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| Episode 52: Silas House, Kentucky's 2023-25 Poet Laureate | 01 Apr 2025 | 00:46:37 | |
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. | |||
| 51: The Market arrives, and Kentuckians recover after flooding | 03 Mar 2025 | 00:59:08 | |
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. | |||
| Episode 50- Supporting the Arts in Kentucky | 04 Feb 2025 | 00:54:10 | |
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. | |||
| Episode 49 - Introducing organizations of the Governor’s Awards in the Arts | 30 Dec 2024 | 01:08:16 | |
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 are presented by the Governor of Kentucky. | |||
| Episode 48 – Meet the individual winners of the Governor’s Awards in the Arts | 03 Dec 2024 | 00:51:29 | |
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 Governor of Kentucky. | |||
| Episode 47- Celebrating Native Reflections | 31 Oct 2024 | 00:52:13 | |
The Kentucky Arts Council is celebrating our newest (and soon to be traveling) exhibit, Native Reflections. On this episode we will learn how an exhibit is created and how the process works from the artist and panelist prospectives. | |||
| October is Arts & Humanities month- Episode 46 | 04 Oct 2024 | 00:54:31 | |
The Kentucky Arts Council welcomes a new host, and celebrates Arts & Humanities Month in the Commonwealth | |||
| Tom's farewell - Episode 45 | 22 May 2024 | 00:03:47 | |
It'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. | |||
| Kentucky's first Youth Poet Laureate - Episode 44 | 19 Apr 2024 | 01:03:35 | |
Amy Roblero-Perez is ending her one-year term as the first Kentucky Youth Poet Laureate. We chat with her about her reaction to beign named to the position, what she's been doing the past year, and hear readings of her work. We'll also talk with Jordan Campbell, executive director of Gateway Regional Arts Center in Mt. Sterling, which sponsors the Kentucky Youth Poet Laureate program. He'll discuss how it got started and what young Kentucky poets can do to apply for the program in the future. Episode footnotes
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| Women's History Month and Music in Our Schools Month - Episode 43 | 22 Mar 2024 | 00:59:20 | |
For a long time, the world of school band directors was largely dominated by men. This demographic has shifted over the years to include more women and increased diversity. Dr. Sue Creasap, professor emeritus and former associate director of bands at Morehead State University, leads a robust conversation that includes retired Jefferson County Schools band director Nan Moore, University of Louisville music professor and associate band director Dr. Amy Acklin, retired Fayette County Schools band director Lois Wiggins, and Harrison County Middle School band director Julie Lucky. They talk about changes in attitudes over the years, influential women they look up to, and challenges they've faced in their careers. Episode footnotes: Learn more about the careers of these five women featured on this episode | |||
| Are you coming to The Kentucky Crafted Market? - Episode 42 | 27 Feb 2024 | 00:41:10 | |
We are getting closer to The Kentucky Crafted Market, March 9-10 at the Kentucky Horse Park's Alltech Arena. It is. perhaps. the Kentucky Arts Council's most visible event each year. In this episode we chat with four artists in the Kentucky Crafted program who are exhibiting and selling work at The Market: Dodie Wrocklage-Harp, Rob Bridges, Addison Williams and Michelle Hayden. Learn about their work and what they like about exhibiting at The Market. Episode footnotes: | |||
| Arts standards and our schools, a conversation with the Kentucky Department of Education's Jessica Greene - Episode 41 | 25 Jan 2024 | 00:22:56 | |
What should Kentucky's public school students know about the arts by the time they have graduated? Jessica Greene, a performing and visual arts consultant to the Kentucky Department of Education, discusses that topic and talks about how Kentuckians can weigh in on those standards. Cynthia Warner, the Kentucky Arts Council's arts education director, interviews Jessica for this important conversation about the arts in our schools. Episode footnotes: | |||
| $500,000 Accelerator Award recipient HHN2L - Episode 40 | 15 Dec 2023 | 01:04:00 | |
Kentucky Arts Council spring intern Ashanti Grace Castleberry and arts council communications director Tom Musgrave learn more about Hip Hop Into Learning (HHN2L), a Louisville-based nonprofit arts education organization that received a $500,000 Accelerator Award from The Lewis Prize for Music. Ashanti chats with The Lewis Prize CEO Dalouge Smith and Tom continues the conversation with HHN2L cofounder Nyree Clayton-Taylor. Episode footnotes: | |||
