Commerce Cabinet
Fish and Wildlife
KDFWR's Habitat Improvement Program (HIP) encourages private landowners to put unused farm lands into wildlife friendly habitat. There are HIP funds available to assist them. KDFWR wildlife biologists work directly with landowners, provide habitat plans and technical assistance, along with matching funds to achieve habitat goals. Information and applications are available on the KDFWR website at www.fw.ky.gov.
Kentucky Heritage Council
For grant and service information contact Tressa Brown, 502-564-7005 X125, who is the Native American heritage coordinator. She works with the Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission and individuals and grassroots organizations around the state advising on the preservation of African American and Native American buildings, sites and resources.
Office of Energy Policy
It’s not an Office of Energy Policy Grant, but the Web site does contain links on the page at http://www.energy.ky.gov/dre3/renewable/solar.htm to the Kentucky Solar Partnership's programs for:
• $500 Rebates for Solar Water Heating Systems
• Low-Interest Loans for Solar Water Heaters (available in 51 Eastern Kentucky counties)
Kentucky Horse Park Mustang Troop Program
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Scholarships: http://history.ky.gov/sub.php?pageid=12§ionid=3
Kentucky Oral History Commission Grants
The grant program of the Kentucky Oral History Commission provides assistance to both amateur and professional oral historians to conduct oral history research projects on topics of particular significance to Kentucky. Three grant categories, Project, Transcription, and Technical Assistance, encourage statewide participation in the collection and preservation of historically valuable interviews.
Heritage Education Grants
KHS offers heritage education grants to schools to assist in funding field trips to local and state history sites and projects that engage students in the exploration and study of local and state history. Project grants have funded a variety of curriculum development activities and units of study with Kentucky history themes.
Proposals for field trip grants up to $250 are due on September 30, December 30, March 30, and June 30.
Proposals for project grants up to $500 are due on September 30 and March 30.
For proposal forms and information, contact Annie Voelkert at (502) 564-1792 ext. 4422.
Folk Arts Project, Deadline March 31
The purpose of the Folk Arts Project Grant Program is to help local communities/organizations in their efforts to identify, document, conserve, and/or present folk and traditional culture.
The goals of the Folk Arts Project Program are:
● To assist local groups/organizations as they honor, strengthen, and make visible the stylistic and cultural variety of the traditional arts that exist within their community.
● To encourage the local documentation, conservation and presentation of community-based arts that have endured over time, carry a sense of community aesthetic, and demonstrate a high degree of artistic excellence within the tradition.
Folk and Traditional Arts Apprenticeship, Deadline March 31
The purpose of the Folk and Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Grant Program is to honor traditional artists and encourage the continuation of Kentucky's living traditional arts by funding master artists to teach their skills, practices and culture to less experienced artists within their community.
The goals of the Folk and Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program are:
● To provide an opportunity for the apprentice to advance his or her understanding and skills of the folk art form to a higher level.
● To support the recognition and continuation of these traditions within the master's community.
Community Scholar Survey, Deadline April 21
The purpose of the Community Scholar Survey Grant Program is to support Community Scholars' efforts to document, conserve, and present local folk culture.
The goals of the Community Scholar Survey Program are:
● To further locally based folklife research in Kentucky using the Kentucky Folklife Program's guidelines for cultural surveys.
● To develop partnerships with local organizations or events, and share archival research with the partnering organization(s) and the Kentucky Folklife Program.
The Kentucky Folklife Program welcomes all questions regarding these programs. For more information on these grant programs, please contact either:
Bob Gates: 502-564-1792, Kentucky Folklife Program Director
Mark Brown: 502-564-1792, Kentucky Folklife Program
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Celebrating 40 Years of Creating Opportunities for Kentuckians Through the Arts
The Kentucky Arts Council joins the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in celebrating 40th Anniversaries. When the NEA was created in 1965, the partnership between federal and state arts agencies was born. The NEA offered every state a $50,000 matching grant, and so the Kentucky Arts Commission was created by executive order of Governor Edward T. Breathitt. The following year, 1966, the General Assembly passed the enabling legislation for the Arts Commission "to develop a broadly conceived state policy of support for the arts in Kentucky."Over the 40 years, the opportunities to participate in the arts nationally and in Kentucky have grown exponentially. The Kentucky Arts Council awards over 500 matching grants annually to artists, schools, libraries, community organizations and arts organizations – totaling $3.3 million to develop vibrant communities, provide lifelong education in the arts and support arts participation.
