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COMPLIMENTARY VOLUME 12 / NUMBER 3 / SUMMER 2010 Historic Lakeland Page 19 Polk Museum of Art Page 18 Southeastern University Page 10 LoïsMailou JAones Life in Vibrant Color July 3 - September 26 Organized by the Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC, in collaboration with the Loïs Mailou Jones Pierre-Noël Trust, and toured by International Arts & Artists, Washington, DC. Sponsored by: ALPI and Tinsley Family Concessions, Inc. Additional Support by: Blackmon-Roberts Group Located on Lake Morton behind Lakeland Public Library. Summer Hours: Tue. - Sat. 10AM - 4PM. Closed Sun. & Mon. Art • Education • Events • Store Volume 12 Number 3 Contents SUMMER 2010 Cultural Arts Council Arts & Education .........................................NEW! Page 3 Member Organizations: Bok Tower Gardens .................................... Page 26 Inside... Arts on the Park Calendar of Events ..................................Page 14-15 Cultural Arts Council Directory & Map ..............NEW! Page 13 The Bach Festival of Central Florida Explorations V Children’s Museum ................... Page 24 Bartow Art Guild Florida Dance Theatre .................................. Page 7 Bok Tower Gardens Frostproof Art League ................................. Page 11 Davenport School of the Arts Haines City Community Theatre ..................... Page 27 Explorations V Children’s Museum Harrison School for the Arts .......................... Page 16 The Florida Air Museum at Sun ’n Fun Historic Lakeland ...................................... Page 19 Imperial Symphony Orchestra ........................ Page 17 Florida Dance Theatre Page 7 Florida Southern College Lakeland Community Theatre ........................ Page 23 Frostproof Artist’s League & Gallery Lake Wales Arts Center ................................. Page 6 Lake Wales Little Theatre ............................ Page 11 Haines City Community Theatre, Inc. Platform Art .............................................. Page 8 Historical Lake Wales Society Polk Arts Alliance ....................................... Page 12 Historical Society of Fort Meade Polk County Hall of Fame ............................. Page 27 Imperial Symphony Orchestra Polk County Historical Museum ...................... Page 22 Lakeland Art Guild Polk County Tax Collector - Kids Tag Art ............ Page 25 Lakeland Choral Society Polk Museum of Art .................................... Page 18 Lakeland Community Theatre Polk State College ....................................... Page 9 Polk Theatre ............................................ Page 21 Lake Wales Arts Council Page 22 Lake Wales Little Theatre Race For The Arts ...................................... Page 28 Ridge Art Association .................................. Page 20 Lois Cowles Harrison Center For The Visual & Performing Arts Southeastern University ............................... Page 10 Theatre Winter Haven ................................ Page 4-5 Platform ART Polk County Historical Museum Polk Museum of Art Polk State College A Publication of the Polk Arts Alliance Polk Theatre Ridge Art Association Ridge Music Teachers Association Page 25 Ridge Woodcarvers Club Rochelle School of the Arts Southeastern University Symphony Guild of Winter Haven Theatre Winter Haven The Lakeland Center The Tuesday Music Club Warner Southern College For information on the Cultural Arts Council call the *Council President: Page 11 863-834-8111; #5. (*Mike LaPan - The Lakeland Center) Front Cover: From the exhibition Loïs Mailou Jones - A Life In Vibrant Color on display at the Polk Museum of Art July 3-September 26. See Page 18 and Inside Front Cover. Sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Arts Council, The Central Florida Visitors Bureau and the National Endowment for the Arts Back Cover: (top left) Platform Art. Page 9 (bottom left) Explorations V Children’s Museum. (right) Florida Dance Theatre. Art-i-facts • A Publication of the Polk Arts Alliance 1 from the desk of the President Arts and Culture in Polk County is exploding with enticing opportunities! Polk Arts Alliance (PAA) currently represents thirty-five plus member organizations in eight beautiful cities of our Board of Directors booming Polk County. Our Director Meri Mass and board of directors are identifying potential new member organizations to broaden our collaboration opportunities and increase exposure for each organization member. If you are a cultural EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE arts organization based in Polk County and we haven’t talked with you about membership, now is the best time to Cindy Hartley Ross jump in with both feet and eyes wide open! PAA promotes each organization in this engaging Artifacts Magazine, CINDY HARTLEY