Below is a list of all current press releases.  To view the full text, click on the press release title.

• Kentucky Arts Council Receives $795,200 Grant from National Endowment for the Arts
  Friday, May 09, 2008
  The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has announced an award of a State Partnership grant of $795,200 in federal funding to the Kentucky Arts Council, the state’s arts agency.
• Career Development Seminar Offered for Kentucky’s Performing Artists
  Tuesday, May 06, 2008
  The Kentucky Arts Council in partnership with the Mountain Arts Center, The Center for Rural Development and the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Offices is offering a full-day seminar to assist musicians, storytellers and dancers with issues of marketing and promotion, business practices and the variety of opportunities available to performing artists.
• Workshops Offered to Enhance Applications for Grants from the National Endowment for the Arts
  Tuesday, May 06, 2008
  The Kentucky Arts Council is offering workshops to arts and cultural organizations and educators that are interested in applying for grant funding from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).
• Architecture, Accessibility and the Arts Workshop at the Lexington Opera House
  Thursday, May 01, 2008
  The Kentucky Arts Council and the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts are partnering to present a workshop for arts and cultural organizations throughout Kentucky focused on making arts spaces accessible.
• Arts Council Chairman Selected to Chair Southern Arts Federation
  Tuesday, April 29, 2008
  The Chairman of the Kentucky Arts Council (the state arts agency), has been selected as Chairman of Southern Arts Federation.
• Kentucky Artists Showcase at Governor’s Derby Celebration
  Monday, April 28, 2008
  Visitors to the Capitol on Derby Day morning will have an opportunity to purchase some of Kentucky’s finest traditional and contemporary pieces of work at the Governor’s Derby Celebration.
• Kentucky Arts Council Offers 2008 Kentucky Crafted: The ‘Virtual’ Market
  Wednesday, April 23, 2008
  The Kentucky Arts Council has developed a Web site as a virtual representation of Kentucky Crafted: The Market for 2008. Visitors to the virtual market place at www.kycraft.ky.gov will find photos and contact information for exhibitors offering fine traditional and contemporary crafts and art, “Kentucky Proud” specialty food products, books and music recordings.
• Accessible Arts Workshops Offered in Frankfort and Lexington
  Friday, April 11, 2008
  The Kentucky Arts Council and the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts have partnered to present workshops focusing on different accessibility issues in the arts and arts environments.
• Workshops Offered to Enhance Applications for Grants from the National Endowment for the Arts
  Thursday, April 10, 2008
  The Kentucky Arts Council is offering workshops to arts and cultural organizations and educators that are interested in applying for grant funding from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).
• Governor Beshear Appoints Members to Kentucky Arts Council
  Wednesday, April 09, 2008
  Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has appointed Paul Fourshee, Sonya G. Baker, Ronald E. Johnson and Everett D. McCorvey as members to the Kentucky Arts Council governing board to serve for terms expiring February 1, 2012.
• Booth Design Presentation Offered for Kentucky Artists and Craftspeople
  Tuesday, April 08, 2008
  University of Kentucky College of Design Professor Sarah McNabb and design students will give a presentation about the design process used in the designing of interior spaces and how that same process applies to the work of artists.
• Kentucky Poets Laureate Participate in Kentucky Writers’ Day Celebration at the Capitol Rotunda
  Friday, March 28, 2008
  The Kentucky Arts Council will host Kentucky Writers’ Day at 10:00 a.m. EDT on Thursday, April 24, 2008 in the Capitol Rotunda, Frankfort.
• Accessible Arts Workshops Offered in Louisville, Frankfort and Lexington
  Wednesday, March 26, 2008
  The Kentucky Arts Council and the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts have partnered to present a series of accessibility workshops. The first workshop will will be held on Wednesday, April 2, from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. EDT in the Mary Anderson Room at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts, 501 West Main Street in downtown Louisville.
• Kentucky Arts Council Meets in Frankfort
  Wednesday, March 26, 2008
  The governing board of the Kentucky Arts Council will hold its quarterly board meeting at 11:30 a.m. EDT, Friday, March 28, 2008 at the Hampton Inn, 1310 US Highway 127, Frankfort, Ky.
• Pikeville High School Student Amy Cordero Wins the 2008 Kentucky State Finals of the Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest
  Wednesday, March 19, 2008
  Amy Cordero emerged as the winner among 23 high school students from across the commonwealth that competed in the third annual Poetry Out Loud state finals today, hosted by the Kentucky Arts Council on the campus of Kentucky State University in Frankfort. Emmanuel Nfor of Western Hills High School in Franklin County was named runner-up.
