1. ART
MATTERS
Volume 2 Issue 2 | A Message from the Chairman 3 | Lexington Children’s Theatre 4
Fund for the Arts Finale 6 | EcoART 8 | Funds Distribution 10

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Transformation and Renewal
John Long
Chairman of the Board
ARTMATTERS
The search process to find the new CEO for LexArts was transformational in a very special way for the
members of the search committee which, for me, was an unintended surprise. While we fully under-
stood the assignment, it gave us time to know each other better and share observations and thoughts
about the arts and cultural community in a more general way. Before conducting a single interview,
or even looking at a resume, we conversationally wandered around the place LexArts occupies in the
community and pondered its accomplishments and what still needs to be done. These were special
discussions I wish we would have recorded.
We looked at the language of both the Vision and Mission statements to find authenticity and
relevance for today that could extend into the future…being the “catalyst for creating a community
inspired by the arts through funding, advocating and communicating”...and concluded we wouldn’t
change a word.
We are indeed fortunate to have Allison Kaiser, Bianca Spriggs, Virginia Underwood, Georgia
Henkel, Lori Houlihan, Stephanie Hong, Larry Snipes and David Smith as Arts and Cultural leaders in
our community. Each of these individuals contributed to the search in very personal and meaningful
ways.
Throughout the process so wonderfully led by David, we compared candidates against our con-
temporary conversations about the placement of LexArts in the community. We engaged some of our
strongest supporters like Mayor Gray, the supporters and beneficiaries alike of the annual campaign,
as well as the arts community as a whole, in open candidate interview sessions. For me, the process
is always important and, in this case, I know we got it right.
And so it is I introduce to you Ellen A. “Nan” Plummer, the unanimous choice to lead LexArts
as its new President & CEO. Nan has over 20 years experience in arts organization leadership, institu-
tional advancement and program expansion and management. Her development skills are extensive
and varied and her programming experience wide-ranging.
Nan was most recently Senior Development Officer for Arkansas Children’s Hospital Founda-
tion in Little Rock, AR. Prior to that, she served for over seven years as Executive Director of Arkansas
Arts Center, Arkansas’s oldest art museum and second-largest arts organization, and also held posi-
tions at the Toledo Museum of Art and the University of Michigan Museum of Art. She received a BA
in History of Art from Mount Holyoke College, and PhD and MA degrees, also in History of Art, along
with an MBA, from the University of Michigan.
Throughout the process, it became abundantly clear Nan’s leadership-style, charisma and pas-
sion are very well-aligned with a renewed direction for LexArts. As importantly, Nan has a quiet con-
fidence, a passion for the arts and an incredibly inspiring and collaborative spirit I believe will ignite
the arts community in Lexington.

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ARTMATTERS | Volume 2 Issue 2
Lexington Children’s Theatre, founded in
1938, started with a purpose “to present edu-
cational entertainment for children and to pro-
vide the opportunity for creative expression.”
In the subsequent 75 years, that original mis-
sion has remained steadfast and has become
the cornerstone of one of the oldest operating
theatres for young people in the country. And
little known to most, Lexington Children’s
Theatre is also the State Children’s Theatre of
Kentucky.
LCT’s current and long-time Produc-
ing Director, Larry Snipes came on board in
1979. It’s the job that brought him to live in
Lexington, and working with his wife, Vivian, a
director at LCT, has allowed them both to see
the organization grow into the vibrant, beloved
company it is today.
At this point in his long career, Snipes
and many of the dedicated members of the LCT
staff and board members both past and pres-
ent can look back over a rich history of peo-
ple, plays and performers. “I see people now I
worked with when they were children, coming
back with their own children, and young actors
we worked with, now teaching college. That’s
been very gratifying,” says Snipes.
LexArts was one
of the first partner agen-
cies to support Lexing-
ton Children’s Theatre.
“Much of our success
was incubated by Lex-
Arts,” explains Snipes.
“We had offices with
them and they provided
seed money for our first
performance,” Snipes
remembers. “They have
always been solid sup-
port we could count on
and that has allowed us
to grow our theatre and
also to expand our reach.” Since the estab-
lishment of Lexington’s United Arts Fund in
1984, LexArts (known as the Lexington Arts
and Cultural Council until 2005) has awarded
over $2.6 million to LCT.
Snipes goes on to say that LexArts
taught LCT a lot about the business side of run-
ning an arts organization, offering financial ad-
vice, sometimes practical, sometimes difficult
yet always well-intentioned, that made them
better stewards of funding resources. “LexArts
helped us with the capital campaign to get
the funding for the building we are in now.”
