Join The Art Center of the Bluegrass for their opening reception for the En Plein Air and Gathering Artists annual shows. We look forward seeing you at this free event celebrating art in our community and Central Kentucky!
Robert Gipe won the 2015 Weatherford Award for outstanding Appalachian novel for his first novel Trampoline. His second novel, Weedeater, was published in 2018 and his third, Pop, was published in 2021. Gipe’s work as a writer grew out of his work as a community college teacher and arts organizer in Harlan County, Kentucky. Gipe [...]
Maurice Manning and Sue Massek come together to provide a Lunch with the Arts of poetry and music. This performance kicks off our Kentucky Humanities Cultural Connections Lunch with the Arts Series focusing on Appalachia. Manning will be reading narrative poems in the tradition of the Appalachian Jack-Tales. Jack-Tales often feature a trickster character, someone [...]
The Tiny Art Show is a pop-up exhibit and fundraiser featuring hundreds of pieces of tiny art from artists throughout the bluegrass region. Guests of the Tiny Art Show will have the opportunity to purchase canvases for $20 apiece…but will not know the identity of the artist until after they complete their purchase! The mystery [...]