• Kentucky Arts Council Hosts Select Buyers at Kentucky Crafted: The Market
  Wednesday, March 05, 2008
  For the 13th consecutive year, a selection of proven retailers from beyond Kentucky, will attend Kentucky Crafted: The Market 2008 courtesy of the “Fly the Buyer” program. Five retailers have been invited to receive free travel and accommodations to the 2008 Market in Louisville. They represent art and craft retailers, artist cooperatives, museums, and galleries that have never been to Kentucky Crafted: The Market.
• Kentucky Arts Council Offers Fellowships to Writers, Composers, Choreographers and Interdisciplinary Artists
  Wednesday, March 05, 2008
  The Kentucky Arts Council is currently accepting applications for the highly competitive Al Smith Individual Artist Fellowship awards. The application deadline for the Al Smith Individual Artist Fellowships is March 15, 2008.
• Kentucky Crafted: The Market 2008 Features Kentucky Proud Food Demonstrations
  Wednesday, March 05, 2008
  Kentucky Proud™ food producers will provide cooking demonstrations and describe the traditions that go into making their specialty products at the 2008 Kentucky Crafted: The Market, March 8-9, in South Wing B of the Kentucky Exposition Center, Louisville.
• Lincoln Activities Featured at Kentucky Crafted: The Market 2008
  Monday, March 03, 2008
  Visitors will often hear the name “Abraham Lincoln” spoken at this year’s Kentucky Crafted: The Market, South Wing B at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, March 8-9, 2008. Kentucky Crafted: The Market 2008 will participate in the Lincoln Bicentennial with a variety of activities and arts products related to Abraham Lincoln’s life and time.
• The Kentucky Center Hosts A Sampling of the 2008 Kentucky Crafted: The Market
  Friday, February 29, 2008
  "A Sampling of the 2008 Kentucky Crafted: The Market," is a free exhibit of traditional and contemporary fine art and craft, which opened on February 11 and will run through May 20 in the main lobby of The Kentucky Center, 501 West Main Street in downtown Louisville. Sponsored by the Kentucky Arts Council, this show features 22 works by selected Kentucky artists participating in the Kentucky Crafted: The Market at the Kentucky Exposition Center, South Wing B March 8-9, 2008.
• Kentucky Poets Laureate Highlight the Literary Arts at Kentucky Crafted: The Market 2008
  Thursday, February 28, 2008
  Kentucky Poet Laureate Jane Gentry Vance and past Poets Laureate Joe Survant (2003-2004), and Richard Taylor (1999-2000) will present readings from their works during the public days of Kentucky Crafted: The Market 2008, South Wing B at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville.
• Kentucky Crafted: The Market 2008 Offers Free Children’s Activities
  Tuesday, February 26, 2008
  While parents shop at Kentucky Crafted: The Market, children will have the opportunity to build their own instruments, experience the art of handweaving, and learn about the Kentucky childhoods of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln.
• Kentucky Luthiers Exhibit Travels Kentucky in 2008
  Tuesday, February 26, 2008
  Made to be Played: Traditional Art of Kentucky Luthiers is currently showing at the Paris-Bourbon County Public Library in downtown Paris, Ky. until March 4, and then continues to tour across the commonwealth.
• Kentucky Crafted: The Market 2008 Will Honor Top Retailers
  Tuesday, February 26, 2008
  TheKentucky Arts Council and the Kentucky Department of Agriculture will partner with the Kentucky Retail Federation in presenting the Kentucky Crafted™ Retail Awards in four categories; Kentucky retailer, Kentucky state park gift shop, out-of-state retailer, and Kentucky Proud food retailer. Winners will be honored for making significant contributions in promoting the Kentucky Crafted™ and Kentucky Proud brands during a special reception on Friday, March 7, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on the second floor of South Wing C at the Kentucky Exposition Center as part of Kentucky Crafted: The Market.
• Kentucky Arts Council Seeks Nominations for Governor’s Awards in the Arts
  Tuesday, February 26, 2008
  The Kentucky Arts Council is currently accepting nominations until March 1, 2008, for the 2007-2008 Governor’s Awards in the Arts, the state’s highest honor in the arts, recognizing individuals and organizations making outstanding contributions in Kentucky through the arts. Any individuals, organizations or businesses may make nominations.
• Kentucky Luthiers Exhibit on Display at Kentucky Crafted: The Market
  Friday, February 22, 2008
  – Visitors to Kentucky Crafted:The Market will have a chance to see a special exhibition, Made to be Played: Traditional Art of Kentucky Luthiers. As the result of years of fieldwork conducted by the Kentucky Folklife Program, this exhibit presents the work of 16 Kentucky artists viewed as masters in the construction and repair of guitars, fiddles, banjos, mandolins, dulcimers and other stringed instruments.
