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Kentucky artists to be at Governor’s Derby Celebration Saturday

In Frankfort

FRANKFORT, Ky. (May 4, 2017) — Fifteen Kentucky artists will exhibit and sell their work during the Governor’s Derby Celebration, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday on the lawn of the Old State Capitol.

Work by Marti Brown’
Work by Marti Brown

The chosen artists represent a diverse sampling of more than 350 artists in the Kentucky Arts Council’s Kentucky Crafted program, an adjudicated program that provides assistance to Kentucky visual and craft artists through marketing and promotional opportunities and arts business training.

Artists who are exhibiting, listed by name, business name, artistic discipline and city of residence:

  • Richard Adams, Wooden Tricks, wood, London
  • Roger Ballard, Paul Roger Ballard Photography, photography, Versailles
  • Marti Brown, Made on Magnolia, fiber, Shelbyville
  • Kathy Conroy, Art by Kathy Conroy, scratchboard, Pleasureville
  • Jessica Daman, Sugar Mountain Jewelry, jewelry, Florence
  • Marta Dorton, Marta Dorton Artworks, painting, Lexington
  • Eugene King, TG Designs, wood, Stanton
  • Tracy Leasor, Candlewicking & Embroidery Creations, fiber, Louisville
  • Kimberley Mahlbacher, HeirloomCroft Art in Wool LLC, fiber, Louisville
  • Alisha Martin, The Bad Button Bespoke Corsets, fiber, Frankfort
  • Joe Offerman, Wood Carvings by Offerman, wood, Owensboro
  • Jeanette Rowlett, Jeanette’s Jewelry/H&J Associates, jewelry, Berea
  • Scott Soeder, Scott Soeder, graphics, Louisville
  • Jason Sturgill, Xenosketch: The Art of Jason Sturgill, graphics/mixed media 2-D, Lexington
  • Erin Taydus, Sassa Bella, natural/organic, Harrodsburg