THE BLUE M N A Bimonthly Publication of the Kentucky Arts Council Volume 8 Issue 4 July/August 2001

NeedsNeeds AssessmentAssessment StudyStudy RevealsReveals StrengthsStrengths andand ChallengesChallenges forfor Kentucky'sKentucky's PerformingPerforming ArtsArts CentersCenters

In an effort to determine the needs of arts organizations viable operations. All centers spoke about the increased in Kentucky and what can be done to increase their local competition for fundraising dollars, currently forcing capacity to serve their communities, the Kentucky Arts them to focus on increasing their levels of earned income. Council has commissioned Arts Market, Inc. to conduct a statewide needs assessment survey. The funding difficulties faced by the performance arts centers means not only that center staff must invest The fourteen performing arts centers and venues that more of their time in fundraising, but funding shortage participated in the study were Alhambra Theatre, has caused centers to make difficult choices about where Hopkinsville; Appalshop, Whitesburg; Capitol Arts Center, there funds must go. Funding is invested in building Bowling Green; Four Rivers Center for the Performing Arts, performing arts center without resources for adequate Paducah; Glema Mahr Center for the Arts, Madisonville; administration. Many positions essential to effective Henderson Fine Arts Center, Henderson; Kentucky Center operation either do not exist or are combined with other for the Arts, Louisville; Kentucky Center for Rural Devel- positions, creating an overextended core group of admin- opment, Somerset; Leeds Theatre, Winchester; Mountain istrative staff. In addition, facility needs are chronic. Arts Center, Prestonburg; Paducah Community College, Seventy-five percent of the respondents cited repairs to Paducah; Paramount Arts Center, Ashland; RiverPark the facility as being a number one priority. Front of Center, Owensboro; and Singletary Center for the Arts, house, back of house, theatre space, and administrative Lexington. The participating centers were selected to re- space needs are also significant. flect diversity in size and budget, urban vs. rural, geo- graphic location, and funding sources. Challenges that confront performing arts centers in Kentucky are similar to nationwide trends. Consumerism “It is extremely beneficial to have a baseline of information is changing; the numbers of season subscriptions are available as we begin to develop a master technical decreasing while single ticket sales increase. Demo- assistance plan,” says Kentucky Arts Council executive graphics are also changing; audiences are graying and director Gerri Combs. “This data will help us gauge the the generation of 20 to 40 year-olds is not attending success of our work with the performing arts centers.” traditional art offerings, such as ballet, orchestras and opera, that their parents did. The need to fill seats and “A Needs Assessment of Performing Arts Centers in keep performing arts budgets in balance is a challenge Kentucky” includes significant findings that the Arts that has adversely affected the presentation of contem- Council will use over the coming years to improve our porary or new artistic expressions. work with arts organizations around the state. Performing arts centers have begun to diversify the com- The study found that Kentucky’s performing arts centers munity representation and areas of expertise on boards generate $20,333,738 in combined income, significantly of directors to provide guidance, and improve business impacting local economies, as well as the overall economy operations and program relevance. However, there is of the state of Kentucky. Financially, 40% of the centers still a struggle to utilize board talents to the performing studied are breaking even, while 33.3% are losing rev- arts centers’ greatest advantage. In addition, although enue and 26.7% are generating a surplus. The ratio of 64.7% of the performing arts centers have conducted earned income (ticket sales, facility rentals) of these centers research in the form of audience (likes and dislikes) to unearned income (sponsorships, grants, etc.) is 35:65. surveys, only 5.9 % conducted market research, demo- This means that large proportions of time and resources graphic research or comparative analysis. are focused on fundraising in order to sustain financially (Continued on page 2) 2—July/August 2001 THE BLUE MOON

KENTUCKY ARTS COUNCIL Special Opportunities for Kentucky Artists as AND STAFF Southern Arts Exchange Comes to Louisville Paul E. Patton, Governor Marlene Helm, Secretary, Education, Arts & Humanities Cabinet Southern Arts Exchange 2001 (SAE), the performing arts booking conference Council Members and training institute sponsored by the Southern Arts Federation, will be held in Janrose Tunnell, Chair ...... Richmond Louisville, Kentucky, October 3rd-7th. This year, for the first time, SAE offers pro- Ann Duggins Schell, Vice Chair ...... Louisville fessional development technical assistance to artists who are interested in at- Jerry Baker ...... Bowling Green tending the conference but not interested in exhibiting. Five tracks of profes- Stephanie Bateman ...... Louisville sional development training are offered and include arts in education, diversity, Lila Bellando ...... Berea Carol Black ...... Louisville technology, administration, and various artistic disciplines. This is a wonderful Thomas H. Bonny ...... Irvine opportunity for Kentucky artists to receive in-depth technical assistance. Jennifer S. Maddux...... Pembroke Everett D. McCorvey ...... Lexington Opportunities for Kentucky artists to participate in Southern Arts Exchange include: Lynn Morris ...... Hopkinsville Suzanne Rutledge ...... Somerset Booths in the Exhibition Hall A full booth (10x10) is $600 if registration is Susan Schuler ...... Lakeside Park made by June 29th; $700 after June 29th. A half booth (5x10) is $475 if registra- Pamela Papka Sexton ...... Lexington tion is received by June 29th; $550 after June 29th. Booth registration includes Susan Smith ...... Louisville space in the exhibit hall Thursday Oct. 4 from 2:30-5:30 pm; Friday, Oct. 5 from Roanne H. Victor ...... Louisville 1:45-5:45 pm; and Saturday, Oct. 6 from 1:15-3:45 pm; and all workshops. Jean Yewell...... Owensboro Non-Exhibitor Registration Professional Development Technical Assistance Staff workshops. Full conference rate of $300 before June 29th; $350 after June 29th. Gerri Combs, Executive Director Lori Meadows, Executive Staff Advisor Ed Lawrence, Public Information Officer Artists wishing to take advantage of SAE opportunities by registering to exhibit Louana Tracy, Secretary and/or attend the Professional Development Technical Assistance workshops may apply for Kentucky Arts Council funding assistance through a special Administrative Branch Carolyn Starbuck, Administrative Branch Manager Individual Artist Professional Development deadline of August 1, 2001. To Deborah Catlett, Administrative Specialist qualify for assistance up to $500, artists must fill out a Professional Develop- Sandy Etherington, Grants Manager Sandie Lawrence, Information Technology Administrator ment application, provide proof of registration for SAE, and match the request Teresa Wade, Fiscal Officer on a 1:1 basis. Applications may be accessed from the KAC website at www.kyarts.org, or may be requested from our office by calling 1-888-833-2787. Program Branch Daniel Strauss, Program Branch Manager John S. Benjamin, Arts Education Director Additional information on the Southern Arts Exchange may be obtained from the E. Chris Harp, Community Arts Director Southern Arts Federation website at www.southarts.org, or by calling Southern Heather Lyons, Individual Artist Director Arts Federation staff at 404-874-7244, ext. 18 or 28. For information on Craft Marketing Program Kentucky Arts Council funding, please contact Lori Meadows at 1-888-833-2787, Fran Redmon, Program Director Nancy Atcher, Product Development Coordinator ext. 4812, or email [email protected]. Beau Haddock, Media Communications & Marketing Vallorie Henderson, Special Projects Coordinator Connie Hicks, Marketing Specialist Anna Marie Walker, Outreach and Training Marcie Christensen, Information Technology Manager Jill Roberts, Administrative Secretary Performing Arts Centers (continued)

Folklife Program Performing arts centers need to build students enrolled in public elementary Bob Gates, Folklife Director Brent Bjorkman, Folklife Specialist capacity, explore approaches, and and secondary schools. Mark Brown, Folklife Specialist develop systems of marketing to ef-

The BlueMoon is published bi-monthly by the Kentucky Arts fectively compete in a complex and The Arts Council will use the informa- Council, a state agency in the Education, Arts & Humanities dynamic marketplace. As consumer- tion in this study to assist arts organi- Cabinet. Please send comments, questions and information to: ism and demographics change, the zations in building capacity for The Blue Moon Kentucky Arts Council relationship of performing arts cen- participation in the arts throughout the Old Capitol Annex, 300 West Broadway ters with their surrounding communi- commonwealth. The study also serves Frankfort, Kentucky 4O6Ol - 1950 ties must develop in ways that meet as a model for collecting data to or call 5O2/564-3757V/TDD TOLL FREE: 1-888-833-2787 these new challenges. measure the reach and relevance of E-MAIL: [email protected] the arts to communities in Kentucky. WEB SITE: WWW.KYARTS.ORG This publication was printed with state funds. The study also found that arts in education is a high priority among To request a copy of “A Needs Assess- performing arts centers and a source ment of Performing Arts Centers In of great pride. Performing arts center Kentucky,” contact the Kentucky Arts programs reached 227,822 students. Council, toll free 1-(888)-833-ARTS This aggregate number is equal to ext. 4803 or e-mail 36.7 percent of Kentucky’s 619,200 [email protected]. THE BLUE MOON July/August 2001—3

Alternate

National Endowment for the Arts ROOTS announces Awards $1.7 Million Nationwide Kentucky Collaborations and 25th Anniversary Kentucky Organizations Receive Challenge America Funding Festival

Alternate ROOTS, a regional organiza- tion supporting artists whose work is The National Endowment for the Arts awarded deeply rooted in their communities, is $1,735,000 in 196 grants through the agency’s new planning its 25th Anniversary Festival program, Challenge America: Positives Alternatives for for April, 2002, in Lexington. The Youth. Congress appropriated $7 million in fiscal year Festival is envisioned as a celebration 2001 for Challenge America, a program that uses the of the intersection of art and activism, unique power of the arts to strengthen America’s the place where artistic and commu- communities, large and small. It demonstrates the vital nity passions come together to help role the arts play in preserving the nation’s cultural change peoples lives. heritage and celebrating community spirit.