• Arts Council Offers Marketing Opportunities for Kentucky Craftspeople and Artists
  Friday, February 22, 2008
  The deadline to apply to the Kentucky Arts Council’s Kentucky Crafted™ program for craft artists or Visual Arts at the Market program for artists creating two-dimensional visual art is, March 15, 2008. Artisans accepted into one of these two programs in 2008 will be eligible to exhibit at Kentucky Crafted: The Market in 2009. Other marketing opportunities include the Governor’s Derby Breakfast Celebration, wholesale trade shows, special exhibitions and promotions.
• Kentucky Crafted: The Market Expands Collaboration with University of Kentucky College of Design Students
  Friday, February 22, 2008
  Interior design students from the University of Kentucky (U.K.) College of Design will work with the Kentucky Arts Council to design room-like settings utilizing the creations of Kentucky artisans exhibiting at Kentucky Crafted: The Market.
• Kentucky Repertory Theatre Produces Play and Develops Multimedia Production to Celebrate Lincoln Bicentennial
  Wednesday, February 20, 2008
  The Kentucky Repertory Theatre in Horse Cave, Ky. has been awarded a grant of $170,000 by the Kentucky Arts Council, funded through the Kentucky Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, to produce Abraham Lincoln and With Malice Toward None, celebrating the 200th anniversary of Lincoln’s birth.
• Kentucky Artists Perform Live on the Blue Moon Stage at Kentucky Crafted: The Market 2008
  Wednesday, February 20, 2008
  The Kentucky Arts Council is proud to partner with the Governor’s School for the Arts, the Kentucky Historical Society, and the Kentucky Department of Agriculture in presenting the Blue Moon Stage at this year’s Kentucky Crafted: The Market, located in South Wing B at the Kentucky Exposition Center, Louisville.
• Arts Play Integral Part of Kentucky Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebrations
  Saturday, February 09, 2008
  The Kentucky Arts Council, with funding from the Kentucky Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, has awarded nearly $70,000 in Lincoln Project Grants for community arts projects to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth in Kentucky.
• Arts Council Helps Artists Develop Products for Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
  Saturday, February 09, 2008
  The Kentucky Arts Council, with funding from the Kentucky Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, has awarded over $6,000 to date in Product Development Grants for artists to create special Lincoln-themed products commemorating the 200th anniversary of Lincoln’s birth in Kentucky.
• “Kentucky Crafted” Exhibits at the New York International Gift Fair
  Monday, January 28, 2008
  The Kentucky Arts Council will promote craft artists whose work has been selected for the state-sponsored Kentucky Crafted™ program at the New York International Gift Fair, February 1-6, 2008, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City.
• Arts Council Offers Seminar to Foster the Arts in Communities across the Commonwealth
  Friday, January 25, 2008
  People involved in community arts organizing are invited to learn about the programs and services of the Kentucky Arts Council at the Community Arts Coordinators Seminar, from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m., March 8, 2008 in conjunction with Kentucky Crafted: The Market, in Room B105, South Wing B at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville.
• Kentucky Crafted: The Market Named One of the Top 20 Events by Southeast Tourism Society
  Tuesday, January 15, 2008
  The Southeast Tourism Society (STS) recently named Kentucky Crafted: The Market as one of the Top Twenty Events in the Southeast for Winter 2008.
• Kentucky Crafted:The Market Features What’s Hot for 2008
  Thursday, December 20, 2007
  Over 300 exhibitors of traditional and contemporary art and craft along with authentic folk art, Kentucky related books, musical recordings and specialty food products will market at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, March 8-9, 2008.
• Kentucky Arts Council Meets in Louisville
  Wednesday, December 12, 2007
  Kentucky Arts Council Public Meeting Notice
• Arts Council Presents Teacher Initiated Project Grant Writing Tips
  Wednesday, December 12, 2007
  The Kentucky Arts Council will introduce the Teacher Initiated Project grant program to educators, interested parents and artists in Louisville, Georgetown, Mayfield, Somerset, Greenup, Madisonville and Munfordville.
• Arts Council Presents Grant Writing Workshops Across Kentucky
  Wednesday, December 12, 2007
  The Kentucky Arts Council will introduce six arts programs and give grant writing tips in Louisville, Mayfield, Paris, Russellville, Union, Somerset, Madisonville and Greenup.
• National Endowment for the Arts Selects Kentucky to Participate in Education Leaders Institute
  Monday, November 19, 2007
  Multidisciplinary teams from Alaska, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Carolina and Wisconsin will receive NEA support to discuss arts education challenges at the first Institute, March 2008 in Chicago, Illinois.