| Make Kentucky-made Art and Craft Part of Your Holiday Gift Giving - Episode 39 | 16 Nov 2023 | 00:25:37 | |
The Kentucky Arts Council's Chris Cathers and Tom Musgrave travel to the Kentucky Artisan Center's Todd Finley and Aly Norton about holiday gift giving, what the Artisan Center has planned for the season, and how you can give the gift of Kentucky-made art. Episode footnotes: | |||
| Things that Go Bump on the Pod - Episode 38 | 27 Oct 2023 | 01:04:47 | |
In this seasonal episode, we explore the intersection of the arts and the macabre with a trio of segments featuring storyteller Octavia Sexton, folklorist and podcaster Camille Maria Acosta and theatre professional Bo List. Episode footnotes:
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| Youth Arts Council and new arts education director - Episode 37 | 14 Sep 2023 | 00:48:06 | |
In this episode of KyArtsCast we introduce the new Kentucky Arts Council arts education director Cynthia Warner, and talk to teaching artist Jane Dewey and high school student Cooper Bartlett, a member of Kentuckians for the Arts' Youth Arts Council. Episode footnotes: | |||
| NEA Literary Fellowships - Episode 36 | 14 Jun 2023 | 00:35:43 | |
In 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. | |||
| Giving the gift of Kentucky art - Episode 35 | 22 Nov 2022 | 00:21:30 | |
The holidays are upon us and our hearts and minds turn toward gift giving. We join Todd Finley and Aly Norton on location at the Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea to talk about giving the gift of Kentucky-made art and craft, recordings of your favorite Kentucky musicians and storytellers, season tickets to Kentucky theatre organizations or musical groups, memberships to Kentucky museums and galleries, and other creative ways to give the gift of Kentucky creativity this holiday season. Episode footnotes: | |||
| Southern Cultural Treasure: Asia Institute Crane House - Episode 34 | 07 Jul 2022 | 00:43:44 | |
Asia Institute Crane House in Louisville was one of 17 organizations to be designated a Southern Cultural Treasure by South Arts. In this episode we talk with AICH Executive Director Joel Buno and South Arts Vice President of Programs Dr. Joy Young. We'll learn about what it means to be a Southern Cultural Treasure and how Asia Institute Crane House fits into that tapestry. BONUS AUDIO: Dr. Joy Young discusses other South Arts programs Episode footnotes:
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| After the Disaster: A Community Responds - Episode 33 | 10 Jun 2022 | 00:56:19 | |
In this episode, which is taken from the Kentucky Arts Council's Arts Day(s) in Kentucky presentations in March, Community Scholars and curators Maxine Ray and Wathetta Buford join Kentucky Museum Director Brent Bjorkman to discuss joining forces to rescue treasured art, artifacts and documents of Bowling Green's African American Museum in the aftermath of the December 2021 tornado. Episode footnotes: | |||
| A Region in Recovery: The Ice House Gallery and Tornado Recovery in Western Kentucky - Episode 32 | 10 Jun 2022 | 00:56:28 | |
We return to presentations from Arts Day(s) in Kentucky for this episode, which focuses on the impact of the devastating tornado that tore through western Kentucky in December 2021. In this presentation we’ll hear from Ice House director Nanc Gunn about efforts to re-establish space for the gallery while continuing to serve the artists, arts community and the region in the wake of the disaster. We'll also hear from Lexie Millikan, director of the Yeiser Art Center in Paducah.about the effects on the arts community after the loss of the Ice House. Episode footnotes: | |||
| Southern Prize Kentucky State Fellow Crystal Gregory – Episode 31 | 31 May 2022 | 00:33:31 | |
We’re excited to be recording in-person again, and in this episode we go on the road to the University of Kentucky campus to talk with Crystal Gregory, an associate professor in the university’s school of art and visual studies. Crystal was recently named the Kentucky State Fellow in the 2022 South Arts Southern Prize Competition. That distinction carries a $5,000 cash award and puts Crystal in the running for the $25,000 or $10,000 Southern Prize. We chat with Crystal about her work, her journey to art, and what she has been doing during the pandemic to energize her creativity. Episode footnotes:
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| 'Our Kentucky Home' traveling exhibit - Episode 30 | 12 May 2022 | 01:29:00 | |
This episode is a audio from a presentation during Arts Day(s) in Kentucky. It features three artists whose work is in the Kentucky Arts Council's traveling exhibit "Our Kentucky Home: Hispanic/Latin American Visual in the Commonwealth." You can view a slideshow of the entire exhibit on the arts council website. Episode footnote: | |||
| Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants - Episode 29 | 21 Oct 2021 | 00:49:52 | |
Today, Oct. 21, has been designated by the National Endowment for the Arts to be a day to focus on health and wellness in the arts as we celebrate National Arts and Humanities Month. We thought it would be a good idea to highlight an important grant program, the Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grant, administered by the New York Foundation for the Arts. This program provides one-time grants of up to $5,000 for recent unexpected medical, dental, and mental health emergencies to artists in financial need who are practicing in the visual arts, film/video/electronic/digital arts, and choreography. One of our Kentucky Crafted artists, Deb Chenault, received one of these grants and talked with us about what it meant for her, and why artists in Kentucky who need help paying for necessary medical treatment should give this grant a look. Also along for the interview is Mollie Quinlan-Hayes, who administers the grant program for NYFA, and who has valuable information on how to navigate the application process. The next cycle of these grants opens on Nov. 1. Episode footnotes:
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| Southern Prize Kentucky State Fellow Joyce Garner - Episode 28 | 28 May 2021 | 00:36:26 | |
"Don't turn yourself down." That's advice Joyce Garner gives to her fellow Kentucky artists about taking opportunities to advance and promote their work. Joyce was recently named the Kentucky State Fellow in the South Arts Southern Prize competition. Her work will be considered, along with state fellows from each of the South Arts member states, for the $25,000 Southern Prize, which will be announced in a FREE virtual ceremony on June 17. For this episode of the podcast we talked to Joyce about winning the state fellowship, her journey to art, and what inspires her. Episode footnotes: | |||
| Kentucky Poet Laureate Crystal Wilkinson - Episode 27 | 22 Apr 2021 | 00:47:28 | |
"Everyone asks me, especially when I'm traveling around the country...'What is it? feel like you all have something special there in Kentucky. Why is it that this idea of a Kentucky writer is such a special thing?' And I think it's special because we're always reaching out for the next wave of writers. That's been part of the tradition." Learn more about the woman who will be Kentucky's literary ambassador for the next two years, Crystal Wilkinson. She will be inducted as Kentucky Poet Laureate April 23 as we celebrate Kentucky Writers' Day. Episode footnotes:
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| Join us for Arts Week in Kentucky - Episode 26 | 16 Feb 2021 | 00:31:31 | |
Arts Week in Kentucky is coming, Feb. 22-26! On this episode of the podcast we get a taste of what to expect during Arts Week with Lori Meadows, chair of Kentuckians for the Arts, and Mark Brown, the Kentucky Arts Council's folk and traditional arts director. Each of them will have a role in bringing the great programming on tap for Arts Week in Kentucky, and they are just the tip of the iceberg. You can register for this FREE week of programming here! Episode footnotes: | |||
| KAC staff member Sandie Lawrence reflects on her time at the arts council - Episode 25 | 29 Dec 2020 | 00:38:55 | |
The Kentucky Arts Council's communications and technology branch manager Sandie Lawrence is retiring at the end of 2020, closing a chapter on her 25-year career at the Kentucky Arts Council. She recently chatted with coworkers Tom Musgrave and Emily Moses about building the arts council's first website, the advent of that strange new communications method called email, what she'll miss about working for the Commowealth of Kentucky, her philosophy about life, and how parenting influenced her interpersonal relationships with coworkers. Enjoy this tribute to our own Sandie Lawrence! | |||
| Revisiting the Summer Enrichment Program at Consolidated Baptist Church - Episode 24 | 21 Oct 2020 | 00:47:54 | |
Last year, we spent time with the folks who lead Consolidated Baptist Church's Summer Enrichment Program, a unique education program, which includes the arts among other academic disciplines. This program serves the youth of Lexington, lasting for several weeks, and we supported it with funding last year. When they wanted to go virtual for this summer, we provided assistance again in the form of a virtual teaching artist residency and technical support. On this episode, we talk with program director Demetria Blair, teaching artist Yolantha Pace, and Kentucky Arts Council arts education director Samuel Lockridge about how the program made the pivot from in-person to virtual. We explored the success, challenges and unexpected benefits of learning in a virtual environment. Episode footnotes: | |||
