Product Grants
Marianne Brown
Abraham
Lincoln’s boyhood home, ceramic cabin
502-859-0602
stampedclay@kih.net
Retail Price:
$129 
Kathleen
O’Brien
Lincoln-related prints and greeting cards
859-734-7731
oobrienk@bellsouth.com
Prints
Retail Price: $50
Note Cards Retail Price: $6 
John Haywood
Development
of a large-scale Lincoln
portrait and reproductions
606-642-3495
ledgey@hotmail.com
Retail Price: $60
Ken Gastineau
Pewter julep
cups and pewter key rings, both with the Kentucky Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial
Commission logo
859-986-9158
gastin@mis.net
Cup Retail Price: $52
Key Ring Retail Price: $12 
Layne Hendrickson
Iron and
copper ladle, and an iron meat fork made in the traditional style from
Lincoln’s era
270-703-1230
layne@oaklevelforge.com
Ladle
Retail Price: $100
Meat Fork Retail Price: $60 
Curran Copeland
Wooden
toys, including a Lincoln-era Limber Jack and new toy boats, both block and
steam
270-522-3878
sweetsawdust@bellsouth.net
Limber Jack Retail Price: $20
Block Toy Boat Retail Price: $22
Steam Toy Boat Retail Price: $60 
Norma Jean
Campbell
Weavings based on Nancy Hanks weaving drafts
859-336-9283
virgilcampbell@bellsouth.net
Retail Price: $45 - $90, (depending on size) 
Elizabeth Brown
Wool rugs
based upon those of the Lincoln era
859-498-1613
eawbrown@hotmail.com
Retail Price: $250 - $325, (depending on size)
Harriet Giles
Hand-braided rag rugs that are historical reproductions of Lincoln-era rugs
859-245-0019
hgiles@theweavery.com
Retail Price:
$68 - $172, (depending on size) 
Joanne DeWitt
Square wall
hanging commemorative of both Abraham Lincoln and the State of Kentucky
502-484-5287
Retail Price: $32 
Mitchell Rickman
Clay mug
imprinted with the Kentucky Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission logo
270-782-8550
rickmanpottery@netzero.com
Retail Price: $15 
Patricia Brock
Fabric tote
bags with images of historic Lincoln sites upon them
502-239-7424
capturesofnature@insightbb.com
Retail Price: $35 
Carol Shutt
Prints and
note cards with photographs of historic Lincoln sites
606-780-9440
cashutt@earthlink.net
Prints Retail
Price: $50 - $125 (depending on size)
Note Cards Retail Price: $2.50
Saxton’s Cornet
Band
CD promoting 23 songs from the Civil War era
859-622-1428
info@brumfieldassociates.com
Retail Price: $15 
Kentucky Arts Council, layout by
Kathleen O’Brien
Silk scarf, screen-printed with a partial
quote from Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address
502-564-3757
rachel.rasnick@ky.gov
Retail Price:
$40
Marianna McDonald
Giclee
prints of four different Lincoln scenes
New – information soon to
come
Current
Project Grants
Voice of a Fugitive:
Kentucky Native Henry Bibb – Slave & Abolitionist
Oldham
County Historical Society
(502)222-0826
May – June 2009
The
Oldham County Historical Society plans to produce and perform Voice of a
Fugitive, a play written and donated by playwright, Carridder Jones. The
play examines the life of Henry Bibbs, an escaped slave and abolitionist. It
also brings attention to the abolitionist movement and highlights issues that
influenced Abraham Lincoln.
Keeping Mr.
Lincoln
Lexington Children’s Theatre
(859)254-4546
February – May, 2009
The Lexington Children’s Theatre has
commissioned playwright, Sandra Fenichel Asher, to create a new work in
celebration of Lincoln’s life and tell his story based on Lincoln’s
own words. Keeping Mr. Lincoln is a one-act play that will tour schools,
libraries and performance venues across Kentucky from February 2009 – May
2009.
Sarah Mitchell Capture by Indians – Oil
Painting
Washington County Fiscal Court
(859)336-5410
May
2009
Washington County Fiscal Court is commissioning a painting recognizing
the rugged and challenging pioneer life encountered by the Lincoln family in
Kentucky. The painting will depict the kidnapping of Sarah Mitchell, a dear
friend and cousin of the President, illustrating the struggles and challenges
faced by the Lincoln family upon their arrival in Kentucky.
