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The Citrus Wizard: Lue Gim Gong
July 11 @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Kirk Ke Wang, Shanghai-born multi-media artist and professor of Visual Arts at Eckerd College for 32 years, will unveil a new 3D installation that explores the historic role of Lue Gim Gong and what his example may teach us about the future of American innovation. He was a Chinese-American horticulturist known in the early 20th century as “The Citrus Wizard” for saving the Florida citrus industry.
Wang is one of six artists Creative Pinellas selected to receive a 2026 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) America250 grant. The exhibition will be on display at Heritage Village through 2027.
Kirk Ke Wang
I have been a tenured full Professor of Visual Arts at Eckerd College for 32 years. I am also serving on the Board of Ringling Museum of Art and on the Collection Committee of James Museum of Art. I am a painter, sculptor, photographer, and mixed media artist. I earn two MFA degrees from Nanjing Normal University and University of South Florida. In early 1990s, I was appointed as the art director of a design firm and designed many projects…… Read More
