The Governor’s Awards in the Arts is designed to recognize, with the Commonwealth’s highest honors in the arts, the extraordinary and significant contributions of artists, arts organizations, volunteers, schools, educators, local governments, legislators, and corporate citizens, to the arts in Kentucky or the nation.
Donor Name: Kentucky Arts Council
State: Kentucky
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Award
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 07/15/2022
Details:
The goals of the Governor’s Awards in the Arts are:
- To select, on an annual basis, exemplary recipients for the nine award categories
- To honor the annual recipients in a public recognition ceremony
- To expand and diversify arts advocacy
Performance Expectations
Your nomination will be reviewed using the following performance expectations as applied to each award category description:
- Personification of the value of the arts
- Nominee has demonstrated their/its support of artists and organizations in providing arts activities
- Milner Award: Outstanding philanthropic, artistic or other contributions to the arts.
- Artist Award: Lifetime achievement in the arts.
- Business Award: Outstanding interest in and support of the arts.
- Community Arts Award: Positive impact in the community through the arts.
- Education Award: Significant contribution to arts in education.
- Folk Heritage Award: Outstanding effort to perpetuate and promote Kentucky’s unique artistic traditions.
- Government Award: Significant support for the arts through government action.
- Media Award: Commitment to bringing the arts to the attention of the public.
- National Award: Achievement of national prominence in the arts.
Eligibility Criteria
- Milner Award: Be an individual resident of Kentucky or an organization located in Kentucky.
- Artist Award: Be an individual resident of Kentucky, or group of Kentucky residents.
- Business Award: Be a business located in Kentucky.
- Community Arts Award: Be an individual resident of Kentucky or an organization located in Kentucky.
- Education Award: Be an individual resident of Kentucky or a school or organization located in Kentucky.
- Folk Heritage Award: Be an individual resident of Kentucky, an organization located in Kentucky or an individual or organization closely related to Kentucky.
- Government Award: Be a Kentucky son or daughter, an individual Kentucky resident or an agency located in Kentucky.
- Media Award: Be an individual Kentucky journalist involved in print, broadcast or electronic media or a media organization located in Kentucky.
- National Award: Be a Kentucky son or daughter who is a resident of, or is closely related to, Kentucky.
For more information, visit Kentucky Arts Council.