LCT offers many different types of
shows, both on it’s main stage and in the
productions that tour the region, and uses a
mixture of young students and professional
actors. Snipes explains, “We look for shows
and material that cast young people. There
is a lot being written for youth today and we
sometimes write our own.” Snipes proudly
adds that many of the works they have writ-
ten have gone on to be performed elsewhere.
Education programs are growth op-
portunities for the theatre. Jeremy Kisling,
Associate Director in charge of Education,
explains LCT’s educational work: “Our goal is
Lexington Children’s Theatre
Enters 76th Season.................................................................................................................................................................
State Children’s Theatre of Kentucky Founded in 1938

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continued on page 12
Founded in 1938,
Lexington Children’s
Theatre creates
imaginative, compelling,
professional theatre
experiences and arts
education for children
andfamilies.Thetheatre
has dedicated itself to
enriching the lives of
Kentucky children for
decades through expertise, enthusiasm and art. Larry
Snipes (pictured) has served as Lexington Children’s
Theatre’s Producing Director since 1979.
LCT MILESTONES
1938 Lexington Children’s Theatre founded
1947 LCT holds first Theatre School classes
1971 First professional director hired
1980 LCT begins touring throughout the
Bluegrass and beyond
1985 First full-time resident ensemble hired
1998 LCT moves into current home on W.est
Short Street and forms the Resident
Professional Intern Company
2003 LCT is invited to participate in the John
F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
new play development process New Visions/
New Voices
2004 LCT begins satellite program in Elliott and
Rowan counties
2012 Larry and Vivian Snipes along with LCT
win the Orlin Corey Medallion Award
from the Children’s Theatre Foundation of
America
2013 LCT wins the Governor’s Awards in Arts
Education Award
to create and support quality arts education
experiences for the young people of Kentucky.
The education department has a mission state-
ment of its own: to provide students of all
ages with the means to actively explore the
beauty, diversity, complexity and challenges of
the world around them through the dramatic
process.” He adds, “We strive for our students
to develop their own unique creative voice.”
Lexington Children’s Theatre offers a
variety of classes and workshops designed to
give students a rewarding experience while
still targeting and meeting their needs physi-
cally, mentally and creatively. To that end, LCT
offers classes for young people ages 4 to 18,
with a purpose of producing a valuable educa-
tional and creative experience for the young
artist.
Each fall, winter and spring, LCT offers
Saturday classes for six consecutive weeks, and
also a performance workshop during each fall,
winter and spring break. In addition to these
classes and workshops at the theatre, LCT also
holds after school programs at Fayette County
public schools. Kisling adds that summer is
a very busy time at LCT. Eleven week-long in-
tensive Theatre School classes, specific to age
groups, are offered between June and August
that develop, train and encourage children
from a very young age. Classes are also offered
in Acting, Movement, Voice and Improvisation.
An annual favorite among LCT staff,

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ARTMATTERS | Volume 2 Issue 2
Lexington loves the arts! LexArts recorded a
$1,108,479 tally for the 2014 Fund for the Arts
campaign. Hundreds of corporate leaders, arts
administrators, artists and arts enthusiasts
joined to celebrate at the Campaign Finale on
June 19 that was very generously presented by
Hilliard Lyons and hosted in the art gallery of
Karen and Al Piazza’s Mix on Vine. Since the
creation of the Fund for the Arts in 1984, Lex-
Arts has raised more than $23 million for local
arts organizations.
Corporate donations showed a very
impressive 12% increase over 2013. Individual
giving and foundational support was steady.
Thirty-two businesses conducted workplace
giving campaigns, allowing over 800 employees
an opportunity to not only financially support
Lexington’s arts organizations, but also to en-
gage further with the artistic community. Sup-
port from Mayor Jim Gray, the Urban County
Council and LFUCG remained a critical factor
in the success of the campaign.
“We are thrilled with the cam-
paign results,” said John Long, LexArts
Board Chair. “Tracee Whitley’s steadfast
resolve, and that of the entire Cabinet,
left no stone unturned in their efforts
to engage Lexington’s corporate citi-
zenry and its local community in our
campaign. We do this for Lexington—to make
it even more rich and vibrant and to continue
to create a city that is culturally engaging to
its residents and visitors alike. The compelling
results of the campaign are a true testament
that the arts are a vital component of this city.”
Whitley continued, “It was an honor
Fund for the Arts Finale Celebrates
Triumphant Achievement..................................................................................................................................................................