The Kentucky Arts Council
500 Mero Street, 21st Floor
Capital Plaza Tower
Frankfort, KY 40601-1987
502-564-3757
Toll Free 888-833-2787
Fax 502-564-2839
kyarts@ky.gov
www.artscouncil.ky.gov
Partnership Programs Support and Encourage Community Participation in the Arts
Arts Build Communities Grants encourage partnerships that contribute to the cultural, social, educational and economic growth of the community.
Folk and Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Grants pair traditional master artists with apprentices.
Folk Arts Project Grants are designed to strengthen the cultural variety of folk and traditional arts. The Folk Arts Project Grants support research, interpretation, and presentation of local and regional folk arts.
Performing Arts on Tour Grants make diverse public performing arts events available to the people of the commonwealth.
Teacher Initiated Program (TIP) Grants place professional artists in schools and communities for 1 - 4 week residencies to plan and implement a project with teachers, demonstrate their art form and support Kentucky’s educational reform.
Individual Artist Programs Encourage, Recognize and Support Artists
The Arts in Education Artist Roster promotes artists that have the qualifications to conduct residencies, produce high quality artistic work, and have the skills and competencies needed to work with teachers and students in designing and implementing arts programs.
Kentucky Crafted Program enables craft businesses, with handmade products that have met high quality standards, to reach regional, national, and international markets through state-sponsored wholesale and retail promotional venues.
Fellowship Awards recognize and encourage the artistic excellence of individual Kentucky artists. Annually awarded, the fellowships alternate between two discipline groupings: visual artists and media artists in one year and writers, composers, choreographers, and interdisciplinary artists in the next.
Individual Artist Professional Development Grants provide funding support for activities that will help artists further their artwork and careers.
The Performing Arts Directory is an adjudicated program, which promotes, showcases and provides professional development opportunities to a diverse selection of Kentucky’s finest contemporary and traditional performing artists.
Product Development Grants provide financial assistance to artists and craftspeople to develop new products or prototypes of Kentucky cultural products for the wholesale marketplace.
Visual Arts at the Market assists Kentucky visual artists interested in reaching wholesale and retail markets. Visual Arts at the Market is a component of a larger craft event, Kentucky Crafted: The Market, held at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville.
The Governor's Awards in the Arts Program Recognizes the Extraordinary and Significant Achievements in the Arts and Contributions to the Arts in Kentucky and in the Nation
Governor’s Awards in the Arts are Kentucky’s highest honor in the arts. Nominations are accepted annually from the public in the categories of Milner (the original and most distinguished), Artist, Business, Community Arts, Education, Folk Heritage, Government, Media and National.Guidelines and Instructions: http://artscouncil.ky.gov/guide/prog1/ga_gdl.html
The Kentucky Poet Laureate Program Honors Outstanding Kentucky Writers and Promotes Participation in the Literary Arts of the State
Governor Ernie Fletcher appointed Sena Jeter Naslund as Kentucky Poet Laureate for the 2005-2006 two-year term. The Kentucky General Assembly established the position in 1991 and the Kentucky Arts Council administers the selection process. The word poet in the position's title is interpreted in its broadest sense to include persons whose accomplishments are in any of the recognized literary forms, including poetry, fiction, biographical work, creative non-fiction, and playwriting.
About the Poet Laureate: http://www.artscouncil.ky.gov/Poet/Poet_Naslund.htm
- Next Nomination Deadline: September 30, 2008
- Contact Person: Daniel J. Strauss, Arts Program Branch Manager dan.strauss@ky.gov
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Kentucky Commerce Cabinet Capital Plaza Tower, 24th Floor 500 Mero Street Frankfort KY 40601 http://commerce.ky.gov/Phone ~ 502.564.8110 Fax ~ 502. 564.1512
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