 The Appalachian Center for the Arts has recently received over $13,000 from the Kentucky Arts Council-Kentucky Arts Partnership Grant, which works to aid non-profit art organizations throughout the Commonwealth. We spoke to Shane and Daniels, the center's director, about the importance of this grant. The Kentucky Arts Council really, really helps out non-profits, arts organizations, just like the Appalachian Center for the Arts. We go through a grant process every year and based on our activities that we do, the number of people that we have come through our building, all of the things that we have to offer, they decide how much money we will be awarded and we are grateful for every penny that is awarded to us. It really helps with our programming, with our educational programming, our professional programming, just making sure that we are able to offer arts in East Drink, Kentucky. In addition to the Appalachian Center for the Arts, an additional 106 non-profit art organizations throughout the state received grant dollars. I always say the Appalachian Center for the Arts is kind of the unicorn of the theater world. A lot of people have heard me say that and it's just really a beautiful thing to be able to have an arts organization in Eastern Kentucky. There's so much talent in these mountains and to be able to have a place where people can come and feel welcome and share their creativity is wonderful and so that the funding from the arts, the Kentucky Arts is just, it's crucial, it really is, to be able to let us offer these programs and give support to artists in our community. To learn more about the Appalachian Center for the Arts or to make a donation, go to theapparts.org.