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 state’s arts organizations to ensure that the people of Kentucky value the arts, participate in the arts and benefit from the arts.

Guidelines and Instructions: http://artscouncil.ky.gov/guide/prog2/kap_gdl.htm
Application Deadline: January 15, 2008
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 Council’s programs, grants, training, and services, go to www.artscouncil.ky.gov.

PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN THE ARTS.

• Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Project Grants are for communities and organizations to commemorate the contributions of Abraham Lincoln and celebrate the bicentennial of his birth in Kentucky in February 2009.
  
  Guidelines and Instructions: http://artscouncil.ky.gov/guide/prog9/LincolnProject_gdl.htm
  Intent to Apply: March 15, 2008
  Application Deadline: April 15, 2008
  Amount: Up to $7,500 with 1:1 matching funds
  Contact Person: Rachel Rasnick, Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Project Coordinator Rachel.Rasnick@ky.gov
  
  
• 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
  Application Deadline: February 1, 2008
  Amount: Up to $5,000 with 1:1 matching funds
  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
  Application Deadline: February 1, 2008
  Amount: Up to $3,000 to master artist
  Contact Person: Bob Gates, Folklife Program Director Bob.Gates@ky.gov
  
  
• Folk Arts Project Grants are designed to strengthen the cultural variety of folk and traditional arts. The Folk Arts Project Grants support research, interpretation, and presentation of local and regional folk arts.
  
  Guidelines and Instructions: http://artscouncil.ky.gov/guide/prog4/fa_gdl.html
  Application Deadline: February 1, 2008
  Amount: Up to $3,500 with 1:1 match
  Contact Person: Bob Gates, Folklife Program Director Bob.Gates@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
  Application Deadline: February 1, 2008
  Amount: Up to 50% of contracted performance fees for artist(s). Grants may be up to $7,500 for a single booking or $5,000 for multiple bookings.
  Contact Person: Suzanne Gray, Executive Staff Advisor Suzanne.Gray@ky.gov
  
  
• Teacher Initiated Program (TIP) Grants place professional artists in schools for 1-4 week residencies to plan and implement projects with teachers, demonstrate their art form and support Kentucky’s educational reform.
  
  Guidelines and Instructions: http://artscouncil.ky.gov/guide/prog6/tip_guid.htm
  Application Deadlines: October 15, 2007 ¦ January 15, 2008
  Amount:
     1 week residency $540 $285 match from applicant
     2 week residency $1,080 $570 match from applicant
     3 week residency $1,620 $835 match from applicant
     4 week residency $2,160 $1,140 match from applicant
  Contact Person: Christopher Cathers, Program Branch Manager Christopher.Cathers@ky.gov

INDIVIDUAL ARTIST PROGRAMS ENCOURAGE, RECOGNIZE AND SUPPORT ARTISTS.

• The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Product Development Grants provide financial assistance to artists and craftspeople to develop new products to commemorate the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial in Kentucky in 2009.
  
  Guidelines and Instructions: http://artscouncil.ky.gov/guide/prog9/LincolnProduct_gdl.htm
  Application Deadlines: August 1, 2007 ¦ November 1, 2007 ¦ February 1, 2008 ¦ May 1, 2008
  Contact Person: Rachel Rasnick, Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Project Coordinator Rachel.Rasnick@ky.gov
  
  
• 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
  Application Deadline: March 15, 2008
  Contact Person: Christopher Cathers, Program Branch Manager Christopher.Cathers@ky.gov
  
  
• Kentucky Crafted Program enables craft businesses, with handmade products that have met high quality standards, to reach regional, national, and international markets through state-sponsored wholesale and retail promotional venues.
  
  FAQ Sheet: http://kycraft.ky.gov/faqsindex.html#juried
  Application Deadline: March 15, 2008
  Contact Person: Charla Reed, Education and Outreach Coordinator Charla.Reed@ky.gov
  
  
• 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
  Application Deadline (WCC&I) : March 15, 2008     V&M: March 15, 2009
  Award Amount:$7,500 Fellowship Awards, $1,000 Professional Assistance Awards
  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
  Application Deadlines:  May 1, 2008 ¦ August 1, 2008 ¦ November 1, 2008 ¦ February 1, 2009 
  Amount: Up to $500 with 1:1 matching funds
  Contact Person: Tamara Coffey, Individual Artist Program Director Tamara.Coffey@ky.gov
  
  
• Performing Arts Directory is an adjudicated program, which promotes, showcases and provides professional development opportunities to a diverse selection of Kentucky’s finest contemporary and traditional performing artists.
  
  Guidelines and Instructions: http://artscouncil.ky.gov/guide/prog3/pad_gdl.html
  Application Deadline: March 15, 2008
  Contact Person: Tamara Coffey, Individual Artist Program Director Tamara.Coffey@ky.gov
  
  
• Product Development Grants provide financial assistance to artists and craftspeople to develop new products or prototypes of Kentucky cultural products for the wholesale marketplace.
  
  Guidelines: http://kycraft.ky.gov/whatsnew.html#PDGrant
  Application Deadlines:  May 1, 2008 ¦ August 1, 2008 ¦ November 1. 2008 ¦ February 1, 2009 
  Amount: Up to $500 with 1:1 matching funds
  Contact Person: Nancy Atcher, Product Development Coordinator Nancy.Atcher@ky.gov
  
  
• Visual Arts at the Market assists Kentucky visual artists interested in reaching wholesale and retail markets. Visual Arts at the Market is a component of a larger annual event, Kentucky Crafted: The Market, held at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville.
  
  Guidelines and Instructions: http://artscouncil.ky.gov/guide/prog3/vam_gdl.htm
  Application Deadline: March 15, 2008
  Contact Person: Charla Reed, Education & Outreach Charla.Reed@ky.gov
  
  

THE GOVERNOR’S 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 Kentucky’s highest honor in the arts. Nominations are accepted annually from the public in the categories of Milner (the original and most distinguished), 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
  Nomination Deadline: April 15, 2008
  Contact Person: Daniel J. Strauss, Arts Program Branch Manager Dan.Strauss@ky.gov

THE KENTUCKY POET LAUREATE PROGRAM HONORS OUTSTANDING KENTUCKY WRITERS AND PROMOTES PARTICIPATION IN THE LITERARY ARTS OF THE STATE.

• Governor Ernie Fletcher has appointed Jane Gentry Vance as Kentucky Poet Laureate for the two-year term of 2007 and 2008. The Kentucky Poet Laureate promotes the arts and 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 nation’s first Poet Laureate. The Kentucky General Assembly established the position in 1991 and the Kentucky Arts Council administers the selection process. The word poet in the position's title is interpreted in its broadest sense to include persons whose accomplishments are in any of the recognized literary forms, including poetry, fiction, biographical work, creative non-fiction, and playwriting.
  
  http://artscouncil.ky.gov/Poet/Poet_Vance.htm
  
  Next Nomination Deadline: September 30, 2008
  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 Commerce 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 State Legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.