The Arts Commission of Danville / Boyle County

Writers' Group
2019-04-08 17:30 (America/Kentucky/Louisville) | Boyle County Public Library, 307 West Broadway St., Danville, KY, 40422
All writers are welcome to attend this group, no matter what your level and style.

Writer's Group
2018-11-12 17:30
Regular monthly meeting – new members are welcome.

Gathering Artists
2018-12-08 10:15 | Community Arts Center, 401 West Main St.
Regular monthly meeting, open to all interested artists.

Moon Over Buffalo
2019-05-09 20:00 | West T. Hill Community Theatre, 117 Larrimore Lane, Danville, KY, 40422
Set in a theatre green room, this play is a situation comedy with a dash of slapstick. Of course, a huge misunderstanding causes hilarious chaos between a husband and wife acting team.
Tickets are $12.00 plus tax and are available online at tickets.westthill.com, by phone at 859-319-0205, or at the door, if available.

Garden Tour
2019-05-18 10:00 - 16:00
The Garden Club of Danville presents eight inspiring gardens Saturday, May 18th, rain or shine, from 10:00 – 4:00.
Tickets are $15.00 in advance and $20.00 day of tour. Tickets may be purchased at Maple Tree Gallery and The Derby Shoppe, or by mail before April 25th to The Garden Club of Danville, P. O. Box 1762, Danville. KY 40423.
Day of tour, purchase tickets at Constitution Square, 2nd and Main Sts., or any garden on the tour.
Check the Club website for more information.
www.thegardenclubofdanville.org

Art-full Affair Draw Party and Live Auction
2019-05-17 18:30 - 21:00 | Pioneer Playhouse, 840 Stanford Rd, Danville, KY, 40422, United States
The BIG NIGHT! The Draw and the Live Auction! Your $100.00 ticket gets you and a friend in and a selection of art when your name is called!
Several very special pieces will be offered at live auction such as the piece above. Sheldon Tapley has donated this beautiful painting framed by Maple Tree Gallery. Dry Branch at Springtime is 12 X 9, oil on linen mounted on panel. Bidding is limited to ticket holders only.

Art-Full Affair Preview Party
2019-05-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Pioneer Playhouse, 840 Stanford Rd, Danville, KY, 40422, United States
It’s that time! The Arts Commission’s fantastic fundraiser to support our scholarship program will feature outstanding art donated by our local artists. Every ticket holder will walk away with a piece of art!
Each $100.00 ticket includes the Preview Party and the Draw Party for two people and a selection of one piece of art.
Tickets are limited, so contact the Arts Commission at arts@historicdanvilleky.com SOON!

Garden Club of Danville
2019-05-01 13:00 | Boyle County Extension Office, 99 Corporate Drive, Danville, Kentucky, 40422
Program – “Make and Take May Baskets – a Celebration of May Day” taught by Madelyn Worley and Judy Sweeney.
Bring cut flowers and greens to fill the baskets to give to friends and neighbors to promote the Garden Tour.
Design: Designer’s Choice using a Derby Cup
Horticulture: Any worthy specimen using botanical name on the label
Visitors and prospective members are always welcome. For more information about the club and its activities see the website
www.thegardenclubofdanville.org

Women Writers 2019
2019-04-22 17:30 - 19:30 | Boyle County Public Library, 307 West Broadway St., Danville, KY, 40422
You can enhance your communications and creativity through the use of technology by spending an evening with four experts in the field. Join the Arts Commission and Heritage Business and Professional Women April 22nd at the Boyle County Public Library. Refreshments will be served at 5:30 and the presentations and discussion begin at 6:00.
Carrie Frey, Tara Strauch, Candace Wentz and Lisa Williams will offer sound and practical advice on tools to help businesses, artists and individuals communicate and create effectively using free resources. Do you want to work with others remotely, blog, develop podcasts, develop your own website or prepare work for submission to publish? These women have the answers for you.
The program is free and open to the public.

Wilderness Trail Distillery
2019-04-05 18:00 - 21:00 | Wilderness Trail Distillery, 4095 Lebanon Rd., Danville, Kentucky, 40422
First Friday event featuring Grayson Jenkins.

Creating Community through Arts in Eastern Kentucky
2019-04-03 19:00 | Centre College – Vahlkamp, 600 West Walnut, Danville, Kentucky, 40422
Dr. Joy Gritton, Associate Professor of Art History, Morehead State University
Wednesday, April 3, 2019 – 7:00pm (Vahlkamp Theatre)
The pendulum of popular perception of Eastern Kentucky has long swung between a “strange land” and “peculiar people” characterized by isolation, violent feuds, moonshine (or drugs), and poverty, and misty mountain landscapes populated by self-reliant backwoods men and women with a rich history of weaving, quilting, woodworking, basketry, and home-grown music. Since the Progressive era the second stereotype has been proffered as a solution to the first. It was and is an unspoken imperative that any training initiatives or funding opportunities related to the arts must have an economic development component to be seriously considered. But in a place where people live surrounded by both beauty and hardship, the arts are being used to foster and express hope, healing, resilience, cooperation, empowerment, and pride on a daily basis. And while you can’t eat hope and pride may not pay the rent, it goes a long way toward building communities that are finding their way in a dominant society that seems at times indifferent to the many marginalized peoples of our country. This discussion will highlight diverse ways Eastern Kentuckians are using the arts to work toward a better future for themselves and their neighbors.

Gideon Alorwoyie
2019-04-02 19:00 | Centre College – Combs, 600 West Walnut, Danville, KY, 40422
African Master Drummer Gideon Alorwoyie and his Afrikania Performing Troupe, consisting of approximately ten musicians, will perform traditional Ghanaian drumming and dance pieces. Mr. Alorwoyie originally taught at University of Ghana and was the master drummer with whom American composer Steve Reich studied prior to writing many of his most influential works. He is director of the African Percussion Ensemble at the University of North Texas, professor of music, high priest of the Yewe (that’s his title, midawo), and chief (or Torgbui) of his native region in Ghana. The percussive rhythms and forms Alorwoyie knows are not written down; they’ve been passed from generation to generation through practice and performance with such master drummers as himself. Before teaching at UNT, Alorwoyie was chief master drummer of the Ghana National Dance Ensemble, touring Europe, China, the former USSR, the Caribbean, South Korea and Hong Kong.

Plein Air Artists - Winter programs
2019-02-11 13:00 - 15:30 | Community Arts Center, 401 West Main St.
Artist group studying various topics and aspects of art. Programs are planned and led by members.
Each session asks a minimum donation from each participant of $5.00 to the Community Arts Center.

Human Library
2019-03-31 13:30 - 16:30 | Boyle County Public Library, 307 West Broadway St., Danville, KY, 40422
Read a human book at the Public Library. Community members can be checked out, not really, but you can have conversation on a variety of topics.

Human Library
2019-03-30 12:30 - 17:00 | Centre College Library
Read from a collection of human books! Community members are available for discussions on a variety of topics. March 30th at Centre College and March 31st at the Boyle County Public Library.
Check at the Libraries for specific times.