2014 Campaign Raises More Than $1.1 Million

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2014 FUND FOR THE ARTS
CAMPAIGN CABINET
L. Tracee Whitley
Bingham McCutchen LLP
Campaign Chair
Mike Ash
Fifth Third Bank
Workplace Giving Chair
John Gohmann
PNC Bank
Pacesetters Chair
Gina Greathouse
Commerce Lexington
Corporate Chair
Gregory Pettit
Guthrie Mayes Public Relations
Individuals Chair
Becky Reinhold
Bluegrass Sotheby's International Realty
LexArts Development Chair
and privilege to lead this year’s Fund for the
Arts campaign in my new hometown of Lex-
ington. The 2014 campaign’s focus on how
the arts are critical to the achievement of our
youth was clearly a galvanizing and inspir-
ing theme to all of our donors. In particular,
our corporate community stepped up their
generosity, enabling us to surpass last year’s
results and underscoring the vital role busi-
nesses play in promoting and supporting the
arts in our community.”
With In-Kind Support from:
DaRae & Friends Catering
Epic Vodka
Mix on Vine
Presented by:

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ARTMATTERS | Volume 2 Issue 2
LexArts and Lexington's Department of Envi-
ronmental Quality and Public Works (DEQPW)
unveiled and dedicated artist Brian Rust's
Signs of Change/No Away, the newest public
art project of DEQPW's EcoART Program on
Thursday, October 23rd at Raven Run Nature
Sanctuary. Created as an educational project
via artistic creation, the EcoART program
aims to generate increased awareness of en-
vironmental issues important to Lexington,
celebrate Lexington's unique bluegrass envi-
ronment, educate citizens about water quality
and conservation, and promote a healthy and
sustainable quality of life.
Signs of Change/No Away is a sculptur-
al installation created by Brian Rust and des-
tined for Raven Run Sanctuary that is a series
of eight large-scale, exterior quality, 8' x 8' pho-
tographs of natural and man-made materials.
The images were cut into 1' x 8' strips
and displayed in a cascading effect on mobile
free-standing sculptural bases. As the viewer
moves around a pairing, the images seem to
alternately "appear" and "disappear." Because
of an "out-of-sight, out-of-mind" tendency,
our culture often does not consider that "out
of sight" does not mean that discarded items
simply disappear - they most often end up in
landfills. The educational intent of the project
is to promote an interest in and awareness of
natural and man-made materials and the pro-
found effects that a solid recycling program
can have on a community. The choice to install
Mr. Rust’s work at Raven Run was particularly
appropriate, as the land on which the sanctu-
ary sits was for many years an unsanctioned
landfill, otherwise known as an illegal dump.
LexArts has partnered with DEQPW, a
division of the Lexington-Fayette Urban Coun-
ty Government (LFUCG) to facilitate the Eco-
ART program for the past five years. The pro-
gram has commissioned 47 environmental art
projects since its inception.
EcoART Program Heralds
Lexington’s Environment.................................................................................................................................................................
Newest Public Art Project Unveiled at Raven Run Nature Sanctuary
Daily | 9am - 4:30pm
Signs of Change/No Away EcoART Exhibit
Raven Run Nature Sanctuary | 3990 Raven Run Way
Wild &
Domesticated
Our Natural
Affinity for
Animals
November 7 - January 3 | ARTS PLACE
161 North Mill St. Mon - Fri 10 - 5 pm | Sat 12 - 5 pm

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In the Loop
OLIVER LEWIS WAY BRIDGE FINALISTS
NAMED
LexArts Inc. in association with 2nd District
Council Member Shevawn Akers and the
LFUCG Corridors Commission earlier this year
issued a call to artists for the creation of public
art that enhances the Oliver Lewis Way Bridge,
located just south of the intersection of Main
Street and Newtown Pike. The call resulted in
over 100 submissions from across the United
States, Canada and Europe. After thorough
review by a selection committee comprised of
artists, arts professionals and community lead-
ers, and including public input, three finalists
have been identified and commissioned to cre-
ate site-specific proposals. The finalists are:
Blessing Hancock, Tucson, AZ; Guy Kemper,
Lexington, KY; and Christopher Weed, Colo-
rado Springs, CO. A review of the final designs
will be conducted by the selection committee
and one artist or artist team will be selected to
realize its proposal.
