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Kentucky Arts Council awards $1.2M to organizations

91 recipients receive funding

FRANKFORT, Ky. (July 20, 2015) — The Kentucky Arts Council has awarded more than $1.2 million in operating support to 91 arts organizations across the commonwealth for the 2016 fiscal year through its Kentucky Arts Partnership (KAP) program.

The KAP program provides nonprofit arts organizations with unrestricted operating support to ensure that year-round participation in the arts is available to the people of Kentucky.

Recipients listed by county:

Bell

  • Middlesborough Little Theatre, $1,000

Boyd

  • Paramount Arts Center, $44,662

Boyle

  • Community Arts Center, $11,913
  • The Arts Commission of Danville/Boyle County, $1,000

Calloway

  • Murray Art Guild, $2,124
  • Playhouse in the Park, $3,786

Campbell

  • Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, $12,577

Christian

  • Pennyroyal Arts Council, $6,981

Daviess

  • Back Alley Musicals, $2,597
  • International Bluegrass Music Museum, $16,041
  • Owensboro Dance Theatre, $9,200
  • Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, $14,154
  • Owensboro Symphony Orchestra, $19,463
  • RiverPark Center, $39,828
  • Theatre Workshop of Owensboro, $8,606

Fayette

  • Kentucky Ballet Theatre, $9,476
  • Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning, $18,541
  • Central Kentucky Youth Orchestras, $9,947
  • Central Music Academy, $5,756
  • Headley-Whitney Museum, $12,142
  • LexArts, $20,200
  • Lexington Art League, $10,700
  • Lexington Ballet, $9,549
  • Explorium of Lexington, $14,336
  • Lexington Children’s Theatre, $30,682
  • Lexington Philharmonic, $25,809
  • The Lexington Singers, $6,863
  • Living Arts & Science Center, $16,675

Floyd

  • Mountain Arts Center, $16,680

Franklin

  • Capital City Chorale, $1,000
  • Frankfort Arts Foundation, $1,080
  • Josephine Sculpture Park, $2,071
  • Grand Theatre-Frankfort, $9,146

Graves

  • Mayfield/Graves County Art Guild, $1,062

Henderson

  • Henderson Area Arts Alliance, $9,025
  • Ohio Valley Art League, $2,023

Jefferson

  • Actors Theatre of Louisville, $88,136
  • Crane House, $13,307
  • The Clifton Center, $13,574
  • Creative Diversity Studio, $1,966
  • Fund for the Arts, $50,503
  • Louisville Literary Arts, $1,000
  • The Speed Art Museum, $76,180
  • Louisville Ballet, $49,393
  • Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, $22,314
  • Kentucky Opera, $40,855
  • Kentucky Shakespeare, $1,207
  • Looking for Lilith Theatre Company, $3,238
  • Louisville Master Chorale, $2,446
  • Louisville Orchestra, $65,377
  • Louisville Visual Art Association, $13,347
  • Louisville Youth Orchestra, $10,882
  • Pandora Productions, $5,632
  • Portland Museum, $4,920
  • Sarabande Books, $13,562
  • Squallis Puppeteers, $2,919
  • StageOne Family Theatre, $33,446
  • Pride of Kentucky Chorus, $2,892
  • The Louisville Chorus, $2,096
  • Louisville Youth Choir, $5,847
  • Theatre [502], $1,000
  • Walden Theatre/Blue Apple Players, $16,491

Kenton

  • Behringer-Crawford Museum, $9,810
  • My Nose Turns Red Theatre Company, $3,482
  • The Carnegie, $25,227

Knott

  • Appalachian Artisan Center of Kentucky, $8,792

Letcher

  • Appalshop, $29,019

Madison

  • Berea Arts Council, $3,889
  • Richmond Area Arts Council, $7,310

Mason

  • Ohio River Valley Artists Guild, $1,000

McCracken

  • The Carson Center, $49,532
  • Market House Theatre, $13,311
  • Paducah Symphony Orchestra, $17,729
  • Yeiser Art Center, $3,161

Mercer

  • Arts Council of Mercer County, $1,000

Montgomery

  • Montgomery County Council for the Arts, $6,348

Oldham

  • Arts Association of Oldham County, $3,908

Perry

  • Greater Hazard Area Arts Council/Performing Arts Series, $3,880

Pike

  • Artists Collaborative Theatre, $2,785

Pulaski

  • Lake Cumberland Performing Arts, $3,351

Rowan

  • Rowan County Arts Center, $1,391

Simpson

  • Simpson County Guild of Artists and Craftsmen, $1,976

Trigg

  • Janice Mason Art Museum, $2,029

Warren

  • Orchestra Kentucky, $18,081
  • SKyPAC, $48,108
  • The Phoenix Theatre, $3,848
  • VSA Kentucky, $7,186

Washington

  • Central Kentucky Community Theatre, $3,303

Whitley

  • Kentucky Native American Heritage Museum, $6,762

Wolfe

  • Appalachian Heritage Alliance, $1,000

Woodford

  • Woodford County Theatrical Arts Association, $8,132