2014 Creative Industry Report for Polk County
The creative industries are formidable. Nationally, there are 750,453 businesses in the U.S. involved in the creation or distribution of the arts that employ 3.1 million people. This represents 4.2 percent of all businesses and 2.2 percent of all employees, respectively. View and download key talking points about the creative industries. View and download the 2014 […]
Art-i-facts Magazine: Fall 2015 (Sept-Oct)
The print edition of the Fall 2015 (September-October) issue of Art-i-facts Magazine is available at Polk Museum of Art, The Lakeland Center, Theatre Winter Haven, Polk County History Center, Outpost 27, Chambers of Commerce in Lakeland, Lake Wales, Bartow, Winter Haven and Frostproof. Delivery continues to the public libraries in Auburndale, Bartow, Lakeland (Lake Morton) and Lake […]
Art-i-facts Magazine Spring (Mar-Apr) 2016
Please enjoy the screen edition of the magazine by clicking on the image below. The Spring 2016 (Mar-Apr) print issue of Art-i-facts Magazine may be found at arts, cultural and historic venues, Chambers of Commerce, Central Florida Visitor’s Center, The Lakeland Center, hotels, public libraries, nonprofit arts organizations, and local colleges and universities.
Support School Art: Choose A Kids Tag Art Vanity Tag Today
Support art in schools by purchasing a Kids Tag Art vanity tag for your front car bumper this year. With proceeds going to classroom arts, it’s a “win-win” states Joe Tedder, Tax Collector for Polk County and honorary chairman for Kids Tag Art, a countywide art design contest and fundraising project exclusively for fifth graders. […]
Kids Tag Art Hosts Awards of Distinction
Polk County Kids Tag Art awarded 156 new fifth graders with the coveted Award of Distinction. As one of the two top designs representing each participating school. Students were recognized at the Awards Ceremony at Branscomb Auditorium, on the campus of Florida Southern College, in Lakeland, Florida. FSC Education Dean, Dr. Tracey Tedder welcomed the […]
Students Honored at LEGOLAND®Florida
Build Your Imagination Awards On Friday, March 17, 2017, six students were recognized for their outstanding designs, at the fourth annual LEGOLAND®Florida Resort Build Your Imagination Awards, hosted by Adrian Jones, Divisional Director for Legoland® and Joe Tedder, the Tax Collector for Polk County and honorary Chairman for Kids Tag Art. The event was held […]
Art-i-facts Summer 2017 (May-Aug)
Enjoy the on-screen edition of the May-August (Summer) 2017 edition of Art-i-facts magazine by clicking on the “Click to Read” text below.
Art-i-facts Holiday (Nov-Dec) 2017
Enjoy the on-screen edition of the November-December (Holiday) 2017 Art-i-facts magazine by clicking on the “Click to Read” text below.
Art-i-facts Winter (Jan-Feb) 2018
Pick up a print copy of Art-i-facts at the Central Florida Visitor’s Center on Hwy 27 in Davenport, or at Polk Museum of Art in Lakeland, Lake Wales Arts Center, Theatre Winter Haven, Public Libraries and Chambers of Commerce around Polk County. 1. Enjoy the on-screen edition of the January-February (Winter) 2018 Art-i-facts magazine by […]
Art-i-facts Summer (May-Aug) 2018
Pick up a print copy of Art-i-facts at the Central Florida Visitor’s Center on Hwy 27 in Davenport, or at Polk Museum of Art in Lakeland, RP Funding Center, Lake Wales Arts Center, Theatre Winter Haven, Public Libraries, Chambers of Commerce and various arts and cultural venues around Polk County. Enjoy the on-screen edition of […]
