Success StoryStudio Appalachia | Appalachian Arts Fest



Studio Appalachia | Appalachian Arts Fest

Author: Jeff Fugate

Planning Unit: Community & Economic Development (CEDIK)

Major Program: Community Design/Creative Placemaking

Outcome: Initial Outcome

In partnership with the Appalachian Arts Alliance and City of Hazard, we are building the capacity of Hazard to support the Arts and Creative Placemaking on a sustained level through an NEA-funded Our Town project. We have been able to support the hiring and professional-development of an Arts Associate with the local arts organization. They have rebooted a weekly free live-music event in downtown Hazard and are organizing the inaugural Appalachian Arts Fest, a multi-day conference for artists to workshop best-practices for arts as a livelihood. 

The project will support new works of art for the Festival, as well as support repositioning a defunct community asset--the Bobby Davis Museum Building--for rotating exhibitions, workshops, and events. 






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