Six from NKY among 100 Kentucky organizations to receive Kentucky Arts Partnership grants

100 nonprofit arts organizations throughout the state, together with six from Northern Kentucky, will profit from greater than $1.1 million in funding from the Kentucky Arts Council’s Kentucky Arts Partnership (KAP) grant within the 2023 fiscal yr.

The KAP grant offers nonprofit arts organizations with unrestricted working help to make sure that year-round participation within the arts is obtainable to the individuals of Kentucky.

In Northern Kentucky, Behringer-Crawford Museum, The Carnegie, CAST, Falcon Theatre, Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, and Pones will all obtain funding from KAP grants.

“The Kentucky Arts Partnership organizations do the heavy lifting for the humanities in their very own communities, and we’re grateful for his or her exhausting work and fervour to serve, educate and invigorate the commonwealth,” stated Chris Cathers, arts council govt director. “These grants will assist them as they proceed their work rising the humanities throughout the state.”

One of many first-time KAP grant recipients is the Owsley County Alliance for Recreation & Leisure (OCARE).

OCARE was fashioned in 2014, and JoAnne Richardson, the group’s chair, stated its mission is to enhance Owsley County by bringing new social, cultural, academic and financial alternatives to the neighborhood.

“Making use of for this grant was a superb alternative,” Richardson stated. “It was the primary time anybody stated to us, ‘inform us what you want.’”

Though this was the primary time OCARE had utilized for a KAP grant, the group acquired a Kentucky Arts Council–American Rescue Plan grant in 2021. Making use of for that grant helped OCARE construct a relationship with the humanities council.

“We couldn’t have gotten the place we’re with out assist,” Richardson stated. “We’re very grateful to the Kentucky Arts Council.”

The aggressive grants are awarded yearly. An inventory of organizations that acquired funding for the 2023 fiscal yr together with their award quantities is obtainable on the humanities council web site.

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