Product Grants
Marianne
Brown
Abraham Lincoln’s boyhood home, ceramic
cabin
Kathleen O’Brien
Lincoln related prints and greeting cards
John Haywood
Development of a large-scale
Lincoln portrait and reproductions
Ken
Gastineau
Pewter Julep cups and pewter key rings, both with the
Lincoln Bicentennial logo
Layne
Hendrickson
Iron and copper ladle, and an iron meat fork made in
the traditional style from Lincoln’s era
Curran Copeland
Wooden toys, including a Lincoln
era Limber Jack and new toy boats, both block and steam
Norma Jean Campbell
Weavings based on Nancy Hanks
weaving drafts
Elizabeth
Brown
Wool rugs based upon those of the Lincoln era
Harriet Giles
Hand braided rag
rugs that are historical reproductions of Lincoln era rugs
Joanne DeWitt
Square wall hanging commemorative
of both Abraham Lincoln and the State of Kentucky
Mitchell Rickman
Clay mug imprinted with the
Lincoln Bicentennial logo
Patricia
Brock
Fabric tote bags with images of historic Lincoln sites upon
them
Carol Shutt
Prints and note
cards with photographs of historic Lincoln sites
Saxton’s Cornet Band
CD promoting 23 songs
from the Civil War era
Kentucky Arts Council,
layout by Kathleen O’Brien
Silk scarf screen-printed
with a partial quote from Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address
Current Project
Grants
River of Time: Abraham
Lincoln, The Formative Years
Lexington Opera Society
Contact: Pam Miller, President Elect
(859) 257-9331
July 1, 2007
– June 30, 2008
The Lexington Opera Society will create an original
opera composition and libretto through a two-part project. The first phase will
present two spring workshops that will show the work in progress. The second
will be the presentation of the full-scale opera at the Lexington Opera House.
www.ourlincoln.org
Play Writing in the
Schools
Actors Theatre of Louisville
(502) 584-1265 ext.
3045
Fall 2008
Actors Theatre of Louisville's New Voices program will
connect students from across the state to share and learn from one another
through the artistic process of creating and performing while focusing on the
life and values of Abraham Lincoln. A play building model derived from Actors
Theatre's Playwriting in the Schools curriculum will be developed and
subsequently duplicated in other school classrooms in the
state.
With Malice Toward None and Abraham
Lincoln
Kentucky Repertory Theatre at Horse Cave
(800)
342-2177
August 22 – November 1, 2008 (Abraham Lincoln)
February 10 – March 22, 2009 (With Malice Towards None)
The
Kentucky Repertory Theatre will develop and present two major productions
focusing on Abraham Lincoln. During 2008 and 2009, these productions will tour
the state of Kentucky.
www.kentuckyrep.org
Abraham Lincoln Sculpture
City of
Springfield
(859) 336-5412
October 2008
The City of Springfield will
erect a bronze Lincoln in front of the new Washington County Courthouse.
Sculpture of Lincoln as a
Boy
City of Hodgenville
(270) 358-3163
May 31, 2008
The City of Hodgenville will erect a bronze sculpture of Lincoln as a boy
of about seven years old in the newly redesigned town
square.
Children’s Play about the Young
Abraham Lincoln
Allen County-Scottsville Arts Council
(270) 237-4692
Fall 2008
The Allen County – Scottsville Arts
Council will produce and present an original theatrical production about
Abraham Lincoln’s childhood. The play, written by Kentucky playwright
Katie Fraser Carpenter and directed by Liz Bussey Fentress, will emphasize the
foundations and principles that Lincoln learned as a child in Kentucky and that
he would later use as president. It will be presented to area schools, the
public and the Center for Courageous Kids, a local camp for children with
life-threatening illnesses.
Lincoln: A Man
for All Times
Bowling Green Chamber Orchestra
(270)
846-2426
February 9, 2009
Pam Thurman and Glen Rice’s new play,
Lincoln: A Man for All Times, is being adapted for a Bowling Green
Chamber Orchestra performance, with children as an integral part of the play.
