Arts Council
Kentucky Arts Council Meets in Bowling Green

FRANKFORT, Ky. – The governing board of the Kentucky Arts Council will hold its quarterly board meeting at 12:00 noon (CDT), Friday, September 19, 2008 in the Kentucky Room of the Kentucky Museum on the campus of Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Ky.

Following the board meeting, at 3:00 p.m. (CDT) in the Window Gallery of the Kentucky Museum, the Kentucky Arts Council will host a community reception to meet people in Bowling Green and the surrounding area and to hear about the successes and future opportunities for the arts in the region.  The board meeting and reception are free and open to the public.

Kentucky Arts Council board members are Todd P. Lowe, Chair, Louisville; Everett D. McCorvey, Vice-Chair, Lexington; Sonya Baker, Murray; Wilma Brown, Danville; Zev Buffman, Owensboro; Jean Dorton, Paintsville; Paul Fourshee, Cadiz; Ronald Johnson, Ft. Mitchell: H. Dean Jones II, Owensboro; Kelly G. Knight, Lexington; Ed Lane, Lexington; Gail Russell, Louisville; Ann Duggins Schell, Louisville; Gregory S. Shumate, Fort Mitchell; Retha Tarter, Madisonville; Randall C. Vaughn, Lexington; and James R. Voyles, Louisville.

The Kentucky Arts Council is a state agency in the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet that 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, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.

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