Ed Lawrence

Public Information Officer

The Kentucky Arts Council approved panel recommendations for operational support funding for 61 non-profit organizations whose primary purpose is to provide year-round arts programs and services to benefit the public.  The Arts Council’s competitive General Operating Support I and II grant programs awards are based on the size of an organization’s operating budget combined with their ability to meet to specific performance expectations in arts delivery, networking and collaboration, diversity, and promoting the value of the arts.

The reach of the General Operating Support Grant program is very broad both geographically and the type of arts and cultural programming the funding provides.  Recipients have been awarded in 29 counties from Paducah to Pikeville, Covington to Somerset.  Organizations, such as VSA arts of Kentucky based in Bowling Green, deliver the arts in programs across the state. Among the group of grantees are educational and training programs, performing arts presenters, visual and craft arts membership organizations, orchestras, choruses, theatre groups, dance ensembles, film societies, art museums, and community development programs.

The Kentucky Arts Council is a state agency in the Commerce Cabinet.  Working in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, the Arts Council invests in programs that develop vibrant communities, provide lifelong education in the arts and support arts participation.  Every $1 in grant funds awarded by the Kentucky Arts Council helps grantees secure $15 in earned income and matching funds from individuals, philanthropic sources and other levels of government.

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EDITORS NOTE: FY2005 General Operating Support Grant recipients listed below.

General Operating Support I

COUNTY            ORGANIZATION                                         AMOUNT

Boyd                 Paramount Arts Center                                    88,714

Christian            Pennyroyal Arts Council                                   10,856

Clark                 Winchester Council for the Arts                         5,738

Daviess             Owensboro Dance Theatre                                5,210

Daviess             Theatre Workshop of Owensboro                      4,910

Daviess            RiverPark Center                                                 78,978

Daviess            International Bluegrass Music Museum                 10,104

Fayette             Kentucky Ballet Theatre                                     6,961

Fayette             Lexington Ballet Company                                 10,184

Fayette             Living Arts & Science Center                               17,391

Fayette             Central Kentucky Youth Orchestra                     6,714

Fayette             Lexington Philharmonic Society             60,298

Fayette             Actors' Guild of Lexington                                 15,429

Fayette             Lexington Art League                                      22,021

Fayette             Music Institute of Lexington                                 4,655

Fayette             Lexington Children's Theatre                         38,372

Fayette             Lexington Shakespeare Festival             8,047

Fayette             Headley-Whitney Museum                                   18,128

Floyd               Jenny Wiley Theatre                                       30,642

Franklin            Frankfort Arts Foundation                               4,151

Hart                 Horse Cave Theatre                                        31,603

Henderson            Ohio Valley Art League                         2,399

Jefferson            Walden Theatre                                     24,072

Jefferson            Portland Museum                                            12,315

Jefferson            Pleiades Theatre Company                                 2,431

Kenton             Carnegie Visual & Performing Arts Center  18,247

Kenton             Behringer-Crawford Museum                                   9,550

Kenton             Covington Community Center              6,229

Letcher            Appalshop                                                      140,000

Madison            Richmond Area Arts Council                         5,495

Madison            Berea Arts Council                                         3,903

Madison            Kentucky Guild of Artists & Craftsmen            9,354

McCracken            Museum of the American Quilter's Society 37,074

McCracken            Yeiser Art Center                                            4,368

McCracken            Market House Theatre                                      29,289

McCracken            Paducah Symphony Orchestra                     14,350

McCracken            Paducah Film Society                                       3,577

Mercer             Ragged Edge Community Theatre             2,416

Montgomery            Montgomery County Council for the Arts      6,731

Pendleton            Kincaid Regional Theatre                         3,183

Perry                Greater Hazard Area Arts Council                 6,711

Pike                 Appalachian Rural Cult. Heritage Ed. Init.            2,640

Trigg                Cadiz Community Art Center                          2,852

Warren             Bowling Green-Western Symphony                    3,805

Warren             Bowling Green Chamber Orchestra                     4,258

Warren             Public Theatre of Kentucky                                 4,767

Warren             VSA arts of Kentucky                                             9,620

Warren             Capitol Arts Alliance                                         17,506

Wolfe               Wolfe County Arts Association                   3,100

TOTAL                                                                                    $869,348

General Operating Support II

COUNTY            ORGANIZATION                                                     AMOUNT

Boyd                Artists in Concert                                                        3,642

Boyd                Arts Council of Northeastern Kentucky                     1,694

Calloway            Murray Civic Music Association                               3,367

Crittenden            Fohs Hall Community Arts Foundation                   3,329

Franklin            Kentucky Alliance for Arts Education              3,305

Graves             Mayfield/Graves County Art Guild                            3,441

Jefferson            Louisville Arts Council                                      3,341

Kenton             My Nose Turns Red Theatre Company                     5,245

Oldham            Art! Art! Barking Dog Dance Company                     1,398

Pike                 Artists Collaborative Theatre                                     1,000

Pulaski             Watershed Arts Alliance                                                1,382

Whitley Fine Arts Association of Southeastern Kentucky            3,872

TOTAL                                                                                             $35,016