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Celebrating the Lake Wales Ridge

This group exhibition celebrates the Lake Wales Ridge through art and photography. Artists include Reed Bowman, Mollie Doctrow, David Price, John Moran, Diane Pierce, and Carlton Ward Jr. Discover the scrub habitat through the interpretive exhibition.

Catfish, Moonshine, Cattle on the Peavine: Surviving on Florida’s Last Frontier

Arts & Culture

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South Florida Community College Museum of Florida Art and Culture

600 W. College Dr., Avon Park, FL, 33825 Phone: (863) 784-7240

Hours: Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, 12:30-4:30 p.m.

This is a sub-venue of South Florida Community College. .

Exhibit: Florida Masters Collection

SFCC MOFAC is home to the Florida Masters Collection, one of the finest collections of contemporary Florida regional art. Selections from this collection are always on view in the museum. The collection includes Christopher Still, Clyde Butcher, John Costin, and Robert Butler.

The archaeology displays include many types of points, stone and shell tools, pottery fragments, and other objects. Thanks to the Kissimmee Valley Archaeological and Historical Conservancy (KVAHC), a group of enthusiastic avocational archaeologists mentored by Dr. Robert Austin, the archaeological displays include recent discoveries from the Blueberry site in Highlands County.

Recent discoveries by KVAHC at sites like the Royce Mound and Blueberry suggest that that is not the case. The Blueberry site in particular, south and east of Lake Placid, has furnished evidence of continuing habitation for hundreds of years. In addition, artifacts found at the site provide strong evidence for a vigorous and ongoing trade relationship with tribes as far away as the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.

Exhibit: Archaeology of Florida

Coming Home: SFCC Alumni Exhibit

SFCC MOFAC celebrates the continuing artistic achievements of SFCC alumni Caroline Colby, Max Gooding, Whitney Broadaway, Dana Sacco, Chase Smith, and Laura Wolfe in an exhibition featuring their paintings, woodcut prints, photography, multimedia, and graphics. The exhibition proudly demonstrates how these former SFCC art students are maturing in vision, ability, and talent.

For years the Kissimmee Valley was thought to be a seasonal resource for hunting and gathering by coastal tribes like the Calusa or Ais and not a year ’round home for an indigenous culture.

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Outdoor environmental art exhibit honors endangered and endemic plants of the Lake Wales Ridge found on the SFCC Highlands Campus. Walk the self-guided nature trail and explore the scrub habitat.

Catfish, Moonshine, Cattle on the Peavine is an exhibit depicting the pioneer families of the Big Lake Region. It is about resourceful, determined people who, confronted with a rapidly changing environment, made a conscious decision to remain free of the encumbrances of modern society. They earn their daily bread by using skills that are theirs by birthright.

The exhibit focuses on a handful of people in and around Lake Okeechobee. They represent many more who have made similar decisions about their futures.

Co-sponsors: SFCC Alumni Association; Charles and Anne Reynolds; Bob and Monica Germaine

September 21 – October 27

Permanent Exhibit

Traveling Exhibits

Concourse Gallery

Eight panels representing 500 years of Florida history are installed in the Concourse Gallery. These murals are reproductions of oil paintings by Christopher Still. The originals hang in the chambers of the Florida House of Representatives in Tallahassee.

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