Artists who are interested in working Funded projects serve young people primarily in grades six through 12, living with community organizations in the in communities ranging from rural, isolated towns that lack job opportunities, seven-county Lexington metropolitan art and social services resources to low-income urban neighborhoods where area are encouraged to apply for crime and violence are everyday threats. Alternate ROOTS’ Kentucky Collabo- rations, which can provide up to Partnerships are a key element of Challenge America projects. Community $5,000 in support of artistic projects. organizations, including school districts and healthcare, youth service and Through these partnerships, artists can social service providers, are partnering with arts organizations working in a place themselves in service to the variety of disciplines such as media, music, literature, folk and traditional community, addressing critical issues arts, dance, opera and theater. through their work. Two Kentucky organizations received a total of $20,000 in awards from the Additionally, artists who are interested NEA’s Challenge America Program, the Americana Community Center, Inc., in performing or exhibiting their work Louisville, and Kentucky Center for the Arts, Louisville. Americana Com- as part of the 25th Anniversary Festival munity Center, Inc. is partnering with Kentucky Theater Project, Iroquois are encouraged to join Alternate Amphitheater Association and the City of Louisville Office of International and ROOTS and apply for Festival Partici- Cultural Affairs for workshops in photography, oral history and Web publishing pation. Artists and activists are for middle and high school youth living in a Louisville transitional housing strongly encouraged to attend the complex for recent immigrant and political refugee families. Alternate ROOTS Annual Meeting, August 8 – 13, in Bat Cave, North The Kentucky Center for the Arts has partnered with the City of Louisville Carolina. Metro Parks Department, Iroquois High Community School and Meyzeek Community School for after-school art instruction to middle and high school The deadlines for both applications – students in south and central Louisville. Kentucky Collaborations and Festival Participation – are August 30, 2001. For more information about Challenge America and the National Endowment for the Arts, visit www.arts.gov or call (202) 682-5570. Application forms are available from the Alternate ROOTS office: please call 1-888-871-9898 with your mailing address. For more information about Art Works for the Economy Alternate ROOTS please visit the website at www.alternateroots.org. Art Works in Education For more information on the Kentucky Art Works to Enrich the Lives of Kentuckians Collaborations and the Annual Meeting call Eleanor Brownfield, Member Art Works for Everyone Services Director, in the ROOTS office at 1-888-871-9898. For information on Art Works for Kentucky—The State of the Arts Festival Participation call Laverne Zabielski, Festival Production Team Member, at 859-293-8839. 4—July/August 2001 THE BLUE MOON NNotesotes ffrromom thethe FFiieleldd

basis. One such group is the Writers of the The Pine Knob Theatre in Grayson County Reporting from North Fork, which is led by Charles Simpson, performs a number of great shows each summer Bell, Boyle, Breathitt, Clay, author of A Ride on the Train (a wonderful from June through September and brings to life Estill, Floyd, Garrard, Harlan, collection of regional short stores available the true story of Outlaw Dock Brown. This Jackson, Johnson, Knott, from the Jesse Stuart Foundation in Ashland 500 seat outdoor theatre is located in the his- Knox, Laurel, Lawence, Lee, – 606-326-1667 or [email protected]). They toric Pine Knob Community just south of Leslie, Letcher, Lincoln, meet at 7 PM on the last Thursday of each Rough River where you will also find a country McCreary, Madison, month at the Bobby Davis Museum, 234 Wal- store and craft shops – call 270-879-8190 for Magoffin, Martin, Owsley, nut Street in Hazard. They invite all writers, more info. beginners through published veterans, to join Perry, Pike, Powell, Pulaski, Did you know that Adair County is home of the them. They share their writing and help one an- Rockcastle, Whitley, and Janice Holt Giles and Henry Giles Foundation, other with constructive feedback. They have a Wolfe Counties. Inc? Author of 20 novels, including Forty wide variety of interests, skills, and expertise to KET’s recent project, “What if All Kentucky Acres and a Mule, she also penned A Little Bit share. It’s a great way to hone your skills and Read the Same Book” in honor of Barbara Better Than Plum with her husband and this meet fellow writers. For more information, con- Kingsolver, has focused interest on Kentucky non-profit organization was founded to preserve tact Mr. Simpson at 606-436-4652. authors. I’d like to invite you to spend some of the literary and architectural legacy of these fa- your summer reading time getting acquainted mous Kentucky writers. They offer opportunities with two fine authors from my region Gwyn Your Circuit Rider, for educating the public about literature, authors Hyman Rubio and Silas House. Gwyn’s first Judy Sizemore and writers by hosting arts and crafts programs published novel, Icy Sparks, was recently se- 217 Black Lick Road that highlight the history of the area. The Giles lected by Oprah’s Book Club. I am delighted McKee, KY 40447 home is located in Knifley off of Highway 76 that the resulting publicity will bring this re- (606) 364-5831 and is open on Saturday and Sunday afternoons markable book to the attention of more readers. [email protected] during the summer. The Foundation will host Silas’ first novel, Clay’s Quilt (Algonquin FAX (606) 364-2940 Erika Brady on July 28th speaking on folk medi- Books of Chapel Hill), has just been published cine of the area. Made possible through the Ken- and is already receiving well-deserved praise. tucky Humanities Speaking Tour, the event will start at 5pm CST and is free. Bring a picnic and While the stories are completely different, both Reporting from your folding chairs. To find out how you may join books have several elements in common – richly the Foundation, and to get a schedule of events, textured rural Appalachian settings, exquisite Adair, Allen, Barren, Casey, please contact 270-384-5906. writing, and characters that step right off the Clinton, Cumberland, pages and become part of your life. You find Edmonson, Grayson, Green, For the past few years the Kentucky Museum yourself laughing, grieving, and celebrating Hart, Metcalfe, Monroe, on the WKU campus in Bowling Green has with the characters as you follow their stories. Russell, Simpson, Taylor, been part of KAC's Community-Artist-in- In both books, the Appalachian setting is Warren, and Wayne Counties. Residence Program. They will be exhibiting much more than a backdrop: it is the very soul some of the work of the artist and the commu- of the story. Love of place, love of family, As we move into the slow hot days of summer, it nity; you may view the New Kentuckians Cul- and a belief in the creative spirit shine becomes the perfect time to check out all the art minating Exhibition at the Kentucky Mu- through. Both books remind us why we have de- and craft shows, as well as plenty of music festi- seum beginning June 16th. Sixteen area schools voted our lives to the arts. Music is a force that vals across the state and in our region, such as…. and community groups have participated in this has the power to heal, to transcend, and to project, along with area artists and educators. transform lives, while quilts have the power to The Kentucky Old Time Fiddler’s Contest in “Paint What You Think About Most Often” stitch together hearts that have been broken. Grayson County – Every third Friday in July the is the subject for three 4’x 6’ paintings created As artists, as supporters of the arts, you owe hills and hollows of Rough River Dam State by the adults in three English As A Second it to yourself to read these books. Resort Park resound with the sounds of the Language Classes at the International Center past. This is a two-day Official Kentucky State in Bowling Green. Artist-In-Residence Lynne There are a number of workshops and seminars Championship Fiddler’s Contest!! I understand Ferguson turned the hallways into a collabora- throughout the year devoted to creative writing they have arts and crafts and $5 admission for the tive studio and the final works depict the as well as writer’s groups that meet on a regular whole day. For more info contact 270-259-3578. themes of homelands and things these people THE BLUE MOON July/August 2001—5

have left behind. The cultures represented are with the Pops’ along with guest KAC Roster tivities take place near the floodwall murals Bosnian, Vietnamese, Burmese and El Salva- artist Beau Haddock on University Heights that capture scenes of Paducah’s past and dorian. There are also books written and illus- Academy’s soccer field on August 18. There present for everyone to remember and enjoy. trated by children telling stories of how they will be table decorating contests, a Stand-in Di- And finally, if going to a Blues Concert is and their families came to live in Bowling rector Auction, and lots of good food and music. your idea of a great weekend, don’t forget ‘Hot Green and their memories and stories of their August Blues’ held outdoors each year at native countries. The Twilight Cabaret will be presenting sum- KenLake State Park in Aurora. You’ll get a mer theatre again this year at Kentucky Lake chance to hear local bands just starting out as We live in an interesting time, and Kentucky, State Resort Park in Marshall County. While well as ‘headliner bands’ you may not get a while steeped in tradition, is certainly undergo- the setting is at the state park, the play itself chance to see any other time. It’s a great week- ing exciting changes. The Kentucky Arts is being held in air-conditioned comfort at the end for every blues fan all across the region. Council provides grants and programs to cel- park’s Tennis Center, so you’ll be able to have ebrate and share our artistic heritage and his- the best of both worlds, a leisurely stroll This is just a sampling of events happening tory - and to look ahead to create our future. through the scenic settings of KenLake State within the Western/Purchase region during Please contact me to find out more about these Park and great entertainment provided by ener- the summer. There are arts and crafts fairs al- opportunities and please send me your new getic and talented young actors and actresses to most every weekend, local festivals celebrating email addresses and updated contact informa- enrich your evening. Kentucky’s communities and their traditions. tion so I can keep you in the loop. If you can’t attend any of these, just check to If your idea of a great summer vacation is see what’s happening in your neighborhood. Your Circuit Rider, camping, you can’t choose a better spot than the You’ll be glad you did. Pat Ritter Land Between the Lakes National recreational Area, located between Western Kentucky and For more information for the events listed P.O. Box 509 the Jackson Purchase Regions. While you are above, call: Pennyroyal Arts Council, 270- Burkesville, KY 42717 enjoying ‘getting away from it all,’ you will still 887-4295; Twilight Cabaret, 270-436-2399; (270) 433-5605 have the opportunity to enjoy the wide variety of Land Between the Lakes, 270-924-2000; Fri- artshare@ hotmail.com programs they present free or at low cost to you. days After 5, 270-683-2060; After Dinner FAX (270) 433-5605 Much of their programming does involve nature Downtown, 1-800-PADUCAH; and KenLake State activities such as ‘Owl Prowls,’ ‘Breakfast with Park, 270 474-2213. the Hummingbirds,’ or ‘Creature Feature,’ fo- cusing on a different species each week. You’ll Your Circuit Rider, Reporting from also have the chance to see how people lived and Ballard, Butler, Caldwell, worked in times not so long ago. All in all, a Mary Jackson-Haugen Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, great family trip. P.O. Box 93 Crittenden, Daviess, Fulton, Mayfield, KY 42066 Graves, Hancock, Henderson, But, if you’d rather be involved in events in the (270) 247-1088 Hickman, Hopkins, Livingston, cities, Owensboro and Paducah’s festivals along [email protected] Logan, Lyon, Marshall, McCracken, the Ohio River may be just what you are looking FAX (270) 247-1057 McLean, Muhlenberg, Ohio, for. Owensboro hosts ‘Fridays After 5’ each Todd, Trigg, Union, and week during the summer. You’ll have a chance to Webster Counties. eat some of the great Owensboro Bar-B-Q while More Circuit Rider you listen to live musical entertainment by some Notes on Page 6 of Kentucky’s top artists and shop at the Summer is here and arts activities have moved booths of regional artists and craftspeople. outdoors. This is the season of outdoor con- certs, arts and crafts festivals, theatre in the park, and in the case of Owensboro and Paducah’s downtown area comes alive each Sat- Paducah, community celebrations on the banks urday during the summer. There are great res- of the Ohio River. Prepare yourself for some taurants, art galleries and downtown stores old-fashioned fun at the Pennyroyal Arts open late, live entertainment, horse-drawn car- Council and the Owensboro Symphony ‘Picnic riage rides, and craft vendors. All of these ac- 6—July/August 2001 THE BLUE MOON

