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Arts Council - Recent Headlines
Below you will find a list of recent press releases. Click on the title to view the full text of the press release.
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- Kentucky’s Cultural District Certifications to be announced
Monday, February 06, 2012
First Lady Jane Beshear and Madeline Abramson, wife of Lt. Gov. Jerry Abramson, will announce the five communities receiving Kentucky Cultural District Certification at 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, in the State Reception Room on the mezzanine level of the Capitol.
- Kentucky Crafted: The Market is more than craft
Thursday, February 02, 2012
Kentucky Crafted: The Market, the award-winning arts marketplace, will feature two full days of musical performances on the Kentucky Stage at the Lexington Convention Center March 3-4.
- Kentucky Arts Council committee meets Feb. 1
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Public Meeting Notice
- Kentucky Arts Council receives grant from National Arts and Disability Center
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
The Kentucky Arts Council has been awarded a $12,000 grant to produce statewide activities promoting careers in the arts for artists with disabilities. The arts council will partner with other statewide organizations and agencies including VSA Kentucky, the Kentucky Center and the Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
- Kentucky Arts Council seeks nominations for 2012 Governor’s Awards in the Arts
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Do you know someone or an organization deserving of the Commonwealth’s highest honor in the arts? The Kentucky Arts Council is accepting nominations for the 2012 Governor’s Awards in the Arts until March 1.
- Kentucky Arts Council presents Arts Day in Kentucky Feb. 2
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Arts leaders, artists and supporters of the arts from across the Commonwealth will come to Frankfort for a full day of activities to celebrate the arts and thank legislators for their support.
- From 1 to 1 million – fun facts about Kentucky Crafted:The Market
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Kentucky Crafted: The Market, the award-winning arts marketplace that had its debut in 1982 at the Kentucky Horse Park, returns to Lexington at the Lexington Convention Center after a long run in Louisville at the Kentucky Exposition Center.
- Deadline extended for National Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Institute
Thursday, January 05, 2012
Young musicians ages 15–20 are eligible to apply for the highly competitive Kennedy Center/National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) Summer Music Institute. The deadline has been extended to Feb. 20, 2012.
- Kentucky Arts Council offers apprenticeship program to encourage continuation of folk traditions
Thursday, January 05, 2012
The Kentucky Arts Council is accepting applications until Feb. 15, 2012, for the Folk and Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Grant.
- Kentucky artwork graces the halls of government
Thursday, January 05, 2012
The Kentucky Arts Council presents “Kentucky Visions at the Capitol,” an exhibit that showcases the artwork of 32 artists in the Capitol Annex in Frankfort.
- Kentucky Arts Council offers awards to exceptional writers, choreographers and composers
Wednesday, January 04, 2012
The Kentucky Arts Council will accept applications until March 15, 2012, from professional writers, choreographers and composers for the Al Smith Individual Artist Fellowship Awards and the Emerging Artist Awards.
- Governor’s Mansion features special art exhibit
Wednesday, January 04, 2012
The Kentucky Arts Council presents an exhibit of artwork, “Commissioned to Create: Works by Artists who Created the Governor’s Awards (1993-2011).” The awards, along with other artwork created by this distinguished group of Kentucky artists, will be on display Jan. 9 - April 15, 2012.
- Kentucky Arts Council awards 20 artist residency grants
Wednesday, January 04, 2012
The Kentucky Arts Council has awarded $25,380 in Teacher Initiated Program grants for 47 weeks’ worth of short-term artist residencies scheduled to take place in the spring of 2012.
- Kentucky Arts Council offers marketing programs for Kentucky artists
Friday, December 16, 2011
The Kentucky Arts Council is accepting applications until March 15, 2012, from professional artists who wish to be included in the Performing Arts Directory, Architectural Artists Directory or Kentucky Crafted Program. These state-sponsored marketing programs help performing and visual artists promote their work and build their careers.
- Kentucky Arts Council adds eight arts professionals to consultancy network
Friday, December 16, 2011
The Kentucky Arts Council’s Kentucky Peer Advisory Network (KPAN) offers low-cost consulting services for arts organizations, schools, community groups and individual artists who are participants in the agency’s programs.
- Kentucky Arts Council offers artist-in-residence opportunities for schools and teaching artists
Friday, December 16, 2011
The Kentucky Arts Council offers Teacher Initiated Program grants, which help pay for professional artists to go into the classroom and give students and teachers hands-on experiences in making art.
- Kentucky Arts Council supports social media fundraising efforts
Friday, December 09, 2011
The Kentucky Arts Council is offering a dollar-for-dollar match for private donations to arts organizations participating in online fundraising through power2give.org, launched in December by the Fund for the Arts.
- Public Value Report demonstrates nonprofit arts contributions to Kentucky
Thursday, December 01, 2011
The Kentucky Arts Council’s investment of $1.7 million in operational support for nonprofit arts organizations in Kentucky produced significant returns in tax revenues, jobs, education services and tourism development. The first Public Value Report produced by the arts council features data collected from 89 of the 93 arts organizations that received funding through the state agency’s Kentucky Arts Partnership grants for the period of July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2011.
- Kentucky Arts Council offers operational support grants to arts and cultural organizations
Thursday, December 01, 2011
Kentucky nonprofit arts and cultural organizations that provide year-round arts programming may apply to the Kentucky Arts Council for Kentucky Arts Partnership grant funding by Jan. 15, 2012.
- Kentucky Arts Council meets in Louisville
Thursday, December 01, 2011
PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE
The Kentucky Arts Council will have its quarterly board meeting Dec. 9, 2011, from noon – 3 p.m. EST at The Speed Art Museum, 2035 S. Third St., Louisville, Ky.
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