KROGER EXPANSION PLANS INCLUDE LOCAL
ARTISTS’ MURALS
Late this summer, the Kroger Company ap-
proached LexArts to assist in commissioning
local artists to create three large-scale murals,
one exterior and two interior, that will adorn
the new Kroger on Euclid Avenue. The exte-
rior mural, with a budget of $25,000, will be
on the side of the building facing Marquis Av-
enue. The two additional murals, with budgets
of $10,000 each, will be utilized in the inte-
rior spaces. Citing Kroger’s desire to further
engage positively in the Lexington community,
LexArts issued a Call to Artists which resulted
in over 50 submissions. As part of its commit-
ment to the neighborhood, Kroger included
local arts and community leaders, as well as
neighborhood representatives, on the selec-
tion committee. John Lackey, of Homegrown
Press, was selected for the exterior mural, and
University of Kentucky Associate Professor of
Architecture, Liz Swanson, and Brocoloco’s
Aaron and Jared Scales were selected for the
interior murals.LexArts is very proud to collab-
orate with Kroger on this project that infuses
more than $45,000 of direct artist wages into
Lexington’s economy.
MUSICIAN JAY FLIPPIN PASSES AWAY
LexArts was deeply saddened by the passing of
Emmy award-winning songwriter, pianist and
composer, Jay Flippin. Throughout a career
spanning some 58 years, Flippin’s influence
was enormous and his unwavering support of
the arts unequivocal. “I think all the arts, but
of course music in my case in particular, are
absolutely essential for the survival of people.
Because as humans, we have an emotional side
as well as a rational side. And the arts are what
enable us to express our emotions and experi-
ence emotional input and you don’t get that
from science, you don’t get that from law, you
don’t get that from math, you get that from
the arts.” -Jay Flippin
ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL FOUNDATON
CONTINUES INVESTMENT IN LOCAL ART
KentuckyOne Health understands that art
in their hospitals and clinics can play a
pivotal role in helping patients and families
in the healing process. Since 2008, LexArts
has partnered with Saint Joseph Hospital
Foundation (part of KentuckyOne Health) to
provide the facilitation of artwork purchases
that create surroundings that are calm and
restful and also comforting and optimistic.
In expanding this approach to care, the
Foundation recently completed two additional
purchases that will add to the collection at
Saint Joseph East and warm the walls of the
newly expanded KentuckyOne Health Breast
Care Center at Saint Joseph East. The latest
purchases represent approximately $35,000
in sales to central Kentucky artists and to our
economy. Since its inception, the program has
resulted in over $300,000 in art purchases
from LexArts thanks to generous Saint Joseph
donors. In Lexington, the local art is displayed
at several other KentuckyOne Health locations
including: Saint Joseph Hospital, Saint Joseph
East, Women’s Hospital at Saint Joseph East
and the KentuckyOne Health Cancer Care
center located off Blazer Parkway.

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LexArts to Distribute $550,000
As a United Arts Fund, LexArts raises money
through its annual Fund for the Arts Cam-
paign that will be distributed to arts organi-
zations throughout Lexington-Fayette County.
Our Partner Agencies, Lexington’s largest and
most established groups, receive unrestricted
General Operating Support (GOS). Unrestrict-
ed support is awarded to only those organiza-
tions that demonstrate exemplary artistic, or-
ganizational and financial management.
LexArts also awards grants through its
Community Arts Development (CAD), Cre-
ative Venture Fund (CVF) and Professional
Development (PD) programs. CAD grants
are awarded annually on a competitive basis
to support arts programs and projects with a
high level of community impact. The Creative
Venture Fund supports emerging creative en-
deavors that have long-term potential to posi-
tively impact Lexington as a center for cultural
production. Professional Development Grants
are awarded to artists, arts administrators and
arts educators seeking to broaden and deepen
their capacity as arts professionals.
LexArts strives to create an educational
and transparent grants process by providing
grant-writing workshops, one-on-one consulta-
tions and a grants review process that is open
to the public.
FY 2015 PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS
Carnegie Center for Literacy and
Learning hosts The Kentucky Great Writers Se-
ries, a literary series that connects authors to
readers and writers in an intimate atmosphere.
Central Music Academy will provide
free music lessons for 110 children from low-
income families in Fayette County
The Chamber Music Festival of Lexing-
ton serves central Kentucky by hosting a high-
end chamber music series during the summer.
The Kentucky Ballet Theatre produces
a season of professional ballet in Lexington.
The Kentucky Women Writers Confer-
ence is a series of writing workshops, readings,
book discussions and writing contests culmi-
nating in a week-long community literary fes-
tival.
The Lexington Ballet Company will
perform new works at four separate events:
Giselle, The Nutcracker, 40 Years of Dance: A
Celebration, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Currently in its eleventh year, Lexing-
ton Singer’s Children’s Choir provides choral
education to approximately 130 students an-
nually, ranging in age from five through eigh-
teen.