ROSS including your calendar (p. 14), Cultural Arts directory and map (p. 13) and an opportunity to purchase additional ad space. Additionally President featuring your organization on our web site (www.polk artsalliance.org), and with a link to your site. Also, PAA has its link on numerous other entertainment, tourism, and county web sites to promote arts and culture in Polk County. Our ambitious PAA Board of Directors and Cultural MANDY SANDERS Arts Council exist to promote the Arts in Polk County. Please join us as a supporter of the arts or as an arts organization (p.12). YOU want to Treasurer be on THE MAP! Polk County has no shortage of talent! Recently I attended the Polk State College CYNTHIA HAFFEY Graduation and had the privilege of meeting PSC Distinguished Alum Mr. Marc Durso (p. 9). Secretary Marc was introduced to Drama and Theatre by his former PSC professor Mr. George Randolph MIKE LaPAN and he attributes his successful career to him. In honor of Professor Randolph, Marc has started a scholarship at PSC. Marc taught a Theatre Workshop at PSC in December and CAB President plans to offer another class in the Hagen Process to benefit the scholarship. His family JANE PATTON lived in Lake Wales where his father was Executive Director of the Lake Wales Chamber Member-at-Large & and his mother still lives there today. Pictured are PSC President Dr. Eileen Holden, Marc Immediate Past-President Durso, myself, Cindy Ross (PSC Alumni President and Trustee) and Lakeland Mayor Gow Fields who was the commencement speaker and a PSC Distinguished Alum as well. Congratulations to Lake Wales Arts Center on the arrival of their new Executive Director DIRECTORS Karl W. Hesser (p.6). At our recent PAA Board meeting, we enjoyed learning about Karl’s extensive experience in the arts as well as his understanding of marketing and collaborating BONNIE ALLEN to gain more awareness of our broad array of arts offerings in Polk County and how important the cultural arts truly are economically to a MARTHA ROE BURKE community. ROBERT CLANCEY The past couple of months I had opportunities to enjoy arts & culture in Polk County as I attended various events. I found that experiencing the arts in Winter Haven is as convenient as driving through the beautiful downtown and viewing the magnificent 10 outdoor sculptures in DAN CLARK cooperation with the Florida Outdoor Sculpture Competition. Internationally Acclaimed Violinist Lemay Olano-James (p.9) may be heard LISA KAISER HICKEY performing in various venues such as in Lakeland overlooking lovely Lake Mirror at a VIP reception for the Alliance for Independence or at NANCY HALE HOYT Polk State College on the Winter Haven campus where I had the opportunity to visit with him. Lake Wales Arts Center benefited and I delighted in an evening at breath-taking Historic Bok Tower Gardens, Pinewood Estate, a 1930’s Mediterranean-style mansion built as a LEN JORDAN winter home for C. Austin Buck an early 20th century industrialist and V.P. of Bethlehem Steel. Pinewood Estate is listed on the National TRISH PFEIFFER Register of Historic Places (p.26). CINDY RODRIGUEZ As many of you know, I could go on and on sharing about my personal arts & culture experiences over the last couple of months here in SUZETTE WELLING Polk County, because they are so abundant. I hope that you will enjoy reading about the myriad of talents and opportunities and plan to support the arts in your own special way. EX OFFICIO Cindy Hartley Ross BOB ENGLISH County Commissioner DR. GAIL McKINZIE Judy Barger Memorial Superintendent, School Board of Polk County Judy Barger was a true gem and a leader of the arts in Polk County. Judy started her arts career in Janu- ary of 1987 when she was hired by the Polk Museum of Art as the Executive Assistant to the Director. She worked at the Museum for the next twenty years and progressed up the ladder to Director of Development, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR twice serving as Interim Director at the request of the Board (1994 and again in 1995). At the time of her retirement in January 2007, she was the Museum’s Deputy Director. MERI MASS Judy and I became fast friends and colleagues upon my arrival in 1996, and she became one of my best and most trusted friends. She supported the work of the Polk Museum of Art with all her actions, her in- Judy Barger credible work ethic, and values. She was a model to many and, even in her absence, inspires me to this day. I remember, in my early years here, driving to Tallahassee with Judy at the wheel on our way to attend the Florida Arts Council meetings. She taught me how to drive in Florida, as we went through the Green Swamp on our way towards Web- Art Resource Council ster and I-75, with little regard for the speed limits, but always safely. She was a wiz at grant