The national Abraham
Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration officially kicked off on February 12, 2008 in
Hodgenville, Kentucky, the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln. This two-year
nationwide celebration will honor our nation’s great 16th president. The
Kentucky Arts Council has provided grant funding available through the Kentucky
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission (KALBC) to commemorate the
contributions of Abraham Lincoln and celebrate the
bicentennial of his birth in Kentucky through the arts. The Commission’s
focus is to ensure that Lincoln's ties to Kentucky, as his birthplace and
childhood home, are celebrated and appreciated. Projects funded through the
Kentucky Arts Council’s Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Project Grant will
continue through 2010. For more information about these projects, please go to
this link:
www.artscouncil.ky.gov/Lincoln/Lincoln_Projects.htm.
The Kentucky Arts Council has provided grant
funding to many Kentucky artists who have developed products to help celebrate
the Bicentennial of Lincoln’s birth in Kentucky. These products are
available in many fine retail shops and museums throughout the state and will
also be available at special events, including Kentucky Crafted: The
Market which will be held at the Kentucky Exposition Center February 21
– 22, 2009. A list of Lincoln products can be found on The Lincoln
Collection: Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Products link.
The mission of
the KALBC is to commemorate, in conjunction with the National Abraham Lincoln
Bicentennial Commission, the 200th anniversary of Lincoln’s birth,
emphasizing Kentucky’s contributions to his thoughts and ideals, and to
serve as a coordinator of statewide efforts to convey Lincoln’s Kentucky
story and his legacy of freedom, democracy, and equal opportunity for all.
Grant funding has been made available through the Kentucky Arts Council and
other state agencies including the Kentucky Humanities Council, the Kentucky
Historical Society and the Kentucky Heritage Council.
For more
information about this grant opportunity, please
contact:
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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