| Artrepreneur and the Kentucky Crafted program - Episode 23 | 05 Oct 2020 | 00:30:43 | |
This past spring, the Kentucky Arts Council, with our friends at the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, entered into a partnership with the for-profit group Artrepreneur. Founded in 2015, Artrepreneur is an e-commerce platform that serves more than 40,000 visual and craft artists from more than 50 countries. Joining us are Steve Schlackman from Artrepreneur, Heather Pontonio of the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, Kentucky Crafted artist David Shadwick and Emily Moses, executive staff advisor of the Kentucky Arts Council. We'll talk about how this relationship formed and how Artrepreneur is benefiting participating Kentucky Crafted artists. Episode footnotes: | |||
| 'Poetry Unites Kentucky' documentary project and how to nominate for Kentucky Poet Laureate | 20 Aug 2020 | 00:35:57 | |
Kentucky's connection to poetry will be the subject of a an upcoming episode of the documentary series "Poetry Unites America." On this episode of KyArtsCast, we talk with Ewa Sandrzynska, the documentary filmmaker behind the series, about how Kentuckians can contribute to the episode via an essay contest she is conducting. Deadline for submission to the contest is Sept. 15, so listen to this episode to find out more about the project! We also chat with Tamara Coffey of the Kentucky Arts Council about the nomination process for Kentucky Poet Laureate. The deadline to nominate someone for that important position is Oct. 1. Episode footnotes | |||
| The Kentucky Crafted program application - Episode 21 | 04 Aug 2020 | 00:53:18 | |
The Kentucky Arts Council is currently accepting applications to the Kentucky Crafted program, the state's juried arts marketing program. The deadline to apply to this free program is Aug. 17. On this episode of KyArtsCast we talk with three artists in the Kentucky Crafted program: Michelle Hayden of Michelle Hayden of Michelle Hayden Fine Art in Berea, Rob Bridges of Rob Bridges Illustration in Georgetown, and Amy Henson of Rock Bottom Soap in London. We also talk about the program benefits and our guests give advice on how to approach the application process. Episode footnotes: | |||
| Reopening and Reimagining - Episode 20 | 24 Jun 2020 | 01:00:37 | |
With Kentucky's Healthy at Work guidelines gradually reopening sectors of the state's economy, we talk with folks from three of our sister agencies in the Kentucky Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet - Gwen Heffner of the Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea, Erin Palmer of Kentucky Performing Arts (formerly the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts) and Nick Covault of the Governor's School for the Arts. Each of them talks about how their agencies have adapted to the social restrictions put in place to combat COVID-19 and about what reopening might look like. Nick specifically talks about the shape this summer's Governor's School for the Arts will take. The program, which, since 1987, has been an intensive summer residential program for rising high school seniors, will be conducted virtually for the first time in its history. | |||
| Writer Maurice Manning - Episode 19 | 17 Jun 2020 | 00:50:26 | |
You may not have known that award-winning Kentucky writer Maurice Manning has been the Kentucky Arts Council's featured artist. The spot on the arts council homepage usually reserved for the featured artist has been used to communicate valuable COVID-19 related resources for artists and arts organizations throughout the pandemic. But we wanted to put Maurice out front and center in a meaningful way, so we're giving you this chance to learn more about him on this episode. Arts council staff member Tamara Coffey spends time chatting with Maurice about what he's been up to during self-isolation, who his influences are and asks him to share some of his work with the audience. | |||
| Tribute to former Kentucky First Lady Phyllis George - Episode 18 | 03 Jun 2020 | 00:53:09 | |
We're paying tribute to former Kentucky First Lady Phyllis George, who died last month at the age of 70. Phyllis was integral to starting what is now known as the Kentucky Crafted arts marketing program. Our guests, Mary Reed, Fran Redmon, Tim Hall and Judy Geagley, each have their own personal reflections on what Phyllis' belief in Kentucky-made art and craft meant to them. Join us as we celeebrate the life of this inspiring woman.
