KyArtsCast
Kentucky Arts Council
All episodes
Best episodes
Seasons
Top 10 KyArtsCast Episodes
Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best KyArtsCast episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to KyArtsCast for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite KyArtsCast episode by adding your comments to the episode page.
10/09/19 • 50 min
Emily Moses, Kentucky Arts Council executive staff advisor, continues her chat with Beth Flowers, executive director of the AIR Institute of Berea College. In part two of this episode, that was recorded in July, Beth and Emily discuss the AIR Institute's 2 1/2-day workshop called AIR Shift. The workshop brings artists and members of the business community together to develop a worthwhile and achievable community improvement project, and gives participants the tools to repeat that collaboration to achieve valuable community goals.
For more information on AIR Shift, visit the AIR Institute of Berea College website. To find out how to bring AIR Shift to your community, contact Emily Moses at [email protected].
09/05/19 • 37 min
National Arts in Education Week (Sept. 8-14) is coming up and we thought it was a good time to highlight a valuable educational program that the Kentucky Arts Council offered its support to this summer. This unique educational opportunity available to Fayette County Youth, the Summer Enrichment Program at Consolidated Baptist Church, is a four-week program that connects the arts to STEM skills and agriculture in a meaningful way to youth in kindergarten through fifth grade. We talked with program director Demetria Blair, a paraeducator at Jessie Clark Middle School in Lexington; Lanora Long, an art teacher with the summer program and a retired Fayette County Schools art teacher; as well as student participants Alana Young and DeVaughn Elery. Check out this episode and find out more about how this program is making an impact.
Episode footnote
08/22/19 • 45 min
In May, Louisville's iconic Galt House Hotel introduced the public to its inaugural artist in residence, geometric abstract artist Gibbs Rounsavall. This residency is believed to be the first of its kind for a Kentucky hotel. In this episode of KyArtsCast we talk to Gibbs as well as Scott Shoenberger, president and CEO of the Al J. Schneider Company, which owns the Galt House. Listen in and learn more about this fantastic new initiative.
Episode footnotes:
07/24/19 • 30 min
Back in March we visited the 2019 Lexington Comic & Toy Convention at Lexington Convention Center. Our mission was twofold. We wanted to talk to the artists in our Kentucky Crafted program who also exhibit at the convention and find out why it makes sense from an artistic and business perspective to have a presence at Comic Con.
We also chatted with a handful of costume players, or cosplayers as they are commonly known - folks who create a costume based around their favorite character and/or comic book universe or sci-fi genre. Many cosplayers create their costumes from the ground up, and we wanted to explore what kind of artistry they bring to their creations.
As you're listening, peruse the photos below that we got of some cosplayers during our visit to Comic Con. We've also included links to extended interviews with the folks we talked to. Enjoy this special episode!
Justin Stewart, Lexington Comic & Toy Convention Art Director
Listen to our extended interview with Justin!
Alisha Martin, left, Kentucky Crafted artist
Listen to our extended interview with Alisha!
Jason Sturgill, Kentucky Crafted artist
Listen to our extended interview with Jason!
Billy Tackett, Kentucky Crafted artist
Listen to our extended interview with Billy!
Janna Sedwick, cosplaying as the 1970s television series version of Wonder Woman (Lynda Carter)
Listen to our extended interview with Janna!
Stacy Humphreys, cosplaying as the character Qi'ra from "Solo: A Star Wars Story." And check out her steampunk and Dia de los Muertos variations on the Batman villainess Poison Ivy.
Listen to our extended interview with Stacy!
Poison Ivy photos by Galaxi Photos
Chris Marcus, cosplaying as Lego Batman
Listen to our extended interview with Chris!
Nolan Williams, cosplaying as a member of the music duo Daft Punk
Listen to our extended interview with Nolan!
Check out video of the lighting effects in his helmet.
Theme music for this episode was “The Decisive Battle – Heroic Epic” by Keys of Moon Music, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
07/10/19 • 57 min
We've packed up the podcast studio and hit the road for this episode. Join us as we learn more about an important art-based component of substance abuse addiction recovery called The Culture of Recovery, and initiative of the Appalachian Artisan Center. We're talking with two participants in the recovery program, Kim Patton and Nathan Smith, along with program coordinator Savannah Napier Hall and instructors Doug Naselroad, Dan Estep and Kirk Banks.