The African American Forum present
ed the 7th Annual Lexus Smooth Jazz Festival,
a regional event that celebrates contemporary
American Jazz, complemented by fine cuisine
and Kentucky culture.
The Valley Park Outreach Project in-
troduces the art of ballet and movement in a
bilingual setting to marginalized underserved
youth in the heart of Lexington’s Latino com-
munity.
Camilo Quintana presented 2014 La-
tino Art Blend Exhibit, which reflects the tal-
ent of Hispanic artists living in Lexington and
surrounding areas.
Les McCann School for the Arts’ Fall
Series offers 6 weeks of classes in fashion de-
sign, photography, woodwinds, fiction writing,
textiles and jewelry for teens and adults.
The Lyric Theatre presented the Day-
ton Contemporary Dance Company during the
26th annual Roots & Heritage Festival.
For the 26th annual Roots and Heri-
tage Festival, March Madness Marching Band
created original music, choreography, and
costuming plus added audience-inclusive ele-
ments.
FY 2015 SPECIAL SUPPORT
PRHBTN is a street art festival that
focuses on art forms that have been criminal-
ized, marginalized and underappreciated and
includes artwork, music and demonstrations
by international and local artists.

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Production Services
A U D I O | V I D E O | L I G H T I N G | S C E N I C
PRODUCTION&DESIGN
E V E N T S · M E E T I N G S · E N T E R T A I N M E N T
F U L L S E R V I C E
msiproductions.com 859.264.9496
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
Balagula Theatre $12,000
Central Kentucky Youth Orchestras $22,000
Lexington Art League $50,000
Lexington Children’s Theatre $125,000
Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra $170,000
Living Arts and Science Center $108,000
TOTAL $487,000
PROGRAM SUPPORT
Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning $9,000
Central Music Academy $7,000
Chamber Music Festival of Lexington $7,000
Kentucky Ballet Theatre $5,000
Kentucky Women Writers Conference $9,000
Lexington Ballet Company $7,000
Lexington Singers $7,000
TOTAL $51,000
PROJECT SUPPORT
African American Forum $2,000
Bluegrass Youth Ballet $2,000
Camilo Quintana $1,000
Les McCann School for the Arts (LMSA) $1,500
Lyric Theatre and Cultural Arts Center $1,500
March Madness Marching Band $2,500
TOTAL $10,500
SPECIAL SUPPORT
PRHBTN (Public Art Fund) $1,500
TOTAL $1,500
TOTAL ANNUAL SUPPORT $550,000
LexArts 2014/15 Funds Distribution

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students, actors and patrons is the Summer
Family Musical which casts young and old alike,
sometimes even families, together to create a
unique family-oriented and multigenerational
production. Material is chosen that encourag-
es families to experience the theatre together
whether they are onstage, backstage or in the
audience. Now in its thirteenth year, Rodgers
and Hammerstein’s Cinderella was selected as
this year’s production. The sold-out produc-
tion opened July 24th for a three-week run
and featured ten different families in the cast.
Particularly compelling is LCT’s out-
reach efforts. “Our Theatre Explorers program
brings performance education to ten schools
in both Fayette and surrounding counties af-
ter school,” says Snipes. Discovery shows cast
young people from the community, mixing in
local actors. “We get to introduce stories to
young people. For some children, it may be the
only live show they have ever seen,” he adds. “If
a school doesn’t have the resources for an arts
or theatre program, we can bring the experi-
ence to them. And we have been, since 1982.”
Thanks to a generous endowment from
the W. Paul and Lucille C. Little Foundation,
LCT is also bringing theatre to Rowan, Elliot
and surrounding counties through the Shoot-
ing Stars Youtheatre program. Mrs. Little grew
up in the surrounds of these eastern Kentucky
counties and was an active artist and arts
philanthropist in Lexington most of her life.
Shooting Stars’ enriching and educational the-
atre programming includes theatre workshops,
in-school residencies, in-school performanc-
es and family theatre nights. According to
Snipes, these programs have touched the lives
of over 35,000 children in eastern Kentucky.
And success stories? Board President
Heather Barron is very proud of all that LCT
brings to the community and says that suc-
cess is a broad concept. “I would like to think
that every child who has the opportunity to ex-
pand their world view and experience the arts
through interaction with a program or produc-
tion of LCT is a success story,” says Barron.
“But people also love to hear about those who
have ‘made it’ in the entertainment industry.