North Central Kentucky NNotesotes FFrromom thethe FFiieleldd Circuit Rider Position Available Continued The Circuit Rider assists in the devel- opment of rural arts in Kentucky and Reporting from Reporting from provides technical assistance for rural and local arts agencies and organiza- tions; leadership in the development of a technical assistance and commu- Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd, Anderson, Breckinridge, nication network in consultation with Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Bullitt, Franklin, Hardin, the Kentucky Arts Council. The posi- Carter, Clark, Elliott, Fayette, Jefferson, Jessamine, LaRue, tion requires frequent travel to all Flemming, Gallatin, Grant, Marion, Meade, Mercer, parts of the state throughout the Greenup, Harrison, Henry, Nelson, Oldham, Spencer, year; working evenings and some Kenton, Lewis, Mason, Shelby, Washington, and weekends. The position requires a Menifee, Montgomery, Woodford Counties. broad knowledge and understanding Morgan, Nicholas, Owen, of rural communities and the local Pendleton, Robertson, Rowan, Currently the Circuit Rider position is vacant for arts agency/organization development Scott, and Trimble Counties. this area. For information about the posi- process and principles of non-profit management and must be familiar tion (see article below) or activites in this with current technology issues. Ques- region, contact: tions about salary and further details Greetings! I hope everyone is having a fruitful about the position should be directed summer. Things are going well for me as I E. Chris Harp, to Chris Harp (contact info to the left). make the move from rural to urban life. Please This position will be responsible for Community Arts Director note my new address and phone number at the activities in the counties of Oldham, Kentucky Arts Council end of this article. Don't forget to update your Franklin, Woodford, Jessamine, Mer- 300 West Broadway mailing and contact lists accordingly, I'd hate cer, Anderson, Spencer, Jefferson, Old Capitol Annex Bullitt, Nelson, Washington, Marion, to get left out of the loop. Frankfort, KY 40601 Larue, Hardin, Breckinridge, and (502) 564-3757 x 4809 Meade. Applicant must reside within Summer is a good time to do those infra- [email protected] the territory he/she serves. structure building tasks that we all get too busy for during other parts of the year. This is a perfect time to schedule that Kentucky Peer Advisory Network Consultancy in board development or marketing. Or hold those public ~ HOT DATES! ~ forums you’ve been meaning to host to find out what kinds of arts programming your community would like to see. Or invite your KAC BOARD MEETINGS government representatives to tour your SEP 21 Elizabethtown facility, or attend an event. DEC 7 Louisville

Summer is also a great time to check out EVENTS what’s going on just down the road. Take the JUL 28-31 National Assembly of State Arts Agencies & time to visit and network with your arts Americans for the Arts Conference/New York neighbors. Do some “porch-settin’.” Show off SEP 27-29 Kentucky Folklife Festival/Frankfort what you do best. Enjoy what others do. OCTOBER ARTS AND HUMANITIES MONTH/Nationwide Celebrate the arts! OCT 3-7 Southern Arts Exchange/Louisville

Your Circuit Rider, APPLICATION DEADLINES Casey Billings SEP 1 Governor’s Awards in the Arts P.O. Box 55168 SEP 4 Individual Artist Professional Development Lexington KY 40555-5168 SEP 17 Visual and Media Arts Fellowship 859-543-0091 OCT15 Teacher Incentive Program [email protected] THE BLUE MOON July/August 2001—7

To Move Forward: START News Update An Affirmation of Continuing Kentucky’s START Initiative Breaks Commitment to Arts Ground for Arts Participation Education The National Art Education Association, with the Consortium of The Kentucky Arts Council has entered National Arts Education into the first phase of implementing Associations, the International the State Arts Partnerships for Council of Fine Arts Deans, and the Cultural Participation (START) Council of Arts Accrediting grant project awarded by the Wallace- Associations, signed a joint arts Readers Digest Funds in the amount education policy agreement, To of $500,000 over the next three On June 11, Rory MacPherson, senior Move Forward: An Affirmation of years. “The first steps involve build- program officer for the Wallace- Continuing Commitment to Arts ing knowledge and consensus,” says Reader’s Digest Funds, presented to Education, focusing on six topic Lori Meadows, executive staff advisor the Arts Council staff via teleconfer- areas: Arts and College/University for the Arts Council and START project ence the Funds’ strategy for creating Admissions, National Standards, manager. “That’s where we are now in new standards in arts participation. Teacher Credentials, the Generalist our meetings across the state and our Teacher, Specialist Arts Teacher public information efforts.” Later in the week, MacPherson came Preparation, Professional to Kentucky to deliver overviews of Development, and Research Copies A series of eight breakfasts have the Wallace-Reader’s Digest Funds, may be downloaded from been held to announce START and re- the START initiative, and current re- www.naea-reston.org/ view the findings of the “Needs As- search on arts participation during the news.html. sessment of the Performing Arts Cen- information sharing component of the ters in Kentucky” (see front-page ar- Arts Council Board meeting and in a National Arts ticle in this issue of Blue Moon). separate session with representatives Education Association from each START partner organization. Releases With these breakfasts, the conversa- The Kentucky Arts Council’s START tion has begun about the positive partners are Appalshop, Arts Ken- Histories of Community- community impact of broader, deeper tucky, the Collaborative for Teaching Based Art Education and more diversified participation in and Learning, Kentucky Arts Presenters The history of community-based the arts. Arts participation broadening Network, the Kentucky Center for the art education is often associated refers to serving more of the same Arts, and Kentucky Citizens for the Arts. with children, youth and adults people as the existing participants, coming together in formal and in- while deepening is service to the As consensus builds among stake- formal cultural organizations. same or fewer people, but in a more holders, the parameters of the project These places can serve as spaces frequent or intense manner. Diversi- will solidify into “best practices” for for public discourse about art and fied participation includes outreach to arts participation. Some of the key other issues of mutual concern, in- people that are different from those approaches involve baseline and on- cluding the traditional and popular who currently participate. going data collection, incorporating a arts. Diverse art objects and prac- standards-based assessment model to tices function, in part, as catalysts Host performing arts centers were the work of the Arts Council, creating for dialogue about individual and Glema Mahr Center for the Arts, new grants or reorganizing the cur- group identity, local and national Madisonville; Leeds Theatre, Winches- rent grant structure to focus on arts concerns, and ultimately the pur- ter; Kentucky Center for the Arts, participation, training seminars and suit of democracy. Histories of Louisville; Appalshop, Whitesburg; convening sessions, and documenting Community-Based Art Education Paramount Arts Center, Ashland; and disseminating the information brings to the forefront stories, ex- Alhambra Theatre, Hopkinsville; gained from the project. periences, teaching methods, and RiverPark Center, Owensboro and the cultural groups whose histories Singletary Center, Lexington. Guests START News Update will be a regularly have not been fully explored, docu- at these breakfasts included local featured column in the Blue Moon. mented, or appreciated. $25, elected officials, judge-executives, For more information about Members $20. Order by calling college presidents, arts organization board Kentucky’s START initiative, contact: 800-299-8321 (8:30am to 4pm members, media representatives, per- Lori Meadows, Executive Staff Advisor, EST) or by visiting www.naea- forming arts center staff, and commu- 1-888-833-2787, or reston.org/publications. nity arts activists. [email protected]. 8—July/August 2001 THE BLUE MOON

