Gathered around a square metal table, the artists are seated, hunched over, working meticulously on their drawings while a painting of a Stormtrooper on a red background watches over them. Some are creating symbols and colorfully drawing them; others are painting on pieces of canvas. One woman works on her painting of an owl. Eric … Continue reading Artist brings bright color to Kentucky-based art and to students

Carrying dress bags and lugging suitcases behind them, 30 young women made their way into the Singletary Center for the Arts on Tuesday and settled into the orchestra room as they transformed it into a makeshift dressing room. Many of the contestants made multiple trips from the dressing room to a vehicle outside which had … Continue reading Miss Kentucky competitors put in exhausting days pursuing the crown

Working in his studio — otherwise known as a garage — at Allen Court on Wednesday, Dave Cooper is wearing steel-toed boots, work gloves and a respirator mask as he paints a table he’s laboring over. The heat of the noon sun radiates outside as a small fan on his work bench continuously blows air … Continue reading Maker of bus-stop pallet benches is undaunted by their removal