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This competition closed on 31st July but submissions are still being accepted to be included in the public art exhibition later this year.
​FIRST PHOTOGRAPH ENTRY IS FREE

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​Arts Connect is pleased to introduce: Here Today... a photo essay of Kentucky during covid-19.  This is an ambitious statewide community project to create a unique photographic portrait which captures the spirit, mood, hopes, fears, and feelings of Kentuckians as we continue to deal with the Coronavirus outbreak.

Here Today... will be a snapshot of Kentucky as we have been going through these uncertain times, creating a collective narrative of our State which will reflect the resilience, bravery, humor and sadness, creativity and kindness as well as the very real human tragedy but also the presence of irrepressible hope.  Originally limited to images that included people, this project has been expanded to include animals as well as scenes or a situation that specifically relates to this pandemic period.

You are invited to submit a photographic image (up to three) taken during these times that responds to but is not limited to one of these themes:
  • Helpers and Heroes
  • Your New Normal
  • Love in the time of Covid-19 (Acts of Kindness)
  • Humor as a form of Healing
  • Where would we be without ...

Images submitted will be featured in a virtual exhibition on this website and  images will be shown in a physical location later as a public art exhibition.

The first photo submission is FREE, thereafter there is a $10 per entry fee - 40% of which will be donated to the Artist Relief Trust that has been created to provide rapid response microgrants to Kentucky artists who are experiencing financial difficulties meeting basic needs during this difficult time.  Up to three entries can be submitted per person.

It is  open to all ages and abilities.  Images can be taken on phones or with cameras.  Each image will be assessed on the strength of the emotional experience it conveys rather than its photographic quality or technical expertise.  ​Photographs must be taken in Kentucky.  Entries are not limited to one per person - multiple submissions are permitted.

An Overall Winner will be selected and a cash prize of $500 will be awarded to the photographer of the image that best captures the spirit of Kentucky during COVID-19. Additionally, our online voting community will cast votes for the "People's Choice" award, and the winning photographer will be awarded a $200 cash prize.
 
A special thanks to Field & Main Bank of Lexington, KY
​for making the Overall Winner cash prize possible.


​
​THE CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS JULY 31 2020 - DEADLINE EXTENDED 
​More information available here    and    Entry Form available here


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​CONTACT US

PO Box 1691
Lexington, KY  40588-1691

859-321-1341

[email protected]
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Dedicated to creating more arts awareness and vitality in the community through programs, resources and meaningful engagement, and by supporting all forms of artistic expression and creative endeavors.
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        • No. 52: Georgia Henkel - AXIS MUNDI
        • No. 51: Constance Grayson - Kids Place Lex
        • No. 50: Jacob Herrera Wachal - LIQUIFIED
        • No. 49: Green Room Exchange - Lee Carroll and Connie Milligan
        • No. 48: Ron Wilbur and Vanessa Becker Weig - Voices Amplified
        • No. 47: Sylvia Lovely - Family Tree, Food and Stories
        • Ep 46: Katharine Erickson - 21c Museum Hotel
      • Art Throb Episodes 2024 >
        • Ep. 45: ATB - Souled
        • No. 44: Ave Lawyer - On the Verge
        • No. 43: Don Ament - Fayette County: Nature's Radiance
        • No. 42: Jill Schinberg - Fish Tank: Emerging Entrepreneurs in the Arts
        • No. 41: Lesa Aker - Pastel Artist
        • No. 40: Lexi Bass - Meander
        • No. 39: Larry Pemble and Jeanine Triplett - James Baker Hall Foundation Book Award
        • No. 38: Dobree Adams and Jonathon Greene - Visions in Tandem
        • No. 37: William M Duffy - Black Avant-Garde
        • NO: 36: Cacey Nardolillo - Chamber Music Festival of Lexington
        • No. 35: Phoebe Whiite - Cowgirl's Delight
        • No. 34: Becky Alley and Samantha Simpson - Muse Collective
        • No. 33: Larry Kezele and Yvonne Giles - The Freedom Train
        • No. 32: Jordan Campbell - Gateway Regional Arts Center
        • No. 31: Constance Greyson - Artists
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        • No. 29: Rob Southard - Photodocumentarian
        • No. 28: Wylie Caudill - Official Derby Artist
        • No. 27: Kevin Nance - Geneva's Garden
        • No. 26: Arturo Alonzo Sandoval - Radiance
        • No. 25: Mary Ann Taylor-Hall, Kentucky Writers' Hall of Fame
        • No. 24: Daniel Graham, Professor, Woodworker, Hand-made Instruments,
        • No. 23: Jayne Moore Waldro - She Remembered It All: The Art of Memory Painter Helen LaFrancep
        • No. 22: Kevin Lane Dearinger - Cold as a Silver Spoon
        • No. 21: Roda Ferraro - Director Keeneland Library
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        • No. 1: Jon Kolkin - Shades of Compassion,
        • No. 3: Janet Holloway - Ain't Nobody's Business if I Do
        • No. 2: Jennie Leavell and Ana Melendez - Sammy's Story
        • No. 4: Alex Narramore - Sugar Flower Artist/Mischief Maker
        • No. 5: Kris Grenier - 7500+ Miles/Needle Felter
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        • No. 7: Kevin Lane Dearinger - Eleanor Robson Belmont
        • No. 8: Julien Robson - Great Meadows Foundation
        • No. 9: Pamela Perlman - After the Race
        • No. 10: Steve Hester - Malchus and Me
        • No. 11: Stephen Wiggins
        • No. 12: Dr fari nzinga
        • No. 13: John Paul Miller - False Riches
        • No.14: Guy Mendes - Lexington Camera Club
        • No. 15: Chris McGinley - Once these Hills
        • No. 16: John Hockensmith
        • No. 17: Buffy Lawson
        • No. 18: Jessica Winters - PRHBTN
        • No. 19: Katharine Erickson - 21c Museum Hotel
        • No. 20: Colton Ryan and Lyndy Smith - Concert with the Stars
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