Episode 55: America 250 KY
On this month's Episode of the Kentucky Arts Cast, Host Leeann Potter explores some of the America 250 KY programs that are taking place this Summer.
Jun 30, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 55
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This podcast is produced by the Kentucky Arts Council, a state agency of the Kentucky Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet. On the podcast we’ll talk about arts council programs, speak with the artists from across the state and explore topics important to the arts community in Kentucky.
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New Generations of Storytellers
Join Kentucky Arts Council Folk and Traditional Arts Director, Mark Brown, and Folk and Traditional Arts Apprenticeship program participants to explore New Generations of Storytellers. You can see the video and those of all of our Creative Industry Summit Series on our YouTube channel @KYArtsCouncil. Contacts and links mentioned in the show include: Affrilachian Arts - https://www.affrilachianarts.org/ Hasan Davis, Big Medicine: York Outdoors teaser - • Big Medicine: York Outdoors teaser Big Med...
Jun 02, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 54
Episode 53: Kentucky’s 2025-26 Poet Laureate, Kathleen Driskell
On this month's episode of the Kentucky Arts Cast, Kentucky's Newest Poet Laureate, Kathleen Driskell, sits down with host Leeann Potter to discuss writing, teaching, and the art of living. Award-winning poet, essayist, and teacher Kathleen Driskell has authored of six poetry collections, most recently Goat-Footed Gods. She is professor of creative writing and Chair of the Naslund-Mann Graduate School of Writing at Spalding University in Louisville.
May 01, 2025•52 min•Ep. 53
Episode 52: Silas House, Kentucky's 2023-25 Poet Laureate
On this month's episode, we explore the work of Silas House, what it means to be a writer, and how his work as Kentucky's 2023-25 poet laureate has impacted the state.
Apr 01, 2025•47 min
51: The Market arrives, and Kentuckians recover after flooding
In this month's episode we will visit with Dave Shadwick, an artist preparing for this week's Kentucky Crafted Market AND Leah Hamilton and Melissa Bond, co-administrators of the Kentucky Heritage Emergency Response Network.
Mar 03, 2025•59 min•Ep. 51
Episode 50- Supporting the Arts in Kentucky
On this month's episode, host Leeann Potter visits with the Tourism, Arts, and Heritage Cabinet Secretary Lindy Casebier, Kentuckians for the Arts Board Chair Lori Meadows, and Re-Imagined by Luna artist Melissa Oesch, as everyone prepares for spring arts events.
Feb 04, 2025•54 min•Ep. 50
Episode 49 - Introducing organizations of the Governor’s Awards in the Arts
On our episode this month, we will visit with folks from organizations that received the Governor Awards in the Arts this year. Coordinated by the Kentucky Arts Council, the presentation of these awards recognizes individuals and organizations making extraordinary and significant contributions to the arts in Kentucky. Awards go to artists, arts organizations, art critics, volunteers, schools, educators, local governments, elected officials and corporate citizens. The Kentucky Arts Council solici...
Dec 30, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 49
Episode 48 – Meet the individual winners of the Governor’s Awards in the Arts
On Our episode this month, we will visit with each of the individual Governor Awards in the Arts Winners. Coordinated by the Kentucky Arts Council, the presentation of these awards recognizes individuals and organizations making extraordinary and significant contributions to the arts in Kentucky. Awards go to artists, arts organizations, art critics, volunteers, schools, educators, local governments, elected officials and corporate citizens. The Kentucky Arts Council solicits nominations for the...
Dec 03, 2024•51 min
Episode 47- Celebrating Native Reflections
The Kentucky Arts Council is celebrating our newest (and soon to be traveling) exhibit, Native Reflections. On this episode we will learn how an exhibit is created and how the process works from the artist and panelist prospectives.
Oct 31, 2024•52 min•Ep. 47
October is Arts & Humanities month- Episode 46
The Kentucky Arts Council welcomes a new host, and celebrates Arts & Humanities Month in the Commonwealth
Oct 04, 2024•55 min•Ep. 46
Tom's farewell - Episode 45
It's been my pleasure for the past five years to produce this podcast. It started out as a wild idea, and has evolved into an amazing mode of communication that allows us to more thoroughly tell the Kentucky Arts Council's stories. Today, my time as producer and host comes to an end. I've had a wonderful time on this podcast journey, and now it's time to turn it over to other voices as it continues. There are some people I'd like to thank publicly for their support of this endeavor. When I went ...
May 22, 2024•4 min•Season 5Ep. 45
Kentucky's first Youth Poet Laureate - Episode 44
Amy Roblero-Perez is ending her one-year term as the first Kentucky Youth Poet Laureate. We chat with her about her reaction to beign named to the position, what she's been doing the past year, and hear readings of her work. We'll also talk with Jordan Campbell, executive director of Gateway Regional Arts Center in Mt. Sterling, which sponsors the Kentucky Youth Poet Laureate program. He'll discuss how it got started and what young Kentucky poets can do to apply for the program in the future. Ep...
