skip navigation | text only | accessibility | site map
The Kennedy Center Activity Report

for

Kentucky


The following represent those individuals, their respective companies and cities of origin that
participate in the Kennedy Center and its activities and oversight.


BOARDS/LEADERSHIP

Board of Trustees
The governing and leadership group composed of 35 members appointed by the President of the United States and 22 ex officio members who serve as designated by Act of Congress.

2009 The Honorable Mitch McConnell
, KY

Member Ex Officio
National Committee for the Performing Arts
A national advisory board whose members provide important support for The Kennedy Center through their leadership and advocacy in their home community as well as financial support. The NCPA has raised over $9 million for national arts education.

2009 Ms. Carol Smith Farmer
Midway, KY

Member
President's Advisory Committee on the Arts
A national advisory board appointed by the President of the United States to serve as "Ambassadors for the Arts" on behalf of The Kennedy Center to their home states and communities and who support the Center's national education and outreach programs.

2009 Mrs. Donna Hall
Lexington, KY

Member
EDUCATION

Accessibility
This initiative ensures that all performances and events at The Kennedy Center are accessible to visitors and guests with disabilities and assists other organizations and individuals throughout the United States in establishing or improving access for people with disabilities to all aspects of the cultural arts.

2008 Ms. Nancy Atcher
Arts Access Director, Kentucky Arts Council
Frankfort, KY
LEAD-August 2008

Participant
2008 Ms. Ginny Miller
Executive Director, VSA Arts of Kentucky
Bowling Green, KY
LEAD-August 2008

Participant
2008 Ms. Rebecca Moss
Box Office Manager, The Kentucky Center for Performing Arts
Louisville, KY
LEAD-August 2008

Participant
2008 Ms. Martha newman
Director of Access Services, The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts
Louisville, KY
LEAD-August 2008

Participant
2008 Ms. Debbie Pennell
Vice President of Customer Services, The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts
Louisville, KY
LEAD-August 2008

Participant
2007 Heather Halfacre Whipple
Human Resources Manager, Speed Art Museum
Louisville, KY

Participant
American College Theatre Festival
A national competition, awards program and theater education program for colleges and their students.

2007 Asbury College
Wilmore, KY

School
2007 Berea College
Berea, KY

School
2007 Bluegrass Community & Technical College
Lexington, KY

School
2007 Morehead State University
Morehead, KY

School
2007 University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

School
2007 Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, KY

School

Asbury College
Wilmore, KY

Participant

Berea College
Berea, KY

Participant

Morehead State University
Morehead, KY

Participant

Centre College
Danville, KY

Participant
Events for Students
Live and satellite-based programs which are designed for high school and college-level students to participate in and develop a better understanding of the performing arts.

2003 Vickie Cook
Jeffersontown High
Jeffersontown, KY
Distance Learning

School
Jazz


2006 Jason Foureman
student, University of Louisville
Louisville, KY
Betty Carter Jazz Ahead

Participant
Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network
A network of state-based organizations that works to infuse the arts into the education system of their state.

2007 Antoinette Crawford-Willis
Chair, Kentucky Alliance for Arts Education
Louisville, KY

Organization
2007 Kathi E.B. Ellis
Executive Director, Kentucky Alliance for Arts Education
Frankfurt, KY

Organization
2007 Sandy Hogg
Letcher County Public Schools
Whitesburg, KY
2007 KCAAEN & NSBA Award Honorable Mention

Winner
2007 Pamela Laymen
Past-Chair, Kentucky Alliance for Arts Education
Louisville, KY

Organization
2002 Hardin County School District
Hardin County, KY
Hardin County School District, in collaboration with the Hardin County Schools Performing Arts Center, was a national demonstration site community for the KCAAEN's "A Community Audit for Arts Education" initiative.

Organization
Kennedy Center Internships
College juniors, seniors and students who have not been out of school more than two years have the opportunity to intern in a specific department of The Kennedy Center.

2008 Robert Wiseman
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
Summer 2008 intern

Student
2004 Katherine E. Oberhausen
Louisville, KY

Participant
Millennium Stage
Free performances are presented every day at 6:00 p.m. in The Kennedy Center's Grand Foyer.

2002 Eddie Pennington
Princeton, KY

Artist
2000 Butler County High School Choir
Butler, KY

School
2000 Louisville Youth Performing Arts School
Louisville, KY

School
miller
A Web-based arts and education network that provides educators with resources for teaching in, through and about the arts: http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org.

