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Behringer-Crawford joins Arts Day in Kentucky, celebrating Arts Council and partnerships on Feb. 24


On Feb. 24, representatives from Behringer-Crawford Museum (BCM) will join their peers from other Kentucky arts organizations in Frankfort to celebrate Arts Day in Kentucky.  BCM is among 93 Kentucky arts organizations to receive a Kentucky Arts Partnership (KAP) grant awarded from the Kentucky Arts Council for fiscal year 2017.
 
The Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, invests a large portion of its funding in arts organizations across Kentucky through the KAP program.  The grants provide operating support to nonprofit organizations that offer year-round arts services and programs directly for the benefit of the public.
 
BCM offers a variety of cultural experiences and participation in the arts for the people of Northern Kentucky and the surrounding region.  The support from the Kentucky Arts Council helps provide arts programming and arts education to benefit residents and visitors alike.
 

“The funds that BCM received from the Kentucky Arts Council are invested in our community in many ways,” says Laurie Risch, BCM executive director. “These funds generate local, state and federal tax revenue and stimulate the local economy through the purchase of goods and services locally. 

“In addition to generating revenue, Behringer-Crawford Museum stimulates the local economy by spending dollars at local merchants and contracting for a wide range of local services.”
 
These partnerships represent a commitment to doing business locally and being a vital part of Northern Kentucky, Risch says. 

Investing the dollars from the state in our local community “helps us create lasting relationships that strengthen our community and benefit the people who live here.”
 
Let me give you a few examples.  In the previous fiscal year, BCM received $9,810 from the Kentucky Arts Council. 

Here is a rundown of how BCM leveraged those funds:

• Generated $36,441 in municipal, state and federal taxes.
• Provided 27,397 individual arts experiences.
• Served 5,066 young people from 59 schools.
• Provided two full-time and nine part-time jobs.
• Used Kentucky Arts Council support to leverage $374,296 in earned income, corporate sponsorships, private foundation grants, local government support and individual donations.
 
During the same time period, BCM was one of 93 Kentucky arts organizations that helped provide more than 5.2 million arts experiences and more than 1.3 million arts education experiences for the people of the Commonwealth.
 

 


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