LCT is fortunate to include a number of fa-
mous alums.” She goes on to list alums who
have graced the stage and screens both large
and small. “Michael Shannon from Boardwalk
Empire and Man of Steel partook in education
classes at LCT, as did Lucy Sharp from the pop-
ular PBS series Downton Abbey,” notes Barron.
“Through our Resident Professional Intern
Company we were fortunate to work with Tim-
othy Simmons for a year who has now gone on
to be very successful on the HBO series, Veep.”
But Barron is quick to add, “Perhaps
more important to the LCT staff, however, is the
large number of students and interns who have
become theatre professionals, whether it be ar-
tistic or educational. LCT has alums on Broad-
way working on the Book of Mormon, at Walnut
Street Theatre in Philadelphia, America’s old-
est theatre, and in theatre education programs
across the country working to develop the next
generation of youth in the theatre arts.” Bar-
ron describes her time on the LCT Board as
a wonderfully positive experience. “LCT brings
theatre programming to nearly 150,000 Ken-
tucky youth and families every year. We have a
number of outreach programs that reach un-
derserved communities, including Pay What
You Can family theatre nights, ticket subsi-
dies for children who receive free or reduced
lunches, and our Shooting Stars Youtheatre.”
What does the future hold for LCT?
Snipes and his staff agree that LCT is in a
good position, with solid footing and experi-
ence on their side, but they also agree on
the growing enthusiasm that will continue
to expand the theater. “We’re excited to de-
velop new works. We do that well. Sure,
it takes time, resources and ability and in-
volves taking risks, but we know the end re-
sult is well worth the effort,” Snipes says.
On the Lexington Children’s Theatre’s
website, their mission is “to create imagina-
tive, compelling theatre experiences for young
people and families.” Many of the individuals
and families touched by the work of everyone
at Lexington Children’s Theatre would likely
say, “Mission Accomplished.”
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2014 FFA Donors
CORPORATIONS AND
FOUNDATIONS
Diamond Circle ($50,000+)
Alltech
Platinum Circle ($20,000+)
Hilliard Lyons
PNC Bank
Stoll Keenon Ogden, PLLC
Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky,
Inc.
Gold Circle ($10,000-19,999)
Bingham McCutchen, LLP
Central Bank & Trust Co.
Central Bank & Trust Co. Employees
Fifth Third Bank Employees
VisitLEX
Silver Circle ($5,000-9,999)
BlackRidge Resource Partners
Bluegrass Sotheby's International Realty
Fifth Third Bank
Gainesway Management Corporation
Keeneland Association
Kentucky American Water Co.
Kentucky Utilities Company
Lexington Trots Breeders Association,
LLC
Messer Construction Employees
McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie & Kirkland,
PLLC
Stites & Harbison, PLLC
Bravo Circle ($2,500-4,999)
Bluegrass Sotheby's International Realty
Employees
Caller Properties, LLC
Columbia Gas of Kentucky
Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP Employees
Gray Construction Employees
LFUCG Employees
Macy's
Messer Construction Company
PNC Bank Employees
Saykaly Garbulinska Foundation
Stoll Keenon Ogden, PLLC Employees
Susan B. and Steven J. Goldstein
Charitable Foundation at Blue Grass
Community Foundation
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP Employees
Patron’s Circle ($1,000-2,499)
Blue & Co. Employees
The Blue Heron
Bowles Rice, LLP
Brett Construction Company
Commerce Lexington Inc. Employees
Community Initiatives Fund at Blue
Grass Community Foundation
The Council of State Governments
Employees
Crowe Horwath, LLP
Dean Dorton Allen Ford, PSC
Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP
E. S. Barr & Company
Fasig-Tipton Company, Inc.
Hilary Boone Foundation
Hot Sauce Records
Keystone Financial Employees
The Kroger Company
LexArts Employees
Lexington Children's Theatre Employees
LexTran Employees
McBrayer, McGinness, Leslie & Kirkland,
PLLC Employees
NoLi CDC, Inc.
Portofino
Powell-Walton-Milward, a division of J.
Smith Lanier Employees
Quantrell Auto Group
The Self Family Foundation at Blue Grass
Community Foundation
Serafini
Stites & Harbison, PLLC Employees
Tate Hill Jacobs: Architects, Inc.
The United States Equestrian Federation
Employees
Tri-State Roofing & Sheet Metal
Company
Van Meter/Barnhart Family Fund
Walter Gross III Family Foundation
West Sixth Brewing
WLEX-TV Channel 18
Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, LLP
Arts Advocate ($500-999)
American Founders Bank Employees
Amteck of Kentucky, Inc.
