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Free Family Funday
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Every second Sunday of the month is Free Family Funday!
On the 2nd Sunday of each month – Join us at the museum for free admission all day, plus a fine art project! Docent touring and art making are back! Talk about the art with our knowledgable educators and then create your own work!
Each Free Family Funday has a different art project based on the artists of the current exhibition, their subject matter, and their methods. Check out the photos and videos below to see some of the projects we’ve been making between 2020 – 2023!
We would LOVE to see your projects. Share it with us on social media using #MennelloMuseum
Other past projects have included cyanotypes with Orlando based artist John Baker during the Edward Steichen photography exhibition; Ink Pouring Portraits during the Firelei Baez exhibit; and Stained Glass-like landscapes during the Lawrence Lebduska exhibit.
Free Family Fundays
July 9, 2023 | Patterns
July 9, 2023 | Patterns
July 9, 2023 | Light Boxes
June 11, 2023 | Starting out with a Palette Knife
May 14, 2023 | Watercolor Flowers
April 9, 2023 | Pastel Landscapes
March 12, 2023 | Portraiture in Impressionism and Realism
February 12, 2023 | Pinhole Cameras
January 8, 2023 | Free Family Funday | Binding your Artist Volume
December 11, 2022 | Free Family Funday | Cyanotype VS. Wet Plate
November 13, 2022 | Free Family Funday | Self Representation in Portraiture
October 9, 2022 | Free Family Funday | Flashy Fish, Creepy Crawlies, Perfect Pets
September 11, 2022 | Free Family Funday | Braiding Coasters in the Breeze
August 14, 2022 | Free Family Funday | Personifying Color Fields
July 10, 2022 | Free Family Funday | Carving Soap Sculptures
June 12, 2022 | Free Family Funday | Puffy Paint Party
May 8, 2022 | Free Family Funday | Kitchen Lithography
April 10, 2022 | Free Family Funday |
March 13, 2022 | Free Family Funday | Melting Wax Paintings
February 13, 2022 | Free Family Funday | Candy Crowns
January 9, 2022 | Free Family Funday | Blackout Poetry
December 12, 2021 | Free Family Funday | Freedom Lanterns
November 14, 2021 | Virtual Free Family Funday | Writing and Drawing Manga
October 10, 2021 | Virtual Free Family Funday | Wood Block Printing Patterns
September 12, 2021 | Virtual Free Family Funday | Origami Kimono Bookmarks
August 8 2021 | Virtual Free Family Funday | Flowers and their Language
July 11 2021 | Virtual Free Family Funday | Mumma and the Fauves
June 13, 2021 | Virtual Free Family Funday | Painting with Play-Doh
May 9, 2021 | Virtual Free Family Funday | Mumma’s Signature Portraits
April 14, 2021 | Virtual Free Family Funday | Ripped Landscapes
March 14, 2021 | Virtual Free Family Funday | Plant and Animal Motifs in Watercolor
February 14, 2021 | Virtual Free Family Funday | Relief Printing Valentine’s Cards
January 10, 2021 | Virtual Free Family Funday | Tablets
December 13, 2020 | Virtual Free Family Funday | Chalk Murals
November 8, 2020 | Virtual Free Family Funday | Painting on Wood
October 11, 2020 | Virtual Free Family Funday | Create Your Own Zine
September 13, 2020 | Virtual Free Family Funday | DIY Watercolors
August 9, 2020 | Virtual Free Family Funday | Eco Weaving
July 12, 2020 | Virtual Free Family Funday | Mobiles
April 2020 | Virtual Free Family Funday | Botanical Printing
Alice Aycock: Waltzing Matilda and Twin Vortexes
Grounds for Exhibitions − Inaugural Outdoor Exhibitions Series
On view since September 2016
The Mennello Museum inaugurates Grounds for Exhibitions with two large-scale works by American sculptor Alice Aycock installed in the Marilyn L. Mennello Sculpture Garden. The beautiful works, Waltzing Matilda and Twin Vortexes were originally part of a series of seven sculptures in Aycock’s significant outdoor exhibition on Park Avenue in Manhattan entitled Park Avenue Paper Chase. Grounds for Exhibition features year-long large-scale sculpture exhibitions by nationally renowned American artists who otherwise would not be shared with Orlando audiences.
Shannon Fitzgerald states: “It is thrilling to inaugurate this outdoor exhibition program with such beautiful work by Alice Aycock, one of America’s most recognized and respected sculptors of her generation. I think visitors will delight in experiencing the stunning sculptures nestled in our lakeside landscape that challenges perspective, materiality, whimsy, and nature—in all its power and fragility. She continues: “This is an extraordinary opportunity for our community to contemplate the vital role art has and the impact it can have when shared in the Public realm.”