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Bluegrass Homeschool Learning Cooperative – Wendi Womack - $3800
Friendly Garden: Environmental curriculum on water quality and conservation, native plants and Eco Art. Greenspace development to include bird and butterfly habitat, rain garden, food and herb garden and gutter-to-raised beds and rain
barrels. A resultant film will be showcased
at multiple venues in the city.
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CitizensCREATE! – Kevin Sweeney - $2000
Life Cycle of Plastics: Statues made of recycled plastic and furniture made of recycled plastic. Exhibit showcased at 5th Annual Peace & Global Citizenship Fair.
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Chrysalis House – Lisa Minton - $1000
Eco Friendly: Institute an environmental education component to the Children’s Program. Kentucky Environmental Education Certification for instructor. Educational materials and art supplies will be purchased to create a recycled mural. |
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Repairers Lexington/East 7th Street Community Center – Jodie Koch - $5000. Love Where You Live: Youth photojournalism project to raise awareness of litter and recycling in urban areas of downtown Lexington. For each self-published book of photography sold, one will be donated to a school. |
Meadowthorpe Elementary – Brad Clark - $4400. Fayette Mosaic: Students Striving Towards a Sustainable Community. Students will learn how to reduce, reuse and recycle. Variety of items, such as old toys, will be set into molds and mixed with concrete to form stepping stones that will be included in the Manchester Distillery District Development |
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Saints Peter & Paul Regional Catholic School – Nanci Barnhart & Beth Ettensohn - $4,000. LexTree. Educate the public on the identification and conservation of historic trees in downtown Lexington by publishing a LexTree Walking Brochure to be released next Arbor Day. On that day, students will also perform a drama production in Gratz Park. The students will also showcase an interactive exhibit of their own tree inspired mixed-media and photography at a local art gallery |
Insightful Knitter – Jan Durham - $3545. Wool In Kentucky. Using a local renewable resource to produce an interactive, traveling educational display to promote sustainability. The project will include activities and lesson plans with an art and science emphasis that can be incorporated in the classroom |
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Institute 193 – Robert Morgan - $5000. 193 & Robert Morgan. Funding specifically for design, printing and distribution of a book pertaining to Bob’s work and documentation of locally conducted educational workshops on recycling in art, culminating in an exhibition
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Kentucky River Keepers – Pat Banks -$5000. Shaped by Water: LexArts gallery exhibit. Receptions and several hands-on workshops for intermediate and middle school students including artist talks, storytelling and musical performances, all on the subject of water quality. |
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Kentucky Young Writers Connection – Tom Leonard - $5000. Poetry and Prose in the Park. Focuses on the interplay and impact of human needs and the environment. Special emphasis on how development first destroys, then recreates a pleasing landscape. |
Living Arts and Science Center – Heather Lyons - $5000. The DaVinci Pavilion. An interactive structure composed of 100% recycled materials incorporating hand-made, human powered, simple machinery and conservation efforts such as rain barrels, gardens and solar power. Exhibitions, classes and workshops will be hosted to educate and engage the community. |
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Seedleaf – Ryan Koch & Luella Pavey - $4,956. Teaching Posts Program. Constructing creative and interactive form of signage to include in 5 of their local community gardens. Involving 120 school-aged participants to gain exposure to basic carpentry skills and become familiar with different vegetables that are grown locally. |
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Providence Montessori – John Martin - $3,440. Green Leaves. Educating students of the importance of water conservation, water quality and storm water run-off management. Students will collaborate with art teachers sculpting natural forms, which will be cast in a fountain on campus, representing the constant replenishing of the earth’s natural resources through the flow of water.
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Lexington Day Treatment Center – Sharla Buchanan - $3,500 (provided by Water Quality). The Recyclable Garden. Constructing a rain garden at the center to educate the at-risk population it serves about conservation and giving back to the environment. Will be maintained by the students, with supervision from the staff. |
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Blake Eames Design – Blake Eames &
Claudia Michler - $5000. Made You Look! Break the chain of “I didn’t know” with our Storm and Sanitary Sewer Systems. Storm drain art project to accompany the Storm Water Public Education Campaign. |
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Murray Dwertman (UK Alumni Artist) – $2000. Peanuts, The Tree. Artwork of miniature trees covered in Styrofoam packing peanuts showcased at downtown LexArts gallery. Draw attention to the importance and vitality of the street tree as a critical part of the fabric and vibrancy of urban areas. |
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Higdon-Strecker Studio – Ericka Strecker & Tony Higdon - $5000. Art Components at the Children’s Garden. Designing and building needed safety components for the opening of the Children’s Garden in the local Arboretum. Incorporating actual children’s drawings into overall design for safety fixtures. |
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Lafayette H.S. Orchestra – Jennifer Grice - $5000. Environmental Concert. Outdoor concert consisting of music that celebrates nature and raises awareness about local environmental concerns. Since Earth Day is near the date, a T-Shirt design contest will be held and environmental organizations will be invited to set up tables and distribute info. |
| Mill Creek Elementary – Caryn Raskin - $4150. Mill Creek Stream Project. Kids to create signage for trees their classes planted during the ongoing restoration efforts. Installation of stepping stones leading to a sundial and time capsule. School-wide garden that each grade level will plant including various identifying markers. |
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Hui Chi Lee (UK Art Professor) - $2000. Go Green, Be Clean. Work of art evoking individual responsibility and green consumerism, while signifying the condition of our environment changing to a more clean state. |
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Mary Queen of Holy Rosary – Cornelia Nash - $1000 (not full amount requested). Cafeteria Mural – A peaceful clean environment. Students will paint a mural of nature and wildlife to promote and educate keeping the environment clean and healthy. |
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