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Multi-generational Concert to Feature Banjo Masters Brett Ratliff, Jackie Helton, Jesse Wells, Sarah Wood and John Haywood in Frankfort on Friday, Aug. 14 from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Kentucky Arts Council has accepted art and craft products of 14 artists into the Kentucky Crafted program, a program helping Kentucky artists reach regional, national and international markets through wholesale and retail promotional opportunities.

The Kentucky Arts Council has awarded $1,851,657 to 87 Kentucky non-profit arts and cultural organizations for FY2010, through the Kentucky Arts Partnership grant program.

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) funds have been granted to 27 Kentucky non-profit arts organizations through the Kentucky Arts Council, the Southern Arts Federation and directly from the NEA as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

The Kentucky Arts Council has awarded fee support through Performing Arts on Tour grants to eight non-profit performing arts presenting organizations.

A concert featuring master guitarists Eddie and Alonzo Pennington, John Martin, and Jim Hurst will take place at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History in Frankfort on Friday July 31, from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Music lovers, musicians and instrument makers of all ages have unique opportunities to learn about playing and crafting stringed instruments at the Kentucky Historical Society's exhibition “Made to be Played:Traditional Art of Kentucky Luthiers.�

The Kentucky Arts Council passed a "Resolution on Artists' Compensation" that reconfirms the commitment of the state's arts agency to artists working and living in Kentucky.

The Kentucky Arts Council reports sales at over a half-million dollars from the state-sponsored wholesale/retail show, Kentucky Crafted: The Market, held this past February 20-22 at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville.

Writer Gurney Norman was appointed as Kentucky Poet Laureate for 2009-2010.