Orlando's art season peaks as the weather cools. Three big shows at the Orlando Museum of Art run straight through the holidays, the Morse opens 250 objects of anti-Victorian design and throws its doors open free on Friday nights, and Rollins keeps five exhibitions free until Jan 3.
Add the 40th Festival of Trees, two monthly art walks and a stack of last-chance closings, and November and December are the easiest months of the year to see great art in Orlando.
The big rooms. Most run past New Year's, and a few collection shows close in the first weeks of November.
Closes Nov 8 Last chance: three Orlando Museum of Art collection shows close Nov 8: Color Fields and Inspirations, USA 250: 250 Years on the Road and Represent: Contemporary Figuration and Portraiture. Admission is $20.
Through Jan 3 The two-time Caldecott winner's picture-book art fills the galleries, through Jan 3. Admission is $20, and Access for All makes it free on third Thursdays.
Through Jan 10 More than 130 mid-century souvenirs and oddities from Gary Monroe's collection, through Jan 10.
Through Jan 3 Seventy of Carlton Ward Jr.'s Florida Wildlife Corridor photographs, through Jan 3.
Open run Opened Oct 13. More than 250 objects across three galleries trace how designers from 1890 to 1959 rebelled against Victorian clutter. Admission is $8, and the museum is free every Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. through April, with live music.
Through Feb 28 Nine of Noguchi's galvanized-steel sculptures from 1982–83, on loan from the Art Bridges Foundation, explore duality through his experience as a Japanese American. Don't miss Luca Molnar's Worker Bees mural outside. Adults $8.
Through Jan 3 The best free art day in town. Five exhibitions run through Jan 3: Being Outdoors, The House that Freedoms Built, To Imagine a Home, Visions of the City and "I remember when…" Reflections from the RMA Staff. Pair it with the free Outdoor Sculpture Tour and Art at The Alfond Inn.
Closes Nov 15 The Art of Extinct Species wraps in the Fusion Gallery on Nov 15. Included with Science Center admission.
The Polasek lists Butcher's photographs as its current show, with Victor Bokas's Bokas & Brushstrokes next. The site gives no run dates, so call 407-647-6294 before you go.
Tip: OMA admission is $20, but Access for All makes it free on third Thursdays, Nov 19 and Dec 17. Morse admission is $8 and free Friday nights.
Smaller rooms, closer to the artists. Several are free, and the Maitland Art Center opens its studios the first Saturday of each month.
Closes Nov 12 Curated by Juan Pablo Santa Luna, with Camila Gonzalez, Greyson Hertzendorf, Rese Lazo, Angelina Palmisano and Bethany Skena. A share of sales goes to the Hi Kid Foundation. Open Mon–Fri 10–6, Sat 10–5.
Through Jan 3 A gallery becomes "a tactile landscape of memory, absence, and renewal," built from discarded and handmade materials by Soude Dadras. Through Jan 3.
Through Dec 12 Painting, ceramics, sculpture and photography fill the Showalter Hughes Community Gallery through Dec 12. Gallery hours are Mon–Thu 9–4 and Fri–Sat 9–1.
Open run Hannibal Square Elders Tell Their Stories adds new portraits to 42 photographs of longtime residents of Winter Park's historic Black west side. Tue–Fri noon–4, Sat 10–2.
Meet the resident artists and see work in progress on Nov 7 and Dec 5, 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Museum admission is free on First Saturdays.
The free Eatonville museum is a quick drive north and a good warm-up for January's ZORA! Festival. Its current show isn't posted online, so call 407-647-3307 before visiting.
Two monthly walks and the Morse's free holiday hours anchor the calendar. Confirm times on each listing.
Orlando Museum of Art · 6–8:30 p.m.
Orlando Museum of Art · 5–8 p.m.
Orlando Museum of Art · noon–2 p.m., through Jan 2
Mennello Museum · docent tours and an art project · Free
TPD Circle, Lake Eola · 6:30–9:30 p.m. · Free to walk, $10–$20 tasting (21+) · Also Dec 10
Pine Castle Woman's Club · 6 p.m. · Eventbrite tickets
Orlando Museum of Art · 40th year, 50+ designer trees · Nov 14–22 · $23 adults, $15 kids/seniors
CityArts, 39 S. Magnolia Ave. · 6–9 p.m. · OMA free 10 a.m.–8 p.m. · Also Dec 17. Stay late for 3rd Thursday Jazz at The Falcon, 9:30 p.m.
Harry P. Leu Gardens · light installations · Nov 21 – Dec 10
Gallery on First, Sanford · opening reception in Studio 4 · 6–8 p.m.
