Constance Alexander: Recent flooding inspires poetry, wreaks havoc and spawns teamwork
The litany of devastation in Eastern Kentucky has a cadence all its own: Quicksand, Bulan, Neon, Hiner, Martin, Fisty, Hueysville,…
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Applications for Kentucky Arts Council’s Kentucky Crafted marketing program open through August 15
The Kentucky Arts Council is accepting applications for the Kentucky Crafted arts marketing program through Aug. 15. Kentucky Crafted provides…
Nominations are now open for Kentucky Art’s Council’s 2022 Governor’s Award in the Arts
The Kentucky Arts Council is accepting nominations through July 15 for the 2022 Governor’s Awards in the Arts. The awards…
KY Arts Council awards grants for programs serving aging, including The Barrington
The Kentucky Arts Council has awarded $70,000 to 14 Kentucky organizations for arts-centered programming that serves older Kentuckians, including to…
Kentucky Writers’ Day celebration returns to in-person event April 26 at Capitol Rotunda
For the first time since 2019, the Kentucky Arts Council will host an in-person celebration of Kentucky Writers’ Day April…
Beechwood freshman Lupita Diaz named Kentucky Art’s Council’s Poetry Out Loud state champion
After three rounds of competition, Beechwood High School freshman Lupita Diaz emerged as the champion in the Kentucky Poetry Out…
Kentucky Arts Council to host virtual Arts Day(s) celebration March 16-18; registration now open
The Kentucky Arts Council will host its second online celebration of the commonwealth’s arts community during Arts Day(s) in Kentucky,…
Kentucky Crafted Market, featuring juried visual art and crafts, returns to KY Horse Park Alltech Arena
The Kentucky Crafted Market, the Kentucky Arts Council’s showcase event, featuring the best visual art and craft in the Commonwealth,…
Exhibit coming to Boone library April 2-28: Kyians featured in work by Hispanic/Latin American artists;
Although she says her Guatemalan heritage has not been front and center in her work, Campbellsville artist Azucena Trejo Williams…
Arts Council seeking applications for grants to provide arts experiences for Kyians 65 and older
The Kentucky Arts Council is seeking applications for its Arts Access Assistance: Creative Aging and Lifelong Learning grant that will…
First Team Kentucky Gallery exhibit unveiled at Capitol; first rotation in place through Dec. 31
Gov. Andy Beshear and First Lady Britainy Beshear recently unveiled the first exhibit in the Team Kentucky Gallery. The Beshears…
Public invited to submit artwork for Team Kentucky Gallery to be displayed in state Capitol’s main hall
Gov. Andy Beshear and First Lady Britainy Beshear on Monday invited Kentuckians to lend their artistic talents to a new…
Alexandria resident among eight winners announced for statewide Poetry Unites Kentucky contest
Jeff Worley, Kentucky Poet Laureate 2019-2020, and Ewa Zadrzynska in coordination with the Kentucky Arts Council have announced the finalists…
Documentary series on American poetry focuses on Kentucky; essays accepted until Sept. 15
Kentucky Poet Laureate Jeff Worley is calling on Kentuckians to put down their keyboards, pick up their pens and write…
Kentucky Arts Council’s Poetry Out Loud statewide competition for high school students is March 4
Each spring the Kentucky Arts Council hosts the statewide Poetry Out Loud competition for high school students. This year’s competition…
Kentucky Arts Council awards $1.2m in operating support to 93 organizations across the state
The Kentucky Arts Council has awarded more than $1.2 million in operating support to 93 arts organizations across the Commonwealth…
Kentucky Arts Council announces Al Smith Fellowship, Emerging Artist Award recipients
Singer and songwriter Derek Feldman of Lexington received the Kentucky Arts Council’s Al Smith Individual Artist Fellowship for 2020. The…
Kentucky Arts Council accepting applications for Kentucky Crafted Program through mid-August
The Kentucky Arts Council is accepting applications for the Kentucky Crafted program through Aug. 15. The adjudicated arts marketing program…
Calling All freshARTists – Applications Open for Behringer-Crawford’s Annual Art Gala
Each September, an elite group of artists gather to create en plein air for the annual freshART gala and auction…
Union artist Lindsey Jaeger’s ‘Rooted in Kentucky’ scratchboard selected for International exhibition in Berea
Artist Lindsey Jaeger’s Rooted in Kentucky scratchboard of a mink swimming among sycamore roots has been selected for inclusion in…
Kentucky Arts Council accepting entries for Governor’s Derby Exhibit through April 10
The Kentucky Arts Council is accepting artists’ submissions for the Governor’s Derby Exhibit. The application deadline is April 10. The…
Woven treasures basketry area, Homer Ledford Award among highlights of Kentucky Crafted Market
Visitors to The Kentucky Crafted Market, March 16-17 at the Kentucky Horse Park’s Alltech Arena, are guaranteed to find the…