Episode 65: Crafting Prosperity: Economic insights into eastern Kentucky's Appalachian Makers
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On this month’s episode of KYArtsCast, host Leeann Potter visits with Haley Daugherty and Jennifer Reis. We’ll discuss a new study about crafting prosperity in Appalachia, and the work of NEST, a national organization that supports artists and communities. For more information about NEST, visit Follow Jennifer Reis at
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Episode 64: The James Baker Hall Foundation
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On this month's episode we’ll visit with Lawrence Pemble, the managing director and president of the James Baker Hall foundation. We’ll talk about the organization and meet Willie Davis, the winner of the 2025 Book Award for his novel, "Honeysuckle Season." Later, we'll talk with two James Baker Hall grant recipients, Melissa Helton with the Hindman Settlement School’s Ironwood Writers Collective and Amy Le Ann Richardson, with Bloodroot Writers Collective.
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Episode 63: The Kentucky Crafted Market
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On this month's episode of the KYArtsCast, we’ll visit with Kentucky Crafted artists David Napier and Teresa Webb, as well as the Kentucky Proud producer Richelle Cox, as they all prepare for the annual Kentucky Crafted Market. The Market is taking place this coming weekend, March 6th through the 8th, at AllTech Arena at the Kentucky Horse Park. March 6th is open to wholesale buyers only, and there are a few days left to register as a buyer. You can find out more information about how to register on our website . Get a sneak peek at all the exhibitors, performers, and activities...
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Episode 62: Celebrating African American heritage
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On this month’s episode of the KYArtsCast, host Leeann Potter visits with Emily Hudson and Lamont Collins, who have each created centers celebrating African American heritage in their communities.
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Episode 61: The Winner's Circle, part 2
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On this month's episode of the Kentucky Arts Cast, we'll meet with two winners of this year's Governor's Awards in the Arts. Visit with Teddy Abrams, winner of the 2025 National Award, and the Artist Award winner Sam McKinney.
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Episode 60: The Winner's Circle
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On this month's episode of the Kentucky Arts Cast, we'll meet with two winners of this year's Governor's Awards in the Arts. Visit with Lakshmi Sriraman, winner of the Folk Heritage Awards, and Jim Barr and Selma Weisenberg, reprenting the Community Arts Award winner, the Owensboro Arts Guild.
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Episode 59: Making the Governor's Awards
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On this month’s episode of KYArtsCast, host Leeann Potter meets the artist who was commissioned to make this year’s Governor’s Awards in the Arts, Aleta Stone. Stone is a contemporary wood collage artist living in London, KY.
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Episode 58: Arts & Humanities Month
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Kentucky Arts Council host Leeann Potter visits with leaders from three different organizations to talk about and celebrate National Arts and Humanities Month.
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Episode 57: Music, Murals and Photography
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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
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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...
info_outlineIt's been my pleasure for the past five years to produce this podcast. It started out as a wild idea, and has evolved into an amazing mode of communication that allows us to more thoroughly tell the Kentucky Arts Council's stories.
Today, my time as producer and host comes to an end. I've had a wonderful time on this podcast journey, and now it's time to turn it over to other voices as it continues.
There are some people I'd like to thank publicly for their support of this endeavor. When I went to Chris Cathers in 2018 with the idea to start a podcast, it was a half-formed idea. He said yes, though, and backed my efforts to seek out training opportunities.
Mark Brown has been a patient teacher and source of advice on audio engineering. I've not always gotten it right, but I've done my best, thanks to Mark's wisdom.
If you're a Kentucky Crafted artist, you know Dave Blevins for his work administering that program, and as executive producer/grand poobah/illustrious potentate of The Kentucky Crafted Market, but did you know he's also a composer? He wrote and performed the intro and outro music you hear on each episode.
And then there's former coworkers Tammie Williams and Katie Lewis. That's Tammie's voice you hear at the beginning and end of each episode and Katie created the KyArtsCast logo which has served us well the past five years. I still get a kick out of seeing it whenever Apple lets me know a new podcast episode has uploaded (yes, I subscribe to my own podcast).
I hate the sound of my own voice, so I'm grateful to the coworkers who have graciously sat in the host's chair for some great episodes. I fear leaving any out, so I'm not listing them here. But they know I appreciate their service, and when you hear them, you should feel free to tell them you appreciate them too.
And Sarah Schmitt, most recently my supervisor, has been instrumental in helping come up with a production schedule that helped us get back on regular track coming out of the pandemic.
I could go on, but this episode summary might be longer than the actual episode, and I don't want that. Thank you to my coworkers, all the guests over the past five years, and, of course, to you, the listeners. It's been a fun ride.