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The Kentucky Star Awards
The Kentucky Star Award is an award given annually to people who have made significant artistic contributions to the state of Kentucky; it is generally considered a lifetime achievement award. All art disciplines are included: literary arts, visual arts, theatre & film, instrumental and vocal music and dance. Nominees must have been born in Kentucky or resided in Kentucky for at least ten years. Nomination forms are submitted to the Downtown Lexington Corporation and the winners are selected by a panel of judges or the Kentucky Stars Committe. The nomination is permanent - once it has been submitted, it need not ever be resubmitted and will be considered each following year.
The recipients, their family members, their friends and the public are invited to attend the annual awards ceremony and reception that is usually held at a venue in downtown Lexington in either late October or early November. The awards ceremony includes acceptance speeches by the honorees or the person accepting the award on their behalf. At the ceremony, the recipient is presented with a handsome inscribed crystal award.
A bronze plaque is issued with the name and signature of each award recipient, along with an indication of their artistic discipline, and embedded into the sidewalk in various locations of downtown Lexington. Currently, the committee examining the sidewalk renovation project is planning to install an informational kiosk in downtown Lexington to explain the history and artistic contribution of each person bearing a plaque.
If you would like to nominate someone to be recognized as a Kentucky Star, a nomination form can be found here and mailed to the Downtown Lexington Corporation office at P.O. Box 1179 Lexington, KY 40588-1179. The deadline for nominations for each year is September 30 of that year.
Congratulations to the winners of the 2007 Kentucky Stars Awards:
David Dick
Warren Hammack
John Jacob Niles
Arturo Alonzo Sandoval
Robert Penn Warren
To read about the artistic contributions made by these exceptional people, please visit the 2007 Award Winners page
2007 Kentucky Stars Award Ceremony & Reception
The 2007 Kentucky Stars Awards will be held on Wednesday, November 7 at 6:00pm at the Downtown Arts Center, 141 E. Main St in Lexington. Admission is free and the event is open to the public. Following the awards presentation there will be a reception in the lobby. For additional questions about the KY Stars Awards please call 859-425-2593.
Special Thanks to the Sponsors of the Kentucky Stars Awards Ceremony and Reception, without whose support this event would not have been possible:
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