NEW “SPIRIT OF THE ARTS”

LICENSE PLATE

The Kentucky Center and the Kentucky Commerce Cabinet recently unveiled a new specialty license plate for arts supporters. The plate, sporting an artfully stylized version of the “Unbridled Spirit” logo along with the caption “Spirit of the Arts,” will let motorists show their enthusiasm for Kentucky 's arts and allow them the opportunity to make a donation to The Kentucky Center's Governor's School for the Arts.

Heather Weston Bell, Executive Director of GSA and a Vice President of The Kentucky Center, hails the new plate as a way for all Kentuckians to take pride in the state's rich artistic past and its vibrant artistic present. “ Kentucky artists are renowned in every field of the arts,” Bell says. “GSA is all about continuing that heritage of excellence by providing the best high school artists in the state the chance to spend three weeks practicing their art and learning from great artists and from each other. GSA is a unique experience and this new plate makes it easy for everyone to support it.”

Lindy Casebier, with the Office of Arts and Cultural Heritage, echoes these sentiments. “Kentuckians know and appreciate the arts,” he says. “Everyone knows that Kentucky folk arts are world renowned, but we also lead the way in performing arts and in visual arts. This plate will help to elevate the arts throughout the Commonwealth, letting all America know that Kentucky values and nurtures the arts.”

Motorists can pick up an application for the new plate, which costs $25, at any branch of the Department of Motor Vehicles, or by writing to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Division of Motor Vehicle Licensing, P. O. Box 2014 , Frankfort , KY , 40602-2014 . Motorists can also download an application from the Governor's School for the Arts website, www.kentuckygsa.org.

GSA is a joint program of The Kentucky Center and the Commerce Cabinet.

To view the "spirit of the arts" license plate, click here LicensePlateLarge