KyArtsCast

This month's podcast is all about love for the arts, and the upcoming Kentucky Crafted Market, March 16-17 at the Kentucky Horse Park's Alltech Arena. Our guests are musician Marcus Wilkerson and visual artists Alisha Martin, Dave Shadwick and Lakshmi Sriraman. They each talk about what made them fall in love with creating art, and their excitement for the upcoming Kentucky Crafted Market.

More information on each of this episode's artists can be found on their respective directory pages on the Kentucky Arts Council website:

Marcus Wilkerson (Performing Artists Directory)

Marcus Wilkerson (Teaching Artists Directory)

Alisha Martin (Kentucky Crafted Directory)

Dave Shadwick (Kentucky Crafted Directory)

Dave Shadwick (Architectural Artists Directory)

Lakshmi Sriraman (Performing Artists Directory)

Also, here's a link to the John C. Campbell Folk School where Dave learned more about blacksmithing.

Tom Musgrave chats with Doris Thurber, a cofounder of Franklin County's Hands Healing HeArts initiative, and Angie Boone, one of the Hands Healing HeArts participants, about this unique addiction recovery support program centered around the visual arts. Hands Healing HeArts works in cooperation with Franklin County Drug Court, using a variety of hands-on, multi-disciplinary artistic approaches with women in Drug Court to support their recovery.

During the course of this conversation, we talk about a couple of videos Hands Healing Hearts has produced, and the organization has generously allowed us to post links to them:

• Art of Recovery trailer (2:19).
• Installation exhibit at Frankfort's Grand Theatre (12:01). This is a compelling visual and audio tapestry, showing the journeys the women of Franklin County Drug Court as they move through the Hands Healing HeArts program.

For more information about Hands Healing HeArts, to volunteer, or to learn about how you can start a similar program in your community, visit the Hands Healing HeArts website.

Also, Tom apologizes for not introducing himself at the beginning of the podcast. We're still getting used to this. Thanks for your patience, listeners!

Tom Musgrave, Kentucky Arts Council communications director, and Chris Cathers, interim executive director chat about how the podcast came about, behind the scenes stuff at the Kentucky Arts Council and some initiatives involving art as therapy for Kentucky's military veterans.

We also discuss work in the arts council's Kentucky Veteran Project exhibit, which can be seen in a slideshow here. You can also see the traveling schedule for the exhibit as it moves around Kentucky.

Just a chance to dip your toe into the Kentucky Arts Council's monthly podcast, KyArtsCast.