The Lois Cowles Harrison Center for the Visual and Performing Arts (also called Harrison School for the Arts) was founded in Lakeland, Florida, United States in 1989 and named after community member and art patron Lois Cowles Harrison. It is a Magnet school that draws its student population from communities throughout Polk County. Students may specialize in dance, classical guitar, orchestra, piano, choir, jazz, theatre, technical theatre, musical theatre, film, or visual arts. Students take general education classes at Lakeland High School, located adjacent to Harrison School for the Arts. The school received an expansion in 2008, with mega renovations and the addition of 95,000 sq. foot to the building.
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