Three times a year the Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea holds review sessions to consider works and products by Kentucky artisans who are not juried members of Kentucky Arts Council programs or the Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen.
Applications for the next review are due September 30.
Application categories include visual arts (crafts and two-dimensional art), books, music, storytelling and other recordings including films and Kentucky Proud food products.
Completed application forms along with additional requested materials can be mailed to: Artisan Review, Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea, 200 Artisan Way, Berea, KY, 40403. Applications may also be submitted at the Center’s front desk from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.
The Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea is located at 200 Artisan Way, just off Interstate 75 at Berea, Exit 77. The center’s exhibits, shopping and travel information areas are open daily, year-round, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., with the cafe open from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Admission is free.
The center currently features works by more than 700 artisans from more than 100 counties across the Commonwealth. Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea is an agency in the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
A gallery exhibit, “Put a Lid on It: Containers by Kentucky Artisans,” is on display through February 28, 2015, and in the lobby, “Kentucky Bourbon: Distillation and Inspiration,” is also on display through November 16.
For information about the center’s events call 859-985-5448. Artists can download applications from the Center’s website at: http://kentuckyartisancenter.ky.gov
Story provided by the Kentucky Artisan Center