ADMISSION Adults Seniors (60+) Students (with valid ID) Children (under 12)
$4 + tax $3 + tax $1 + tax Free
Members always admitted free
HOURS Closed Mondays
Tuesday-Saturday 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Sunday Noon to 4:30 p.m.
Closed major holidays
WELCOME TO THE MENNELLO MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART!
Tucked away on a picturesque shore of Lake Formosa in Loch Haven Park, just north of downtown Orlando, the elegantly appointed Mennello Museum of American Art is housed in what was once the private home of Howard Phillips, son of philanthropist Dr. P. Phillips. The intimate museum uses its gallery spaces to showcase changing exhibitions featuring American art of all genres and time periods, including originally curated and traveling shows.
The treasure of the Mennello Museum is the rare permanent collection of paintings by self-taught or "primitive" artist Earl Cunningham (1893-1977), generously donated from the collection of Michael A. and Marilyn L. Mennello. This collection of Cunninghams is the largest in existence, and a rotating selection of paintings remains on display. Owned and operated by the City of Orlando, the Mennello Museum of American Art opened its doors in 1998.
A lakeside sculpture garden is another attraction and is the site of the annual Orlando Folk Festival fundraiser, held the second weekend in February. When visiting, you may be welcomed by Red and Black, the museum's resident greeting felines. Both have found their way to hearts of patrons and staff alike.
ONGOING Registration continues for children's Summer Printmaking Camps, which begin June 12. Limited spaces. Cost $50, members $45. For details, go to our EDUCATION page. 407.246.4278.
SUNDAY, MAY 13
Free Family Day. As always, the second Sunday of the month is dedicated as Free Family Day, with admission to the galleries free to the public from 12-4:30 p.m. And in keeping with the IMPRINTS theme and the fact that it's Mother's Day, the children's make-and-take craft station will involve a mom-pleasing printmaking activity.
TUESDAY, MAY 15 Printmaking Workshop for Adults. If you like to be cutting-edge, try making linocuts with “Artists in Action” Ashley Taylor and Tyler Owens, UCF Print Collective. James Siena’s Sequence I, 2009 - whose visual algorithims seem to go on infinitely, but then reverse, unwinding back to the beginning - is the inspiration for looking at patterns in a new way. Join this team to explore sequence and patterns in mind-expanding ways.While you create your own art prints, enjoy coffee and pastries. No previous experience is necessary. 9-10:30 a.m. Reservations required. Cost $12 per person, MMAA members $8. 407.246.4278.
SATURDAY-SUNDAY, MAY 19-20 and MAY 26-27 Kids Fringe. The museum partners with the Orlando International Fringe Theater Festival, hosting free performances and activities for children over two weekends. Look for the giant Fringezilla at the entrance of the park and follow his footsteps to the fun! It's all free.
TUESDAY, JUNE 5
Printmaking Workshop for Adults. Making monotypes is the specialty of “Artists in Action” Michelle Garay and Anna Cruz, UCF Print Collective. Using Nathan Redwood’s Like Air, 2010, Michelle will show you how to manipulate printer’s ink so that it looks like brushstrokes … and other tricks of the trade that make unique, one-of-a-kind prints. You’ll feel lighter than air at the end! While you create your own art prints, enjoy wine and cheese. No experience necessary. 6-7:30 p.m. Reservations required. Cost $12 per person, MMAA members $8. 407.246.4278.
TUESDAY, JULY 10 Printmaking Workshop for Adults. Go to press (letterpress, that is!) with “Artists in Action” Ashley Taylor and Tyler Owens, UCF Print Collective. You’ll use photographic processes to learn all about the letterpress. Ink and hand-print your own bookmarks, cards and who knows what else(!) on a 1950s Vandercook press in the museum's Printmaking Studio. We’ll be inspired by books from the exhibition: William Wiley and Michael Harmon’s Pilgrim’s Process, 1997, as well as Ke Francis and Robert Rivers’ Hunting the Crested Snipe, 1996. Come on out, unwind, and get your hands dirty. Be careful though, once you use the letterpress, you can never go back! While you create your own art prints, enjoy coffee and pastries. No previous experience necessary. 9-10:30 a.m. Reservations required. Cost $12 per person, MMAA members $8. 407.246.4278.
TUESDAY, JULY 17 Printmaking Workshop for Adults. Spirals, dots, squiggles and squares – David Shapiro inspires us with his never ordinary, always extraordinary textures and patterns in his 2007 print, Savasan 16. Join UCF Print Collective “Artists in Action” Anna Cruz and Paul Finch in making sophisticated collographs with everyday materials. You’ll go home with four remarkable prints that no one will suspect were made from gauze, hemp, tulle and feathers! While you create your own art prints, enjoy coffee and pastries. No previous experience necessary. 9-10:30 a.m. Reservations required. Cost $12 per person, MMAA members $8. 407.246.4278.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 12 Closing day forIMPRINTS: 20 Years of Flying Horse Editions. Museum hours 12-4:30 p.m.
Go to our UPCOMING EVENTS page for an extended calendar of events.
EVENINGS WITH THE DIRECTOR
Every second Tuesday - 6:00 pm
Join Executive Director Frank Holt for a gallery walk.
Call 407.246.4278 for reservations
General Admission required.
PUMPKINS & PIE
Saturday, October 22, 2011
6-9 pm
A Pie, Pickin', and Art Auction Event.
The 10th Annual Orlando Folk Festival February 11th and 12th, 2012
10 am to 5 pm
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The Orlando Folk Fest and The Mennello Museum of American Art are proud to be a part of Artsfest:
Ridley Howard, Bourbon, 2008. Water-based silkscreen. Published by Flying Horse Editions.
Since the invention of the printing press by Gutenberg in 1440, the process of transferring ink to paper has continued to evolve and integrate the latest cutting-edge technology. Here in Orlando for the past 20 years, the University of Central Florida has nurtured Flying Horse Editions, a collaborative research studio committed to creating significant works of art by leading and emerging artists who fuse traditional and innovative printmaking processes.
IMPRINTS celebrates the legacy of the printing press as well as Flying Horse Editions' artistry of printmaking techniques and craftsmanship of bookmaking. In addition to a display of prints, books and objects, there will be an installation of videos about the different processes of printmaking. Plus, one of the museum's galleries will be transformed into a print studio for a series of workshops geared toward both children and adults, which will be held throughout summer.
aRTHUR pAINE gARRATT, wOMAN WITH tWO gREEN pARAKEETS, 1915. oIL ON CANVAS. fROM THE cOLLECTION OF mICHAEL a. mENNELLO
For more than 30 years, Michael and Marilyn Mennello collected not only Earl Cunningham paintings but also masterworks from prominent American artists working in the United States and France in the 19th and 20th centuries during the American Impressionist movement. Through March 18, more than 60 works from their personal collection were pmdisplay, including those by Robert Henri, George Bellows, John White Alexander, Henry Salem Hubbell and Milton Avery.
Two galleries have been held over from the original Style & Grace. The center gallery is home to the new statue of Marilyn Mennello, surrounded by her "lady" portraits and other delights by John White Alexander, Henry Salem Hubbell, Lilla Cabot Perry and others. The other gallery includes works by John Sloan, Josephine "Jo" Hopper, Haley Lever and Gretchen Lotz.
CUNNINGHAM SLIDE SHOW
Ridley Howard, Bourbon, 2008. Water-based silkscreen. Published by Flying Horse Editions.