Creative inspiration
Lexington, KY – There are a host of individuals and business leaders in Lexington that have supported the arts as a matter of principle for many years. We know through their generosity, sponsorships...
View ArticleA Show of Hope
Lexington, KY – On the marble walls inside Fifth Third Bank located on West Main Street hang a series of paintings that possess a familiar glow. They are new paintings that make up a project titled...
View ArticleGetting Personal with Art Investment
Lexington, KY – As Business Lexington continues this series of interviews with arts-friendly businesses, I’d like to welcome David Smith, managing director of Stoll, Keenon & Ogden Law Firm. Stoll,...
View ArticleSouth Hill public art project funds creative visions of redevelopment
Find a foolproof method and then let inspiration take over. In the realm of public art, Lexington is actively searching for that method, yet the number of temporary installations that are positioning...
View ArticleArtistic Renewal
Lexington, KY – A two-ton, 30-foot-long, eight-foot-high sculpture constructed of reclaimed materials was recently unveiled as part of Lexington’s newest temporary public art project. It is titled...
View ArticleSaving society’s arts-oriented workforce
Lexington, KY – In March of 2009, the National Endowment for the Arts published the study: Artists in a Year of Recession: Impact on Jobs in 2008. Key findings from this study indicate that like the...
View ArticlePublic arts funding: Where do we go from here?
Lexington, KY – When situated properly in the public realm, art can make a community so attractive that people will travel for miles just to experience such expressions of its local flavor and...
View ArticlePODCAST | Woodford County Artist Subject of Television Documentary
Lexington, KY – What does it take in the art business to succeed? For local artist Guy Kemper it’s all in the approach; his includes the willingness to take chances, risk failure and know exactly what...
View ArticleBusiness and the Arts: The New Economy’s Mutual Back-Scratch
Lexington, KY – Artists may shun the business suit and board room, and CEOs may find themselves feeling awkward in loose clothing and a loft studio. But business and the arts can and do work quite well...
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Popular Distillery District Venue Buster’s Shuttered
Buster’s Billards & Backroom, a Manchester Street bar and concert venue, has closed its doors, maybe for good. The popular midsize venue played host to a wide variety of local, regional and...
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