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 state’s 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 Council’s 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 Kentucky’s 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 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, 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 nation’s 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.