Paducah Creative & Cultural Council

04/07/2026

New full time job position in the arts created in Paducah.

Extension Agent for Community Arts - McCracken CountyLocation: Paducah, KYThe Extension Agent for Community Arts is responsible for developing, implementing, and evaluating educational programs that foster a vibrant arts culture within the community. This role includes leading programs in performing...

03/18/2026

GRANT OPPORTUNITY

National Endowment for the Humanities
New NEH Grant Program: Collections Stewardship
03/17/2026
NEH’s new Collections Stewardship program funds projects to preserve and make available physical and digital collections important for research, teaching, and public engagement in the humanities. Awards support the work of libraries, archives, and museums; colleges and universities working on collections access; and organizations that provide preservation services or educate and train students and professionals in collections stewardship.
Eligible activities include:
· conducting assessments for physical or digital preservation, and creating plans and policies for collections stewardship
· conducting conservation assessments and implementing treatment plans
· purchasing storage and preservation supplies to rehouse collections (no high-density storage systems or casework)
· managing collection storage environments and other preventive care strategies (no building systems)
· arranging and describing archival and manuscript collections
· cataloging collections of rare books, maps, photographs, sound recordings and moving images, archaeological and ethnographic artifacts, art and material culture, and digital objects
· digitizing or reformatting collections and making them available for public use through websites or digital repositories
· transcribing, translating, or indexing primary source materials (no editorial work on scholarly editions)
· enhancing long-standing digital resources that are widely used in the humanities in order to preserve the information and improve access
· providing preservation services or educating and training undergraduate and graduate students and professionals who preserve and provide access to humanities collections (no tuition remission)

Application Deadlines: May 11, 2026, and December 15, 2026

Maximum Funding: $350,000 (individual organizations); $500,000 (consortia)

Program Information: https://www.neh.gov/program/collections-stewardship

Please read the Notice of Funding Opportunity for application instructions.
NEH staff are available to answer questions but will not review drafts. Contact us at: [email protected]

This program funds projects to preserve and make available physical and digital collections important for research, teaching, and public engagement in the humanities.

03/06/2026

The Paducah Creative and Cultural Council is working with the Paducah Convention and Visitors Bureau to provide a marketing workshop for arts organizations. This is the first of what we hope will be a series of workshops this year to help arts and culture organizations based on the needs requested in our survey last November. We will also be setting up workshops for individual arts as well in the coming months. Sign up at the link below.

March 17, 2026 9 AM - 12:30 PM Studio 200 Theatre | 209 Marine Way The Paducah CVB, in partnership with the Creative and Cultural Council presents Tell your Story, Grow Your Audience. Please RSVP using the form below.

01/15/2026

Agenda for Jan. 15th 2026 Meeting
Time- 5:15 City Hall
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Minutes
4. Council Member Nominations Report
5. Paducaharts.org work on revised website updates
6. 2026 Work plan updates
7. Other Events and updates
8. Public Comment
9. Adjourned

01/12/2026

A new opportunity for small arts organizations was announced on the Kentucky Arts Council site.

Check out The Kentucky Arts Rising (KAR) grant program provides support for Kentucky-based arts and cultural organizations, with an average annual revenue of less than $100,000, whose primary mission is to provide Kentuckians with year-round arts programming.

Applicants with average annual revenue of $100,000 or more must apply for Kentucky Arts Partnership (KAP) which is designed for larger organizations.

The Kentucky Arts Rising (KAR) grant program provides support for Kentucky-based arts and cultural organizations, with an average annual revenue of less than $100,000, whose primary mission is to provide Kentuckians with year-round arts programming.

12/04/2025

This opportunity was just sent to Hope Reasons who is the City of Paducah Grants Writer. Please share this if you know of someone who might be interested in this grant.

As we welcome December, we’re mindful of the importance of connection and community, values that feel especially relevant this time of year. Our latest impact story captures that spirit, highlighting a small-town newspaper that elevates local voices, investigates issues that shape daily life, and ...

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving to all of the artists, organizations, and most important the people who support and participate in the arts and culture of Paducah. You make our city a wonderful place to live, work, and play!

11/19/2025

Meeting Agenda Creative and Cultural Council Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 5:15 pm Commission Chambers Paducah City Hall 300 S 5th St Paducah, KY 42002

I. Call to Order
II. Roll Call
III. Minutes
IV. Discuss revised bylaws (New meeting time)
V. Review of Organizational Listening Session
VI. Review of Individual Artist Listening Sessions
VII. Public Arts Survey
VIII. Community Members Survey
IX. Website
X. Discussion of new RFP and Partnership Progress
XI. Public Comment
XII. Adjourned

We still have to do more in depth work on unpacking the surveys but we hope to give an overview of what we learned so far.

11/06/2025

11/05/2025

We were thrilled to have our friends from Farmers Bank drop by the Guild and get creative with us on the brand new workshop tables they helped make possible!

Their generous sponsorship helped us outfit our community workshop space where people of all ages come to learn, make, and connect.

We are only able to do our work because of the local partners who believe in building stronger communities through creativity. Thank you, Farmers Bank, for investing in a space where ideas can grow!

Bonus Points: We were drawing folding surprises today! If you would like to make one yourself, here is the link to the (not so) cute cupcake we were making: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGXCyzcXsYk

11/05/2025

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