Lincoln
Lockers
Cox’s Creek Elementary School
(502)349-7050
November 2008 – February 2009
Cox’s Creek Elementary School
students will develop “Lincoln Lockers” and take their show on the
road. The “Lockers” will contain materials students create to present
to various schools, community and civil groups. The main focus of the
presentations is the life of Abraham and Mary Lincoln, their families and the
times in which they lived.
My Kentucky Home: A
Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
Paducah Symphony Orchestra
(270)444-0065 ext. 12
March 2009
The Paducah Symphony Orchestra
will present My Kentucky Home: A Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
featuring Aaron Copeland’s “A Lincoln Portrait”. The concert
will serve as the culminating event of a community-wide collaboration planned
for early March 2009, commemorating the 200th anniversary of President
Lincoln’s birth, March as National Music in the Schools Month and the 30th
anniversary of the Paducah Symphony.
Lincoln: A Man
for All Times
New Haven School
(502)349-7232
January –
February 2009
The New Haven School will perform a “musical
theatre” production of Lincoln: A Man for All Times by Glen Rice
and Pam Thurman. Students will also have the opportunity to perform songs from
the musical during the opening ceremonies of the Iron Horse Festival, an annual
event held in New Haven, home of the Kentucky Railway Museum.
Stained Glass Windows Project using Quilt Patterns
East
Jessamine Middle School
(859)885-5561
May 2009
East Jessamine
Middle School will hold a workshop to teach 8th grade students how to make
stained glass windows of quilt patterns that are reflective of the culture of
Lincoln’s time. These will then be shared with the community through their
local newspaper. Prior to the stained glass project, the social studies
teachers will be teaching all students about the historical significance of the
Underground Railroad and Lincoln’s role in the abolitionist movement.
Abraham Lincoln in Song
Hardin County
History Museum
(270)268-0802
February 2009
The Hardin County
History Museum will present Chris Vallillo, a poet/singer-songwriter who will
perform Abraham Lincoln in Song, a blend of music and storytelling. This
production weaves historic narratives with period music and contemporary folk
songs in a celebration of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln.
2008 Kentucky Book Fair/A Night With Lincoln
Kentucky
Book Fair
(502)229-2542
November 14 – 15, 2008
The Kentucky
Book Fair and the Grand Theatre will host a film at the Kentucky History Center
on Friday, November 14th, tentatively set as Gore Vidal’s Lincoln.
In addition, a request has been made for television and movie actor Sam
Waterston to perform part of his role from the film.
Play Writing in the Schools
Actors Theatre of
Louisville
(502) 584-1265 ext. 3045
Fall 2008
Actors Theatre of
Louisville's New Voices program will connect students from across the state to
share and learn from one another through the artistic process of creating and
performing while focusing on the life and values of Abraham Lincoln. A
play-building model derived from Actors Theatre's Playwriting in the
Schools curriculum will be developed and subsequently duplicated in other
school classrooms in the state.
With Malice Toward
None and Abraham Lincoln
Kentucky Repertory Theatre at Horse Cave
(800) 342-2177
August 22 – November 1, 2008 (Abraham Lincoln)
February 10 – March 22, 2009 (With Malice Towards None)
The
Kentucky Repertory Theatre will develop and present two major productions
focusing on Abraham Lincoln. During 2008 and 2009 these productions will tour
the state of Kentucky. www.kentuckyrep.org
Abraham Lincoln Sculpture
City of Springfield
(859) 336-5440
February 12, 2009
The City of Springfield will erect
a bronze statue of Lincoln in front of the new Washington County Courthouse.
The Hallowed Ground
Allen
County-Scottsville Arts Council
(270) 237-4692
September 27th and 28th,
2008 (Premier at Center of Courageous Kids)
September 30th – October
13th, 2008 (at public schools)
The Allen County–Scottsville Arts
Council will produce and present an original theatrical production about
Abraham Lincoln’s childhood. The play, written by Kentucky playwright
Katie Fraser Carpenter and directed by Liz Bussey Fentress, will emphasize the
foundations and principles that Lincoln learned as a child in Kentucky and that
he would later use as president. It will be presented to area schools, the
public and the Center for Courageous Kids, a local camp for children with
life-threatening illnesses.
Lincoln: A Man for All
Times
Bowling Green Chamber Orchestra
(270) 846-2426
February
9, 2009
Pam Thurman and Glen Rice’s new play, Lincoln: A Man for
All Times, is being adapted for a Bowling Green Chamber Orchestra
performance, with children performing an integral part of the play. It will be
performed for approximately 2,300 school children in free performances across
Kentucky. This children’s musical celebrates the extraordinary impact
Abraham Lincoln had on our commonwealth and nation.
www.bgco.com
“Lincoln Week”
Center for Rural Development
(606) 677-6000
February 9 – 13, 2009
The Center for Rural
Development will host Lincoln Week, a week of artistic performances
related to and about Abraham Lincoln during the week of February 9 – 13,
2009, across the Center’s 42-county service region in southern and eastern
Kentucky. This program will include Kentucky Chautauqua performers, study
guides for participating schools, and handouts for all attendees. The
culmination of the week will be a two-day event in Somerset, with workshops, an
art exhibition and performances of the Kentucky Repertory Theatre’s
With Malice Towards None. www.centertech.com
Lincoln Bicentennial Playwriting Competition
Ragged
Edge Community Theatre
(859) 734-2389
August 1, 2008 (Playwriting
workshop)
March 18 – 22, 2009 (Performances)
The Ragged Edge
Community Theatre will develop a Lincoln-themed playwriting competition for
children. School matinees, as well as evening performances, will be produced
from the winning plays. A call for submissions will begin in Fall 2008, with
playwriting workshops being offered for any school that requests this guidance
within the eligible counties. These counties include: Mercer, Anderson,
Washington, Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Woodford and Franklin.
www.raggededgetheatre.org
The Lincoln Puppet Show
Squallis
Puppeteers
(502) 540-4977
Previous shows summer 2008 September 28, 2008
(public showing) Squallis Puppeteers have created and are still performing an
entertaining and interesting puppet show for children in elementary school that
puts a complex moment in history, that leading up to the Emancipation
Proclamation, into an understandable format while delving into Lincoln’s
character. It focuses on a young student who, to better understand the
Emancipation Proclamation, conjures Lincoln in her imagination and then is able
to ask him directly what happened. www.squallispuppeteers.com
The Lincoln Project
Stage One: Louisville
Children’s Theatre
(502) 589-4060
January 31, 2009
February 7,
2009
Stage One will develop a new Lincoln play by Deborah Lynn Frockt.
The Lincoln Project will use details of a biography and Lincoln’s
considerable output of speeches, debates and correspondence, as well as the
words of contemporary observers in letters, newspapers and remarks from friends
and foes, to consider race, poverty, literacy and law as defining issues of his
day and ours. www.stageone.org
The Civil War, Communicating History Through
Music
Stephen Foster Drama Association, Inc.
(502) 348-5971
August 18 - 23, 2008
The Stephen Foster Drama Association, Inc. will
present The Civil War, a play drawn on letters, diaries and
correspondence of Civil War soldiers and their families as well as the words
and writings of Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass and Walt Whitman. It will
be offered from July through August 2008 as a historical, educational and
musical theatre performance to students and the public all across Kentucky.
www.stephenfoster.com
Voices of Hall
Jessamine County Fiscal Court
(859)
881-9126
November – December 2008
Voices of Hall is a
production of a docu-drama based on actual events which occurred at Camp
Nelson, depicting the tumultuous lives of family members of the
African-American soldiers enlisted there. This play will highlight the national
significance of Camp Nelson as an African-American enlistment/training center
and refugee camp.
Dances of the Lincoln
Era
Folk Circle Association
(859) 985-3314
August 12, 2008
(Berea College Campus)
September 19, 2008 (Fort Harrod)
Fall 2008
The Folk Circle Association, through the Berea Festival Dancers, their
director, Theresa Lowder, and performing artist, Jennifer Rose, will present
performances and workshops, featuring the costumes and music in Kentucky during
Lincoln’s life. These events will take place at a variety of sites,
including community venues, state parks, Kentucky schools and Lincoln historic
sites.
Previous Project
Grants
River of Time: Abraham Lincoln,
The Formative Years
Lexington Opera Society Contact: Pam Miller,
President Elect
(859) 257-9331
July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008
The Lexington Opera Society created an original opera composition and
libretto through a two-part project. The first phase presented two spring
workshops that showed the work in progress. The second phase was the
presentation of the full-scale opera at the Lexington Opera House.
www.ourlincoln.org
Sculpture of Lincoln as a Boy
City of Hodgenville
(270) 358-3163
May 31, 2008
The City of Hodgenville erected a
bronze sculpture of Lincoln as a boy of about seven- years old in the newly
redesigned town square.
Honestly
Abe!
Isonville Elementary
(606) 738-8152
May 2008
Honestly Abe! is a play that focused on the highlights of
Lincoln’s life. Students worked with local artists to create not only the
play, but also the costumes, scenery, etc. This helped commemorate the
highlights of Lincoln’s life, celebrate his contributions, and told the
critical role that Kentucky and Kentuckians played in his life.
Discovery Series
Lexington Philharmonic Society, Inc.
(859) 233-4226
March 11, 2008
This series of concerts, with the
theme Lincoln: the Man, the Music, and the Legacy, featured a variety of
musical pieces related to President Lincoln, including Overture to La Forza
del Destino, an opera that he saw 19 times during his Presidency, and the
Lincoln Portrait, composed by Aaron Copland and inspired by the
President. In collaboration with scholar, Nikos Pappas, along with
period-dressed members of the Lexington Vintage Dance Society, the Lexington
Philharmonic reconstructed and performed Kentucky music from the time of
Lincoln. www.lexphil.org
Captain Abraham Lincoln Oil Painting
Washington County
Fiscal Court
(859) 336-5505
June 13, 2008 (unveiling)
The
Washington County Fiscal Court is commissioning an oil painting depicting the
murder of President Lincoln’s grandfather (Captain Abraham Lincoln) and
the subsequent saving of President Lincoln’s father, Thomas, from being
kidnapped. The painting, by artist Mark Selter, will hang in the Lincoln
Ancestral Museum for all to see, with a public unveiling ceremony to be held at
the Washington County Courthouse. www.springfieldky.org
Making the Connections: 2008 Kentucky smART!
Pre-conference
Kentucky Alliance for Arts Education
(502)
875-4266
June 12, 2008
This statewide conference, Kentucky
smART! for K-12 teachers held on June 12, 2008, focused on the life and
times of Lincoln and highlighted connections between the social and political
events and the culture of the times, exploring the influence of European
culture on 19th century America and the contributions of African culture during
that period. Participating teachers were eligible for a mini-grant in June 2009
to support a Lincoln-focused, arts-infused classroom unit they will develop
using resources from this conference, culminating in a public event to which
their community will be invited. www.kyartsed.org
Lincoln Legacy: A Musical Tribute
Greater Hazard Area
Arts Council (GHAAC)
Contact: Tammy Duff, Performing Arts Director
(606)487-3067
February 15, 2008
GHAAC presented a concert on
February 15th by the Lexington Philharmonic, featuring Civil War-era pieces and
works inspired by Lincoln. This series included educational programs and
lectures throughout the week. www.hazardpas.com
Kentucky Music and the Lincoln Family
Lexington
Philharmonic Society, Inc.
Contact: Peter Kucirko, Executive Director
(859) 233-4226
February 9, 2008
The Lexington Philharmonic, in
partnership with the Lexington Vintage Dance Society, created and performed
music and dance of Lincoln’s day. This 45-minute reenactment provided an
opportunity for citizens around Kentucky to experience music written and
performed in the commonwealth for Lincoln and his family, connecting the
audience visually and audibly to the era of our 16th President.
www.lexphil.org
Lincoln’s Legacy Through Music
The Louisville
Orchestra, Inc.
Contact: Christopher Miller
(502) 587-8681
February
11, 2008
The Louisville Orchestra commissioned a new piece for the Lincoln
Bicentennial from American composer Peter Schickele for the opening celebration
in Louisville on February 11, 2008. This piece will be featured in concerts by
the Louisville Orchestra throughout the Bicentennial.
www.kentuckycenter.org
Knob Creek Boy Statue
Hardin County
History Museum
Contact: Hardin County History Museum
(270) 763-8339
The Hardin County History Museum created a highly realistic faux bronze
statue of Abraham Lincoln as a boy. Housed in the Hardin County History Museum,
it gives visitors a real sense of Lincoln as they “meet” him face to
face and learn his story.
Lincoln’s Legacy: A
Musical Tribute
Hardin County Schools Performing Arts Center
Contact: Hardin County Schools
(270) 769-8837
February 12, 2008
The Hardin County Schools Performing Arts Center hosted the Lexington
Philharmonic for a concert of Civil War-era pieces, including Aaron
Copland’s Lincoln Portrait, which included a narration by
nationally renowned Lincoln portrayer and historian Jim Getty.
Rachel Rasnick
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial
Project Coordinator
Kentucky Arts Council
Email:
rachel.rasnick@ky.gov
Phone:
(502) 564-3757 ext. 492
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