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| Native Reflections traveling exhibit - Episode 17 | 05 May 2020 | 01:05:30 | |
NOTE: Since the recording of this episode, the Native Reflections exhibit tour has been put on hold. You can see work in the exhibit by visiting the Kentucky Arts Council website and viewing a slideshow. The Kentucky Arts Council, in partnership with the Kentucky Heritage Council and the Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission, is presenting Native Reflections: Visual Art by American Indians of Kentucky. This traveling exhibit will feature inspiring pieces of art by Kentucky residents who identify as either members of a recognized tribe or as native inspired. On this episode of the podcast, we talk with two of the artists whose work is included in the exhibit, Brigit Truex and Jannette Parent; Tressa Brown of the Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission; and Mark Brown of the Kentucky Arts Council. Episode footnotes | |||
| Kentucky Writers' Day and Poetry Month - Episode 16 | 07 Apr 2020 | 01:11:04 | |
It's Poetry Month across the country and it's also the month we celebrate Kentucky Writers' Day, April 24. On this episode, Kentucky Arts Council staff member Tamara Coffey talks literature, self-isolation and inspiration with current Kentucky Poet Laureate Jeff Worley and former poets laureate George Ella Lyon and Richard Taylor. To learn more about Kentucky Writers' Day, visit the Kentucky Writers' Day Facebook event page or the arts council website. Episode footnotes | |||
| KyArtscast 1-Year Anniversary - bonus episode | 20 Dec 2019 | 00:05:04 | |
It's been a year since we debuted KyArtsCast, so we wanted to take a few minutes to acknowledge the occasion and shine a spotlight on the folks here at the Kentucky Arts Council who collaborate every day to bring outstanding arts programs and grants to every corner of the Commonwealth. We also want to hear from YOU! As we enter the second season of the podcast, we'd like to know what you'd like to hear on the podcast. Email Tom Musgrave, arts council communications director, at tomr.musgrave@ky.gov or leave a comment below with your topic. We can't guarantee we'll follow up on every idea, but we will read them. Thanks for listening, and join us in the new year for the second season of KyArtsCast! | |||
| Kentucky Art and Craft for the Holiday Season - Tips for Shopping Local - Episode 15 | 02 Dec 2019 | 00:41:58 | |
Chris Cathers, executive director of the Kentucky Arts Council, and Todd Finley, executive director of the Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea, chat about the importance of shopping local and how and where to find wonderful examples of art and craft by Kentucky artists. It's your guide to shopping local this holiday season! | |||
| Kentucky nature artist Rick Hill and the Kentucky Afield Art Exhibit - Episode 14 | 13 Nov 2019 | 00:34:29 | |
Rick Hill, the resident artist at the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources who has painted original covers for the department's publication Kentucky Afield, talks about how he started as a nature artist and his creative process. The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources and the Kentucky Arts Council recently partnered to present an exhibit of Rick's work at the Capitol Rotunda in Frankfort. The exhibit runs through Nov. 26 during normal Capitol visitor hours. Rick Hill's first ever Kentucky Afield cover as full-time artist for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources.Arts Across Kentucky cover featuring one of Rick Hill's carvings. Trout carving by Rick Hill. Episode footnote | |||
| Sixth Annual Kentucky Creative Industry Summit - Episode 13 | 05 Nov 2019 | 00:43:27 | |