New Guide to Programs and Applications for FY2003 Contain Noteworthy Changes

Each funding cycle the Kentucky Arts Council evaluates grant applications and procedures in all program areas in order to ensure that the granting process is as fair as possible for applicants, Quotable Quote Quotable Quote Quotable Quote helfpul for panel members in their adjudicationQuotable Quote Quotable Quote and streamlined for Arts Council staff efficiency. In the following pages you will find details from Program Directors about the most recent changes to applications and programs, as well as a sample application illustrating changes affecting collection of data for the National Standards codes. Please see the forthcoming edition of the 2001-2002 Guide to Programs for complete details about these and other Arts Council programs or visit our Web site: www.kyarts.org. This new Guide to Programs (last 2001-2002 Guide to Programs year’s “Blue Book”) is being sent out in early July and will have a yellow cover in order to distinguish it from previous guides. If you do not receive a copy of the Guidelines by the end of July, please call The Arts Council office to request a copy, 1-888-833-ARTS. Arts Development, Challenge, Project, and Organizational Technical Assistance by Dan Strauss

type of programming that must be compliance/signature page, statement General Operating provided by applicant organizations of eligible income, and audit (if re- Support Program in the guidelines for FY 2003 under quired, per Challenge Grant Program (formerly Arts the “Who may Apply” section. This guidelines) or financial statement - no addition is not a change to the pro- support material or other attachments. Development Program) gram guidelines but is meant to rein- Revisions force what has been understood re- • For the FY 2003 funding cycle, garding the intent of this program applicants who submitted complete Program Name Change since its implementation. FY 2002 applications will do abbrevi- ated applications, and those who sub- • Starting with the FY 2003 funding mitted abbreviated FY 2002 applica- cycle the name of the Arts Develop- tions will do complete applications. ment Program will be changed to the Challenge Grant Program Organizations applying for the first General Operating Support Program Revisions time in the Challenge Grant Program to more clearly indicate the purpose at the February 1, 2002 deadline, or of the program. References to the Applications past Challenge Grant applicants that Arts Development Program through- did not apply in the last funding cycle, out the Guide to Programs and on the • Please remember that beginning must submit the complete Challenge Arts Council’s Web site will be revised with FY 2002 (the last application Grant Program application. accordingly. cycle), Challenge Grant applicants submit complete applications every • Applicants in doubt about the Eligibility Clarification other year. appropriate application they are • To clarify the eligibility criteria for required to submit, should contact the General Operating Support Pro- • On alternate years, applicants sub- Dan Strauss, Arts Program Branch gram, the words “year-round” have mit abbreviated applications consist- Manager at 888/833-2787, ext. 4804 been added to the description of the ing of the application cover pages, or [email protected]. THE BLUE MOON July/August 2001—9

Challenge Grant Program Matching Requirements Additional Notes for

Revisions Continued • Up to 25% of the match may consist General Operating Support of either applicant staff salaries or com- Grant, Challenge Grant, Eligible Income Statements and munity-based, in-kind contributions. Audits Project Grant, and • Request amounts continue to be re- Operational Technical • In order to facilitate the Arts stricted to one-half of the project’s ac- Assistance Applicants Council’s audit of applicants’ eligible tual cost, and applicants must match income, the statement of eligible in- Arts Council funding requests on a one- • Program Guidelines, Instructions, come included with the application to-one basis. should list the total amount, and a Intent to Apply forms and Applica- tion forms are available on the Arts breakdown by category, of eligible in- Application Narrative come, that can be easily tracked in Council’s Web site at www.kyarts.org, or by mail on the audit or financial report. Providing • The Project Grant Application Narra- request. detailed correlation between the eligible tive has been revised to allow appli- income statement and audit and/or cants to more directly address the pro- • Please note that applicants for all financial statement will alleviate the gram evaluation criteria, and assist programs, except Organizational Arts Council’s need to contact appli- panelists in more easily determining cants for additional clarification. Technical Assistance, are asked to how well those criteria are met. submit an Intent to Apply form ap- proximately a month in advance of • Per the program guidelines, “The • The first two narrative points require Kentucky Arts Council reserves the right application deadlines to provide the applicants to briefly provide basic de- Arts Council with more complete in- to review donor lists and any related in- scriptions of the applicant organization formation to verify annual contributions.” formation for program planning. See and the project proposal. The remain- specific program guidelines for rel- ing five narrative points require appli- evant Intent to Apply deadlines. cants to address the specific evaluation Project Grant Program criteria, with the percentages of signifi- Revisions • Please also note that organizations cance that the panelists will use in as- that receive line-item funding through sessing applications noted. the Education, Arts and Humanities Cabinet continue to be ineligible for • Please note that the program evalu- Eligibility Guidelines Arts Council General Operating Sup- ation criteria and corresponding per- port and Challenge Grant support in centages of significance in the scoring • The guidelines for FY 2003 guide- the same fiscal years for which they of applications have not been changed. lines regarding eligibility have been receive line-item funding. changed to read: “Project Grant appli- Panel Comments cants cannot propose projects that • Applicants wishing to appeal ad- are eligible for support in other Art verse grant decisions can find a de- • Starting with the FY 2003 funding Council programs. Separate applica- tailed description of the funding-re- cycle, panel comments regarding appli- tions for components of the same arts consideration appeals process in the cations will no longer be sent automati- activity or program are ineligible. Pro- instructions for each program. cally to all applicants. Zero-funded appli- posals for the same project(s) cannot cants will be sent copies of panel com- be made in more than one Arts Coun- If you have any questions about any ments, and applicants that received spe- cil program in the same fiscal year. of the above information or the cific panel recommendations will be in- application process in general, please formed of those recommendations. Oth- • Applicants are encouraged to care- contact Dan Strauss, Arts Program erwise, copies of panel comments will be fully review the Kentucky Arts Council Branch Manager at 888/833-2787, available upon request. Guide to Programs and consult with ext. 4804 or e-mail Arts Council staff about the eligibility [email protected] of applications. Organizational Technical

Funding Cap Increase Assistance Revisions

• FY 2003 Project Grant applicants Funding Cap Increase will be allowed to request up to Application Illustration of $5,000—an increase from the $3,000 • FY 2003 Organizational Technical New Coding Procedures on limit of recent funding cycles. Assistance applicants will be allowed Page 10 & 11 to request up to $1,000 - an increase from the $500 limit of recent funding cycles. 10—July/August 2001 THE BLUE MOON

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Your answers to Grantee Race/ Ethnicity are not part of your grant’s review, but help us report accurately to the NEA and the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies.

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Community Arts Development, Salary Assistance Program, Community Residency Program and Site Visits

by E. Chris Harp

• Zero-funded applicants will receive The budget form allows applicants to Community Arts panel comments and specific panel show additional income and match Development Program recommendations will be sent to these that will be put towards the residency Revisions applicants. Those awarded a grant will above the required match amount. It not receive panel comments unless a also allows the applicant to show in- specific recommendation is made. kind support for the residency.

• Grantees will now be asked to pro- • Applicants to this program must • Zero-funded applicants will receive vide certain coding to us and this has provide proof of IRS tax-exemption, panel comments and specific panel been incorporated into the application’s and for those organizations receiving recommendations will be sent to these cover page. You will be given multiple Community Arts Development funds, applicants. Those awarded a grant will choices on the grant application, and only 4th year applicants may apply not receive panel comments unless a will choose the codes that best apply to this program. specific recommendation is made. to your organization. The codes you are being asked to provide refer to • Organizations that have previ- the following areas: Grantee Race/ ously funded a position, either Ethnicity, Activity Race/Ethnicity, through this grant category or not, New Organization Status, and Appli- are not eligible to apply for the same cant Institution. position through this category. This applies to all organizations, regard- • Please note: A new code has been less of name changes or other developed for organizations applying reorganization efforts. Site Visit Program to this category that do not have tax- exempt status from the IRS. This code, “2.1”, will help us track whether or not your organization is tax-exempt. Beginning with the new fiscal year (July 1, 2001), the Kentucky Arts Council will begin implementing a • A new Budget Form has been de- Community Residency veloped to provide consistency in the new Site Visit Program designed to assist Community Arts Development way that budget information is pre- Program Revisions sented to our grant review panels. The recipients as they proceed through form is very simple and will allow you this five-year program. Each recipi- ent of this grant award will be to list in-kind support for your orga- nization. The form also asks you to teamed up with a Kentucky Peer Ad- place an asterisk next to any expense • Applicants will be asked to provide visor and will be given a site visit to help gauge the progress of the orga- category paid for with the grant. the four codes listed above. nization. The advisor will complete a • Every applicant to this program • As with last year’s guidelines, folklor- report and submit this to the Council staff for their review only. These re- will receive panel comments. ists are encouraged to apply for com- munity residencies to do cultural sur- ports will not become part of the veys and other folklife projects in funding process. Currently, only 1st, communities throughout Kentucky. 3rd and 5th year recipients will re- Sponsors of folklife residencies may ceive visits. These years are critical Salary Assistance use food and lodging as cash match as an organization proceeds along Program Revisions up to 50% of the total required match. its course toward stability.

• A new Budget Form has been de- For questions about any of these veloped to provide consistency in the programs, please contact Chris Harp • Applicants will be asked to provide way that budget information is pre- toll free 1-888-833-2787, ext. 4809, or the four codes listed above. sented to our grant review panels. e-mail [email protected]. THE BLUE MOON July/August 2001—13

Arts EducationPrograms by John S. Benjamin

As most of you know, all of the Ken- Incentive Program (TIP) and Artists in I believe that my “tweaking” there tucky Arts Council’s grant application Residence (AIR) applications. I be- will please all of our former appli- forms are revised annually. For the lieve that applicants will find it much cants. I’ve also attempted to more most part, these changes amount to a easier to understand exactly what in- clearly articulate the limitations on simple “tweaking” of the previous formation the KAC needs when mak- how many classes an artist may year’s forms to make them easier to ing funding decisions. meet with and how many times understand and fill out. This year I over the period of the residency. have focused on clarifying the review One area that seems to have The key thing to remember is that criteria for each of the Arts Education caused considerable confusion in the more times the students can programs, particularly the Teacher the past is the section on diversity. meet with the artist, the more they will learn—just like in any other subject.