2006 Erin Lobb
Louisville, KY
selected by competition in state

Artist
2006 Emilia Salazar
Morehead, KY
selected by competition in state

Artist
2006 Gilbert Wang
Lexington, KY
selected by competition in state

Artist
1993 Philip Brown
Murray, KY
Selected by competition in State

Artist
1993 Nathan Cole
Lexington, KY
Selected by competition in State

Artist
Partners in Education
The Performing Arts Centers and Schools is a program which works with cultural organizations and schools throughout the nation to expand their education programs with a primary focus on the education of teachers.

2009
RiverPark Center
, KY
Partnership teams

Participant
2009
Daviess County Public Schools
, KY
Partnership teams

Participant
2009
Owensboro Public Schools
, KY
Partnership Teams

Participant
2009
Ashland Independent School District
, KY
Partnership teams

Participant
2009
Russell Independent Schools
, KY
Partnership teams

Participant
2009
Boyd County Public Schools
, KY
Partnership teams

Participant
2007 Owensboro Public Schools
Owensboro, KY
Team entered program in 1999.

Participant
2007 Ashland Independent Schools
Ashland, KY
Team entered program in 2001; 193 teachers participated in 6 workshops in 2002-2003; 363 teachers participated in 9 workshops in 2003-2004.

Participant
2007 Boyd County Public Schools
Ashland, KY
Joined as additional partner in 2006.

Participant
2007 Daviess County Public Schools
Owensboro, KY
Team entered program in 1999; 87 teachers participated in 4 workshops in 2002-2003; 180 teachers participated in 9 workshops in 2003-2004.

Participant
2007 Paramount Arts Center
Ashland, KY
Team entered program in 2001; 193 teachers participated in 6 workshops in 2002-2003; 363 teachers participated in 9 workshops in 2003-2004.

Participant
2007 Russell Independent Schools
Flatwoods, KY
Joined team as additional partner in 2006.

Participant
2006 Glema Mahr Center for the Arts
Madisonville, KY
Team entered program in 1992; Participant in Kennedy Center partnership with Binney & Smith, Crayola Dream-Makers Program; 145 teachers participated in 5 workshops in 2002-2003; 136 teachers participated in 6 workshops in 2003-2004.

Participant
2006 RiverPark Center
Owensboro, KY
Team entered program in 1999; 87 teachers participated in 4 workshops in 2002-2003; 180 teachers participated in 9 workshops in 2003-2004.

Participant
2003 Badgett Regional Cooperative for Ed. Enhancement
Madisonville, KY
Team entered program in 1992; 145 teachers participated in 5 workshops in 2002-2003; 136 teachers participated in 6 workshops in 2003-2004.

Participant
2003 Singletary Center for the Performing Arts
Lexington, KY
Team entered program in 1999; 75 teachers participated in 9 workshops in 2002-2003; 251 participated in 6 workshops in 2003-2004.

Participant
2003 Woodford County Public Schools
Versailles, KY
Team entered program in 1999; 75 teachers participated in 9 workshops in 2002-2003; 251 participated in 6 workshops in 2003-2004.

Participant
Summer Music Institute
A four-week festival of orchestral and chambermusic for young people ages 15 to 21 at The Kennedy Center. The Institute consists of orchestral and chamber music coached by NSO musicians, conducting and master classes, private lessons with NSO musicians and additional enrichment sessions.

2001 Ryan Goodrich
Louisville, KY
Selected by competition in state

Artist
Youth and Family Programs
An initiative which creates, commissions, produces, presents and tours performances for young people and their families both locally and nationally.

2009
The Luther F. Carson Four Rivers Center
Paducah, KY
The Phantom Tollbooth

Other
2007 The Luther F. Carson Four Rivers Center
Paducah, KY

Organization
2007 Glema Mahr Center for the Arts
Madisonville, KY

Organization
2007 RiverPark Center
Owensboro, KY

Organization
2007 Hardin County Performing Arts Center
Elizabethtown, KY

Organization
2006 Performing Arts Center
Performing Arts Center
Elizabethtown, KY

Participant
2006 RiverPark Center
RiverPark Center
Owensboro, KY

Participant
2004 Vivian Robin Snipes
Assiciate Artistic Director, Lexington Children's Theatre
Lexington, KY

Participant
1999 River Park Center
Owensboro, KY
Imagination Celebration on Tour: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (PACES)

Participant