LexArts

Last updated on February 29, 2008

LexArts promotes high quality arts experiences for the benefit of the people of central Kentucky through funding, advocacy, technical assistance, communication and programming initiatives.

Description:
LexArts is a nonprofit community organization that works for the development of a strong and vibrant arts community as a means of enhancing the quality of life in central Kentucky. Through its annual Campaign for the Arts, LexArts raises millions of dollars in support of local arts and provides planning and services designed to integrate the arts into our daily lives. In turn, LexArts underwrites the operating expenses for a variety of Beneficiary Groups, offers affordable exhibition and performance space for arts organizations, as well as competitive grants for community outreach projects. Visit LexArts website at www.lexarts.org.
LexArts is supported in part by the Kentucky Arts Council, a state agency in the Commerce Cabinet, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. Major support is provided by the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government.

History:
Formed in July 1989 by the merger of the Lexington Council of the Arts (founded in 1972) and the Fund for the Arts (founded in 1984), LexArts is the oldest area arts council in Kentucky.

Contact person: Nathan Zamarron, Program Manager, (phone), (email)
Office fax number: (859) 255-2787

Address:

ArtsPlace Art Center 161 N Mill
Lexington, KY 40507
(See a map)

Web Site: http://www.lexarts.org

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Ask any artist...sometimes space to create is more valuable than money. Through its management of ArtsPlace and the Downtown Arts Center (DAC), LexArts provides space for artists and arts organizations to rehearse, perform and exhibit their work. In addition, both venues offer office space to qualified arts organizations at affordable rental rates well below market cost. Arts organizations such as the Lexington Philharmonic, Lexington Ballet, Central Kentucky Youth Orchestras and Actors Guild of Lexington take advantage of this opportunity so their limited resources might be spent on productions rather than on rent. Through a unique partnership with the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, LexArts manages these facilities for the benefit of all people in Lexington and central Kentucky.

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