In an attempt to free up more time for site visits and focus more on what is actually happening in the schools, I Individual Artist Programs will be providing panel comments only for those applicants who write and re- by Lori Meadows quest them. Formerly I have carefully compiled and edited all of the notes taken during the panel meetings and Program Changes included them in the notification let- Staff Changes ters that are mailed to all applicants after the KAC board approves or dis- approves the panel recommendations. This is a huge and time-consuming • In order to more accurately capture In the May/June issue of The Blue task when you consider the number of statistical information, you’ll notice a Moon, the Kentucky Arts Council applications I process annually. Start- slight change in format for our FY 2003 announced receipt of the Wallace- ing this year, I will gladly send along program applications. The Kentucky Readers Digest Funds award through panel comments, but only when you Arts Council collects basic descriptive the new State Arts Partnerships for specifically request them. information about all grant applicants Cultural Participation (START). Over and their projects. These statistics are the next three years our agency will I would like to remind everyone that I part of the national Standard for Arts develop and adopt new, more effec- will review the draft narratives of any Information Exchange adopted by the tive guidelines, programs and funding of my grant program applications if National Assembly of State Arts Agen- practices aimed at encouraging you get them to me two or more cies and are required by the National broader public participation in the weeks before the deadline: on or be- Endowment for the Arts to better un- arts. As of August 15, 2001, I will be fore October 1, 2001 for October 15 derstand the constituent base that taking a two-year “leave of absence” TIPs, on or before January 8, 2002 for state and federal dollars serve. Infor- from most of the Individual Artist January 22 AIRs and on or before mation is collected for planning and re- programs in order to manage the February 15, 2002 for March 1 TIPs. I search purposes but is not used by START Initiative. Heather Lyons will can often spot potential trouble spots panels to make award decisions. be joining the KAC staff for that two- and advise you on ways to make a year period as Interim Individual more effective presentation. • Panel comments will no longer be Artist Program Director. You will note sent to recipients of the Individual the appropriate contact name for each Remember that the KAC residency Artist Professional Development Grant Individual Artist Program in our FY programs are just about the best or the Individual Artist Project Grants, 2003 Guide to Programs, scheduled deals we have…we match your money except upon special request. Appli- for publication in July. You can reach at a rate of almost two to one. cants who did not receive funding will Heather Lyons after August 15 at 1- receive comments with their notifica- 888-833-2787 ext. 4827 or by email Don’t hesitate to contact me if you tion letter. at [email protected]. have questions, toll free 1-888-833- For more information about the START 2787, ext. 4813, or e-mail • Fellowship awards will undergo an program, you can reach me at 1-888- [email protected]. increase from $5000 to $7500, begin- 833-2787x4812 or e-mail ning in FY 2003. [email protected]. 14—July/August 2001 THE BLUE MOON

Craft Marketing Program Kentucky Commission 2001 Jury Session Brings on Women Seeks New Participants from Across Watercolor Artist the Commonwealth

The Kentucky Craft Marketing Program (KCMP) has announced the jury results from the June 2001 jury session. The following people had entries that passed the The Kentucky Commission on Women review of the (KCW) is accepting applications from jurors and are Five Kentucky Kentucky watercolor artists for their now accepted Kentucky Women Remembered Exhibit. into the juried One artist will be selected through a portion of the Craftspeople to panel process and will paint up to Kentucky Craft Marketing Program: Attend New York three portraits between November Sarah Culbreth & Jeff Enge, Berea 2001 and February 2002. The water- Appalachian Fireside Crafts, Berea International Gift color portrait(s) will be added to the JoAnn Moore, Cadiz current exhibit in the West Wing of the Julian McKinney, Richmond State Capitol. Tracy Leasor, Louisville Fair Morris Fork Craft, Booneville The Kentucky Women Remembered Laura Brewer, Bowling Green The Kentucky Craft Marketing Pro- exhibit was created in 1978. Each Judith Rosenfield, Louisville gram will take five craftspeople to year up to three Kentucky women Mitzi Dotson, Versailles represent Kentucky at the upcoming from those nominated by Kentucky Lindy Knight, Manitou New York International Gift Fair, held citizens are honored as Kentucky K. J. Armstrong, Cynthiana twice-annually at the Jacob K. Javits Women Remembered and their Chris Ramsey, Somerset Convention Center in New York City. portraits are hung in the permanent Janet Bailey Burch, Crestwood The date for this summer’s event is exhibit. Through this exhibit thousands Garry Humphress, Campbellsville August 19-23. of visitors each year learn about Kentucky Christa Smith, Elizabethtown women and their historic contributions. Lea Nachtman, Westport The following Kentuckians will repre- The Kentucky Women Remembered Marguerite Murnau, Louisville sent the Kentucky Craft Marketing exhibit remains one of the only Dennis Ramler, California Program at the event: Amy Elswick, tributes to Kentucky women in the Dona McCurry, Elizabethtown Clay House Pots, Berea; Gail Cohen Kentucky State Capitol. Craig Kaviar, Louisville Designs, Lexington; Judy and Gordy Ben Mansur, Cynthiana Geagley, Judy’s Kentucky Crafts, Selected artist’s works will be un- Joe Henry, Louisville Tollesboro; Charles and Norma veiled in the Capitol Rotunda during a Bobby Lykens, Park City. Purdue, Aardvark Woodworks, Inc., press conference in March 2002 with Participants in the juried portion of the Beattyville; and David and Katherine Governor Paul E. Patton and First Craft Marketing Program have an Denby, Denby Studios, Versailles. Ex- Lady Judi Patton and then placed on opportunity to participate in wholesale hibiting for the first time in the Ken- permanent display in the Capitol’s and retail venues, such as the New tucky booth will be the Denbys who West Wing. The selected artist will be York International Gift Fair; Kentucky produce Shaker and Craftsman-style paid $500 per portrait. To receive an Crafted: The Market; the Governor’s reproduction clocks in a variety of application brochure contact the Ken- Derby Breakfast, and the KCMP sizes. tucky Commission on Women: (502) Internet Web site. Participants also 564-6643 or email: may use the “Kentucky Crafted” logo, The Kentucky Craft Marketing Pro- [email protected]. Visit their attend educational workshops, and gram has been attending the New Web site for more information: receive technical assistance for their York International Gift Fair for the past http://women.state.ky.us. The business and craft. 15 years. deadline for entry is September 3, 2001. THE BLUE MOON July/August 2001—15

October is National Arts and Life’s Mis-Stories Humanities Month Award Shows © 2001 Life’s Mis-Stories Award Shows © Each October communities across the nation celebrate Arts and Humanities 2001, hosted by Rac Love, will be held Month in a variety of different ways, but they all lead to a better public aware- at the Kentucky Theater, 4th & ness of the arts and increased public support for the arts. It’s time to start local Theater Square, Louisville, KY every planning for statewide participation in this annual opportunity to give value to 4th Thursday of the month. Young the arts and humanities. people are asked to present solutions to potential or past problems through The following ideas are activities that you or your organization might want to the performing arts, including poetry, become involved in: acting, singing, essays, drama, dance and rap. $100.00 will be awarded 1. Have your mayor or judge-executive proclaim October as Arts and Humanities each month to the Challenger that month in your community. KAC will have sample proclamations. presents the best problem in a real 2. Have your group or local arts council get on the agenda of a city commission life situation, who then in the same meeting in October to talk about the value of the arts in your community. presentation demonstrates the best 3. Have your local library sponsor an arts and humanities reading event or solution for the situation. Auditions program. are held the 1st & 2nd Tuesday each 4. Schedule a "free day of art" event during October to celebrate the occasion. month. Challengers are given the 5. Present a Chautauqua performance through the Kentucky Humanities rules to win, and are encouraged to Council. prepare well. To audition, or for more 6. Advocate for the arts and acknowledge Arts and Humanities month at information contact: curtain speeches for performances. Tracey Merriweather, 774-2386 home 7. Write a letter to your editor during October to tell how the arts have put or 767-9513 mobile. meaning in your life or have benefited your community. 8. Tie in PTA/PTO presentations to Arts and Humanities in celebration of the month. 9. Use the Arts and Humanities month logo in advertising events occurring AT&T Foundation during October. (Logo sheets available through the KAC) 10. Host an Arts Fair in your community!! Bring your friends, neighbors and Grants fellow citizens together for a day of interactive arts events, from painting in The Arts and Culture Direct Grants Pro- the local park, storytelling in a downtown venue, to theatre and music in a gram of the AT&T Foundation supports community gathering place. Make the arts and humanities alive and a part innovative artistic projects by nationally of your town’s cultural heritage! and internationally recognized arts and cultural institutions in areas e.g., cre- These are just a few ideas and the list only stops with your imagination. We ation, production and/or presentation of would like to hear about your plans for Arts and Humanities month and will be new artistic work; bringing the work of happy to publicize them in the September /October issue of Blue Moon. Please women and artists of diverse cultures send your planned activity(ies), date, time and location to: Ed Lawrence, to a wider public; and mobilizing new Kentucky Arts Council, Old Capitol Annex, 300 West Broadway, Frankfort, KY technologies to promote artistic innova- 40601 or e-mail [email protected]. tion and increase access to the arts. For more information, visit www.att.com/foundation/ guidelines.html#arts or contact Contributions Coordinator, AT&T, 222 Digital Archive of Outcomes -Based West Adams Street, 15th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606. Deadline: Open. Arts and Culture Evaluation Model Princeton’s Center for Arts and Cul- Impact of Crafts on tural Policy Studies, with funding from for Pew Charitable Trusts, has created a Arts Learning the National Economy fully searchable, digital archive with policy-relevant information on the arts The Craft Organization Directors and culture. The archive is intended The National Endowment for the Arts Association has released the results for practitioners as well as for aca- has posted a new “Outcomes-Based of the first major survey of the eco- demic use. For more information, see Evaluation Model for Arts Learning” in nomic impact crafts on national www.pewtrusts.com and click on the Guidelines and Applications economy. Call Laurie Huttunen at “Cultural Policy.” section of its website, www.arts.gov. 828-252-0121 for a copy of the report. 16—July/August 2001 THE BLUE MOON Focus on Kentucky Folklife by Brent Bjorkman

