Representative Smart Presents Checks To Art Councils

– Special to WEKY-AM 1340 –

State arts leaders gathered recently for Arts Day in Kentucky, an annual celebration of the Commonwealth’s arts community and the vital roles it plays in the state’s livelihood.

According to a Kentucky Arts Council press release, Rep. Rita Smart presented the Berea Arts Council with a check for $3,889 and presented the Richmond Area Arts Council with a check for $7,310.

Both checks were for a Kentucky Arts Partnership (KAP) grant awarded by the arts council in July 2015, a release stated.

The funding awarded is part of $1.2 million the arts council awarded to 91 nonprofit arts organizations across the state for the 2016 fiscal year.

This year’s Arts Day, held on Jan. 20, comes during the 50th anniversary year of the establishment of the arts council by the Kentucky General Assembly, the release stated.