Apr 19, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 5Ep. 4
Women's History Month and Music in Our Schools Month - Episode 43
For a long time, the world of school band directors was largely dominated by men. This demographic has shifted over the years to include more women and increased diversity. Dr. Sue Creasap, professor emeritus and former associate director of bands at Morehead State University, leads a robust conversation that includes retired Jefferson County Schools band director Nan Moore, University of Louisville music professor and associate band director Dr. Amy Acklin, retired Fayette County Schools band d...
Mar 22, 2024•59 min•Season 5Ep. 3
Are you coming to The Kentucky Crafted Market? - Episode 42
We are getting closer to The Kentucky Crafted Market, March 9-10 at the Kentucky Horse Park's Alltech Arena. It is. perhaps. the Kentucky Arts Council's most visible event each year. In this episode we chat with four artists in the Kentucky Crafted program who are exhibiting and selling work at The Market: Dodie Wrocklage-Harp, Rob Bridges, Addison Williams and Michelle Hayden. Learn about their work and what they like about exhibiting at The Market. Episode footnotes: Learn more about the 2024 ...
Feb 27, 2024•41 min•Season 5Ep. 2
Arts standards and our schools, a conversation with the Kentucky Department of Education's Jessica Greene - Episode 41
What should Kentucky's public school students know about the arts by the time they have graduated? Jessica Greene, a performing and visual arts consultant to the Kentucky Department of Education, discusses that topic and talks about how Kentuckians can weigh in on those standards. Cynthia Warner, the Kentucky Arts Council's arts education director, interviews Jessica for this important conversation about the arts in our schools. Episode footnotes: Kentucky Department of Education Academic Standa...
Jan 25, 2024•23 min•Season 5Ep. 1
$500,000 Accelerator Award recipient HHN2L - Episode 40
Kentucky Arts Council spring intern Ashanti Grace Castleberry and arts council communications director Tom Musgrave learn more about Hip Hop Into Learning (HHN2L), a Louisville-based nonprofit arts education organization that received a $500,000 Accelerator Award from The Lewis Prize for Music. Ashanti chats with The Lewis Prize CEO Dalouge Smith and Tom continues the conversation with HHN2L cofounder Nyree Clayton-Taylor. Episode footnotes: HHN2L homepage The Lewis Prize for Music 2023 Accelera...
Dec 15, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 4Ep. 5
Make Kentucky-made Art and Craft Part of Your Holiday Gift Giving - Episode 39
The Kentucky Arts Council's Chris Cathers and Tom Musgrave travel to the Kentucky Artisan Center's Todd Finley and Aly Norton about holiday gift giving, what the Artisan Center has planned for the season, and how you can give the gift of Kentucky-made art. Episode footnotes: Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea Kentucky Crafted Directory List of Kentucky Crafted Retailers...
Nov 16, 2023•26 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Things that Go Bump on the Pod - Episode 38
In this seasonal episode, we explore the intersection of the arts and the macabre with a trio of segments featuring storyteller Octavia Sexton, folklorist and podcaster Camille Maria Acosta and theatre professional Bo List. Episode footnotes: Octavia Sexton's links Performing Artists Directory Teaching Artists Directory Floaties for Krakens Podcast site Leeds Center for the Arts Haunted Theatres...
Oct 27, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Youth Arts Council and new arts education director - Episode 37
In this episode of KyArtsCast we introduce the new Kentucky Arts Council arts education director Cynthia Warner, and talk to teaching artist Jane Dewey and high school student Cooper Bartlett, a member of Kentuckians for the Arts' Youth Arts Council. Episode footnotes: Kentucky Youth Arts Council Instagram Kentuckians for the Arts website Contact Jane Dewey: jane.dewey@danville.kyschools.us...
Sep 14, 2023•48 min•Season 4Ep. 2
NEA Literary Fellowships - Episode 36
In early 2023, the National Endowment for the Arts announced its first round of funding for the year, which included $350,000 awarded in Kentucky. Among those awards were two for Kentucky literary artists. Poet makalani bandele received a $25,000 Literature Fellowship for creative writing, and Kristen Renee Miller received $10,000 for a Literature Fellowship for translation projects. Listen as Kentucky Arts Council spring intern Sophie DeCorte chats with makalani and Kristen about those fellowsh...
Jun 14, 2023•36 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Giving the gift of Kentucky art - Episode 35
The holidays are upon us and our hearts and minds turn toward gift giving. We join Todd Finley and Aly Norton on location at the Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea to talk about giving the gift of Kentucky-made art and craft, recordings of your favorite Kentucky musicians and storytellers, season tickets to Kentucky theatre organizations or musical groups, memberships to Kentucky museums and galleries, and other creative ways to give the gift of Kentucky creativity this holiday season. Episode foo...
