Community Art Grants
Through funds raised during the annual Campaign for the Arts, LexArts offers competitive project and programming-based grants to eligible groups. Through its Community Arts Program, LexArts prioritizes funding to projects and programs for innovative endeavors that reach under served audiences and maintain a high level of artistic quality.
2009 - 2010
Program Support Recipients
Lexington Ballet Company - $8,500
New Works 2009 - 2010 Season
Lexington Singers - $8,500
2009 - 2010 Season "Breaking Ground"
Carnegie Center - $7,200
Kentucky Great Writers Series
Flute Symphony of Lexington - $3,750
The International Flute Festival
Art Museum at the University of Kentucky - $7,200
Teacher Outreach Initiative
Kentucky Chinese American Association - $5,000
Chinese New Year Celebration 2010
Headley-Whitney - $5,000
Fantastic FauxBibelot Contests and Exhibition Support
Music Institute of Lexington - $5,000
Creative Communities
Chamber Music Festival of Lexington - $5,000
UBS Chamber Music Festival of Lexington
Project Grants
Theatre of PossABILITIES - $2,000
Theatre of PossABILITIES 2009
Kurt Gohde & Kermena Todorova - $1,750
756 North Limestone: Reconsidered
Richard Hoagland - $1,750
ARTiculation
Lexington Chamber Chorale - $1,750
Conductor in Residence
Central Music Academy - $1,250
Central Music Academy June 2010 Percussion Camp
East Seventh Street - $1,000
Our World in Pictures: Photography Project
Bluegrass Area Jazz Association - $1,000
Jazz All-Stars of Central Kentucky
Central Kentucky Concert Band - $1,000
Kitten on the Keys
Jazz Arts Foundation - $1,000
Jazz: Live at the Library Concert Series
2008 - 2009
The Lexington Ballet and Dance Theatre of Harlem Ensemble Collaboration
Chamber Music Festival of Lexington - $7,500
UBS Chamber Music Festival of Lexington
Music Institute of Lexington - $7,500
Creative Communities
Headley-Whitney Museum - $7,000
Fantastic "Faux Bibelot" for all ages and "Objects of Desire"
Lexington Opera Society - $7,000
Opera Outreach Program - Lincoln
University of Kentucky Singletary Center for the Arts - $7,000
Singletary Signature Series (Corner on Classics)
Lexington Public Library/Central Gallery - $6,000
The Sights and Sounds of Chinese Opera
WUKY - $6,000
Tonic: Arts and Music Magazine
Kentucky Women Writers Conference - $5,625
Kentucky Women Writers Conference
Flute Symphony of Lexington - $3,000
Repertoire and Composition for the New Sound of the Flute Symphony
Central Kentucky Concert Band - $1,750.00
Mr. Lincoln's Kentucky
Program Support Recipients
Explorium of Lexington - $10,000
Chinese New Year
Music Institute of Lexington - $10,000
Creative Communities
Lexington Opera Society - $7,500
Opera Outreach Program
University of Kentucky Art Museum - $7,500
School and Teacher Outreach
The Lexington Singers - $7,500
2007 - 2008 Season
University of Kentucky Singletary Center for the Arts - $5,000
Corner on Classics Series
Kentucky Women Writers Conference - $2,500
Annual Conference
Theater of PossABILITIES - $2,500
Theater of PossABILITIES 2007
UK Little Fine Arts Library - $2,500
Looking at Jazz - America's Art Form
Headley-Whitney Museum - $2,500
HWM "Faux" Bibelot Competition
Gainesway Community Empowerment Center - $1,800
Growing Young Artists Program
Bluegrass Area Jazz Association - $1,800
Bluegrass Area Honors Jazz Ensemble, Clinic/Workshop
Jazz Arts Foundation - $1,800
Jazz: Live at the Library
Lexington Public Library - $1,800
Chinese Wax Printing Exhibit
Flute Symphony of Lexington - $1,250
Contrabass Flute Comes to Kentucky
Lexington Art League, LaVon Van Williams - $1,250
Wood Carving for new community elementary school
Program Support Recipients
Explorium of Lexington - $10,000
Chinese New Year
University of Kentucky Art Museum - $10,000
School and Teacher Outreach Program
University of Kentucky Singletary Center - $10,000
Corner on Classics Series
Lexington Singers - $7,500
2006-2007 Season
Asia Center - $2,500
Spring Concert of World Music and Dance
Headley-Whitney Museum - $2,500
HWM "Faux" Bibelot Competition and Exhibition Tour
Marilyn Swan - $1,750
An exhibit of heraldic folk art by Helen C. Hadden
CitizensCREATE! - $1,175
Lexington, Green Lexington Project
Connections - $1,250
Connections: We Are All One
Kentucky Association of Chinese American Professionals - $1,250
Moonlight Concert 2006
Song of the Bluegrass - $1,100
Intro to Barbershop Harmony for High School Women