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Arts Council
Kentucky Arts Council receives $864,600 grant from National Endowment for the Arts
FRANKFORT, Ky. — The National Endowment for the Arts, an independent federal agency, has awarded the Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, an $864,600 Partnership grant. The arts council is the sole Kentucky agency designated to receive state partnership funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.
“This grant is extremely important to Kentucky,” said Lori Meadows, executive director of the Kentucky Arts Council. “It makes up almost one-fourth of our annual budget and will be used to support arts education programs, exhibitions, community arts projects and arts organizations that bring performing, visual, media and literary arts to Kentuckians all across the state.”
The National Endowment for the Arts Partnership grants provide support to the 56 state, jurisdictional and territorial arts agencies, the six regional arts organizations, the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies and Pacific Resources for Education and Learning. In total, 64 grants were awarded in this category for a total of $57,719,600. State Partnership grants supplement – not supplant – state funding for arts programs, services and activities.
The National Endowment for the Arts is a public agency dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts, both new and established, bringing the arts to all Americans and providing leadership in arts education. Established by Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government, the National Endowment for the Arts is the nation's largest annual funder of the arts, bringing great art to all 50 states, including rural areas, inner cities and military bases.
The Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, creates opportunities for Kentuckians to value, participate in and benefit from the arts. Kentucky Arts Council funding is provided by the Kentucky General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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