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ON VIEW NOW:
OUR ORLANDO: Tasanee Durrett, Martha Jo Mahoney, and Mado Smith

05/28/2026

Thank You to Everyone Who Joined Us for Our Inaugural Mennello Sunset Glow🌅 ☀️

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the first Mennello Sunset Glow: Experience the Art. Your participation helped launch this new event designed to highlight art, community, and creative exploration at the museum.

Nearly 100 guests enjoyed an evening featuring a curated soundtrack by DJ Nigel, an immersive light environment throughout the galleries, and the Our Orlando exhibition with works by Tasanee Durrett, Martha Jo Mahoney, and Mado Smith.

The experience was complemented by specialty cocktails from Proper Orlando*, a modern and intimate cocktail lounge known for its craft drinks and curated vinyl soundtrack. Light bites from Arthur’s Catering rounded out the night, creating a multisensory celebration of creativity and connection.

We are grateful to our presenting sponsor, VyStar Credit Union, and to our sponsors Proper Orlando and Orange Appeal. Thank you for helping us introduce this fresh program to Orlando’s arts community. We look forward to hosting more events like this in the future. To take in more of the Proper Orlando experience, visit their website: https://properorlando.com/

05/27/2026

Beginning this month, we will be highlighting each of the artists found in our current exhibition entitled Our Orlando: Tasanee Durrett, Martha Jo Mahoney, and Mado Smith! Now on display at the Mennello Museum until August 16th.

Meet Tasanee Durrett (pictured in the middle).

Born 1994 in Chicago, Illinois she received her Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Arizona before pivoting to art as a way to connect with her heritage and bring understanding between others. Durrett's background in architecture is apparent through most of her works on display at the Mennello, as it balances line and form, head and neck, and land and sea. Each surface incorporates material (salt, raffia, and silkworm cocoons) meant to mimic the flora and fauna of the natural world. Although autobiographical, her work expresses themes of longing and belonging that extend beyond her individual story and sense of self.

Drawing from her Afro- Indigenous heritage, she pushes pattern and line reminiscent of Adinkra symbols from the Akan peoples of Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire. Symbols that read as perseverance, power, confidence, resistance, and beauty. This imbues confidence and commentary together into a work that celebrates her own identity as a Black American. In the artwork shown, THE SEED THAT FLOURISHED, all of these elements come together to show a head adored with large, lush crown of overlapping line, color, and texture.

Tasanee Durrett has provided us with interactive versions of her artwork in order to physically experience the many textures of her works through innovative sensory bags. On your next visit to the Mennello Museum, make sure to ask for one of these sensory bags!

Tasanee Durrett will be our guest artist for Free Family Funday on June 14th.

Artwork Shown: Tasanee Durrett, THE SEED THAT FLOURISHED, 2023. Ink and acrylic on canvas. Courtesy of the Artist. © 2026 Tasanee Durrett

05/20/2026

Check out all of the things we have planned for our current exhibition, Our Orlando: Tasanee Durrett, Martha Jo Mahoney, and Mado Smith!

Stay tuned for more information about each event as they approach or visit the link in our bio to access our event calendar where you can get tickets or register for events in advance!

Our Orlando: Tasanee Durrett, Martha Jo Mahoney, and Mado Smith is on view until August 16th, 2026.

05/19/2026

REMINDER ✨Your presence is requested for Mennello Sunset Glow: Experience the Art THIS THURSDAY EVENING✨

Enjoy the evening with a curated soundtrack by DJ Nigel alongside a selection of specialty drinks crafted by Proper. Drinks include French 75, Champagne, G&T, and Bee’s Knees. Artful cocktail chic attire. The night will feature the current exhibition on display, Our Orlando. This exhibition celebrates the work of three local artists, Tasanee Durret, Martha Jo Mahoney, and Mado Smith. Savor light bites by Arthur’s Catering, take in the ambient lighting, and enjoy with us as the museum glows from within into the evening. Enjoy the VIP Experience at $250.

Thursday, May 21, 2026
7:00 – 9:30 p.m.

Tickets: $75
VIP experience: $250
Artful cocktail chic attire.

Click here to purchase tickets: https://mennellomuseum.charityproud.org/EventRegistration/Index/27515

Specialty drinks by Proper: French 75 | Champagne | G&T | Bee’s Knees

Upgrade your experience with lounge and table service starting at $250.

Please check the link in bio for registration and event details.

For questions, please call or email:
Phone: (407) 246-4278
Email: [email protected]

05/15/2026

NOW ON VIEW: OUR ORLANDO: TASANEE DURRETT, MARTHA JO MAHONEY, AND MADO SMITH! 🍃

The fourth iteration of Our Orlando features local artists Tasanee Durrett, Martha Jo Mahoney, and Mado Smith. Durrett explores the intersection of ethnobotany, history, identity, and psychology within the Black Diaspora through continuous line portraiture. Mahoney evokes emotive memories of landscapes and the natural world through poetic arrangements by painting abstracted, ephemeral elements that come into being, evolve, and transform in dynamic color. Mado Smith focuses on studies of the human figure in harmony with nature. From mural work to small, intimate paintings, he creates new, striking, and positive juxtapositions where both the human figure and its environment are honored, illuminated, and slightly exaggerated for emphasis. Our Orlando works to support and provide platforms for local artists, advancing excellence in creative practices.

See the exhibition for yourself from May 15th to August 16th, 2026.

Mennello Museum of American Art and its exhibitions are generously supported by the City of Orlando and Friends of the Mennello Museum of American Art. Orange County Government provides additional funding through the Arts & Cultural Affairs Program and United Arts of Central Florida.

