Programs and Grants
at a
Glance
ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS BUILD PARTICIPATION IN THE ARTS THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE ARTS EXPERIENCES FOR KENTUCKIANS.
Kentucky Arts Partnership
Grants provide the Arts Council with the opportunity to
work in partnership with the states arts organizations to ensure
thatKentuckians value the arts, participate in the arts and benefit from the
arts.
Guidelines and Instructions:
http://artscouncil.ky.gov/guide/prog2/kap_gdl.htm
Contact Person: Daniel J. Strauss, Arts
Program Branch Manager Dan.Strauss@ky.gov
The Kentucky Arts Council is in the process of converting application processing to Kentucky Arts Services OnLine (KASOL), a new online grants management system. During the course of KASOL development, deadlines published in Programs and Grants at a Glance are subject to change. This document is also periodically updated. For the most current information about the Kentucky Arts Councils programs, grants, training, and services, go to www.artscouncil.ky.gov.
PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN THE ARTS.
- Arts Build Communities
Grants encourage partnerships that contribute to the cultural,
social, educational and economic growth of the community.
Guidelines and Instructions: http://artscouncil.ky.gov/guide/prog7/abc_gdl.html
Contact Person: Christopher Cathers, Program Branch Manager Christopher.Cathers@ky.gov - Folk and Traditional Arts
Apprenticeship Grants pair traditional master artists with
apprentices.
Guidelines and Instructions: http://artscouncil.ky.gov/guide/prog4/faa_gdl.html
Contact Person: Mark Brown, Folklife Specialist Mark.Brown@ky.gov - Folk Arts Project Grants
are designed to promote the cultural folk and traditional arts.
The Folk Arts Project Grants support research, interpretation of local and
regional folk arts.
Guidelines and Instructions: http://artscouncil.ky.gov/guide/prog4/fa_gdl.html
Contact Person: Mark Brown, Folklife Specialist Mark.Brown@ky.gov - Performing Arts on Tour
Grants make diverse public performing arts events available to
the people of the commonwealth.
Guidelines and Instructions: http://artscouncil.ky.gov/guide/prog3/aot_gdl.htm
Contact Person: Tamara Coffey, Individual Artist Program Director Tamara.Coffey@ky.gov
INDIVIDUAL ARTIST PROGRAMS ENCOURAGE, RECOGNIZE AND SUPPORT ARTISTS.
- The Arts in Education
Artist Roster promotes artists who have the qualifications to
conduct residencies, produce high quality artistic work, and have the skills
and competencies needed to work with teachers and students in designing and
implementing arts programs.
Guidelines and Instructions: http://artscouncil.ky.gov/guide/prog6/air_gdl.html
Contact Person: Christopher Cathers, Program Branch Manager Christopher.Cathers@ky.gov - Kentucky Crafted Program
enables visual artists and craft artists, whose work has met
standards of excellence, to reach regional, national and international markets
through state-sponsored wholesale and retail promotional venues.
Guidelines and Instructions: http://artscouncil.ky.gov/guide/prog6/air_gdl.html
Contact Person: Charla Reed, Partnerships and Initiatives Director Charla.Reed@ky.gov - Al Smith Individual Artist
Fellowship Awards recognize and encourage the artistic
excellence of individual Kentucky artists. Annually awarded, the fellowships
alternate between two discipline groupings: visual artists and media artists
(V&M) in one year and writers, composers, choreographers, and
interdisciplinary artists (WCC&I) in the next.
Guidelines and Instructions: http://artscouncil.ky.gov/guide/prog3/asf_gdl.htm
Contact Person: Tamara Coffey, Individual Artist Program Director Tamara.Coffey@ky.gov - Individual Artist
Professional Development Grants provide funding support for
activities that will help artists further their artwork and careers.
Guidelines and Instructions: http://artscouncil.ky.gov/guide/prog3/apd_gdl.html
Contact Person: Charla Reed, Partnerships and Initiatives Director Charla.Reed@ky.gov - Performing Arts Directory
is an adjudicated program, which promotes, showcases and
provides professional development opportunities to a diverse selection of
Kentuckys finest contemporary and traditional performing artists.
Guidelines and Instructions: http://artscouncil.ky.gov/guide/prog3/pad_gdl.html
Contact Person: Tamara Coffey, Individual Artist Program Director Tamara.Coffey@ky.gov
THE GOVERNORS AWARDS IN THE ARTS PROGRAM RECOGNIZES THE EXTRAORDINARY AND SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE ARTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ARTS IN KENTUCKY AND THE NATION.
- Governor's Awards in the
Arts are Kentuckys highest honor in the arts, recognizing
the extraordinary and significant achievements in the arts and contributions to
the arts in Kentucky. Nominations are accepted from the public in nine
categories: Milner (the original and most prestigious award),
Artist, Business, Community Arts, Education, Folk Heritage, Government,
Media and National. The 2007-2008 awards will be
presented by the Governor at a public ceremony and celebration of the arts in
October of 2008.
Guidelines and Instructions: http://artscouncil.ky.gov/guide/prog1/ga_gdl.html
Contact Person: Daniel J. Strauss, Senior Program Analyst Dan.Strauss@ky.gov
THE KENTUCKY POET LAUREATE PROGRAM HONORS OUTSTANDING KENTUCKY WRITERS AND PROMOTES PARTICIPATION IN THE LITERARY ARTS OF THE STATE.
- Kentucky Poet Laureate
Program honors outstanding Kentucky writers and promotes the
literary arts in Kentucky. The Kentucky Poet Laureate leads the state in
literary endeavors, including Kentucky Writers Day, which is celebrated
on April 24th of each year, to honor the birth date of Kentucky author Robert
Penn Warren, the nations first Poet Laureate. The Kentucky General
Assembly established the position in 1991, which is a gubernatorial appointment
with the selection process administered through the Kentucky Arts Council. Jane
Gentry Vance is the Kentucky Poet Laureate for the two-year term of 2007 and
2008. For more information about the program and contact information to request
an engagement with the Kentucky Poet Laureate, go to
http://artscouncil.ky.gov/Poet/Poet_Vance.htm
Guidelines and Instructions: http://artscouncil.ky.gov/guide/prog1/poet_gdl.htm
Contact Person: Daniel J. Strauss, Arts Program Branch Manager Dan.Strauss@ky.gov
THE KENTUCKY ARTS COUNCIL CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR KENTUCKIANS THROUGH THE ARTS
The Kentucky Arts Council is a state agency in the Tourism,
Arts & Heritage Cabinet. It was formed in 1965 by Executive Order and is
authorized under KRS 153.210-235 to develop and promote a broadly conceived
state policy of support for the arts in Kentucky.
The Kentucky Arts
Council supports Kentucky arts and cultural organizations, individual artists,
schools and communities through programs, grants, awards and services that
create opportunities for Kentuckians to value, participate in and benefit from
the arts.
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. Kentucky Arts Council
funding is provided by the Kentucky General Assembly and the National Endowment
for the Arts, a federal agency, which believes that a great nation deserves
great art.
