 20, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Friday, February 21, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Saturday, February 22, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Sunday, February 23, 2025 | 12:00 PM - 04:30 PM
  • Tuesday, February 25, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Wednesday, February 26, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Thursday, February 27, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Friday, February 28, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Saturday, March 01, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Sunday, March 02, 2025 | 12:00 PM - 04:30 PM
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  • Sunday, March 16, 2025 | 12:00 PM - 04:30 PM
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  • Sunday, March 30, 2025 | 12:00 PM - 04:30 PM
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  • Sunday, April 06, 2025 | 12:00 PM - 04:30 PM
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  • Saturday, April 26, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Sunday, April 27, 2025 | 12:00 PM - 04:30 PM
  • Tuesday, April 29, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Wednesday, April 30, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Thursday, May 01, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Friday, May 02, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Saturday, May 03, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Sunday, May 04, 2025 | 12:00 PM - 04:30 PM
  • Tuesday, May 06, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Wednesday, May 07, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Thursday, May 08, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Friday, May 09, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Saturday, May 10, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Sunday, May 11, 2025 | 12:00 PM - 04:30 PM
  • Tuesday, May 13, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Wednesday, May 14, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Thursday, May 15, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Friday, May 16, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Saturday, May 17, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Sunday, May 18, 2025 | 12:00 PM - 04:30 PM
  • Tuesday, May 20, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Wednesday, May 21, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Thursday, May 22, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Friday, May 23, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Saturday, May 24, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 04:30 PM
  • Sunday, May 25, 2025 | 12:00 PM - 04:30 PM

Location

Mennello Museum of American Art, 900 E. Princeton Street, Orlando, FL, 32803, View Map

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