Artist Samara Ash painted the wildlife-themed mural on the east wall of the RP Funding Center. An unveiling ceremony will take place on April 18.

LAKELAND — Let there be light. That might sum up a first impression of the newly completed expansion of the Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art at Florida ... in an exterior wall glistened.

In Lakeland, where he lived, Lowe was best known for his museum-quality art collection. “He had an enormous folk art ...