Arts Council
Fine Kentucky Crafts and Art Offered at Governor’s Derby Celebration in Frankfort

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Visitors going to the Capitol on Derby Day morning will have an opportunity to purchase some of Kentucky’s finest traditional and contemporary craft and art at the Governor’s Derby Celebration. 

Artists who have been accepted into the Kentucky Arts Council's Kentucky Crafted® program will line the back Capitol lawn in tents offering jewelry, pottery, photography, paintings, basketry, handmade brooms, stained glass, gourd art, woodwork, sculptural pieces and much more.

The traditional Governor’s Derby Celebration will be on the state Capitol grounds from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. E.D.T., Saturday, May 2, 2009, and is open to the public.  Each year thousands of people participate in this Derby festivity and browse the grounds to experience hot air balloon rides (weather permitting), entertainment, artist booths and other activities.  Breakfast will be served at a nominal cost. Continuous shuttle service will be available beginning at 7:45 a.m. from the parking area located at Juniper Hill Park to the Floral Clock at the Capitol. Shuttles will also be available from the Floral Clock to downtown Frankfort.  For more information, go to www.governor.ky.gov/derbycelebration.

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 State Legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.

NOTE TO EDITORS: See listing below of artisan businesses featured at the Governor’s Derby Celebration.

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Gary Bertram

Gary Bertram Art

Georgetown, Kentucky

Oil paintings and pencil drawings

Madonna Cash and Sandra Rinkel

Shepherdsville, Kentucky

Woven baskets

Lonnie and Gayle Combs

Wooden Crafts

Fisherville, Kentucky

Woodturned art pieces

Charles Crenshaw

Bourbon Baskets

Bloomfield, Kentucky

Leather and other fiber baskets

Anne Porter Elliott

Stamping Ground, Kentucky

Stoneware and raku pottery

Ken Johnson

Sahara Glass

Elizabethtown, Kentucky

Stained glass panels and sun catchers

Jim Jones

Forge On Metalworks

Nicholasville, Kentucky

Functional metal art

Scot Kellersberger

Phoenix Creative Metal Art

Salvisa, Kentucky

Sculptural metal equine art

Joe and Mary Offerman

Woodcarvings by Offerman

Owensboro, Kentucky

Woodcarvings

Cynthia Pierce Roberts

A Small Extravagance

Lexington, Kentucky

Mixed media jewelry

Mic and Deb Shambro

ShambroLa Wood Art

Lexington, Kentucky

Hand-cut, scrolled original wooden framed pieces

Estelle Sizemore

Estelle Fine Handcrafted Jewelry

Berea, Kentucky

Jewelry

Donna and Donnie Smith

Gourdsmith

Waco, Kentucky

Gourd art

Fred and Peggy Spoon

Pens to Remember

Columbia, Kentucky

Unique handcrafted pens and pencils

May Tagher

MAYcreations

Walton, Kentucky

Handcrafted polymer clay jewelry

Janet Tobler

Mosaic Design

Covington, Kentucky

Glazed terra cotta tiles and vessels

Ralph Tyree

Ralph Tyree Photography

Winchester, Kentucky

Landscape and nature photography

Donna J. Williams

Followin' Family Traditions

Pleasureville, Kentucky

Brooms