This coming fall, the Old Capitol With a revival of interest in the craft Grounds in Frankfort will once again Basket Making in industry beginning in the 1980s, the come alive with the greatest sampling Childresses again began to devote of traditional Kentucky folklife found Central Kentucky themselves to making baskets full- anywhere in the Commonwealth. time. In 1992, as this resurgence of Each year the Kentucky Folklife Festi- interest in traditional handicraft con- val highlights the special folklife and Lestel and Ollie Childress are two folk tinued, the Childresses taught Beth heritage that remain a steadfast part artists who represent the 31W/Park Hester many of their basket making of everyday life for so many of our City area’s long-standing tradition of techniques as part of a Folk and Tradi- citizens. This year our theme will be white oak basket making. The tional Arts Apprenticeship Grant Route 31W, the Dixie Highway, an Childresses are natives of Hart funded through the Kentucky Folklife area that has recently been the focus County, one of the foremost basket Program. During their time together, of a folklife survey sponsored by the making centers of Kentucky, and their the Childress’ taught Hester the bas- Folklife Program. The Kentucky work has both maintained traditional ketry skills and regional design prin- Folklife Festival will take place Sep- variations and adapted to the evolving ciples that she and her equally tal- th th th tember 27 , 28 , and 29 . requests of an important tourist mar- ented husband, Scott Gilbert, make a ket throughout the past 50 years. living with today. In this issue of The Blue Moon our in- What has remained constant and stallment of Focus on Kentucky much heralded are their baskets’ Folklife celebrates one of the most steadfast construction principles. One unique and well-known folkart forms unique design principle of a Childress Master folk found in our midst, the tradition of basket can be found in the ribs, which basket making found along the 31W are flatter near the bottom and thin artist Lestel corridor. At the Festival this year, we out as they come up to the horizontal Childress will present a glimpse of this time- hoop. This special feature helps to demonstrating honored art and bring to our demon- distinguish their work from other bas- his white oak stration area several of the finest ket making traditions, such as those basket making practitioners of this form of Kentucky found in neighboring Tennessee. technique at his folk culture. The Childress family of home in Park City, Park City is a prime example of this Together, third generation basket Edmonson art form as a source of regional as maker Ollie and her fifth generation County. well as family pride, having been a basket maker husband, Lestel, have part of this tradition for generations. spent their lives as proud caretakers They and their work will be featured of this form of local material culture. prominently at the festival and what Lestel made his first basket at age The Childress’ work has been featured follows is a brief glimpse into their eight and promptly sold it for ten in Phyllis George’s book, Kentucky lives as folk artists living along the cents. During their first years to- Crafts—Handmade and Heartfelt, and 31W corridor. gether, when they were courting, in Cynthia Taylor’s Appalachian White Ollie fondly remembers that they Oak Basketmaking: Handing Down the would make baskets together, each Basket. In addition, the Childress’ have received awards from the Kentucky Folklorist starting at different ends of the bas- ket and meeting in the middle. When Guild of Artists and Craftsmen and the Brent the couple first married, they sup- Kentucky Folklife Program, which Bjorkman ported themselves by selling their honored them with the 1998 Sarah talking with baskets at a souvenir stand along Gertrude Knott Award. This award, this year’s Folk U.S. Highway 31W, the major auto- presented at the annual Kentucky Arts basket tourist route which guides visitors, Folklife Festival, highlights the out- making still today, to the local Mammoth standing merits of an artist or artists apprentice Cave National Park area. When the whose talents exemplify the living Vickie interstate came through and by- cultural traditions of the state. Wilkerson passed their stand, the Childresses Currently their work is being shown around the country as part of an NEA/ during a site found they had to support them- Southern Arts Federation traveling visit, April selves by other means. At that time Lestel started working in construction exhibit, “Living Traditions: Folk Artists 2001. and driving a school bus. of the American South.” THE BLUE MOON July/August 2001—17

National Endowment for the Arts Announces Recipients of the Country’s Most Prestigious

Basket making and the informal Honor in the Folk & Traditional Arts teaching of this craft is what the Childresses base their lives on—the Muhlenburg County's hope that this family tradition contin- ues into the future remains one of Eddie Pennington their greatest aspirations. Currently Receives their daughter Vickie Wilkerson is working with her father, also as part National Heritage Award of a Folk and Traditional Arts Appren- ticeship Program grant through the Kentucky Folklife Program. Now she The National Endowment for the Arts recently announced the recipients of and her son, whose interest has spurred him to become involved in the 2001 National Heritage Fellow- their basket making sessions, are the ships, the country’s highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. Thirteen sixth and seventh generation of Childresses keeping this tradition in fellowships, which include a one-time the family. award of $10,000 each, will be pre- sented to honorees from 12 states and jurisdictions. Twelve awardees miner, played fiddle and exposed his More on Basket Making were chosen for their artistic excel- son to songs about the life of a coal lence, authenticity and contributions miner. Today, Pennington continues to George, Phyllis. Kentucky Crafts: to their field. One was selected to re- play this ornamental instrumental Handmade and Heartfelt. New ceive the Bess Lomax Hawes award style, enlivening his public perfor- York: Crown Publishing., Inc., for service to the folk and traditional mances with humorous stories about 1989. arts field as a whole. his experiences as a funeral director. He has been featured on stages at the Law, Rachel Nash and Cynthia Eddie Pennington, of Muhlenburg Kentucky Folklife Festival, the National Taylor. Appalachian White Oak County, Kentucky, is among the 2001 Folk Festival, as part of the Folk Mas- Basketmaking: Handing Down the recipients of this prestigious award. ter series at the Barns of Wolf Trap Basket. Knoxville: The University Muhlenburg County in western Ken- and on the Masters of the Steel String of Tennessee Press: 1991. tucky is known as the birthplace of a Guitar Tour. He will return to the Ken- complex guitar-playing style known as tucky Folklife Festival this September. thumbpicking (see The Blue Moon At the Kentucky Folklife Festival, May/June 2001). This instrumental The 13 fellowships will be presented resentatives from the Childress family technique requires the thumb to keep at an award ceremony in Washington, as well as other basket makers from a regular rolling rhythm while the fin- D.C., in late September. Recipients South Central Kentucky will be on gers pick the lead melody. Popular- are nominated, often by members of hand. Included will be white oak artist ized by Merle Travis and further de- their own communities, and then Leona Waddell, as well as Charles and veloped by instrumentalists such as judged by a panel on the basis of Charlene Long who specialize in a dif- Chet Atkins, this music had a common their continuing artistic accomplish- ferent regional basket making tradition, source in Mose Rager, a guitarist from ments and contributions as practitioners one that uses willow and honeysuckle. the region. Eddie Pennington, the son or teachers. Fellows must be citizens of a coal miner, also learned from or permanent residents of the United Mose Rager, but he stayed home in States. Princeton, Kentucky, to become a county coroner and funeral director. “We honor these artists not only for Music was a part of his family heri- the excellence of their work but also tage. Relatives say that his great- for their efforts to preserve our di- great grandfather, Edward Alonzo verse cultural traditions for future If you are interested in learning Pennington was a fiddler who was un- generations,” said Bill Ivey, National more about the Kentucky Folklife fairly convicted of a murder and who Endowment for the Arts Chairman. Program, its presentation efforts played a tune still played today called “Through these valuable contributions, and available grants, please “Pennington’s Farewell” as he sat on they remind us that America’s rich contact our office at 1-888-833- his coffin watching the hangman pre- and varied cultural heritage is what 2787 ext. 4481 or 4482. pare the noose. Eddie’s father, a coal makes us who we are as a nation.” 18—July/August 2001 THE BLUE MOON

The Essential Profession: Community Partnership American Education at the Funding Opportunities, US Crossroads Department of Education

A new report by Recruiting New Teachers, Inc., utilizes This program will provide funding for one Center to data from a national poll to gauge PUBLIC ATTITUDES improve the use of technology to achieve better early ABOUT TEACHING, educational opportunity and school intervention and educational results for infants, toddlers, reform. The report, “The Essential Profession: American and children with disabilities by: (a) cultivating a Education at the Crossroads,” finds that putting a collaborative network; (b) analyzing, synthesizing, and qualified teacher in every classroom outpolls every other disseminating research-based and best practice strategy for school reform (including vouchers, high- information, promoting the distribution and use as stakes testing, establishing a system of academic appropriate of technology-related products and standards, ending social promotion and reducing class approaches with potential to improve results; and (d) size) by commanding majorities. The report also finds analyzing needs, issues, trends and promising that Americans favor providing a variety of incentives to approaches. Activities of the Center must include retain higher quality teachers including pay raises, loan developing a web-based database of projects as well as forgiveness, tax credits and signing bonuses. producing and disseminating video packages for teacher training. Up to $750,000 is available for the first 12 In the public’s estimation the quality teacher agenda months and $1 million for subsequent budget periods of surpasses all other reform strategies tested in terms of 12 months. Deadline: July 20, 2001. To obtain an its ability to lift student achievement and make the application packet call 1-877-4ED-PUBS and request an nation’s schools what they need to be. Ensuring quality application for CFDA 84.327Z. teachers in every classroom was favored by a two-to- one margin over establishing a system of academic standards to be met by all students and by a six-to-one margin over establishing achievement tests in core academic subjects. Similarly, when offered the choice of Arts and Humanities Based doing what it takes to put a fully qualified teacher in every classroom against creating more competition for Civic Dialogue Projects public schools by either giving parents vouchers for private school tuition or by creating more independent Sought for Searchable charter schools, teacher quality is favored by more than six-to-one. Database

