This quarter, the artwork on display is from the collection of The Orlando Museum of Art! Eighteen pieces created by world-renown artists are on display within the BCC Chambers.

Artists Include:

• Romare Bearden
• John Carsmen 
• Jim Dine
• Jasper Johns 
• Andy Warhol and more!

To view the brochure for this event, please click here (PDF - 223 KB).

TBD

2008

• Selections from the Kessler Collection
  January 17, 2008 - May 12, 2008
  • Brochure (PDF - 454 KB)

2007

• Selections from the Permanent Collection of SunTrust
  September 14, 2007 - January 14, 2008
  • Brochure (PDF - 1.53 MB)
• City of Orlando: Selections from the Permanent Collection of the City of Orlando
  May 17 - September 14, 2007
  • Brochure (PDF - 1.53 MB)
• New Traditions, Selections from the Flying Horse Press
  January 19 - May 11, 2007
  • Brochure (PDF - 750 KB)
  • NEW: Video about the Exhibit

2006

• Artists of Hispanic Decent, Works by Local Artists
  September 14 - January 12, 2007
  • Brochure (PDF - 484 KB)
    
• Vanishing Horizons, Works by Jeanne Schubert
  May 18 ??" September 8, 2006
  • Brochure (PDF - 76 KB)
    
• Treasures from the Collections, Mennello Museum of Art
  January 19 ??" May 12, 2006
  • Brochure (PDF - 476 KB)

2005

• Deepest Florida, Photographs by Steve Vaughn
  September 15, 2005 ??" January 13, 2006
  • Brochure (PDF - 369 KB)
    
• Recent Works of Steve Lotz
  May 17 ??" September 9, 2005
  • Brochure (PDF - 376 KB)
    
• Selections from the Zora Neale Hurston Museum
  January 14 ??" May 15, 2005
  • Brochure (PDF - 509 KB)

2004

• Selections from the Maitland Art Center Collection
  September 16 ??" January 14, 2005
  • Brochure (PDF - 416 KB)
    
• DUO/REDUX, Paintings from Qurentia Throm & Cicero Greathouse
  June 17 ??" September 10, 2004
  • Brochure (PDF - 417 KB)
    
• Selections from the Cornell Fine Arts Museum
  March 18 ??" June 11, 2004
  • Brochure (PDF - 451 KB)

2003

• Selections from the Hand of Dorothy Gillespie
  December 18 ??" March 18, 2004
  • Brochure (PDF - 432 KB)
    
• Selections from the Orlando Museum of Art's Permanent Collection
  September 16 ??" December 15, 2003
  • Brochure (PDF - 634 KB)

Mission:
To enrich the quality of life for Orange County citizens and employees by providing exposure to quality art and the excellent collections of our community.

Program:
Placing a quarterly exhibition of artwork in the Board of County Commissioners Chambers.

Criteria:

1. The artist resides or works in Orange County.
2. The artist has been in numerous exhibitions.
3. The artist has pieces in established collections.
4. The Public Art Review Board feels the art would be appropriate in quality and content for the BCC Chambers (reflects community values).

OR

1. Works from an established Orange County museum or collection.

To Submit an Exhibition:
Guidelines can be obtained from the Arts & Cultural Affairs Office. The annual deadline for proposals is May 1st.

Audience:
The BCC Chambers is used for 75??"90 events during a three month period. Events include the Board of County Commissioners' meetings, Advisory Council and Review Board meetings, the Orange County delegation meetings, departmental briefings and associated special awards ceremonies.

The purpose of the Orange County Courthouse public art collection is twofold. It provides aesthetic enhancement to the building, making it more human and less intimidating to the citizens of Orange County who visit and work in the building. The museum quality collection of Works Progress Administration graphic works and the strong examples of painting, sculpture and ceramics by local artists form a very cohesive, and at the same time, diverse body of art.

The strong tradition of government to support the visual arts has been the driving force behind the creation of the collection. The Federal Government supported the WPA projects to give artists a means of supporting themselves during the Depression and in this same spirit of fostering the arts, Orange County Government has enthusiastically embraced the idea of including works by many of our most outstanding local artists.

Courthouse Artwork Listing & Brochure (PDF - 2.8 MB)