For Release: January 31st, 2000
KET has received three awards, each recognizing a facet of the agency's continuing commitment to education.
The Collaborative for Teaching and Learning (CTL) bestowed on KET its award For Leadership In Collaboration at the Third Annual Kentucky Education and the Arts Leadership Awards. Citing "support and advice for the important work of school reform through changing classroom practice" and KET's partnering efforts that have produced grants for Kentucky, the award was presented Jan. 11 at the J. B. Speed Art Museum in Louisville. CTL Executive Director Linda F. Hargan, Ed.D., said, "From our earliest days, KET has provided an important presence on our advisory board, and the several years of partnership in developing the Star Channel seminars have helped countless teachers statewide."
The Kentucky Humanities Council awarded $5,000 to KET to produce a one-hour documentary about the life and work of Ellis Wilson, an African-American painter from Mayfield who achieved prominence in the Black Art Movement and the Harlem Renaissance during the 1930s. Everything of Interest and Beauty: The Art of Ellis Wilson will be produced by Guy Mendes.
The Kentucky Department of Education, Division of Equity awarded KET a grant of $1,000 to support the development of a KET Web site for Kentucky's Underground Railroad--Passage to Freedom. The Web site will be an educational resource that will extend the life of the documentary beyond its broadcast on KET.
"The scope of these awards reflects the breadth of educational services KET provides Kentuckians," said KET Executive Director and CEO Virginia G. Fox. "I am proud of the educational opportunities KET's talented and dedicated staff have made available over the last 31 years, and I look optimistically to future growth in the benefits we offer."
Contact: Todd Piccirilli
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