Episode 57: Music, Murals and Photography
KyArtsCast
On our episode this month, we visit with three more recipients of the first round of America250KY grant. The folks at the Kentucky Arts Council are excited to facilitate this grant in collaboration with the Kentucky Historical Society.
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America250KY: Photography, Theatre, and Quilts
KyArtsCast
On our episode this month, we are going to visit with three more recipients of the America250KY grant. The folks at the Kentucky Arts Council are excited to facilitate this grant in collaboration with the Kentucky Historical Society. The grants create opportunities for artists and organizations to commemorate 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence through the creation and presentation of art. “BE THE PEOPLE: PORTRAITS OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICA” features the work of Kentucky photographer Jon Cherry. Cherry and Centre College’s Norton Center for the Arts executive...
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Episode 55: America 250 KY
KyArtsCast
On this month's Episode of the Kentucky Arts Cast, Host Leeann Potter explores some of the America 250 KY programs that are taking place this Summer.
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New Generations of Storytellers
KyArtsCast
Join Kentucky Arts Council Folk and Traditional Arts Director, Mark Brown, and Folk and Traditional Arts Apprenticeship program participants to explore New Generations of Storytellers. You can see the video and those of all of our Creative Industry Summit Series on our YouTube channel @KYArtsCouncil. Contacts and links mentioned in the show include: Affrilachian Arts - Hasan Davis, Big Medicine: York Outdoors teaser - Big Medicine: The York Project, National Park Service - Mitch Barrett, Performing Artist - , and Teaching Artist - South Arts, In These...
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Episode 53: Kentucky’s 2025-26 Poet Laureate, Kathleen Driskell
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On this month's episode of the Kentucky Arts Cast, Kentucky's Newest Poet Laureate, Kathleen Driskell, sits down with host Leeann Potter to discuss writing, teaching, and the art of living. Award-winning poet, essayist, and teacher Kathleen Driskell has authored of six poetry collections, most recently Goat-Footed Gods. She is professor of creative writing and Chair of the Naslund-Mann Graduate School of Writing at Spalding University in Louisville.
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Episode 52: Silas House, Kentucky's 2023-25 Poet Laureate
KyArtsCast
On this month's episode, we explore the work of Silas House, what it means to be a writer, and how his work as Kentucky's 2023-25 poet laureate has impacted the state.
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51: The Market arrives, and Kentuckians recover after flooding
KyArtsCast
In this month's episode we will visit with Dave Shadwick, an artist preparing for this week's Kentucky Crafted Market AND Leah Hamilton and Melissa Bond, co-administrators of the Kentucky Heritage Emergency Response Network.
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Episode 50- Supporting the Arts in Kentucky
KyArtsCast
On this month's episode, host Leeann Potter visits with the Tourism, Arts, and Heritage Cabinet Secretary Lindy Casebier, Kentuckians for the Arts Board Chair Lori Meadows, and Re-Imagined by Luna artist Melissa Oesch, as everyone prepares for spring arts events.
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Episode 49 - Introducing organizations of the Governor’s Awards in the Arts
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On our episode this month, we will visit with folks from organizations that received the Governor Awards in the Arts this year. Coordinated by the Kentucky Arts Council, the presentation of these awards recognizes individuals and organizations making extraordinary and significant contributions to the arts in Kentucky. Awards go to artists, arts organizations, art critics, volunteers, schools, educators, local governments, elected officials and corporate citizens. The Kentucky Arts Council solicits nominations for these awards and coordinates the panel selection process, and the awards...
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Episode 48 – Meet the individual winners of the Governor’s Awards in the Arts
KyArtsCast
On Our episode this month, we will visit with each of the individual Governor Awards in the Arts Winners. Coordinated by the Kentucky Arts Council, the presentation of these awards recognizes individuals and organizations making extraordinary and significant contributions to the arts in Kentucky. Awards go to artists, arts organizations, art critics, volunteers, schools, educators, local governments, elected officials and corporate citizens. The Kentucky Arts Council solicits nominations for these awards and coordinates the panel selection process, and the awards are presented by the...
info_outlineIn early 2023, the National Endowment for the Arts announced its first round of funding for the year, which included $350,000 awarded in Kentucky. Among those awards were two for Kentucky literary artists. Poet makalani bandele received a $25,000 Literature Fellowship for creative writing, and Kristen Renee Miller received $10,000 for a Literature Fellowship for translation projects. Listen as Kentucky Arts Council spring intern Sophie DeCorte chats with makalani and Kristen about those fellowships and their plans for the funding.