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The Frazier History Museum in Louisville is doing some pretty incredible things virtually to connect with communities that surround them.  They are loading content on their website each day.  Today’s particular bit with Teaching Artist Brian West hits close to home for us at SKyPAC.  West lives next door to a Louisville Cemetery.  The cemetery was incorporated by a group of seven prominent African American men in 1886 and holds the remains of many notable individuals in the community.  The…

Louisville Kentucky’s Speed Art Museum is featuring three areas of online content: Museum from Home links you to Speed’s collection, Speed Cinema Streaming provides links and film recommendations from Speed’s Curator of Film Dean Otto, and Art Sparks from Home provides a variety of ways for children and families to explore artworks together. Through Art Sparks from Home, Speed shares instructional videos for art projects that can be completed using materials around the house. Also available are coloring pages that…

An Update to Our Valued Patrons: It has been more than three weeks since our buildings were closed due to the international crisis of the COVID -19 Virus. We have been diligent in making sure our staff and volunteers have been practicing social distancing and recommending that they stay at home as much as possible. Nothing is more important than the safety and health of not only our SKyPAC family, but everyone impacted by this unprecedented situation. But in the…

Concerned about the social isolation that many elderly people are facing during this coronavirus pandemic, MacArthur Foundation “genius” fellowship winner Anne Basting is releasing free resources to help family members and caregivers engage creatively with seniors. These resources are good for all of us during #healthyathome and following Governor Beshear’s request to stay at home to #flattenthecurve The window mural templates grew out of a TimeSlips project in Kentucky, where residents in rural nursing homes re-imagined the story of Peter Pan. They…