Polk Museum of Art is pleased to announce that it will be receiving an NEA Recovery Act grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced direct grants to 631 nonprofit arts groups, totaling $29.775 million as part of the American Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Polk Museum of Art will receive $50,000 to be used toward retention and employment of outreach teachers and guest artists during this economic downturn.

Polk Museum of Art is one of only 3 museums in the state, and one of only 14 arts organizations in Florida to receive one of these grants from the NEA. The one-time NEA grants were awarded on a competitive basis, and only organizations that had received an NEA grant in the past four years were eligible to apply.