The Arts Need New Advocates

From Elizabeth Kramer at the Louisville Courier-Journal:

The headline last month in The New York Times may have been news in the Empire State: “Groups Advocating for the Arts Feel the Pinch.” But here in the Bluegrass State, that kind of news is old hat.

More than a year ago, Kentucky’s arts advocacy organization bit the dust. It ran out of money when the economy went into recession, and by last summer what was known as Arts Kentucky was dissolved.

For many years, Arts Kentucky had lobbied for the arts in Frankfort, held workshops throughout the state to help guide artists in obtaining grants and generally kept those interested in the arts abreast of significant events, public and private funding for the arts, legislation that could shape the arts and other issues.

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