Nov 22, 2022•22 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Southern Cultural Treasure: Asia Institute Crane House - Episode 34
Asia Institute Crane House in Louisville was one of 17 organizations to be designated a Southern Cultural Treasure by South Arts. In this episode we talk with AICH Executive Director Joel Buno and South Arts Vice President of Programs Dr. Joy Young. We'll learn about what it means to be a Southern Cultural Treasure and how Asia Institute Crane House fits into that tapestry. BONUS AUDIO: Dr. Joy Young discusses other South Arts programs Episode footnotes: Asia Institute Crane House website South ...
Jul 07, 2022•44 min•Season 3Ep. 9
After the Disaster: A Community Responds - Episode 33
In this episode, which is taken from the Kentucky Arts Council's Arts Day(s) in Kentucky presentations in March, Community Scholars and curators Maxine Ray and Wathetta Buford join Kentucky Museum Director Brent Bjorkman to discuss joining forces to rescue treasured art, artifacts and documents of Bowling Green's African American Museum in the aftermath of the December 2021 tornado. Episode footnotes: African-American Museum website Team Western Kentucky Tornado Relief Fund resources...
Jun 10, 2022•56 min•Season 3Ep. 8
A Region in Recovery: The Ice House Gallery and Tornado Recovery in Western Kentucky - Episode 32
We return to presentations from Arts Day(s) in Kentucky for this episode, which focuses on the impact of the devastating tornado that tore through western Kentucky in December 2021. In this presentation we’ll hear from Ice House director Nanc Gunn about efforts to re-establish space for the gallery while continuing to serve the artists, arts community and the region in the wake of the disaster. We'll also hear from Lexie Millikan, director of the Yeiser Art Center in Paducah.about the effects on...
Jun 10, 2022•56 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Southern Prize Kentucky State Fellow Crystal Gregory – Episode 31
We’re excited to be recording in-person again, and in this episode we go on the road to the University of Kentucky campus to talk with Crystal Gregory, an associate professor in the university’s school of art and visual studies. Crystal was recently named the Kentucky State Fellow in the 2022 South Arts Southern Prize Competition. That distinction carries a $5,000 cash award and puts Crystal in the running for the $25,000 or $10,000 Southern Prize. We chat with Crystal about her work, her journe...
May 31, 2022•34 min•Season 3Ep. 6
'Our Kentucky Home' traveling exhibit - Episode 30
This episode is a audio from a presentation during Arts Day(s) in Kentucky. It features three artists whose work is in the Kentucky Arts Council's traveling exhibit "Our Kentucky Home: Hispanic/Latin American Visual in the Commonwealth." You can view a slideshow of the entire exhibit on the arts council website. Episode footnote: Online slideshow of "Our Kentucky Home: Hispanic/Latin American Visual Art in the Commonwealt h...
May 12, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants - Episode 29
Today, Oct. 21, has been designated by the National Endowment for the Arts to be a day to focus on health and wellness in the arts as we celebrate National Arts and Humanities Month. We thought it would be a good idea to highlight an important grant program, the Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grant, administered by the New York Foundation for the Arts. This program provides one-time grants of up to $5,000 for recent unexpected medical, dental, and mental health emergencies to artists in financia...
Oct 21, 2021•50 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Southern Prize Kentucky State Fellow Joyce Garner - Episode 28
"Don't turn yourself down." That's advice Joyce Garner gives to her fellow Kentucky artists about taking opportunities to advance and promote their work. Joyce was recently named the Kentucky State Fellow in the South Arts Southern Prize competition. Her work will be considered, along with state fellows from each of the South Arts member states, for the $25,000 Southern Prize, which will be announced in a FREE virtual ceremony on June 17. For this episode of the podcast we talked to Joyce about ...
May 28, 2021•36 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Kentucky Poet Laureate Crystal Wilkinson - Episode 27
"Everyone asks me, especially when I'm traveling around the country...'What is it? feel like you all have something special there in Kentucky. Why is it that this idea of a Kentucky writer is such a special thing?' And I think it's special because we're always reaching out for the next wave of writers. That's been part of the tradition." Learn more about the woman who will be Kentucky's literary ambassador for the next two years, Crystal Wilkinson. She will be inducted as Kentucky Poet Laureate ...
Apr 22, 2021•47 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Join us for Arts Week in Kentucky - Episode 26
Arts Week in Kentucky is coming, Feb. 22-26! On this episode of the podcast we get a taste of what to expect during Arts Week with Lori Meadows, chair of Kentuckians for the Arts, and Mark Brown, the Kentucky Arts Council's folk and traditional arts director. Each of them will have a role in bringing the great programming on tap for Arts Week in Kentucky, and they are just the tip of the iceberg. You can register for this FREE week of programming here ! Episode footnotes: Kentucky state legislat...
Feb 16, 2021•32 min•Season 3Ep. 1
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