Artists & Organizations
Artists & Organizations
The Kentucky Arts Council administers adjudicated programs for visual and craft artists, performing artists, and teaching artists. Artists in these directories represent the highest artistic and professional excellence in the commonwealth. We also offer awards and distinctions to artists working in all media and at all stages of their careers.
Support Local Artists and Arts Organizations
The Kentucky Arts Council features juried programs for visual and craft artists, performing artists, and teaching artists. Artists selected for these directories have met the Kentucky Arts Council’s criteria of artistic excellence and professionalism as judged by independent panels of arts specialists. They are available for product sales, performances, residencies, workshops and more.
Kentucky Poet Laureate
The Kentucky Poet Laureate is selected following for a two-year term following a public call for nominations coordinated by the Kentucky Arts Council. Nominees for this position must reside in Kentucky, have a long association with the Commonwealth, and have a critically acclaimed published body of work that is informed by living in Kentucky.
The word “poet” in the position’s title is interpreted in its broadest sense to include writers whose accomplishments are in any literary form. During their term, the Kentucky Poet Laureate serves as a literary ambassador to the commonwealth. The poet laureate is inducted on Kentucky Writers’ Day in odd-number years.
Program Award Recipients
Recipients of Kentucky Arts Council fellowships, awards, and apprenticeships represent the commonwealth’s most talented artists and tradition bearers.