Listen and learn how to win FREE tickets to the Kentucky Creative Industry Summit, Dec. 6 at the Clay Community Center in Mt. Sterling! For this episode, Emily Moses, Kentucky Arts Council executive staff advisor, talks with Mitzi Sinnott, Heather Pontonio, Kurt Gohde and Kremena Todorova, all of whom will be among the presenters at the 2019 Kentucky Creative Industry Summit. This year's summit theme is Race, Equity, Access, Diversity and Inclusion, and our presenters will lead interactive discussions around those topics and more! Episode footnotes | |||
| AIR Shift - A Tool for community and economic development through the arts - Episode 12 | 09 Oct 2019 | 00:50:05 | |
Emily Moses, Kentucky Arts Council executive staff advisor, continues her chat with Beth Flowers, executive director of the AIR Institute of Berea College. In part two of this episode, that was recorded in July, Beth and Emily discuss the AIR Institute's 2 1/2-day workshop called AIR Shift. The workshop brings artists and members of the business community together to develop a worthwhile and achievable community improvement project, and gives participants the tools to repeat that collaboration to achieve valuable community goals. For more information on AIR Shift, visit the AIR Institute of Berea College website. To find out how to bring AIR Shift to your community, contact Emily Moses at emilyb.moses@ky.gov. | |||
| The Summer Enrichment Program Art Academy - Episode 11 | 05 Sep 2019 | 00:37:24 | |
National Arts in Education Week (Sept. 8-14) is coming up and we thought it was a good time to highlight a valuable educational program that the Kentucky Arts Council offered its support to this summer. This unique educational opportunity available to Fayette County Youth, the Summer Enrichment Program at Consolidated Baptist Church, is a four-week program that connects the arts to STEM skills and agriculture in a meaningful way to youth in kindergarten through fifth grade. We talked with program director Demetria Blair, a paraeducator at Jessie Clark Middle School in Lexington; Lanora Long, an art teacher with the summer program and a retired Fayette County Schools art teacher; as well as student participants Alana Young and DeVaughn Elery. Check out this episode and find out more about how this program is making an impact. Episode footnote | |||
| The Galt House Hotel Artist in Residence initiative - Episode 10 | 22 Aug 2019 | 00:45:58 | |
In May, Louisville's iconic Galt House Hotel introduced the public to its inaugural artist in residence, geometric abstract artist Gibbs Rounsavall. This residency is believed to be the first of its kind for a Kentucky hotel. In this episode of KyArtsCast we talk to Gibbs as well as Scott Shoenberger, president and CEO of the Al J. Schneider Company, which owns the Galt House. Listen in and learn more about this fantastic new initiative. Episode footnotes: | |||
| Inside the 2019 Lexington Comic & Toy Convention - Bonus episode! | 24 Jul 2019 | 00:30:15 | |
Back in March we visited the 2019 Lexington Comic & Toy Convention at Lexington Convention Center. Our mission was twofold. We wanted to talk to the artists in our Kentucky Crafted program who also exhibit at the convention and find out why it makes sense from an artistic and business perspective to have a presence at Comic Con. We also chatted with a handful of costume players, or cosplayers as they are commonly known - folks who create a costume based around their favorite character and/or comic book universe or sci-fi genre. Many cosplayers create their costumes from the ground up, and we wanted to explore what kind of artistry they bring to their creations. As you're listening, peruse the photos below that we got of some cosplayers during our visit to Comic Con. We've also included links to extended interviews with the folks we talked to. Enjoy this special episode!
