Plant City
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The Art Train was a project sponsored by the Michigan Art Council to transport art to grass-roots communities across the United States along with some American artists who demonstrated art techniques as they visited from town to town. In 1974, a group of Plant City residents interested in the arts worked to bring The Art Train to Plant City. The visit was so overwhelming that this same group of professional people immediately organized an arts council and aggressively appied to the Fine Arts Council of Florida (now called the Division of Cultural Affairs) for an artist-in-residence to bring art to our community on a permanent basis. The Arts Council of Plant City was chartered in 1974 and incorporated in 1975.
The Arts Council of Plant City is proud of our heritage and continues to promote cooperation, coordination, and efficient operating in and between private, non-profit arts organizations as well as governmental agencies and departments which, in whole or in part, affect the arts within Plant City, Florida, to meet with civic and community groups to ascertain citizen's viewpoints, and to keep the citizenry advised of the programs and activities where the arts are concerned.
Furthermore, the Council sponsors and encourages cultural and educational activities in the City of Plant City and its surrounding areas. The Council also sponsors cooperative planning, research, fund raising, public education programs, administers property, and undertakes such other services and programs deemed necessary to encourage participating in and appreciation of the arts by all citizens in the area.
In addition, our purpose is to influence arts education in public and private schools through sponsorship or specific programs as well as advocacy of other activities, and to act as an advocate for the arts. We also receive donations, grants, and contributions to assist us in providing art-related activities.
Arts Council of Plant City
About Us
The Art Train was a project sponsored by the Michigan Art Council to transport art to grass-roots communities across the United States along with some American artists who demonstrated art techniques as they visited from town to town. In 1974, a group of Plant City residents interested in the arts worked to bring The Art Train to Plant City. The visit was so overwhelming that this same group of professional people immediately organized an arts council and aggressively appied to the Fine Arts Council of Florida (now called the Division of Cultural Affairs) for an artist-in-residence to bring art to our community on a permanent basis. The Arts Council of Plant City was chartered in 1974 and incorporated in 1975.
The Arts Council of Plant City is proud of our heritage and continues to promote cooperation, coordination, and efficient operating in and between private, non-profit arts organizations as well as governmental agencies and departments which, in whole or in part, affect the arts within Plant City, Florida, to meet with civic and community groups to ascertain citizen's viewpoints, and to keep the citizenry advised of the programs and activities where the arts are concerned.
Furthermore, the Council sponsors and encourages cultural and educational activities in the City of Plant City and its surrounding areas. The Council also sponsors cooperative planning, research, fund raising, public education programs, administers property, and undertakes such other services and programs deemed necessary to encourage participating in and appreciation of the arts by all citizens in the area.
In addition, our purpose is to influence arts education in public and private schools through sponsorship or specific programs as well as advocacy of other activities, and to act as an advocate for the arts. We also receive donations, grants, and contributions to assist us in providing art-related activities.