Kentucky Arts Council Announces Newly Selected Artists for Arts Education Roster

Aug. 13, 2009 - PRLog -- FRANKFORT, KY -  Additionally, two artists currently on the roster have had their eligibility approved for demonstrating and teaching another arts discipline. There are now 55 artists from across the state qualified and available to conduct short-term residencies in Kentucky schools and communities.

Acceptance onto the roster is based on artistic excellence, teaching and residency experience and the quality of proposed residencies, as judged by an independent panel of arts and education professionals through applications review and personal interviews.

The Arts Education Roster is also useful in identifying artists for community projects, youth-at-risk programs, early-childhood education, special education and lifelong-learning programs. For a complete listing of the artists currently on the Arts Education Roster, including contact information and sample residencies, go to
http://artistdirectory.ky.gov/aer/.

The Kentucky Arts Council  , the state 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.

NOTE TO EDITORS: *Denotes artist whose eligibility has been renewed in another
arts discipline.

Charles D. Bissell, Lexington (Fayette)
Discipline: MEDIA ARTS

Beth Dotson Brown, Lancaster (Garrard)
Discipline: LITERATURE

Janis Carter, Louisville (Jefferson)
Discipline: MUSIC

*Darla Jackson, Cranks (Harlan)
Discipline: LITERATURE

Marie Mitchell, Richmond (Madison)
Discipline: LITERATURE

*Judy Sizemore, McKee (Jackson)
Discipline: FOLKLIFE/TRADITIONAL ARTS

Charles Mason Smith, Richmond (Madison)
Discipline: LITERATURE

Mariya Tarakanova, Louisville (Jefferson)
Discipline: DANCE

Deborah J. Thompson, McKee (Jackson)
Discipline: FOLKLIFE/TRADITIONAL ARTS/MUSIC

Melanie VanHouten, Frankfort (Franklin)
Discipline: VISUAL ARTS


Contact: Ed Lawrence
Communications Director
Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet
(502) 564-3757 ext. 473
ed.lawrence@ky.gov

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