Artist William M. Duffy, a sculptor with 40 years of experience, has been selected as the lead artist for the (Un)Known Project’s Limestone Reconciliation Benches, which will be conceptualized and created with community input, and informed by the stories of (un)known enslaved Black people and hidden figures in Louisville, KY.
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The Creative Innovation Zone, a partnership between YouthBuild Louisville and IDEAS xLab originally funded by ArtPlace America, together with The Special Project, announced today that it received $45,000 planning grant from the Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts. The grant provides funding and other support for a health impact assessment process to develop a "Cultural Blueprint for Health" -- an evidence-based action plan for integrating artist innovation into community health in order to address disparities in health outcomes with the goal of increasing family and social support and community safety.
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Members of Americans for the Arts, the leading organization for advancing the arts and arts education in America, have elected Theo Edmonds as a member of their advisory council for the Private Sector.
Read MoreWorking to create a curriculum that would lead to the expansion of YouthBuild Louisville's current vocational education offerings in Smoketown to include culinary training and an additional 15+ apprenticeships per year for low income young people.
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