State
Kentucky Arts Council
06/15/21 4:30 PM
Awards to Kentucky individuals, organizations, businesses, agencies, and schools to recognize significant contributions to the arts within the state or nationally. The awards are intended to honor outstanding recipients from nine award categories who have supported artists and arts organizations and who have demonstrated the value of the arts. An additional goal of the award program is to expand and diversify arts advocacy.
The nine categories (each with its own eligibility criteria) are as follows:
Nominations will be reviewed using the following performance expectations as applied to each award category description:
GrantWatch ID#: 126777
Before starting your grant application, please review the funding source's website listed below for updates/changes/addendums/conferences/LOIs.
Nominate online: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/T6V3XY9
Direct questions to:
Tom Musgrave, Communications Director
tomr.musgrave@ky.gov
502-892-3122
888-833-2787 (toll-free)
Kentucky Arts Council
1025 Capital Center Drive, Third Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601
USA: Kentucky
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