This Week at SKyPAC: Lighting Up Red in Support of Live Events
For anyone driving past SKyPAC or the Capitol Arts Center over the past few days, you might have noticed our signage or our building lit red. SKyPAC and the Capitol were among over 1,500 locations across North America to participate in lighting our venues, homes, and cities as part of the #WeMakeEvents initiative on September 1 to raise public and media awareness in support of the live events sector, which has suffered tremendously as a result of COVID-19. It follows a similar event held in the United Kingdom in August which was hugely successful and included 715 buildings/structures glowing in red. Locally, for SKyPAC and the Capitol Arts Center, we have had over 70 production workers impacted by our closings. Additionally, at least 6 security personnel, 9 ticket office employees, and at least 8 concession workers have also been without jobs because we have been without shows. We have also had to furlough employees to reduce expenditures during a time… (Read More)
Transforming the Limits: Works by Emma Simpson (Virtual Exhibition)
Transforming the Limits: Works by Emma Simpson August 14- September 26, 2020 SKyPAC Main Gallery Tours by appointment only Gallery Curator Andee Rudloff 615-438-6852 Closing Reception Saturday, September 26, 2020 from 6:30-8:00 PM RSVP Required: Scholastic@TheSKyPAC.com Artist Statement When I create, it feels like home. When I create, I feel more like myself than at any other time – I lose myself in my art. When I create, I feel vibrant, and breathing, and alive, and human. I want my art to rhyme. I want my body of work to contain motifs, to echo, to harmonize with itself. My art reflects the overwhelming beauty I find in people and in the natural world. It’s an embrace of human experiences and perspective, both personal and universal. It’s a reflection of who I am – my passion for sci-fi fantasy, for music and film, for the wilderness, for environmental advocacy, for fantasy and whimsy … These elements are a part of me… (Read More)
COVID-19 Clarity Shows Us Why We Should Never Take Things for Granted
This week we’d simply like to say Thank You for being a valued patron of SKyPAC. We have truly missed seeing each of you during the temporary closures of both the Capitol Arts Center and SKyPAC these past few months and look forward to sharing the arts together again as soon as we are able. We were delighted to highlight our resident company Orchestra Kentucky earlier this week as part of our “Essential Partners” email series and congratulate Music Director Jeffrey Reed and the entire Orchestra Kentucky ensemble on their recent 20th anniversary. They will be celebrating this milestone during an outdoor concert at the National Corvette Museum Amphitheater on Friday, August 28, 2020. For more information on Orchestra Kentucky, please visit: https://orchestrakentucky.com Stay tuned next week as we will be making additional announcements regarding shows scheduling. As always, if you have questions regarding tickets, please contact our ticket office at 270.904.1880. Please note that with our building closure our… (Read More)
Thank You to SKyPAC’s ESSENTIAL PARTNERS: Our Resident Company: Orchestra Kentucky
In this time of uncertainty as deliberations take place as to what is essential and non-essential, each week we continue to highlight the ESSENTIAL partners to SKyPAC and the Capitol Arts Center and gratefully acknowledge all those who make support of the arts in this area a priority. This week we “shine the spotlight” on SKyPAC’s Resident Company: Orchestra Kentucky. Since 2012, Orchestra Kentucky has been a valued resident company at SKyPAC, meaning we work closely with their organization in prioritizing scheduling requests for performances and rehearsals as well as room reservations and other collaboration opportunities. We were pleased to recently extend our contract with Orchestra Kentucky and are proud to continue as the official “home” for their performances. SKyPAC is committed to enhancing the alliance between both organizations and despite our facility’s temporary closure due to the pandemic, we look forward to welcoming them back to SKyPAC. Until then, we congratulate Music Director Jeffrey Reed and the entire Orchestra… (Read More)
SKyPAC Welcomes Incoming Foundation Board Members
The Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center Foundation, Inc. (SKyPAC Foundation) is proud to announce nine new additions to the 2020-2021 Foundation Board of Directors. Members serve for a period of two years and may be elected to two further terms (for a total of six years). The Board of Directors is the legal governing body of the SKyPAC Foundation, a not-for-profit corporation formed in 2010 and organized as a tax-exempt entity under code 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service. The Foundation is tasked with overseeing the administration of the SKyPAC facilities and programs, including raising the private and public funds necessary to ensure the successful operation of SKyPAC, as well as the historic Capitol Arts Center in downtown Bowling Green. “We are excited to welcome our new board members, who have admirably agreed to serve amid a worldwide pandemic that has hit SKyPAC and the entire performing arts industry especially hard,” said SKyPAC Foundation Board Chair, Beth Sigler. “Each member… (Read More)
Thank You to SKyPAC’s ESSENTIAL PARTNERS: Our Rental Associates
In this time of uncertainty as deliberations take place as to what is essential and non-essential, each week we continue to highlight the ESSENTIAL partners to SKyPAC and the Capitol Arts Center and gratefully acknowledge all those who make support of the arts in this area a priority. This week we “shine the spotlight” on a few of SKyPAC’s regular Rental Partners. SKyPAC is honored to work with several organizations year after year in utilizing our unique spaces for their events. Thank you to all those who have entrusted us with this privilege, we are always delighted to welcome guests to our facilities. Bowling Green-Warren County Bar Association BG Law Day Bowling Green Daily News Super Preps Country Peddler Design an Ad Fruit of the Loom Annual Meeting J.C. Kirby and Son Southern Gospel Concerts Kappa Delta Shenanigans Kentucky Acoustic Music Festival Kentucky Grand Hotel Expos Landmark Association It’s A Wonderful Life Movie Screening SKYCTC Graduation SOKY Dance Recital St…. (Read More)
This Week at SKyPAC
To Our Valued Patrons: I would like to begin by extending our sincere gratitude to our friends at DKI, who kindly offered us use of dehumidifiers recently following some mechanical issues at the Capitol Arts Center. We truly appreciate their willingness to assist us during our time of need, which helped protect our beloved Capitol building. As we enter the final stretch of July, it hardly seems possible schools will soon be starting. While this is far from a normal “back to school” experience we are working hard to make sure SKyPAC remains a part of the educational tapestry for the students of this region. Arts education is among the core missions of SKyPAC. With the start of the new school year, we are establishing an education committee dedicated to facilitating enhanced arts experiences to the ten county BRADD region we serve. This committee will help promote collaborations between SKyPAC and school systems/homeschool organizations as we assess our usual school… (Read More)
This Week at SKyPAC
To Our Valued Patrons: Happy Friday to each of you, I hope everyone has had a pleasant and productive week. Things have certainly been moving forward around SKyPAC and the Capitol Arts Center as we continue to navigate the challenging realities of our industry during this historic time. Some people have expressed their weariness with the delay in being able to reschedule performances, which has also resulted in setbacks in being able to offer refunds. Please know we are committed to addressing your concerns and our box office is here to make ticket adjustments within our policies for you. We are working with a limited staff as SKyPAC is closed to the public through the end of October. The tour managers and event producers for some shows have yet to confirm new dates for us to be able to release. This is an unfortunate but somewhat understandable circumstance given the vast majority of the Arts industry is shut down nationally…. (Read More)
Curtain Call: Arts in Education, A Remembrance of Ginny Miller
SKyPAC is proud to present a series honoring our area arts heritage. Each week we will highlight different trailblazers and turning points that have ushered us to the modern day arts opportunities this region now enjoys. We hope you will join us in saying “Bravo!” for the countless lives touched through the arts as a result of the vision and dedication of those documented in the paragraphs that follow. Arts education has always been at the heart of the Capitol Arts Center, just as it is with SKyPAC today. Realizing the limited opportunities available for area children to have access to the arts, many of the earliest supporters of the Capitol were steadfast in their desire to expand arts experiences for this region. “The only thing traveling was the circus and the Harlem Globetrotters in the 70’s,” recalled Mrs. Lucinda Anderson, “we wanted something for area children to go to.” For many familiar with the Arts & Education program established… (Read More)
Western Kentucky University League of Sculptors presents The Show Must Go On
The Show Must Go On Western Kentucky University League of Sculptors Group Show Wedge Education Gallery July 16-September 16, 2020 Click here to visit the Virtual Exhibition!!! Allison Denny Taking it Out Video, stills, canvas, paint 48” x 14” x 14”, 5:09 min 2020 Part of the Wedge Education Gallery Virtual Exhibition The Show Must Go On with the Western Kentucky University League of Sculptors. Western Kentucky University’s League of Sculptors is a student charged student organization intent in sharing and supporting sculpture. We are engaged in showing our work and avid at participating in sculpture organizations and conferences on a local, regional, and international level.