“The public has no doubt about what matters most in school reform,” said co-author Louis Harris. “Putting a qualified teacher in every classroom outpolls every other The Animating Democracy Initiative is in the process of strategy. The American people believe the job can and creating an online searchable database available on their will be done in the public schools. And if they perceive Web site. This database will include profiles of completed other strategies will drain funds from these efforts the arts-based civic-dialogue projects, initiated by artists and American people will reject them.” (For the media release cultural organizations, which demonstrate the capacity of see: http://www.recruitingteachers.org/news/ For the arts and humanities to stimulate public dialogue a pdf download of the report: http:// about contemporary civic issues. Website visitors will be www.recruitingteachers.org/news/ able to search the database by civic issue, artistic disci- nationalpdf.pdf) pline, approach to dialogue, geographic location, and other variables. ADI also wants profiles of organizations “The importance of having a qualified and trained art in other fields whose efforts significantly incorporate the teacher in every classroom is obvious: students learn arts or humanities toward achieving civic-dialogue goals. more when their teacher knows more,” said National Arts Profiles submissions will be accepted on an ongoing ba- Education Association President Mac Arthur Goodwin. “No sis. This is a call for information, not a funding opportu- other intervention can make the difference that a knowl- nity. For details and an online form visit Animating De- edgeable, skillful art teacher can make in the learning mocracy Initiative’s Web site: http:// process.” www.artsusa.org/AnimatingDemocracy THE BLUE MOON July/August 2001—19

20022002 AIRAIR GrantGrant Kentucky African American RecipientsRecipients SelectSelect Artist to ArtistsArtists Perform at PANAFEST Representatives from schools that received Artists in Residence Grants for fiscal 2002 spent most of the day on April 18th interviewing KAC Roster Artists at the 2001 Kentucky Center for the Arts in Louisville. At the end of the day, each sponsor submitted a prioritized list of those artists that they felt were best suited to do their particular residency. The Arts Council immediately began the process of con- tacting the artists to see if they were interested and available to accept. If they were, a conference call was arranged between the artist, the sponsor and Arts Education Director John Benhjam to discuss the preliminary plans — the time of year for the residency, housing requirements for the artist, site visits, etc. Once we all agreed on the basic details, that particular match was chalked up as a “done deal.”

The AIRs for the upcoming school year, along with the artist(s) selected for each, are: African American women artists of Manchester Elementary School in Clay County - A 48-day multidisciplinary ADU Productions will perform original AIR with literary artist Judy Sizemore and storyteller Carol Bolin theatrical works by storyteller and playwright, Nana Yaa Asantewaa at Leslie County Board of Education - A 48-day multidisciplinary (Folk Arts) AIR PANAFEST 2001 in Ghana, West Africa, with musician/storyteller/dancer Mitch Barrett July 27 through August 4. Asantewaa is a recipient of an award from the Horse Creek/Paces Creek Family Resource Center in Clay County - A 36- Kentucky Foundation for Women who day multidisciplinary (Folk Arts) AIR with Native American artist Dorothy will participate in the festival. This Dukepoo-Goode and storyteller Carol Bolin will mark the first time that Kentucky artists have represented the United Kentucky School for the Deaf in Boyle County - A 48-day dance AIR with States at this festival. Yolantha Harrison-Pace Dramatic works on tour by ADU Pro- Bondurant Middle School in Franklin County - A 48-day dance AIR with Jennifer ductions will be independently staged Rose as “Heritage on Stage,” The artists who will be performing are Reggae Buckhorn Children’s Center in Perry County - A 48-day multidisciplinary AIR Queen Samiyra Shabazz, Arts Educa- with storyteller Mitch Barrett, literary artist Normandi Ellis and musician Phyllis tor Zambia Nkrumah, and Founder/ Free Producer Storyteller Nana Yaa Asantewaa. Vignettes from the lives East Bernstadt Independent School in Laurel County - A 36-day visual arts of Matilda J. Dunbar, Araminta Harriet AIR with Irish Bodger/Green woodworker Donald Weber Tubman, Fannie Lou Hamer, Mary McLeod Bethune and Elizabeth Clay County Middle School - A 48-day multidisciplinary AIR with literary artist “Bessie” Coleman will be presented. Judy Sizemore and Bodger/Green woodworker Donald Weber Elder artist Lillian W. Cole-Simgleton, Spencer County Elementary - A 48-day literary AIR with Normandi Ellis a retired English Teacher who is 85 years young and one generation from Foust Elementary School in Daviess County - A 36-day visual arts AIR with the enslavement of her grandmother, fabric artist Louise Halsey will also participate in the festival, presenting a dialogue from her family These sponsors and artists will gather together for 2 1/2 days of workshops and archive and classic poetry from Paul planning in late July in order to make each and every residency a resounding suc- Lawrence Dunbar. cess. For information e-mail For more information about AIR Grant opportunities, visit our Web site at [email protected] or call www.kyarts.org or call John Benjamin toll free: 1-888-833-2787, ext. 4813. (502) 775-8824. 20—July/August 2001 THE BLUE MOON DIGITAL DIVIDE GROWS SMALLER

online, resistance is greatest among age groups com- As arts agencies consider how to serve diverse popula- prised of baby boomers and senior citizens. Parents liv- tions through technology, Internet usage remains ever- ing with children are more interested in gaining access changing. The “digital divide” has been used to describe than those without kids and 45 percent of American chil- the gap between those with access to the Internet and dren have Internet access. those without—traditionally minority or lower income groups. Current studies also indicate that some of the There are many reasons why these groups are not using most important factors facilitating or inhibiting Internet the ‘Net. A majority of nonusers surveyed cited that the access are education, age and type of residential com- Internet was “dangerous” and that they were “not miss- munity. Along with these trends, the digital divide seems ing anything by not being online.” Fewer than 40 percent to be shrinking as Internet content expands and access cited expense or difficulty negotiating the Internet as increases. During the second half of 2000 alone, the reasons for not getting access. But these factors vary number of American adults with access grew from 88 from region to region: urban and suburban (41 percent million to 104 million. and 40 percent, respectively) residents indicate that the Internet is not confusing, while 39 percent of rural resi- Despite gains in access in the most recent year, a divide dents cite confusion in negotiating the Internet as the still exists along economic lines: 82 percent of house- reason for not gaining access. holds earning more than $75,000 have access, compared with only 38 percent of households earning less than Arts agencies need to consider all of these factors when $30,000. Studies that link education and usage show that making decisions about how to develop Web resources a college education still boosts rates of Internet access and tools in the future. While the ‘Net streamlines many by well over 40 percent. A “gray gap” exists, with only 15 operations, analyzing how different audiences interact percent of those 65 or older and 51 percent of 50- to 64- with this technology increases in importance as the num- year-olds online compared to 75 percent of those under ber and type of users changes and matures. age 30. Rural communities continue to show significant lags in access: 42 percent of rural residents do not use Sources: American Demographics, March 2001; National computers at all, compared to 34 percent of suburbanites Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Sta- and 31 percent of urban dwellers. tistics, 2000; Nielsen/NetRatings; Pew Internet & Ameri- can Life; Stanford Institute for the Quantitative Study of Education levels are becoming parallel to the general Society; U.S. Census Bureau, Educational Attainment of population with 38 percent of ‘Net users holding college the Population 15 Years and Over, by Age, Sex, Race degrees compared to 26 percent of the U.S. adult popu- and Hispanic Origin, March 2000. lation possessing degrees. Also, delineations based en- Additional information: Digital Divide Network: tirely on race are misleading as groups of the same eco- www.digitaldividenetwork.org nomic status log online at roughly the same rate, regard- less of race or ethnicity.

Internet usage trends differ among various segments of the population. Generally, the lower the user’s income the longer he or she is likely to spend online. This could be because those who lack the ability to access the Web at work are more inclined to log on at home and use it as Help in Using the Internet for entertainment. Chat rooms remain the domain of the Community Outreach young with activity decreasing significantly for those older than 25. Interestingly, American teenagers spend Access www.coyotecom.com/database/nptech.html 30 percent less time on the Web than adults. Studies show Hispanics and African Americans have the highest for finding resources on using the Internet as a community percentage rates for going online to search for arts infor- outreach tool, choosing specialized software, learning mation. about basic database management, and using older computers and versions of software. Although the digital divide is narrowing, it may be a long time before it closes altogether. Of those not currently THE BLUE MOON July/August 2001—21

Who Are You Going to Nominate SENATE PANEL APPROVES for the Governor’s Awards in the Arts? National Endowment for the Arts The time has come for Kentuckians to start thinking about who or what organi- FUNDING INCREASE zation they would like to given recognition by Governor Paul Patton for the commonwealth’s highest honor in the arts. The deadline has moved up to The Senate Interior Appropriations September 1, 2001. The 2001 awards ceremony and celebration is coordinated Committee met on June 28 and by the Kentucky Arts Council and Kentucky Citizens for the Arts and will be approved an increase of $10 million awarded in February of 2002. for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in its version of the FY2002 There are nine categories of awards to consider for nominations. Nominators Interior Appropriations Bill. This is the are welcome to submit nominations in more than one category. same appropriations level for the arts endowment as passed by the House • Milner Award - To an individual for outstanding philanthropic, artistic, or last week. other contributions to the arts. The bill, which is expected to go to the • Artist Award - For lifetime achievement in the arts. Senate floor after the July 4th recess, also includes an additional $5 million for the National Endowment for the • National Award - To a Kentucky son or daughter who has achieved national fame. Humanities (NEH) — $2 million above the level approved by the House — • Business Award - To a business with outstanding interest in and support of the arts. and $2 million more for the Office of Museum Services, the same as in the • Community Arts Award - To an individual or organization making a House-passed bill. difference through arts in their community. With legislation in both the Senate and • Education Award - To an individual or organization making a significant the House increasing the NEA’s FY02 contribution to arts in education. budget by $10 million, there is no disagreement to be settled by a • Government Award - To an agency or individual supporting the arts conference committee. The outcome through government action. is virtually assured at $115 million for the arts endowment in the coming • Media Award - To an organization or journalist committed to bringing the year. The appropriations bill still must arts to the attention of the public. pass a vote on the Senate floor, and there is no indication of any move to • Folk Heritage Award - To an individual or organization that has made an cut the arts endowment’s money. outstanding effort to perpetuate and promote Kentucky’s unique artistic traditions. Recent past attempts to defeat arts funding have failed in the Senate, as Anyone can make nominations. Organizations, businesses and individuals from they failed in the House last week. within or outside of Kentucky are all eligible nominate candidates for the awards. Nomination forms are currently on the Arts Council’s Web site and will be avail- able in hard copy by early August. Nominators play a very important role in bringing the candidates to the attention of the Governor. Detailed support materials help panelists make a knowledgeable selection. In addition to the nomination form, letters of recommendation, news clippings and published articles are an extremely important part of the candidate selection. Quotable Quote

