Arts Organizations Across Kentucky Awarded Grant Money

The KAP grant provides support to nonprofit organizations offering year-round arts services and programs directly for the benefit of the public.

The competitive grant process funds applicants based on operating revenues, a panel review of applications, and funds available for the program.

KAP organizations vary in size and are located in rural, suburban and urban communities. In fiscal year 2013, the arts council provided 104 organizations with KAP funding.

"Kentucky is unique among states of our size due to a wide geographic distribution of arts organizations across our counties," said Lori Meadows, arts council executive director. "This shows us that the people of the Commonwealth value the arts and want to participate in the arts because they have dedicated themselves to creating a home for the arts to prosper in their own communities. We are glad we can continue to support these efforts."

Following is a listing by county of FY 2014 KAP organizations:

Boyd
Paramount Arts Center $56,749

Boyle
Community Arts Center $17,200
The Arts Commission of Danville/Boyle County $1,006

Calloway
Playhouse in the Park $4,925
Murray Art Guild $2,753

Campbell
Kentucky Symphony Orchestra $22,380

Christian
Pennyroyal Arts Council $8,079

Clark
Leeds Center for the Arts $1,898

Daviess
RiverPark Center $58,832
International Bluegrass Music Museum $31,526
Owensboro Symphony Orchestra $26,953
Owensboro Museum of Fine Art $28,651
Owensboro Dance Theatre $10,047
Theatre Workshop of Owensboro $9,733

Fayette
LexArts $38,926
Lexington Philharmonic $39,631
Lexington Children’s Theatre $38,838
Living Arts & Science Center $23,639
Explorium of Lexington $20,779
Headley-Whitney Museum $24,681
Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning $20,267
Lexington Art League $15,030
Central Kentucky Youth Orchestra Society $11,679
Kentucky Ballet Theatre $13,211
Lexington Ballet Company $17,414
Central Music Academy $7,079
Actors Guild of Lexington $5,822
The Lexington Singers $8,940
The Balagula Theatre Company $3,990
Institute 193 $2,376

Floyd
Mountain Arts Center $29,424
Jenny Wiley Theatre $26,276

Franklin
Grand Theatre Frankfort $13,608
Frankfort Arts Foundation $2,453
Josephine Sculpture Park $2,110

Graves
Mayfield/Graves County Art Guild $1,687

Hardin
Music & Arts Center of Cultural Learning $4,133

Henderson
Henderson Area Arts Alliance $10,973
Ohio Valley Art League $2,894

Jefferson
Actors Theatre of Louisville $107,957
Speed Art Museum $69,977
The Louisville Orchestra $103,921
Louisville Ballet $63,894
Stage One Family Theatre $41,784
Fund for the Arts $74,274
Kentucky Opera Association $51,182
Walden Theatre $23,563
Louisville Visual Art Association $21,440
Kentucky Shakespeare $19,683
Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft $33,669
The Clifton Center $11,039
Sarabande Books $22,606
Crane House $20,032
VOICES of Kentuckiana $5,024
Portland Museum $6,200
The Louisville Youth Choir $7,986
Louisville Youth Orchestra $13,435
Looking For Lilith $3,543
Squallis Puppeteers $3,308
The Louisville Chorus $2,030
Creative Diversity Studio $2,002
Bourbon Baroque $3,189
Louisville Literary Arts $1,000
Pride of Kentucky Chorus $4,929
Pandora Productions $7,031

Kenton
The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center $34,390
Behringer-Crawford Museum $19,838
My Nose Turns Red Theatre Company $4,607

Knott
Appalachian Artisan Center of Kentucky $19,227

Letcher
Appalshop $51,543

Madison
Richmond Area Arts Council $9,107
Berea Arts Council $5,353
Kentucky Guild of Artists & Craftsmen $4,234

Marshall
Marshall County Arts Commission $1,889

Mason
Ohio River Valley Artists Guild $1,000

McCracken
The Carson Center $61,556
Paducah Symphony Orchestra $19,982
National Quilt Museum $27,934
Market House Theatre $18,123
Maiden Alley Cinema $6,865
Yeiser Art Center $4,165

Mercer
Ragged Edge Community Theatre $4,034
Arts Council of Mercer County $1,000

Montgomery
Montgomery County Council for the Arts $9,100

Oldham
Arts Association of Oldham County $5,835

Pendleton
Kincaid Regional Theatre Company $5,038

Perry
Greater Hazard Area Arts Council / Performing Arts Series $8,329

Pike
Artists Collaborative Theatre $4,213

Pulaski
Lake Cumberland Performing Arts Series $4,354
Watershed Arts Alliance $1,067

Rockcastle
Kentucky Music Hall of Fame & Museum $8,888

Rowan
Rowan County Arts Center $2,418

Simpson
Simpson County Guild of Artists and Craftsmen $2,318

Trigg
Janice Mason Art Museum $2,325

Warren
Orchestra Kentucky $27,229
VSA Kentucky $11,379
The Public Theatre of Kentucky $5,653
SKyPAC $80,131

Washington
Central Kentucky Community Theatre $4,495

Whitley
Kentucky Native American Heritage Museum $11,895

Wolfe
Appalachian Heritage Alliance $1,337

Woodford
Woodford County Theatrical Arts Association $12,600

The Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, creates opportunities for Kentuckians to value, participate in and benefit from the arts. Kentucky Arts Council funding is provided by the Kentucky General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts.