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Meet our 2025 Intercultural Microgrant recipients!
Sep 25, 2025
Meet our 2025 Intercultural Microgrant recipients!
Sep 25, 2025

This year, we funded 16 teams across Kentucky, with supporting totaling over $23,000.

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Sep 25, 2025
RUXers new & old gather at Pennyrile for Third Weekend
Aug 25, 2025
RUXers new & old gather at Pennyrile for Third Weekend
Aug 25, 2025

The weekend featured local excursions and a variety of alumni-led activities.

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Aug 25, 2025
Get your tickets now for The Golden Thread 2025!
Aug 22, 2025
Get your tickets now for The Golden Thread 2025!
Aug 22, 2025

Join us for this visionary forum of Kentucky’s finest arts and ideas!

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Aug 22, 2025


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Telling the story of "The Slave, Monk Estill" // Artists Respond Guest Blog
Telling the story of "The Slave, Monk Estill" // Artists Respond Guest Blog

Hear about Artists Respond microgrant recipient Malcolm Davis (Affrilachian Arts) and his solo performance The Slave, Monk Estill.

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Microgrants, Artists Respond 2024KYRUXJanuary 16, 2025
Expressing the "heARTs Behind the Violence" // Artists Respond Guest Blog
Expressing the "heARTs Behind the Violence" // Artists Respond Guest Blog

Learn more about Artists Respond microgrant recipient On the Move Art Studio and their heARTS Behind the Violence traveling art exhibit, centering the creativity of incarcerated youth.

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Microgrants, Artists Respond 2024KYRUXJanuary 16, 2025
Celebrating community creation: The Cloverport Mural Project // Artists Respond Guest Blog
Celebrating community creation: The Cloverport Mural Project // Artists Respond Guest Blog

Watch as this Artists Respond-funded mural project unfold in Cloverport while hearing from local community members.

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Microgrants, Artists Respond 2024KYRUXJanuary 16, 2025
"Overcoming" divides through music // Artists Respond Guest Blog
"Overcoming" divides through music // Artists Respond Guest Blog

Hear the voices of cross-county youth through this Artists Respond microgrant project from Louisville Youth Choir & Breckinridge 4-H Choruses.

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Microgrants, Artists Respond 2024KYRUXJanuary 16, 2025
Uplifting the stories of Kentucky women // Artists Respond Guest Blog
Uplifting the stories of Kentucky women // Artists Respond Guest Blog

Learn about Project Speak Life’s RESILIENCE documentary, supported by an Artists Respond microgrant.

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Microgrants, Artists Respond 2024KYRUXJanuary 16, 2025
Flood-affected youth tell their stories // Artists Respond Guest Blog
Flood-affected youth tell their stories // Artists Respond Guest Blog

Hear from Artists Respond microgrant recipient Shooting Stars Youtheatre and how they helped flood-affected youth find a creative outlet.

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Microgrants, Artists Respond 2024KYRUXJanuary 16, 2025
Appalachia meets Mexico with Cornbread & Tortillas // Artists Respond Guest Blog
Appalachia meets Mexico with Cornbread & Tortillas // Artists Respond Guest Blog
Microgrants, Artists Respond 2024KYRUXJanuary 16, 2025
Growing community at the Hotel Metropolitan // Artists Respond Guest Blog
Growing community at the Hotel Metropolitan // Artists Respond Guest Blog

Catch a first look of Artist Respond micrograntee Hotel Metropolitan’s new garden project.

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Artists Respond 2024, MicrograntsKYRUXJanuary 16, 2025
Celebrating 2024: Our 10th Year in Review
Celebrating 2024: Our 10th Year in Review

Check out our impact this year!

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News UpdatesKYRUXDecember 16, 2024
WE'RE HIRING! Join the KY RUX team!
WE'RE HIRING! Join the KY RUX team!

We’re hiring for 2 new positions to lead KY RUX into its second decade!

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KYRUXDecember 5, 2024
The Bond of the Story // RUX Third Weekend Guest Blog
The Bond of the Story // RUX Third Weekend Guest Blog

Read Chris Clair's reflections on Third Weekend and the RUX storycircle.

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Member Spotlight, Third WeekendKYRUXNovember 14, 2024
Kentucky is #BetterTogether
Kentucky is #BetterTogether
KYRUXNovember 4, 2024
Lincoln's Logs // RUX Third Weekend Guest Blog
Lincoln's Logs // RUX Third Weekend Guest Blog

Read Emma Bryan's reflections on Third Weekend and a dance party in Lincoln's Logs.

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Member Spotlight, Third WeekendKYRUXNovember 1, 2024
Here's to 10 more years of RUX! (The Golden Thread 2024)
Here's to 10 more years of RUX! (The Golden Thread 2024)

To close out our first decade and enter our second, The Golden Thread 2024 brought together visionary leaders & performers from across Kentucky, and the RUX alumni & partner network.

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News Updates, Golden ThreadKYRUXOctober 24, 2024Golden Thread Recap
Meet our 2024 Intercultural Microgrant recipients!
Meet our 2024 Intercultural Microgrant recipients!

This year, we funded 21 teams across Kentucky, with supporting totaling over $30,000.

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KYRUXOctober 8, 2024
Celebrate 10 years of RUX & National Kentucky Day at The Golden Thread!
Celebrate 10 years of RUX & National Kentucky Day at The Golden Thread!

Celebrate 10 years of RUX at this mainstage event at The Kentucky Center on October 19, 2024!

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Golden Thread, News UpdatesKYRUXSeptember 5, 2024
Kentucky Rural-Urban Exchange awards over $35,000 to Artists Respond grant cohort
Kentucky Rural-Urban Exchange awards over $35,000 to Artists Respond grant cohort

With support from our partners at the Creative Change Coalition, meet our 11 grant recipients for Artists Respond: Community, Culture, and Commonality in the Commonwealth.

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KYRUXAugust 20, 2024
RUX launches 2024 Intercultural Microgrant Program
RUX launches 2024 Intercultural Microgrant Program

All Kentuckians are invited to submit proposals up to $2,000.

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KYRUXAugust 12, 2024
RUX returns to Owensboro & Daviess County
RUX returns to Owensboro & Daviess County

The RUX cohort explored local arts, culture, cuisine, faith & identity, and more.

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News Updates, CohortKYRUXJuly 15, 2024
Read With RUX: 2024 Intensive Season
Read With RUX: 2024 Intensive Season

Learn along with the cohort with these resources from the 2024 Community Intensive regions.

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CohortKYRUXJuly 10, 2024
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