Athens Chilesburg PTA
Bank of the Bluegrass Employees
Bowles Rice, LLP Employees
Churchill McGee, LLC
Clay Ingels Company, LLC
Community Trust Bank
Cornett Advertising
Downtown Lexington Corporation
Employees
Fitzsimons Office of Architecture
Footwork Shoes Inc. DBA Oneness
Group CJ
Highbridge Spring Water Co.
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Association
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High Road Productions
Keeneland
The Lane Report
Lexington Children's Theatre
Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra
Marjorie Guyon
Mix on Vine
Picnic with the Pops
Shelia Bayes Fine Jewelers
Smiley Pete Publishing
Third Street Stuff & Coffee
Tiffany & Co.
INDIVIDUAL DONORS
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Anonymous
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Louise H. Shouse
Peter Williams
Ovation Society ($2,500-4,999)
Carrie and William Barr
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Luther Deaton, Jr.
Rebecca and Harold Faulconer
Sue and Richard Masson
Becky Reinhold
Ron Saykaly
L. Tracee Whitley

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ARTMATTERS | Volume 2 Issue 2
President’s Circle ($1,000-2,499)
Mike Ash
Lori Barnett
Judith and Robert Baumann
Anne E. Bolton
Sherri and Edward Bullard
Linda Carroll and John Morgan
John Cioci
Jim Clark and Don Granger
Julia and Timothy Costich
Susan and Chuck Creacy
Suzanne and James Elliott
Ronaldo M. Foresti
Beverly Fortune
William Fortune
Carl Frazier and Jeffrey Eversole
James H. Frazier III
John Gohmann
Stephen Grossman
Gail Hart and Dan Featherston
G.D. Hieronymus
Nancy and Phillip Hoffman
April M. Howard
Christine and Michael Huskisson
Kelley and Steve Klein
Vange and William Lear
Kristine M. Lohr
John Long
Betty Lorch
Kristi M. Martin
Susan and Wayne Masterman
Steve Matherly
Denise and Robert McClelland
Carol McLeod
Bryan Mullins
Jacqueline Noonan
Allen Norvell
Robert E. Putt, Jr.
M-J and Thomas Rogers
Chad Rudzik
Andy Shea
Marilyn Robie and Arthur Shechet
Charles H. Stone
Ruth and Robert Straus
Franklin D. Thompson
George M. Van Meter, Jr.
Mary-Alicha and Brian Weldon
Deborah and Tom Westerfield
Christopher H. Young
Arts Advocate ($500-999)