Episode footnotes
- Culture of Recovery Facebook page - read through testimonials excerpts written by program participants. Learn how the arts have helped them cope with their addiction and aid in their recovery.
- Appalachian Artisan Center
- Appalachian School of Luthiery
Artists Thrive Summit - Episode 8
KyArtsCast
06/30/19 • 37 min
The third annual Artists Thrive Summit is July 30-Aug. 2 in Berea, and for this episode Emily Moses, Kentucky Arts Council executive staff advisor, is chatting with Beth Flowers, executive director of the AIR Insitute of Berea College and a member of the summit leadership team. Emily and Beth talk about what goes on at the summit, who should be there (spoiler alert...YOU) and how to get a 75 percent discount on registration!
Episode footnotes
06/19/19 • 53 min
Listen in as we chat with three Kentucky Crafted artists, Deb Chenault, Justine Riley and Bill Berryman, about their work, what makes it unique and how they've benefited from being juried into Kentucky Crafted.
The application process for Kentucky Crafted is open through Aug. 15, and this episode also features the Kentucky Arts Council's arts marketing director, Dave Blevins. Dave talks about the program guidelines and navigates the answers to questions that artists frequently ask about applying.
Special thanks to 91.3 FM WUKY in Lexington for allowing us to record in their studio and to the station's operations and programming director John Lumagui for engineering this episode.
Episode footnotes
05/13/19 • 31 min
Remarks from newly installed Kentucky Poet Laureate Jeff Worley of Lexington and outgoing poet laureate Frederick Smock of Louisville made April 24, Kentucky Writers' Day, at the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives.
Meet Lori Larusso, Lexington visual artist and the South Arts Kentucky State Fellow in the third annual Southern Prize competition. Lori represented Kentucky among the nine other State Fellow, each from one of the South Arts member states, last month at the Southern Prize awards ceremony in Columbia, S.C.
On this episode we’re chatting with Lori about her life in art, the work that earned her the distinction of Kentucky State Fellow and what awards like that, and her 2012 Al Smith Individual Artist Fellowship, have meant to her as an artist.
Episode footnotes:
- Work that Lori Larusso submitted to South Arts for consideration for the Southern Prize
- General information on the South Arts Southern Prize
- The Bo Bartlett Center in Columbus, Ga., where the Southern Prize exhibit, including works by Lori Larusso, will be on display through the summer
- Lori Larusso’s website
04/19/24 • 63 min
Amy Roblero-Perez is ending her one-year term as the first Kentucky Youth Poet Laureate. We chat with her about her reaction to beign named to the position, what she's been doing the past year, and hear readings of her work. We'll also talk with Jordan Campbell, executive director of Gateway Regional Arts Center in Mt. Sterling, which sponsors the Kentucky Youth Poet Laureate program. He'll discuss how it got started and what young Kentucky poets can do to apply for the program in the future.
Episode footnotes
- Learn more about Kentucky Writers' Day
- Watch the commencement of the National Youth Poet Laureate livestream, which includes the announcement of the next Kentucky Youth Poet Laureate
- Learn about the Kentucky Youth Poet Laureate program
- LISTEN TO BONUS AUDIO: Amy asks Jordan why he came back to Kentucky to serve the arts community
Show more best episodes
Show more best episodes
FAQ
How many episodes does KyArtsCast have?
KyArtsCast currently has 51 episodes available.
What topics does KyArtsCast cover?
The podcast is about Culture, Cultural, Visual Arts, Craft, Artists, Podcasts and Arts.
What is the most popular episode on KyArtsCast?
The episode title 'The Summer Enrichment Program Art Academy - Episode 11' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on KyArtsCast?
The average episode length on KyArtsCast is 45 minutes.
How often are episodes of KyArtsCast released?
Episodes of KyArtsCast are typically released every 28 days, 3 hours.
When was the first episode of KyArtsCast?
The first episode of KyArtsCast was released on Dec 14, 2018.
Show more FAQ
Show more FAQ