Applications for Kentucky Crafted, the Kentucky Arts Council’s adjudicated marketing assistance program for the state’s finest visual and craft artists, are now open through August 15. The program provides assistance to Kentucky artists, through marketing and promotional opportunities, and arts business training.
“We’ve seen a lot of interest from Kentucky artists about how to grow and develop the business side of their creative efforts,” said Lori Meadows, arts council executive director in a release. “Kentucky Crafted is an ideal way for those artists to open up a new market to wholesale buyers and work on their entrepreneurial skills. Carrying the Kentucky Crafted brand puts them among the best visual and craft artists in the state.”
Artists accepted into the Kentucky Crafted Program are eligible to:
• Use the associated logo.
• Exhibit at Kentucky Crafted: The Market.
• Be included in the arts council’s online directory for artists.
• Sell work at the Governor’s Derby Celebration.
• Take advantage of cooperative advertising opportunities.
For more information about the program, contact David Blevins, arts council arts marketing director, at david.blevins@ky.gov or 502-564-3757 ext. 473.
The Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, fosters environments 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.