Extension
It Starts With Us
Pike County Arts Advancement
Community & Economic Development Through Rural Arts
Porter, Froman
Arts Engagement
Enhancing the Creative Economy
Community Design/Creative Placemaking
Community Strategic Planning
During a visioning session, the Pike County Extension Council identified music and arts diversification, handcrafted artisan awareness and expanding arts to the community as a need for the county. Unfortunately, there has been a sharp decline in the arts program in our schools. Pike County Extension Fine Arts is committed to educate and empower our citizens through the arts as well as enhance the community and economic development of our communities utilizing arts programming as the vehicle.
Pike County
Socially,
Quality of education will increase in core curriculum as well as 21 Century Soft Skills: critical thinking, problem solving, empathy, team work, responsibility,
Attendance to arts activities will increase.
Sense of Community will become stronger.
Connectivity will increase among people.
Citizens of all ages will have increased leadership skills.
Economically:
Value of Education will increase.
Communities have increased pride, aesthetics, increase in population
Pike County will have a commodity in tourism which will attract paying visitors.
Support businesses will improve as tourism increases.
Environmental
Communities will have improved visual identity through more public art.
Communities will address pollution issues through awareness and improved leadership.
Number of Pike County people who:
Practice & Participate in Community Arts Activities
Practice Online Arts Retail Businesses
Apply elements of music, dance, drama, and or visual arts in creating and performing.
Pike County citizens increase knowledge and skills in Community Design & Creative Placemaking.
Pike County citizens increase knowledge and skills in E-Commerce for Artisans.
Pike County citizens and leadership increase knowledge and skills in Arts Engagement
Initial Outcome: All areas of Pike County will have arts venues and programming established
Indicator: Five venues w/ programming that is reliable, quality, tangible
Method: ACT Theatre, Hatfield & McCoy Arts Council, Stone Heritage Theatre, Grant's Branch Park, Shelby Valley Arts Community
Timeline: 2020-2024
Intermediate Outcome: Communities will demonstrate improved quality of living conditions
Indicator: Improved health, general feelings of happiness, accomplisment.
Method: Community Arts Programming w/ accompanying Life Skills
Timeline: 2020--2024
Long-term Outcome: Financial impacts in Pike County will increase through tourism and the arts.
Indicator: Number of arts & tourism dollars spent in Pike County increase
Method: Dunns & Bradstreet numbers, number of small arts businesses, surveys, financial accounting, entrance /exit surveys
Timeline: 2020-2024
Audience: Youth Ages 4-19
Project or Activity: Communication and Expressive Arts
Content or Curriculum: KET Tool Kit, Theater Arts Curriculum,
Inputs: Visual & Performance Arts, online information sharing, Newsletters,
Date: 2020-2024
Audience: Entrepreneurs
Project or Activity: Online Arts Sells
Content or Curriculum: Small Business Development Center, Etsy Training,
Inputs: Pike County Online Business Classes & Group for the arts.
Date: 2020--2024
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Author: Kristy Porter
Major Program: Artistic Skill Development
This summer and fall, in order to maintain safe social distancing practices, Fine Arts transitioned our in-person art classes programming to an online format by utilizing Facebook Live videos. Besides the online element, much about these classes has remained the same, including continuing to offer free supplies. Now, we offer them through curbside art kit pickup. These “Bob Ross” style videos allow people to follow along in a low-pressure way that can actually foster creativity witho
Author: Kristy Porter
Major Program: Artistic Skill Development
Appalachian Symphony is now in its sixth year as a Pike County Extension Fine Arts program. Although the COVID-19 pandemic prevented rehearsals for several months in 2020, the group has been able to meet and practice for the past few months. The program meets on Saturdays at 1 pm and teaches anyone in attendance how to play stringed, musical instruments. The rehearsals and use of the instruments are completely free! There are instructors for everything from the ukulele to the violin
