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Eastern Standard

Eastern Standard - Aug. 1st, 2024

By Tom Martin

Published August 1, 2024 at 3:27 PM EDT

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Concerns for the future of public school arts education

With this edition, we begin looking into concerns about cuts in public school arts programs. Our guests: EKU Art Education professor Ilona Szekely; Erin Batkiewicz is co-founder of the non-profit “Creative Kids Music and Art Program''; Lexington guitar instructor David McLean who offered free summer lessons to public school music students; Alberta Labrillazo, the SCAPA theatre instructor whose students nominated her for an Tony Award. And Louisville entrepreneur, developer, and film producer Gill Holland on his plans to renovate and revive a vintage hotel in downtown Harlan.

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Tom Martin

Tom Martin hosts Eastern Standard, a weekly radio magazine of interviews and stories about interesting people, places, and things happening in the Commonwealth.

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