Artwork shown left to right:

Tasanee Durrett, THE SEED THAT FLOURISHED, 2023. Ink and acrylic on canvas. Courtesy of the Artist. © 2026 Tasanee Durrett

Mado Smith, Corona Silvestre, 2026. Oil on canvas. Courtesy of the Artist. © Mado Smith

Martha Jo Mahoney, The Pond (Diptych), 2024. acrylic and oil stick on canvas. Courtesy of the Artist. © 2026 Martha Jo Mahoney

05/14/2026

REMINDER ✨Your presence is requested for Mennello Sunset Glow: Experience the Art✨

Enjoy the evening with a curated soundtrack by DJ Nigel alongside a selection of specialty drinks crafted by Proper. Drinks include French 75, Champagne, G&T, and Bee’s Knees. Artful cocktail chic attire. The night will feature the current exhibition on display, Our Orlando. This exhibition celebrates the work of three local artists, Tasanee Durret, Martha Jo Mahoney, and Mado Smith. Savor light bites by Arthur’s Catering, take in the ambient lighting, and enjoy with us as the museum glows from within into the evening. Enjoy the VIP Experience at $250.

Thursday, May 21, 2026
7:00 – 9:30 p.m.

Tickets: $75
VIP experience: $250
Artful cocktail chic attire.

🎟️Click here to purchase tickets: https://bit.ly/4db2MhV

Specialty drinks by Proper: French 75 | Champagne | G&T | Bee’s Knees

Upgrade your experience with lounge and table service starting at $250.

Please check the link in bio for registration and event details.

For questions, please call or email:
Phone: (407) 246-4278
Email: [email protected]

05/13/2026

Bring the little ones to Music & Story Time next Wednesday! 📖🥁

Join Mark DeMaio of Caravan Learning for a program that is perfect for the youngest of art lovers! We will have a great time exploring visual and musical arts in a percussive sing-along song and story time in the galleries of the Mennello Museum!

Reading: Why Is Blue Dog Blue? by George Rodrigue

📅 Wednesday, May 20th, 11:00 - 11:30am.
🎟️ $8 admission per family. Free for members. Admission includes access to the museum's current exhibitions.

05/05/2026

Join us THIS SUNDAY for our last Free Family Funday of our Spring exhibition!

Enjoy free museum admission to explore our Spring exhibition, join a free, hourly docent tour of the galleries, and take part in our free art project with artist Alexis Collum. Create dreamy tissue paper paintings inspired by Mira Lehr, an artist featured in Our Collection: Spirit of the Landscape!

📆 Sunday, May 10th, 12:00 - 4:30PM.
🎟️ Admission to Free Family Funday is FREE!
🖼️ Our One Spring exhibition on view: Our Collection: Spirit of the Landscape

05/01/2026

FINAL WEEKEND!

This is the last call to check out our three Spring exhibitions: Jesse J. Aaron: Sprit in the Wood; Faith and Vision: Spirituality in Self-Taught Art; John D. Gerdes: Sacred Algorithm. These exhibitions will conclude on May 3rd, 2026.

THE EXHIBITIONS:
Jesse J. Aaron: Spirit in the Wood explores the artist's intent to release, through carving, the spiritual forces he believed were inherent in the trees of his Florida environment, forming captivating yet recognizable animals and human shapes. Guided by the natural beauty of Florida hardwoods, such as cedar and cypress, Aaron described his journey into art as a spiritual calling that compelled him to carve wood, responding to its shapes and grain. Celebrating the skill, imagination, and impulse behind Aaron's prolific work, the sculptures gathered here seem to bring to life character, personality, and most importantly, protective qualities.
John D. Gerdes: Sacred Algorithm: John D. Gerdes' Kaleidoscope series explores perfect perspectives and pure geometries, in which the kaleidoscope's creative vision produces symmetrical, mirrored, and reflective shapes and patterns. These evoke highly symbolic traditions like Buddhist or Hindu Mandalas or Celtic knots, encouraging viewers to contemplate their connections with technology, art, and spirituality.
Faith and Vision: Spirituality in Self-Taught Art: From intuitive messages to peaceful kingdoms, the artists featured in this exhibition created otherworldly visions inspired by their faiths, cultural practices, deep southern heritages, and social and geographic environments. Among the renowned artists from the American South are Gail Campbell, William Edmondson, Minnie Evans, Howard Finster, Regine Gilbert, Alyne Harris, Bessie Harvey, Sister Gertrude Morgan, Nellie Mae Rowe, Ellis Ruley, Mose Tolliver, and Purvis Young.
Jesse J. Aaron: Spirit in the Wood; Faith and Vision: Spirituality in Self-Taught Art; and John D. Gerdes: Sacred Algorithm are organized by the Mennello Museum of American Art.

Save the date for the Opening Reception of our upcoming exhibition: Friday, May 15th!

04/30/2026

We at the Mennello Museum are happy to announce our Music & Story Time dates throughout Our Orlando: Tasanee Durrett, Martha Jo Mahoney & Mado Smith! 📖🥁Bring the little ones to enjoy this exciting and monthly event!

Join Mark DeMaio of Caravan Learning for a program that is perfect for the youngest of art lovers! We will have a great time exploring visual and musical arts in a percussive sing-along song and story time in the galleries of the Mennello Museum!

Dates for the Our Orlando show:
📅 Wednesday, May 20th, 11:00 - 11:30am.
📅 Wednesday, June 17th, 11:00 - 11:30am.
📅 Wednesday, July 15th, 11:00 - 11:30am.
📅 Wednesday, August 12th, 11:00 - 11:30am.
🎟️ $8 admission per family. Free for members. Admission includes access to the museum's current exhibitions.

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