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900 East Princeton Street
Orlando, FL 32803
ph. 407.246.4278
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Tuesday-Saturday
10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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Noon to 4:30 p.m.

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May 17 – January 5, 2014

Southern Folk Masters
Out of the permanent collection, Executive Director Frank Holt curates a selection of works by legends in the folk art world, including William Edmondson, Nellie Mae Rowe, Raymond Coins, Gertrude Morgan, Edgar Tolson, Howard Finster, Mose Tolliver, Purvis Young and Clementine Hunter. Pictured above: "Bouquet of Zinnias" by Clementine Hunter (1886/87-1988), circa 1940, oil on black photo album paper, City of Orlando Permanent Collection.

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May 17 – August 25

Mysterious Muses: A Selection of Southern Folk Art
Alyne Harris, Brian Dowdall, Sybil Gibson, Jimmy Lee Sudduth, Kurt Zimmerman, Ronald Lockett, Jesse Aaron, Benjamin Perkins, Gary Yost and Tim Lewis are among the chosen artists in this show curated by Executive Director Frank Holt. Pictured above: "Mother Eliza Hudson" by Sister Gertrude Morgan (1900-1980), circa 1970, acylic and tempera on cardboard, City of Orlando Permanent Collection.

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May 17-January 5, 2014

Art and Artifacts of the Seminole: Selections from the Collection of I.S.K. Reeves V and Sara W. Reeves
The history of American Indians in Florida spans some 16,000 years, though the number of tribes significantly decreased following Ponce de Leon’s voyage to Florida in 1513. In the centuries that followed, survivors of decimated populations banded together, including the Seminole that lived in the Everglades. Amassed over 35 years, the Reeves collection includes clothing, jewelry and photographs that tell the story of the Seminole, described by early explorer William Bartram as “proud of their valor … haughty in their dealings with strangers … and arrogant in their fierce determination to rule their own land or die in the attempt… ." Pictured above: "Seminole Man's Big Shirt," circa 1920s.

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May 17 – January 5, 2014

Never No More: Storter’s Southwest Florida
The Mennello Museum is the first venue to showcase the new traveling exhibition based on the memoirs of Rob Storter (1894-1987), which were published in 2000 as the book “Crackers in the Glade.” Storter came from a family of early settlers in the village of Everglade. He was a self-taught artist and sketched pictures of his rural lifestyle and environment, and annotated them with stories, often bemoaning the wilderness that was being lost to development. Credit: Organized by Collier County Museums and the Friends of the Museum of the Everglades. Pictured above: "The Old Mackerel Fleet" by Rob Storter.

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