James C. Albisetti
Carol and Larry Beach
Janet Beard
Lynda Bebrowsky
Wanda Bertram
Laura and Mark Boison
Bonnie and Robert Briggs
Brent Bruner and Matthew Carter
Jessica Byrski
Lora and Jeff Carter
Ellen and William S. Chapman
Donna A. Collins
Alison and Allen Courtney
Judy and Norwood Cowgill
Craig L. Daniels
Catherine Decker
Martha and Larry Deener
Jay Doster
Melanie and David Dowell
Vicky Foster
Linda and Charles Gorton
James P. Gray II
Gina Greathouse
Roy E. Griggs
Phyllis R. Hasbrouck
Georgia Henkel
Mollie K. Heron
Joseph Hillenmeyer
Marie Hochstrasser
Stephanie Hong
Tara Hutchins
Jan and Larry Isenhour
Katherine and David Johnson
Allison Kaiser
Roni Karbach
Adam R. Kegley
William Loggins and Tony Burgett
Julia A. Lovisa
Jeannette and Bruce Lucas
Christopher Mattingly
Jayne and Jeff McCann
Brent McDaniel
Margaret McDuffie
Emily Meek
Richard Milich
Sarah K. Mills
Robin and Michael Morrill
Michael Nagy
Rita and Frank Penn
N. Gregory Pettit
Kathy and John Plomin
Angela and Daniel Poposki
Sean Profitt
Angela and Tom Rice
Gloria and Michael Rie
Carol and Jack Russell
Andrea Schaefer
Melanie Simpson
Jason Sims
J. David Smith, Jr.
Vivian and Larry Snipes
C. Maurice (Maury) Sparrow
John Stewart and Magdalene Karon
Kay and David Switzer
Harvey Sword
Fran Taylor and Tom Cheek
Scott Terrell
Donna and Joseph Terry
Barbara and William W. Thomason
Jomo Thompson
Barbara S. Tilghman
Dorothy H. Clark Van Meter
Billy Van Pelt, II
Lorie and George Ward
Mary Wathen
Robert L. Williams
Jeff Woods
Isabel M. Yates
Arts Partner ($300-499)
Sandra and Sanford Archer
Beverly and Larry Bell
Cindy and Tom Bloch
Janet and Michael Braun
Carolyn Brown and James Jackson
Betty and James Cecil
Gordon Cole
Joseph Coleman
Janet Corum
Peter Costich
Billy R. Curtis
Becky Davis
Janet and David Doss
Sherry and Erritt Griggs
Lucy Young and William Hamilton
Ann and Lon Hays
Judith and Lou Hersh
Billie and Barry Hickey
Wesley T. Holbrook
Lori Rowland Houlihan
Leo Hugenberg
Tobin Jenkins
Sally and William Johnston
Alma and Izet Kajtazovic
Ellen and Michael Karpf
Mary and Edward Kasarskis
Christine Keeling
Mike Kretz
Dean Langdon
Linda Lannert
Blair and Nathan Lee
Wayne and Susan Lucas
Phyllis and Keith MacAdam
David E. McDowell
Mary and Charles McGaha
Rosie R. Moosnick and Ted Schatzki
Anne and Ted Oldham
Joshua Parrish
Martha Peterson and Brett Spear
Lucy Pett
Betsy and Pat Powell
Mark Richardson
Simone and Arthur Salomon
Arturo Alonzo Sandoval
Janet Scheeline and Billy Spickard
Zach Selby
Reginald Smith
Trudy and Phillip Tibbs
David Treacy
Joyce Trivette
Sadhna G. True
Esther and Thomas Von Unrug
Jayne and Alex Waldrop
Joshua L. Weinel
Anne and Brant Welch
Richard A. Whitaker
Susan and J. David Whitehouse
Catherine S. Wright
Rebecca and Greg Yeary
Nathan Zamarron
THANK YOU!

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John Long, Chair
Community Volunteer
G. Haviland Argo
McCall Group for21C Museum Hotels
Mike Ash
Fifth Third Bank
Lori Barnett
Educator / Artist
Di Boyer
Saint Joseph Hospital Foundation
John Cioci
Chair, Finance Committee
PNC Bank
Todd Coté, MD
Hospice of the Bluegrass
Catherine Decker
Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky
Brian L. Frye
University of Kentucky College of Law
Linda Gorton
LFUCG, Vice Mayor
Gina Greathouse
Chair, Development Committee
Commerce Lexington
Richard Greissman
DoubleTake Photography
Stephen L. Grossman
Chair, Facilities Committee
Hilliard Lyons
Astarre Gudino
Lexington-Fayette Human Rights Commission
Georgia Henkel
Educator / Artist
Gardner D. Hieronymus
Keeneland
Stephanie Hong
LFUCG
Director of Youth Services
Lori Rowland Houlihan
LFUCG, Mayor’s Representative
Steve Jennings
Crowe Horwath LLP
Jeremy Paden
Transylvania University
Mary Quinn Ramer
VisitLEX
Gloria B. Rie
Community Volunteer
Ronald J. Saykaly, MD
Community Volunteer
Ben Self
West Sixth Brewing Company
Andy Shea
Lexington Legends
J. David Smith, Jr.
Chair, Grants Committee
Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC
Michael Stuart
Fayette Window Cleaning, LLC
Virginia H. Underwood
Community Volunteer
L. Tracee Whitley
Bingham McCutchen LLP
Board of Directors LexArts Staff
Ellen A.“Nan”Plummer
President & CEO
Alma Kajtazovic
Operations Manager
Larissa McLaughlin
Corporate Relations
and Grants Coordinator
Zachary Pence
Communications Associate
Maury Sparrow
Communications Director
Matthew Terry
Administrative Associate
Nathan Zamarron
Community Arts Manager
LexArts is a nonprofit community
organization that works for the de-
velopment of a strong and vibrant
arts community as a means of en-
hancing the quality of life in central
Kentucky. Through its annual Fund
for the Arts, LexArts raises millions
of dollars in support of local arts. In
turn, LexArts underwrites the oper-
ating expenses for a variety of Part-
ner Organizations; awards grants
through its Community Arts Devel-
opment, Creative Venture Fund and
Professional Development programs;
and offers affordable exhibition and
performance space for arts organi-
zations. Major support for LexArts
programs and services is provided by
the Lexington-Fayette Urban County
Government. The Kentucky Arts
Council, the state arts agency, sup-
ports LexArts with state tax dollars
and federal funding from the Nation-
al Endowment for the Arts.

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LEXINGTON, KY 40507
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