Partners
The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts
The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts was established in 1983 as a premier performing arts center for Kentucky, and home to five resident companies: The Louisville Orchestra, Kentucky Opera, Louisville Ballet, Stage One, and the Broadway Series. The Kentucky Center provides artistically diverse performances of the highest quality, and serves Kentucky through education and initiatives which expand and diversify audiences while enhancing their understanding, appreciation and support for the arts. The Kentucky Center has received national recognition for its education programs which include ArtsReach, Governor’s School for the Arts, Arts Academies, Kentucky Institute for Arts in Education, Artist Training Seminar, and Parents & Teachers as Arts Partners.
The Center for Rural Development
The Center for Rural Development is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization located in Somerset, serving 42 counties throughout Southern and Eastern Kentucky. The Center’s mission is to provide leadership that stimulates innovative and sustainable economic development solutions and a better way of life for the residents of our service area. The Center has more than 10 years of experience providing arts education programs in its 760-seat state-of-the-art theatre in Somerset, Kentucky through its School Time Theatre programs. They’ve also recently added an outreach program hosting educational arts performances for students in remote, rural and economically challenged areas throughout its region, furthering demonstrating The Center’s belief in the value of and its support for arts education.
Kentucky Educational Television ( KET)
KET, Kentucky’s statewide public television network, is recognized as a national leader in instructional programming and services. Through the award-winning Arts Toolkits—multimedia resources developed specifically to address Kentucky academic standards—instructional and distance learning programs, and a content-rich web site, KET offers Kentucky teachers and students a wide array of high-quality resources in dance, drama, music, and visual arts. KET’s public broadcast schedule is equally rich in arts programming, spotlighting Kentucky artists and cultural life through series such as Kentucky Muse and Kentucky Life and bringing the best of the nation and the world to Kentucky through PBS series such as Great Performances, Masterpiece!, and American Masters.
