Who:
The Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation (KACF), currently located
at 609 W.
Main
Street in historic downtown Louisville.
The Kentucky Art and Craft
Foundation
is a nonprofit organization founded in 1981 to continue the art
and
craft heritage of Kentucky through the support and education of craft
artists
and education of the public. The
Foundation is supported in part by
the
Fund for the Arts and the Kentucky Arts Council, a state agency of the
Education,
Arts and Humanities Cabinet.
What:
A $5.5 million Capital Campaign launched to purchase and renovate
715-717
W.
Main Street as KACF’s new headquarters and permanent home.
The new
location
consists of a 27,000 square foot property in a restored four-story
building
enhanced by a 42' cast iron facade in the heart of Louisville’s West
Main
Street Historic district. The
money being raised is also to increase the
organization’s
endowment fund.
Where:
Kentuckiana
When:
The Campaign was announced on Friday, October 12, 2001. The
grand
opening is Thursday, April 3,
2003.
Why:
In order to continue to serve over 125,000 patrons a year and
to expand
educational
and exhibition programming, KACF must increase its available
space
and resources.
By
moving into the new building, KACF will considerably increase the
level
of
all areas of its programming thereby continuing to advance its mission
of
enhancing
the craft heritage of Kentucky through education, exhibitions and
craft
sales. The money raised
through the capital campaign will also help to
increase
KACF’s Endowment Fund.
Recent studies
document that students with high levels of arts participation
outperform
“arts-poor” students by almost every measure.
The gains are
more
significant among students who have not been exposed to an
“arts-rich”
curriculum than
for those who have participated in an arts rich program. (J.
Catterall,
UCLA) These creative
approaches are critically needed for
Kentucky’s children most at risk.
Over 80% of the children served
by KACF
education programs are at risk and KACF enjoys seeing evidence
of their
success. The new facility
will more than quadruple the space for
education and
permit KACF to impact the lives of many more children
each year.
If
you would like to help support and educate Kentucky artists and help
educate Kentuckiana
schoolchildren
by contributing to KACF's capital campaign, please call (502)
590-0102.
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