A candidate for a Governor’s Award in the Arts must be a Kentucky organization doing work in Kentucky or an individual living in Kentucky with the exception of the If art is such good medicine national award. The national award is frequently awarded to those outside of the downstream from the schools, state or country. Recipients are nominated to the Kentucky Arts Council, which where the dropouts accumulate coordinates the nomination and selection process by panel through the Governor’s like floatsam against the gratings Office. Each nomination will be kept active for three award cycles. Prior recipients of prisons and probation programs, are not eligible for the 2001 or future Governor’s Awards in the Arts. why not plug in some arts upstream, Nominations must be postmarked by U.S. Postal Service date stamp, or hand in the schools themselves? delivered to the Kentucky Arts Council Office no later than 4:30 p.m. EST, — Tamim Ansery September 1, 2000. Facsimile transmissions of nomination materials will not be accepted. Late nominations will be returned. 22—July/August 2001 THE BLUE MOON

Interns Bring Summer Energy to KAC Database Schmatabase,

The Kentucky Arts Council is happy to have three interns working with them this summer. Students receive 'on the job' experience and a chance to learn outside Who Really the classroom, while the Arts Council benefits from their fresh energy and hard work. Two new interns, Daniel Nation and Jonathan D. Gaby, and one returning Cares? intern, Neil Abell, have been busy helping with a myriad of responsibilities.

Daniel Nation, (left)a Frank- fort resident, will be attending Over the years, the Arts Council has Northern Kentucky University made many amendments to the cen- in the fall majoring in The- tral database that has labored to atre. He is in the process of serve a multitude of purposes. Mail- transferring data to conform ing lists, grant management, and syn- to the new communications chronization with a nationwide data database model. “It’s fun, in- collection system are just a few of the tense, and I like having my functions. Unfortunately, the commu- own desk. I find it rewarding nications aspect, which generates our to help out the arts in KY.” lists for mailings, broadcast faxes and e-mail bulletins, is not compatible with Neil Abell, (center) a Frank- the other functions. fort resident and student at University of Virginia, is re- Soooo… we are building a new data- turning to the Arts Council af- base expressly for use in communica- ter working last summer on tions. This is where the “Who really the Performing Arts Directory cares?” comes in. Are you tired of and Artists Roster. This summer he has developed a new arts resource direc- receiving duplicate copies of the Blue tory for teachers and coordinates the Arts Education “Roster of Artists.” About Moon? Would you like to receive his experiences working with the Arts Council he says, “What could be more re- mailings about the arts that are warding than working with arts advocates all summer?” geared to your particular interests? Are you overwhelmed by all the paper Jonathan D. Gaby, (right) a Frankfort resident, is also a theatre major at and want to start getting information Northern Kentucky University. Gaby is wearing two hats; he is working on the electronically? We are hoping you will database as well as assisting Lori Meadows with the START initiative and Indi- care enough to set the record vidual Artists Programs. Working with the Arts Council he has found, “Theatre straight. Simply tear off the last page and the arts aren’t just about performing. There are many administrative duties of this Blue Moon, fill out the Infor- I’ve never thought about pursuing. And I have my own desk too!” mation Request and Mailing List Ques- tionnaire and send it in to us. If you These guys have been a tremendous help to the Arts Council in anything from are receiving duplicates, send all the stuffing envelopes to building databases. "I'm sure all of them will be very suc- back pages with the mailing labels af- cessful in life," says Public Information Offcier Ed Lawrence, "they all have a fixed but only fill out one form. great attidtude and are able to take on very complex administative projects."

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KENTUCKY ARTS COUNCIL Communications Database Target Arts in Education Grants Old Capitol Annex 300 West Broadway Target awards special grants to schools and nonprofit organizations to help Frankfort, KY 40601 students better understand and appreciate art and music. Target Arts in Educa- tion Grants create opportunities for students nationwide to explore, experience and create visual art, music and drama. For more information: http://www.target.com/target_group/community/community_taeg.jhtml THE BLUE MOON July/August 2001—23

KENTUCKY ARTS COUNCIL INFORMATION REQUEST AND MAILING LIST QUESTIONNAIRE Please send me more information on the following programs (check all that apply): ❏ Arts in Education Artist Roster ❏ General Operating Support Program ❏ Kentucky Performing Arts On Tour ❏ Artists in Residence Program / ❏ Governor’s Awards in the Arts Directory Sponsor Application ❏ Individual Artist Fellowship ❏ Kentucky Poet Laureate ❏ Challenge Grant Program Program & Cultural Exchange ❏ Organizational Technical ❏ Community Residency Program Program Assistance Program ❏ Community Arts Development ❏ Individual Artist Professional ❏ Project Grant Program Program Development Program ❏ Salary Assistance Program ❏ Folk and Traditional Arts ❏ Individual Artist Project Program ❏ School-Community-Arts Partnership Apprenticeship Program ❏ Kentucky Arts On Tour Program Program ❏ Folk Arts Project & Tour of ❏ Kentucky Peer Advisory Network ❏ Teacher Incentive Program Kentucky Folk Music Programs Program ❏ Visual Arts at the Market

Individual/Organization Information: Salutation: ❏ Mr. ❏ Ms. ❏ Mrs. ❏ Dr. First Name: ______Middle:______Last: ______Organization:______Address 1:______Address 2:______City: ______County: ______State: ______Zip (Plus Four): ______Office Telephone: ______ext.______Toll Free Telephone: ______Home Telephone:______Mobile Telephone:______FAX:______E-Mail:______WEB Address:______U.S. Congressional District No.: _____ State Senate District No.: _____ State Representative District No.: ______

Please indicate areas of interest for you or your oganization. ❏ Accesibility ❏ Folklife ❏ Organizational Support ❏ Arts Education ❏ Healing and the Arts Programs ❏ Community Arts Development ❏ Individual Artists Programs ❏ Public Arts/% for Arts Programs ❏ Maturity and the Arts ❏ Technology and the Arts ❏ Cultural Heritage Tourism ❏ Multi-Culturalism/Diversity ❏ Youth-at-Risk ❏ Crafts

DISCIPLINE: Indicate the primary discipline(s) for you or your organization. (Check all that apply) 1) Dance 4) Theatre 7) Crafts 10) Literature 13) Humanities A. Ballet A. Theatre-General A. Clay A. Fiction 14) Multidisciplinary B. Ethnic/Jazz B. Mime B. Fiber B. Non-Fiction 15) Non-Arts/ C. Modern C. Puppet C. Glass C. Playwriting Non-Humanities 2) Music D. Theatre/Young Aud. D. Leather D. Poetry A. Band 5) Visual Arts E. Metal 11) Interdisciplinary B. Chamber A. Experimental F. Paper 12) Folklife/Traditional C. Choral B. Graphics G. Plastic Arts D. New C. Painting H. Wood A. Folk/Traditional Dance E. Ethnic D. Sculpture I. Mixed Media B. Folk/Traditional Music F. Jazz 6) Design Arts 8) Photography C. Folk/Traditional Crafts G. Popular A. Architecture 9) Media Arts and Visual Arts H. Solo/Recital B. Fashion A. Film D. Oral Traditions (in- I. Orchestral C. Graphic B. Audio cludes Folk/Traditional 3) Opera/Musical D. Industrial C. Video Storytelling) Theatre E. Interior D. Technology/ A. Opera F. Landscape Architec. Experimental B. Musical Theatre G. Urban/Metropolitan 24—July/August 2001 THE BLUE MOON

A MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR One issue that must be confronted head on in any of our work to increase arts participation is how the Arts Council, Dear Colleagues: arts organizations and individuals in Kentucky define Arts Council staff members, Lori Mead- “the arts”. We use the word over and over in many dif- ows, Ed Lawrence, and I have had the ferent contexts to represent many different concepts. pleasure of sharing breakfast and Yet, it is very difficult to create meaningful experiences conversation with some 160 folks in for all people, in various environments (i.e. arts centers, eight locations across the state over the communities, front porches, schools) without a common past three weeks. We came to talk about understanding of what we mean by the “arts.” We must a recently completed Needs Assessment begin to broaden that definition of art so that every person of Performing Arts Centers, a study of relates something in his/her own everyday life experiences 14 centers stretching from Paducah to Whitesburg, that as falling into the category of the artistic - the effort documented major challenges that must be overcome within each of us to create or appreciate that which is to continue to provide opportunities for arts participation aesthetically pleasing or expressive. to the citizens of the commonwealth. It was too good an opportunity to pass up. The other piece of great An honest attempt to raise awareness of the arts, news was a $500,000 grant just awarded to the Ken- broaden its definition, and expand participation in our tucky Arts Council by the Wallace-Reader’s Digest state will definitely require openness to a new way of Funds. That can go a long way in supporting our work doing business— and a new vocabulary. Armed with with these 14 arts centers as well as other arts organi- the current research on arts participation and the zations and institutions across the state to increase challenge of the START initiative in Kentucky, we will be participation in the arts. looking at the arts in a broader context and participation as a more inclusive and meaningful experience.

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