Extension
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Pike County Arts Advancement
Community& Economic Development Through Rural Arts
Richards, Froman
Arts Engagement
E-Commerce for Artisans
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: 2016-2020
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: 2016-2020
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: 2016-2020
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: 2016-2020
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: 2016-2020
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Author: Stephanie Richards
Major Program: Economic Development
Last year, Pike County Extension Fine Arts organized the first Elkhorn City Night Market. The market serves the rural Pike County community with a population of 852. One of the goals of Pike County Extension Fine Arts is community building through the arts. The night market is an ideal medium for achieving this. Featuring local artisans, food vendors, small businesses, and musicians, the market allows people to mingle, shop, and support their local economy in an inn
Author: Stephanie Richards
Major Program: Arts Engagement
Beginning in May 2017, Pike County Extension Fine Arts began offering free monthly art classes to the general public. This effort began as a way to provide arts enrichment to a wider range of people without the necessity of long-term commitment or specialized skills like many of our other opportunities may require.Over the summer months, we had several rock painting classes in response to our community’s interest in painted rock scavenger hunts, an activity in which individuals paint rocks
Author: Stephanie Richards
Major Program: Increasing Access to Quality Arts Experiences
Each semester, Pike County Extension for Fine Arts partners with Artists Collaborative Theatre (ACT) in Elkhorn City to offer theatre classes to students in grades K – 12. The completely tuition-free after school classes are one of our biggest and most well received programs. Every aspect of the classes is free; students are even given snacks and transported to the theatre and back completely free of charge. This year, we had 40-50 students attend the classes each semester. The students le
Author: Stephanie Richards
Major Program: Artistic Skill Development
Pike County Extension Fine Arts, in cooperation with Pikeville Poetry and Progress Pike, held a workshop geared toward teen girls. The “Story to Song” workshop, facilitated by Berea musician and songwriter Melody Youngblood, set out to help teach young women to value their own ideas, experiences, and creative power.Five girls participated in the program, which consisted of two evening workshops and a final public performance. The girls had no prior songwriting experience but all shar
