Kentucky Peer Advisory Network (KPAN) Grant

The Kentucky Peer Advisory Network (KPAN) provides vital arts-related consultancy to organizations and individual artists in Kentucky. It offers expert guidance on board development, grant writing, marketing, and strategic planning at a nominal cost. Open to all arts organizations and Kentucky residents, KPAN aims to enhance community engagement through the arts and supports professional development for artists in various Kentucky Arts Council programs.

About the Program
The Kentucky Peer Advisory Network consists of arts professionals on the Kentucky Peer Advisory directory available to provide six-hour consultancies to assist eligible organizations and individual artists with board development, grant writing, marketing and promotions, strategic planning, festival planning and other activities. Consultancies may be scheduled for one day or over a period of time. Consultancy fees are paid by the Kentucky Arts Council.
Purpose
The purpose of the Kentucky Peer Advisory Network is to provide short-term, arts-related assistance at nominal cost for arts organizations, community groups and arts council program artists.
Goals
Provide technical assistance to arts organizations.Provide program development for community groups incorporating the arts.Provide professional support to artists in arts council programs.

Eligibility

The Kentucky Peer Advisory Network is open to all arts organizations, community groups and eligible individual artists interested in arts-related technical assistance.The applicant must be a Kentucky resident, a Kentucky organization or serve Kentuckians in a significant manner. Organizations do not have to be Kentucky Arts Council grant recipients or partners to apply.Artists eligible for a KPAN consultancy must be in one of the following Kentucky Arts Council programs: Teaching Artists DirectoryPerforming Artists DirectoryKentucky Crafted ProgramIndividual Artist Fellowship Program or Folk and Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program.