kentucky arts News

The Kentucky Arts Council has awarded a total of $3,194 in Individual Artist Professional Development grants to seven Kentucky artists for the third quarter of fiscal year 2010.

The Kentucky Arts Council offers free accessibility assessments to Kentucky arts organizations in areas of programming, services and physical space through a partnership with the Kentucky Center for Performing Arts, Access Services.

The Kentucky Arts Council will host a number of activities and meetings for artists and arts leaders on February 10, 2010, in Frankfort.

Kentucky Arts Council has accepted art and craft products of 14 artists into the Kentucky Crafted program, a program helping Kentucky artists reach regional, national and international markets through wholesale and retail promotional opportunities.

The Kentucky Arts Council has awarded fee support through Performing Arts on Tour grants to eight non-profit performing arts presenting organizations.

The Kentucky Arts Council passed a "Resolution on Artists' Compensation" that reconfirms the commitment of the state's arts agency to artists working and living in Kentucky.

The Kentucky Arts Council reports sales at over a half-million dollars from the state-sponsored wholesale/retail show, Kentucky Crafted: The Market, held this past February 20-22 at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville.