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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A state senator wants to make some changes in what statues represent Kentucky in the state Capitol in Frankfort and the U.S. Capitol in Washington.
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The Kentucky Arts Council has expanded its annual Arts Day to a weeklong event, and it will all be done virtually due to the pandemic.
Traditionally, the event has brought Kentucky artists and arts leaders to the Capitol Rotunda in Frankfort for a celebratory day of performances, demonstrations, and a photo opp with the arts community and lawmakers.
But this year, Kentucky Arts Council executive director Chris Cathers said they wanted it to be about more than simply celebrating the arts.
“As we began to talk about it as a staff, we kept coming up with workshops and ideas and performances and connections that we can make,” Cathers said. “And we were like, this is more than what we can do in one day.”
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âHe was settled into his business and family when a serendipitous encounter changed everything,â Frey writes in the biography, going on to note how a chance encounter with a customer and Broadway producer, Morris Gest, resulted in Hales moving to New York City.
There he designed sets for a theater stage production and would go on to work for Saks Fifth Avenue, winning a contract to design layer posters to fill 31 of the storeâs display windows.
âThey were reviewed as artwork by art critics, and the public loved them,â Frey notes of the success of her grandfatherâs work for Saks and the acclaim and commissions that followed.