Please join us in continuing the development of Polk County's arts and cultural resources, growing the talent that brings jobs to Polk County, and enhancing quality of life through arts and cultural programming.

Polk Arts Alliance promotes the events, exhibitions, arts news and educational programs of Polk County's arts and cultural organizations through the quarterly publication, "Art-i-facts" Magazine; through the Polk Arts Alliance website, www.polkarts.org; and through social media, such as facebook, twitter, tumblr, Google+, emails to subscribers, and more.

The Polk Arts Alliance strives to cultivate an environment in which the arts flourish. The Alliance endeavors to accomplish this through advocacy, coordination, economic development, education and promotion. Specific functions of Polk Arts Alliance are:

• Advocacy on behalf of the arts
• Marketing of the nonprofit arts organizations in Polk County
• Further development of the arts industry/cultural planning
• Working closely with the Cultural Arts Council, the Advisory Board to the PAA Board of Directors
• Enhancing stability and development for established and emerging arts organizations.

Learn about the Race for the Arts and the sponsorships on our website: www.polkarts.org. Click on "Race for the Arts" on the right side of the top navigation bar.