The Kentucky Arts Council is accepting applications for the 2024 Governor’s Awards in the Arts.
Donor Name: Kentucky Arts Council
State: Kentucky
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Awards and Prizes
Deadline: 03/29/2024
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Program Purpose
The purpose of the Governor’s Awards in the Arts is to recognize, with the commonwealth’s highest honors in the arts, the extraordinary and significant contributions of artists, arts organizations, volunteers, schools, educators, local governments, legislators, and corporate citizens, to the arts in Kentucky or the nation.
The goals of the Governor’s Awards in the Arts are:
- To select, on an annual basis, exemplary recipients for the nine award categories.
- To honor the annual recipients in a public recognition ceremony.
- To expand and diversify arts advocacy.
Performance Expectations
- Your nomination will be reviewed using the following expectations as applied to each award category description:
- Personification of the value of the arts
- Nominee has demonstrated their/its support of artists and organizations in providing arts activities
- Milner Award: Outstanding philanthropic, artistic or other contributions to the arts.
- Artist Award: Lifetime achievement in the arts.
- Business Award: Outstanding interest in and support of the arts.
- Community Arts Award: Positive impact in the community through the arts.
- Education Award: Significant contribution to arts in education.
- Folk Heritage Award: Outstanding effort to perpetuate and promote Kentucky’s unique artistic traditions, including traditions brought to Kentucky from other regions, states or countries.
- Government Award: Significant support for the arts through government action.
- Media Award: Commitment to bringing the arts to the attention of the public.
- National Award: Achievement of national prominence in the arts.
Who May Be Nominated?
Eligible nominations, with the exception of the National Award, must be full-time residents of Kentucky, and must meet the following specific requirements in each of the award categories:
- Milner Award: Be an individual resident of Kentucky or an organization located in Kentucky.
- Artist Award: Be an individual resident of Kentucky, or group of Kentucky residents.
- Business Award: Be a business located in Kentucky.
- Community Arts Award: Be an individual resident of Kentucky or an organization located in Kentucky.
- Education Award: Be an individual resident of Kentucky or a school or organization located in Kentucky.
- Folk Heritage Award: Be an individual resident of Kentucky, an organization located in Kentucky.
- Government Award: Be a Kentucky resident or a government agency located in Kentucky.
- Media Award: Be an individual Kentucky journalist involved in print, broadcast or electronic media or a media organization located in Kentucky.
- National Award: Be a Kentuckian who is a resident of, or is closely related to, Kentucky.
Who May Nominate?
Organizations, businesses or individuals from within or outside of Kentucky may make nominations. Nominators play a very important role in bringing nominations to the attention of the Governor.
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