Justin Stewart, Lexington Comic & Toy Convention Art Director Listen to our extended interview with Justin!
Alisha Martin, left, Kentucky Crafted artist Listen to our extended interview with Alisha!
Jason Sturgill, Kentucky Crafted artist Listen to our extended interview with Jason!
Billy Tackett, Kentucky Crafted artist Listen to our extended interview with Billy!
Janna Sedwick, cosplaying as the 1970s television series version of Wonder Woman (Lynda Carter) Listen to our extended interview with Janna!
Stacy Humphreys, cosplaying as the character Qi'ra from "Solo: A Star Wars Story." And check out her steampunk and Dia de los Muertos variations on the Batman villainess Poison Ivy. Listen to our extended interview with Stacy!
Poison Ivy photos by Galaxi Photos
Chris Marcus, cosplaying as Lego Batman Listen to our extended interview with Chris!
Nolan Williams, cosplaying as a member of the music duo Daft Punk Listen to our extended interview with Nolan! Check out video of the lighting effects in his helmet.
Theme music for this episode was “The Decisive Battle – Heroic Epic” by Keys of Moon Music, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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| On the Road: The Culture of Recovery - Episode 9 | 10 Jul 2019 | 00:57:06 | |
We've packed up the podcast studio and hit the road for this episode. Join us as we learn more about an important art-based component of substance abuse addiction recovery called The Culture of Recovery, and initiative of the Appalachian Artisan Center. We're talking with two participants in the recovery program, Kim Patton and Nathan Smith, along with program coordinator Savannah Napier Hall and instructors Doug Naselroad, Dan Estep and Kirk Banks. Episode footnotes
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| Artists Thrive Summit - Episode 8 | 30 Jun 2019 | 00:37:44 | |
The third annual Artists Thrive Summit is July 30-Aug. 2 in Berea, and for this episode Emily Moses, Kentucky Arts Council executive staff advisor, is chatting with Beth Flowers, executive director of the AIR Insitute of Berea College and a member of the summit leadership team. Emily and Beth talk about what goes on at the summit, who should be there (spoiler alert...YOU) and how to get a 75 percent discount on registration! Episode footnotes | |||
| Kentucky Crafted artists Deb Chenault, Justine Riley and Bill Berryman - Episode 7 | 19 Jun 2019 | 00:53:46 | |
Listen in as we chat with three Kentucky Crafted artists, Deb Chenault, Justine Riley and Bill Berryman, about their work, what makes it unique and how they've benefited from being juried into Kentucky Crafted. The application process for Kentucky Crafted is open through Aug. 15, and this episode also features the Kentucky Arts Council's arts marketing director, Dave Blevins. Dave talks about the program guidelines and navigates the answers to questions that artists frequently ask about applying. Special thanks to 91.3 FM WUKY in Lexington for allowing us to record in their studio and to the station's operations and programming director John Lumagui for engineering this episode. Episode footnotes | |||
| Highlights from Kentucky Writers' Day - Bonus episode! | 13 May 2019 | 00:31:25 | |
Remarks from newly installed Kentucky Poet Laureate Jeff Worley of Lexington and outgoing poet laureate Frederick Smock of Louisville made April 24, Kentucky Writers' Day, at the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. | |||
| Lexington artist Lori Larusso, Kentucky State Fellow in the South Arts Southern Prize competition - Episode 6 | 09 May 2019 | 00:37:13 | |
Meet Lori Larusso, Lexington visual artist and the South Arts Kentucky State Fellow in the third annual Southern Prize competition. Lori represented Kentucky among the nine other State Fellow, each from one of the South Arts member states, last month at the Southern Prize awards ceremony in Columbia, S.C. On this episode we’re chatting with Lori about her life in art, the work that earned her the distinction of Kentucky State Fellow and what awards like that, and her 2012 Al Smith Individual Artist Fellowship, have meant to her as an artist. Episode footnotes:
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