cultural tourism

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Using Cultural Tourism As a Tool For Economic Development

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FROM THE N.C.E. WORKPLAN AT SOMERSET COMMUNITY COLLEGE… GOAL To develop a cultural-tourism community development project around Harriette Simpson Arnow, a nationally recognized novelist. OBJECTIVES The Somerset Community College District will create a historical character presentation of Harriette Simpson Arnow. The district will contract with a local writer to create a three-act play based upon “The Dollmaker”, Arnow’s most famous work. The district will seek additional grant funding to expand the Arnow project. The district will present at least six local artistic performances related to creating new cultural-tourism opportunities with our service area.

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THE PROBLEM Tourism in the Somerset Community College District depends solely upon summer boating on Lake Cumberland.

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WHY WE CURRENTLY HAVE TOURISTS Water Skiing Fishing Boating

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OUR OPPORTUNITIES Get Visitors Off of the Lake and Into Our Communities Change the Current Perception that “There Is Nothing to Do When It Rains” Utilize Our Rich Heritage and Under- Appreciated Culture Educate Our Locals AND Our Visitors About Our Heritage and Culture

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STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS Identify Cultural Heritage Opportunities

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IDENTIFYING CULTURAL HERITAGE OPPORTUNITIES HARRIETTE SIMPSON-ARNOW 1908-1986 Born in Wayne County, Kentucky Attended School in Pulaski County, Kentucky Was Teacher and Principal at a small school in Pulaski County, Kentucky Wrote Novels About the Heritage and Culture of the Appalachian Area

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$10,000 NEA Challenge Grant Adapting “The Dollmaker” into a three-act play that is suitable for community, non- equity performance. Establish the Harriette Arnow Summer Arts Series Create HarrietteArnow.com to feature historical and critical information about the author and the project

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STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS Identify Cultural Heritage Opportunities Educate and Instill Pride in Local Culture

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YOUNG ARTIST MENTORING PROGRAM Provides Instruction to Students in the Areas of: VISUAL ARTS DANCE ENSEMBLE ACTING

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YOUNG ARTIST MENTORING PROGRAM Provides Instruction to Students in the Areas of: INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC VOCAL MUSIC SOLO ACTING

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MUSICAL ARTS CAMP Summer Program for Students with Music and Other Fine Arts Activities

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ARTS IN THE PARKS Presented by the Harriette Simpson-Arnow Cultural Tourism Project Appalachian Folktales with Badeye and Wanda Kentucky Folk Medicine with Ernest M. Tucker Kentucky Ghostly Beings with Lynwood Montell Progressive Bluegrass with The Kettleheads

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ASSOCIATED PROJECTS ARNOW SERIES: SCC Theater Production of “Spoon River Anthology” (by Edward Lee Masters) Heritage Day at the SCC McCreary Center Writing Workshops by Appalachian Writers Displays by local artists, crafts persons and musicians Public Readings of Arnow Works by Silas House (author of “Clay’s Quilt”) on the Main SCC Campus Paulette Hansel, author of “Divining” held a reading of her works at Riverstone Art Gallery WRITER’S WORKSHOP: Hosted by the Community and Economic Development Department at Somerset Community College

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STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS Identify Cultural Heritage Opportunities Educate and Instill Pride in Local Culture Develop Partnerships to Help Develop and Sustain Efforts

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HIDDEN TREASURES HARRIETTE ARNOW’S HOMPLACE HARRIETTE ARNOW’S GRAVESITE HARRIETTE ARNOW’S SCHOOL

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HIDDEN TREASURES WEBSTER HOUSE Home of the “Baron of the Rockcastle River” NATIVE AMERICAN REINTERNMENT SITE

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HIDDEN TREASURES Baritone, Todd Duncan, a native of Somerset, Kentucky, was the first actor to portray “Porgy” in George Gershwin’s classic, “Porgy and Bess” Although not yet confirmed, we are in the initial planning stages for a 100th Birthday Celebration of Todd Duncan and his works for February 2003.

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NEW PARTNERSHIPS Summer Theater Project “And the Tide Shall Cover the Earth” (Norma Cole) Public Performances to be held at the “Run-in Shed Theater” (Part of the Team Leadership Center) Project in Partnership with the Cumberland heritage Society Developing Interest in Building an Amphitheater at the TLC, which will be available for use in presenting “The Dollmaker”

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NEW PARTNERSHIPS Statewide Art Scholarship Website Art Teachers will have the ability to download their student art pieces to the site directly from their classrooms Teachers can place student art under their school’s search name Kentucky Art Teachers Scholarship Project Statewide Art Scholarship Competition Judges will select the top 1000 students using the website. These students will be invited to enter the competition 12 - $1,000 Art Scholarships are to be awarded annually Project Designed By Joseph Raines, Visual Arts Instructor at Wayne County Middle School – Monticello, Kentucky

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PARTNERSHIPS DEVELOPED AND UTILIZED LAKE CUMBERLAND PERFORMING ARTS COUNCIL WATERSHED ARTS ALLIANCE

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PARTNERSHIPS DEVELOPED AND UTILIZED KENTUCKY ART TEACHERS SCHOLARSHIP PROJECT

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INTERNET SITES TO HELP “GET YOU STARTED” Center for Rural Development www.Centertech.com Kentucky Art Teacher’s Scholarship Project www.katsp.com Kentucky Arts Council www.kyarts.org Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development www.edc.state.ky.us Kentucky State Parks www.state.ky.us/agencies/parks/parkhome.htm Kentucky Tourism Council www.tourky.com Master Musicians Festival www.mastermusiciansfestival.com National Endowment for the Arts www.arts.endow.gov National Endowment for the Humanities www.neh.gov National Park Service www.nps.gov Rural Community College Initiative www.mdcinc.org/rcci Team Leadership Center www.teamleadershipcenter.com United States Department of Agriculture www.usda.gov USDA – Office of Economic Development www.rurdev.usda.gov/ocd United States Forest Service www.fs.fed.us

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THE TIP TO REMEMBER IN DEVELOPING CULTURAL TOURISM: THE SAME, OR SIMILAR, OPPORTUNITIES EXIST EVERYWHERE - ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS EXPLORE AND BE CREATIVE!

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FOR MORE INFORMATION and ASSISTANCE….. David Cazalet, NCE Director Somerset Community College 808 Monticello Street Somerset, Kentucky 42501 (606)679-8501, ext. 3202 david.cazalet@kctcs.edu