It will be performed for approximately 2,300 school children in free
performances across Kentucky. This children’s musical celebrates the
extraordinary impact Abraham Lincoln had on our commonwealth and nation.
www.bgco.com
"Lincoln Week"
Center for Rural Development
(606) 677-6000
February 9 – 13, 2009
The Center for Rural
Development will host “Lincoln Week”, a week of artistic performances
related to and about Abraham Lincoln during the week of February 9 – 13,
2009, across the Center’s 42-county service region in southern and eastern
Kentucky. This will include Kentucky Chautauqua performers, study guides for
participating schools, and handouts for all attendees. The culmination of the
week will be a two-day event in Somerset, with workshops, an art exhibition and
performances of the Kentucky Repertory Theatre’s With Malice Towards
None.
www.centertech.com
Lincoln Bicentennial Playwriting
Competition
Ragged Edge Community Theatre
(859) 734-2389
August 1, 2008 (Playwriting workshop)
March 18 – 22, 2009
(Performances)
The Ragged Edge Community Theatre will develop a
Lincoln playwriting competition for children. School matinees, as well as
evening performances, will be produced from the winning plays. A call for
submissions will begin in Fall 2008, with playwriting workshops being offered
for any school that requests this guidance within the eligible counties. These
counties include: Mercer, Anderson, Washington, Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine,
Woodford and Franklin.
www.raggededgetheatre.org
Dances of the Lincoln Era
Folk Circle Association
(859) 985-3314
Late Spring, 2008
The
Folk Circle Association, through the Berea Festival Dancers, their director
Theresa Lowder and performing artist Jennifer Rose, will present performances
and workshops, featuring the costumes and music in Kentucky during
Lincoln’s life. These events will take place at a variety of sites,
including community venues, state parks, Kentucky schools and Lincoln historic
sites.
Honestly Abe!
Isonville Elementary
(606) 738-8152
May 2008
Honestly
Abe! is a play that will focus on the highlights of Lincoln’s life.
Students will work with local artists to create not only the play, but also the
costumes, scenery, etc. This will help commemorate the highlights of
Lincoln’s life, celebrate his contributions, and tell the critical role
that Kentucky and Kentuckians played in his life.
The Lincoln Puppet Show
Squallis Puppeteers
(502) 540-4977
Summer 2008
Squallis Puppeteers will create and
perform an entertaining and interesting puppet show for children in elementary
school that puts a complex moment in history, that leading up to the
Emancipation Proclamation, into an understandable format while delving into
Lincoln’s character. It focuses on a young student who, to better
understand the Emancipation Proclamation, conjures Lincoln in her imagination
and then is able to ask him directly what happened.
www.squallispuppeteers.com
Discovery Series
Lexington Philharmonic Society, Inc.
(859) 233-4226
March 11, 2008
This series of concerts, with the theme “Lincoln: the Man, the Music,
and the Legacy,” featured a variety of musical pieces related to President
Lincoln, including Overture to La Forza del Destino, an opera that he
saw 19 times during his Presidency, and the Lincoln Portrait, composed
by Aaron Copland and inspired by the President. In collaboration with scholar
Nikos Pappas, along with period-dressed members of the Lexington Vintage Dance
Society, the Lexington Philharmonic reconstructed and performed Kentucky music
from the time of Lincoln.
www.lexphil.org
The Lincoln Project
Stage One: Louisville
Children’s Theatre
(502) 589-4060
February – April 2009
Stage One will develop a new Lincoln play by Deborah Lynn Frockt. The
Lincoln Project will use details of a biography and Lincoln’s
considerable output of speeches, debates and correspondence, as well as the
words of contemporary observers in letters, newspapers and remarks from friends
and foes, to consider race, poverty, literacy and law as defining issues of his
day and ours.
www.stageone.org
The Civil War, Communicating History
Through Music
Stephen Foster Drama Association, Inc.
(502) 348-5971
August 18 - 23, 2008
The Stephen Foster Drama
Association, Inc. will present The Civil War, a play drawn on letters,
diaries and correspondence of Civil War soldiers and their families as well as
the words and writings of Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass and Walt Whitman.
