KENTUCKY ARTS COUNCIL NEWS RELEASE Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet
July 31, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
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10 Kentucky schools receive Teaching Art Together Grants
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Ten Kentucky schools will receive a Teaching Art Together grant from the Kentucky Arts Council to conduct artist residencies with students during the coming school year. The Teaching Art Together grant allows teachers across the Commonwealth to collaborate with practicing, professional artists from the arts council’s Teaching Artists Directory to design and implement one- to four-week residencies. Schools that will receive grants, listed with grant amounts and county, are:
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The Folk and Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Grant provides up to $3,000 to a Kentucky master folk or traditional artist to teach skills, practices and culture to a less experienced artist from the same community during the course of a year.The three recipients are folk or traditional artists who are considered masters within their community and who have identified an apprentice from the same community who has potential to become a master. Both master and apprentice must be Kentucky residents.The masters and apprentices who will receive funding are:
- Banjo player Cynthia Sue Massek, of Willisburg, who will teach John Paul Wright, of Louisville;
- Chair maker Barbara Church, of Cumberland, who will teach Damon Sumpter, of Partridge; and
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Summer Meal Programs Expand Across Appalachia to Deliver Food to Children in Need
By Roxy Todd•Jul 15, 2015
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Ryan Turner's three children, Carson, Makayla and Zayla, line up to get lunch, with their neighbors Destiny and Austin. Renieca Harris and her son Brandon deliver the food for Perry County's new Summer Meals Program.
Roxy Todd
The summer break from school can be really tough for some children whose parents can’t always afford
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