Morse Museum · Friday free 9:30 a.m.–8 p.m. with music · Nov 27–29
Central Park, Winter Park · Tiffany windows + Bach Festival choir · 6:15–8:30 p.m. · Free
Morse Museum · 4–8 p.m. with live music · Free · Also Dec 11 and 18
Orlando Museum of Art · 6–8:30 p.m.
Orlando Museum of Art · 1–3:30 p.m.
Morse Museum · free 9:30 a.m.–4 p.m., music 1–4
Free-art cheat sheet: Rollins any day; Hannibal Square; Morse on Friday nights and Christmas Eve; OMA on third Thursdays; Maitland Art Center free on First Saturdays (Nov 7, Dec 5) and for veterans and UCF, Valencia and Seminole State students.
Every exhibit as a run bar from Nov 1 to Dec 31, closing soonest first. Open a row for the photo and details.
Last chance: three Orlando Museum of Art collection shows close Nov 8: Color Fields and Inspirations, USA 250: 250 Years on the Road and Represent: Contemporary Figuration and Portraiture. Admission is $20.
Curated by Juan Pablo Santa Luna, with Camila Gonzalez, Greyson Hertzendorf, Rese Lazo, Angelina Palmisano and Bethany Skena. A share of sales goes to the Hi Kid Foundation. Open Mon–Fri 10–6, Sat 10–5.
The Art of Extinct Species wraps in the Fusion Gallery on Nov 15. Included with Science Center admission.
Painting, ceramics, sculpture and photography fill the Showalter Hughes Community Gallery through Dec 12. Gallery hours are Mon–Thu 9–4 and Fri–Sat 9–1.
The two-time Caldecott winner's picture-book art fills the galleries, through Jan 3. Admission is $20, and Access for All makes it free on third Thursdays.
Free Nov 19 & Dec 17
Exhibit detailsSeventy of Carlton Ward Jr.'s Florida Wildlife Corridor photographs, through Jan 3.
The best free art day in town. Five exhibitions run through Jan 3: Being Outdoors, The House that Freedoms Built, To Imagine a Home, Visions of the City and "I remember when…" Reflections from the RMA Staff. Pair it with the free Outdoor Sculpture Tour and Art at The Alfond Inn.
Always free
Exhibit detailsA gallery becomes "a tactile landscape of memory, absence, and renewal," built from discarded and handmade materials by Soude Dadras. Through Jan 3.
More than 130 mid-century souvenirs and oddities from Gary Monroe's collection, through Jan 10.
Nine of Noguchi's galvanized-steel sculptures from 1982–83, on loan from the Art Bridges Foundation, explore duality through his experience as a Japanese American. Don't miss Luca Molnar's Worker Bees mural outside. Adults $8.
Opened Oct 13. More than 250 objects across three galleries trace how designers from 1890 to 1959 rebelled against Victorian clutter. Admission is $8, and the museum is free every Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. through April, with live music.
Free Fridays 4–8 p.m.
Exhibit detailsHannibal Square Elders Tell Their Stories adds new portraits to 42 photographs of longtime residents of Winter Park's historic Black west side. Tue–Fri noon–4, Sat 10–2.
Free
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New openings and last-chance closings, every issue.
The Rollins Museum of Art in Winter Park is free every day, including its five exhibitions through Jan 3. The Morse Museum is free on Friday evenings from 4 to 8 p.m. (Holiday Friday Nights on Dec 4, 11 and 18, with live music) and on Christmas Eve from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Orlando Museum of Art is free from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on third Thursdays through its Access for All program, which falls on Nov 19 and Dec 17. The Maitland Art Center's museums are free on First Saturdays (Nov 7 and Dec 5).
The 40th Festival of Trees runs Saturday, Nov 14 through Sunday, Nov 22, 2026, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Orlando Museum of Art, with more than 50 designer trees. Tickets are $23 for adults and $15 for kids and seniors.
Three Orlando Museum of Art collection shows close Nov 8, the WINN WIN Emerging Artists Exhibition at Mills Gallery closes Nov 12, and Elegy for the Unseen at the Orlando Science Center closes Nov 15. Crealdé's Emerge closes Dec 12. The season ledger above lists every closing date.
3rd Thursday Orlando opens new shows at CityArts from 6 to 9 p.m. on Nov 19 and Dec 17, and the Thornton Park 2nd Thursday Wine & Art Walk runs Nov 12 and Dec 10. Maitland Art Center also holds First Saturdays Open Studios on Nov 7 and Dec 5, with free museum admission.
A new Art Alive issue publishes roughly every two months, timed to when exhibitions open around Orlando. Earlier issues stay online and are linked from More Art Alive on each page.
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