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Kentucky Writers' Day

The public is invited to attend the 2025 Writers’ Day and Kentucky Poet Laureate Induction on Thursday, April 24, at 10 a.m. Eastern in the Capitol Rotunda in Frankfort. Following the Writers’ Day event, the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History in Frankfort will host a Kentucky Poet Laureate reading beginning at 2 p.m.

Announcing Kentucky's Next Poet Laureate

On April 24, 2025, Kathleen Driskell will be inducted as the 2025-2026 Poet Laureate during Kentucky Writers' Day. Driskell is a talented, award-winning poet, essayist, and teacher who has authored of six poetry collections. We invite you join us in congratulating her and celebrating the literary arts in Kentucky!

Disaster Relief and Recovery for the Cultural Sector

Creative Industry Summit Series

The Kentucky Arts Council hosts webinars and online workshops featuring notable Kentucky artists, best practices for arts organizations, artist professional development and more. Want tips for taxes as an arts small business? Looking to increase accessibility in your arts instruction? Interested in learning more about Kentucky’s folk and traditional artists? There’s something for everyone.

Kentucky Writers' Day
Announcing Kentucky's Next Poet Laureate
Disaster Relief and Recovery for the Cultural Sector
Creative Industry Summit Series

Open Programs & Grants

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2025 Governor’s Awards in the Arts

The Kentucky Arts Council coordinates the presentation of the Governor’s Awards in the Arts, which recognize individuals and organizations who have made extraordinary and significant contributions to the arts in Kentucky.

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Kentucky Peer Advisory Network (KPAN)

The Kentucky Peer Advisory Network consists of arts professionals on the Kentucky Peer Advisory directory available to provide six-hour consultancies to assist eligible organizations and individual artists with board development, grant writing, marketing and promotions, strategic planning, festival planning and other activities. Consultancies may be scheduled for one day or over a period of time. Consultancy fees are paid by the Kentucky Arts Council. 

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Teaching Art Together Grant

The Teaching Art Together Grant enables teachers to implement artist residencies in their classrooms. Teachers and artists work in partnership to design and implement the residencies.

We believe the arts should be accessible to all Kentuckians.

The Kentucky Arts Council is the state arts agency and is responsible for developing and promoting support for the arts in Kentucky. The mission of the Kentucky Arts Council is to foster environments for the people of Kentucky to value, participate in, and benefit from the arts.

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April 24, 2025

Kentucky Writers’ Day

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