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2025 Milner Award: Steve Wilson & Laura Lee Brown
Entrepreneurs, philanthropists, and champions of contemporary art and Kentucky culture, Steve Wilson and Laura Lee Brown have redefined how art can intersect with community, hospitality, and conservation. Wilson and Brown have become leading benefactors for cultural and environmental organizations across Kentucky and beyond. Their work continues to inspire new generations to imagine what’s possible when … Continued
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2025 Community Arts Award: Owensboro Art Guild
Founded in the early 1960s by a group of artists and educators seeking connection and shared purpose, the Owensboro Art Guild began with a simple idea: to support one another and to present high-quality art to the public. That vision gave rise to its first juried exhibition in 1963, held in a vacant house on … Continued
Read More2025 Folk Heritage Award: Lakshmi Sriraman
An accomplished Bharatanatyam dancer, choreographer, educator, and visual artist, Lakshmi Sriraman has spent her life preserving and reimagining the traditional arts of South India while enriching Kentucky’s cultural landscape. Through performance, teaching, and community engagement, she has become a bridge between ancient artistic traditions and contemporary expression, embodying the transformative power of art as both a spiritual and social force.
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Applications are open for New Arts Education Grant Program
The Kentucky Arts Council is now accepting applications for the new Creative Chapters Library Program Grant. The Creative Chapters Library Program (CCLP) Grant enables public libraries to implement artist residencies in their year-round schedules. Librarians and artists work in partnership to design and implement the residencies. Proposed residencies may be focused on a specific artistic discipline or explore educational pairings such … Continued
Read MoreFree Webinar! Kentucky Folklife Magazine: Stories of Community Scholars
The Kentucky Arts Council will host a free webinar on Wed., Nov. 19, at 11 a.m. Eastern/10 a.m. Central featuring stories from the newest issue of Kentucky Folklife Digital Magazine, a publication of the Kentucky Folklife Program. This Creative Industry Summit Series webinar features Yolantha Harrison-Pace of Boyle County and Brenda Bear of Lewis County, … Continued
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Free Webinar! Arts Education Milestones: How the Standards Direct the Path
Join Academic Program Consultant Jessica Greene to take a closer look at the Anchor Standards and their unifying elements. Participants will reflect on their own personal milestones in music education. Process components and their purpose as actionable milestones for students will also be explored.
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Free Webinar! Advocacy Strategies for Kentucky Investment in the Arts
Join Kentuckians for the Arts board chair Lori Meadows for this important webinar designed to equip nonprofit arts and creative organizations across Kentucky with the tools and strategies needed to advocate effectively.
Read MoreKentucky Arts Council Board to Meet September 19
The board meeting will be held in-person at the Woodford Theatre in Versailles. FRANKFORT, Ky. (Sept. 17, 2025) — The Kentucky Arts Council’s third-quarter board meeting will be held on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, from 1-3 p.m. Eastern at the Woodford Theatre, 275 Beasley Drive, Versailles, Ky. The meeting will be simulcast via Zoom. Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android here. The … Continued
Read MorePerforming Artists Directory Applications are Now Open
The Kentucky Arts Council is accepting applications for the Performing Artists Directory (PAD), an adjudicated roster of professional Kentucky performing artists who have an established performance history. The deadline to apply is Oct. 15. It is a marketing program that offers roster artists professional development and a variety of opportunities to promote their performance work. Additionally, the … Continued
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Submit your activities to the Kentucky Arts Council’s event calendar
The Kentucky Arts Council invites arts, cultural and community organizations to submit upcoming public events for inclusion on the Events Calendar. To be considered, events must: All submissions are subject to approval by the Kentucky Arts Council.
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