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Fort Ben Cultural Campus Project Ahead of Schedule Courtesy Arts for Lawrence The Fort Ben Cultural Campus in Lawrence will soon open to the public. The project includes an addition on the theater, an outdoor plaza and amphitheater, musical swings and the transformation of a historic building into an art gallery. Judy Byron, executive director of Arts for Lawrence, said the COVID-19 pandemic limited the project’s programming, causing the organization to lose more than $120 million in expected...

Credit Courtesy Arts Council   The Kentucky Arts Council has expanded its annual Arts Day to a weeklong event, and it will all be done virtually due to the pandemic.  Traditionally, the event has brought Kentucky artists and arts leaders to the Capitol Rotunda in Frankfort for a celebratory day of performances, demonstrations, and a photo opp with the arts community and lawmakers.  But this year, Kentucky Arts Council executive director Chris Cathers said they wanted it to be about more t...

Multi-Sensory Outdoor Art Exhibit Cloud Vibrations Unable to load the audio player. playpausemuteunmute Courtesy Arts for Learning Indiana Arts for Learning Indiana provides and supplements arts education in schools, and it offers a new multi-sensory outdoor art exhibit called “Cloud Vibrations” at Re:Public, a Near Eastside community artspace. WFYIs Jill Ditmire spoke via Zoom with Senior Director of Programs Ploi Pagdalian and teaching artists Sofiya Inger and Dianna Davis. They talked ab...