America250KY: Photography, Theatre, and Quilts

On our episode this month, we are going to visit with three more recipients of the America250KY grant. The folks at the Kentucky Arts Council are excited to facilitate this grant in collaboration with the Kentucky Historical Society. The grants create opportunities for artists and organizations to commemorate 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence through the creation and presentation of art.

“BE THE PEOPLE: PORTRAITS OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICA” features the work of Kentucky photographer Jon Cherry. Cherry and Centre College’s Norton Center for the Arts executive director Steve Hoffman have joined me to discuss the exhibit. 

Matt Wallace, the producing artistic director for Kentucky Shakespeare in Louisville. This organization’s America250ky grant will help expand its original living history educational outreach play, “Kentucky History: Chronicles of the Commonwealth.”  

The National Quilt Museum Executive Director Bonnie Schrock and Quilt Appraiser Vickie Coleman discuss September's Quilt Documentation Event.