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American Youth: Amplify

Last updated on October 06, 2025

May 15 - August 16, 2026

American Youth: Amplify, invites Orange County teens to submit two and three-dimensional work for an exhibition that fosters the next generation of artists. In previous years, teens have explored themes and topics important to them including identity, society, and the creative process.

An Irresistible Urge to Create: The Monroe Family Collection

Last updated on May 13, 2024

June 10 - October 16, 2022

A travelling exhibition of painting and sculpture from 45 self-taught artists from the collection of South Florida–based photographer Gary Monroe. Monroe collected these surprising, gripping, and fantastical works by self-taught artist s to spur discussions on redefining whoʼs work is or is not included in Art History.

Anila Quayyum Agha: Flourishing Patterns

Last updated on June 01, 2023

The Mennello Museum of American Art will present the first solo exhibition in Central Florida by Pakistani American artist Anila Quayyum Agha, a multi-media artist whose installations address cultural diversity and immigration. ANILA QUAYYUM AGHA: FLOURISHING PATTERNS is on view from June 23, 2023 – September 24, 2023, with an opening reception on June 23 from 5:30 – 8 p.m. and a guest lecture

American Artists in the Southwest from the Melanson Holt Collection

Last updated on January 01, 2021

Mennello Museum of American Art is pleased to announce the opening of two new exhibitions American Artists in the Southwest from the Melanson Holt Collection & American Paintings and Drawings from the Melanson Holt Collection. These exhibitions will be on view at the Mennello Museum from January 22 through April 11, 2021.

American Artists in the Southwest from the Melanson Holt Collection

Last updated on May 13, 2024

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.

An Irresistible Urge to Create: The Monroe Family Collection

Last updated on May 10, 2022

AN IRRESISTIBLE URGE TO CREATE: THE MONROE FAMILY COLLECTION OF FLORIDA OUTSIDER ART is the most comprehensive exhibition of Florida Outsider Art brought together for the first time into one travelling exhibition. The passion for Outsider Art runs deep in Florida, where self-taught artists have forged an indelible mark of special attention on the creative landscape of the state.

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