It will be offered from July through August 2008 as a historical, educational
and musical theatre performance to students and the public all across Kentucky.
www.stephenfoster.com
Captain Abraham Lincoln Oil
Painting
Washington County Fiscal Court
(859) 336-5505
June 2008
The Washington County Fiscal Court is commissioning an oil
painting depicting the murder of President Lincoln’s grandfather (Captain
Abraham Lincoln) and the subsequent saving of President Lincoln’s father,
Thomas, from being kidnapped. The painting, by artist Mark Selter, will hang in
the Lincoln Ancestral Museum for all to see, with a public unveiling ceremony
to be held at the Washington County Courthouse.
www.springfieldky.org
Voices of Hall
Jessamine
County Fiscal Court
(859) 881-9126
November – December 2008
Voices of Hall is a production of a docu-drama based on the actual
accounts which occurred at Camp Nelson, depicting the tumultuous lives of
family members of the African American soldiers enlisted there. This play will
highlight the national significance of Camp Nelson as an African American
enlistment/training center and refugee camp.
Making the Connections: 2008 Kentucky smART!
Pre-conference
Kentucky Alliance for Arts Education
(502) 875-4266
June 12, 2008
This statewide conference, Kentucky
smART! for K-12 teachers held on June 12, 2008, will focus on the life and
times of Lincoln and will highlight connections between the social and
political events and the culture of the times, exploring the influence of
European culture on 19th century America and the contributions of African
culture during that period. Participating teachers will be eligible for a
mini-grant in June 2009 to support a Lincoln-focused, arts-infused classroom
unit they will develop using resources from this conference, culminating in a
public event to which their community will be invited.
www.kyartsed.org
Previous Project Grants
Lincoln Legacy: A Musical Tribute
Greater
Hazard Area Arts Council
Contact: Tammy Duff, Performing Arts Director
(606) 487-3067
February 15, 2008
GHAAC presented a concert on
February 15th by the Lexington Philharmonic, featuring Civil War era pieces and
works inspired by Lincoln. This series included educational programs and
lectures throughout the week.
www.hazardpas.com
Kentucky Music and the Lincoln
Family
Lexington Philharmonic Society, Inc.
Contact:
Peter Kucirko, Executive Director
(859) 233-4226
February 9, 2008
The Lexington Philharmonic, in partnership with the Lexington Vintage Dance
Society, created and performed music and dance of Lincoln’s day. This
45-minute reenactment provided an opportunity for citizens around Kentucky to
experience music written and performed in the commonwealth for Lincoln and his
family, connecting the audience visually and audibly to the era of our 16th
President.
www.lexphil.org
Lincoln’s Legacy Through
Music
The Louisville Orchestra, Inc.
Contact:
Christopher Miller
(502) 587-8681
February 11, 2008
The Louisville
Orchestra commissioned a new piece for the Lincoln Bicentennial from American
composer Peter Schickele for the opening celebration in Louisville on February
11, 2008. This piece will be featured in concerts by the Louisville Orchestra
throughout the Bicentennial.
www.kentuckycenter.org
Knob Creek Boy Statue
Hardin County History
Museum
Contact: Hardin County History Museum
(270) 763-8339
The
Hardin County History Museum created a highly realistic faux bronze statue of
Abraham Lincoln as a boy. Housed in the Hardin County History Museum, it gives
visitors a real sense of Lincoln as they “meet” him face to face and
learn his story.
Lincoln’s Legacy: A
Musical Tribute
Hardin County Schools Performing Arts Center
Contact: Hardin County Schools
(270) 769-8837
February 12, 2008
The Hardin County Schools Performing Arts Center hosted the Lexington
Philharmonic for a concert of Civil War era pieces, including Aaron
Copland’s Lincoln Portrait, that included a narration by nationally
renowned Lincoln portrayer and historian Jim Getty.
Rachel Rasnick
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial
Project Coordinator
Kentucky Arts Council
Email:
rachel.rasnick@ky.gov
Phone:
(502) 564-3757 ext. 492
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