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Pike County Arts Advancement
Community& Economic Development Through Rural Arts
Richards, Froman
Arts Engagement
Financial & Marketing Literacy 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: Arts and Community Health
Pike County Cooperative Extension Service promotes an active lifestyle and a healthy diet for county residents and everyone who participates in our programming. With that mission in mind, six years ago the Fine Arts Program worked with Artists Collaborative Theatre (ACT) in Elkhorn City to implement a “Get Healthy!” strategy. As part of that strategy, ACT held its first 5K run in 2014.March 23 marked the sixth year for this now annual event. The event, in recent yea
Author: Stephanie Richards
Major Program: Increasing Access to Quality Arts Experiences
In 2013, the Hatfield & McCoy Arts Council was founded with help from the Pike County Cooperative Extension for Fine Arts Program. This new council was born from the desire of the people of the Phelps, McCarr, and Blackberry communities to have more arts and tourism activities and events in their area of Pike County. At the time, The History Channel’s miniseries, Hatfields & McCoys had just aired, sparking a renewed interest in the Hatfield and McCoy feud that took place in that ar
