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“Owl Flight” by Kathy Conroy – at the Kentucky Artisan Center
Artist Kathy Conroy of Pleasureville will be featured on KET’s program “Kentucky Life” which will air at 8:00 p.m. starting Nov. 18. Conroy is a scratchboard artist who utilizes a rarely used technique to achieve highly detailed imagery.
Scratchboard is a form of direct engraving where the artist starts with a Masonite panel coated with white clay. This clay layer is covered with a thin layer of black India ink leaving the artist a solid black panel as a starting point. Lines that create the imagery are cut and scratched through the ink, to reveal the white clay surface below. Conroy then layers colors onto the exposed white clay to illustrate complex and realistic images.
This KET program will air on the following dates:
- KET: Saturday, November 18 at 8:00 PM EST
- KETKY: Sunday, November 19 at 8:00 AM EST
- KET: Sunday, November 19 at 4:00 PM EST
- KET2: Monday, November 20 at 7:00 PM EST
- KET: Monday, November 20 at 11:30 PM EST
- KET2: Tuesday, November 21 at 7:30 AM EST
- KETKY: Wednesday, November 22 at 8:00 AM EST
- KETKY: Friday, November 24 at 12:30 PM EST
- KETKY: Saturday, November 25 at 8:30 AM EST
Conroy will also be at the Kentucky Artisan Center demonstrating her scratchboard techniques on Saturday, Dec. 9, from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Her work is regularly available at the Center.
The Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea is located at 200 Artisan Way, just off Interstate 75 at Berea Exit 77. The center’s exhibits, shopping and travel information areas are open daily, year-round, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and the cafe is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. For more information about center events call 859-985-5448, go to the center’s website, or visit the center’s Facebook page.
Photo: Kentucky Department Fish and Wildlife
Kentucky marks the 20th anniversary of its wildly successful elk restoration program with a special “Kentucky Afield” television show preceding this year’s drawing for elk permits.
Tune to KET (Kentucky Education Television) at 8:30 p.m. (Eastern) Saturday, May 13, to get a behind the scenes look at how Kentucky’s Commonwealth Office of Technology conducts the annual drawing. “We’re airing this special program so everyone can see how it’s done,” said Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Gregory Johnson.
The 30-minute show features Wildlife Division Director Steve Beam answering questions about the drawing process. Beam will also provide guidance to drawn hunters on selecting an area to hunt.
At 9 p.m. (Eastern), following the conclusion of the show, visit the Facebook site of “Kentucky Afield” TV or Kentucky Fish and Wildlife to see a scroll of the names of successful applicants. People may also check the status of their application by selecting the “My Profile” tab on the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife website, located at fw.ky.gov.
Kentucky received more than 78,000 applications this year for the 710 permits available through the drawing. Kentucky has the largest elk herd east of the Rocky Mountains and offers more elk hunting permits than all of the eastern states combined.
Kentucky’s restoration effort began with the release of seven elk in 1997.
