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message from the
                                         Executive Director

     Polk County’s Officially Designated Arts Agency

      Board of Directors
                                         The  Polk  Arts  Alliance  and  board  members,  Beth  Cummings  and
       EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE               Martha Roe Burke, attended Arts Day at the Capitol in January to
          BETH CUMMINGS                  advocate  for  the 2018  funding  of  grants  on  behalf  of  all  our  arts   Meri Mass
             President                   organizations by visiting all our representatives. It was great to see
           RICK JOHNSON                  that art is alive and well in Tallahassee!
            Vice President
          ANDY CROSSFIELD                                        Polk County Representative Sam Killebrew has displayed
             Treasurer                                           artwork from local schools in his office and sponsored lobby
          CINDY RODRIGUEZ                                        art, and Senator Kelli Stargel has her lobby walls filled with
             Secretary                                           beautiful photo art of locations in and around Polk including
         MARTHA ROE BURKE                                        the Polk Theatre and the Museum. It is great to see that our
        Immediate Past President                                 state representatives recognize and are working to support
                                                                 the cultural arts in Polk County.
            DIRECTORS
           TENNY CROLEY                                          Arts  Day  began  with  a  great  program  by  Florida  Cultural
           TRACY MULLINS                                         Alliance and guest speaker Randy Cohen. The day ended
          AUBURN TAYLOR                                          with a reception and award presentations by the Division
           AMY WIGGINS                   Representative
                                         Sam Killebrew           of Cultural Affairs, who recognized the tremendous
     BUSINESS COMMITTEE ARTS                                     accomplishment of the Kids Tag Art Program, including Joe
         DR. CRAIG COLLINS               Tedder, Polk County Tax Collector receiving a Diversity and Inclusion Award given by our
           TRISH PFEIFFER                Secretary of State Ken Detzner and Division of Cultural Affairs Director Sandy Shaughnessy.
           HARRIETT RUST
           ANITA STRANG                  Don’t miss Representative Colleen Burton who is special guest conductor of the Imperial
          DR. DARYL WARD                 Symphony Orchestra for Southeastern University’s SINFONIA, celebrating our Military with
          CHELSEA YOUNG                  a customized score by the composer of American Sniper, Joseph DeBeasi coming March 20.
          MYRTICE YOUNG
                                         Also, please write to, or tell your representative when you see them how important the arts
      ART RESOURCE COUNCIL
                                         are to you, your family and our community.
         JOAN DAVIES, Chair
            SUE BENTLEY                  Meri Mass
            DAN CLARK
          J. DAVIS CONNOR
            BOB ENGLISH
         DR. EILEEN HOLDEN
          NANCY HALE HOYT
           DR. ANNE KERR
             PAT LAMB
            MIKE LAPAN
          CLAIRE OROLOGAS
         CINDY HARTLEY ROSS

            EX OFFICIO
           MELONY BELL
         County Commissioner
          CINDY RODRIGUEZ
      County Arts, Culture & Heritage
     Grant Committee Representative
       EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
             MERI MASS

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