Art Center of the Bluegrass Plans Expansion and National Glass Museum

By |2023-02-03T21:05:29+00:00February 3rd, 2023|

Art afficionados – especially those who are fans of glass art – will want to add Danville to their future trip plans. The Art Center of the Bluegrass announced on Friday a venture to renovate and restore the historic property at 415 W. Main Street, which is next door to the Art Center’s current location. [...]

Four places worth braving the cold to experience Danville’s arts scene

By |2023-01-03T19:12:39+00:00January 3rd, 2023|

Kentucky Januarys can be cold and gloomy, but Danville has the antidote to freezing temps and overcast skies with a vivacious arts scene. Here are four places worth braving the cold to experience outstanding art. Art Center of the Bluegrass There is always something new to see and do at the free-admission Art Center, from [...]

Celebrate Fall at the Art Lot

By |2022-11-01T18:19:08+00:00October 25th, 2022|

Celebrate Fall with the Art Center of the Bluegrass. Join them at their Art Lot for a night of music, good food, and fall fun (weather permitting). Get cozy around the fire pit, grab a drink, or play a round of corn hole while Shane White performs live. Done in collaboration with Danville-Boyle County Parks [...]

Stephen Rolfe Powell campus memorial dedication coming up October 15

By |2022-10-03T19:06:47+00:00October 3rd, 2022|

Work by the late internationally acclaimed glass artist Stephen Rolfe Powell ’74 is collected throughout the world, but perhaps equally as influential is the legacy he created from his glass art studio at Centre College in Danville —his alma mater and the epicenter of his artistic and professional accomplishments. Powell’s stunning three-foot-high glass vessels shimmering [...]

Constitution Square Festival

By |2022-09-19T19:10:44+00:00September 19th, 2022|

After a very successful relaunch of the Constitution Square Festival in 2022, the festival is returning to downtown Danville, Kentucky for 2023 on Saturday Sept. 16. There will be artists displaying and selling their work, food trucks, music and more.  Additional details will be posted closer to the event date.

Constitution Square Festival returns to downtown Danville

By |2022-09-09T20:26:25+00:00September 9th, 2022|

For many years the Constitution Square Arts Festival was an anticipated event in the local, as well as statewide, fall festival calendar. The weekend event brought local and regional artists, community groups, musicians and food to the park which is the birthplace of Kentucky. The task of mounting such a large and far range event [...]

Shamrock IV

By |2022-05-02T14:36:52+00:00May 2nd, 2022|

Kids Camp Week 1: July 18-22 Kids Camp Week 2: July 25-31 Our friends from UpLift, based out of Ireland, will be returning in 2022. Two weeks of kids camp, plus an adult camp Aug 1-5!

Lunch with the Arts: Maurice Manning and Sue Massek – Appalachian Jack-Tales Through Poetry and Song

By |2022-01-12T15:00:59+00:00January 12th, 2022|

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 [...]

Tiny Art Show

By |2022-01-03T15:55:12+00:00January 3rd, 2022|

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 [...]

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