Kentucky Theater Project

Mission :

The mission of Kentucky Theater Project is to provide opportunities for local and regional emerging artists to develop an audience.

History :

Built in classic art deco style in 1921, the Kentucky Theater operated for more than 60 years as a movie house. In 1984 it became home for a multimedia slide show that promoted Kentucky tourism, but the show was short-lived and in 1986 the building closed. Ten years later the City of Louisville marked the abandoned building for demolition.

A local entrepreneur bought the historic theater at auction to save it from the wrecking ball and then turned it over to two arts advocates who created a non-profit arts organization, called the Kentucky Theater Project, Inc.

KTP re-opened the doors to the historic Kentucky Theater on Earth Day 2000 to celebrate the unity of all people. Since that time, organization founders have worked with hundreds of volunteers to transform the Kentucky Theater into a vibrant community arts center and art film house In its short history, Kentucky Theater Project has been featured extensively on television, radio, newspapers and magazines as a model for grassroots community arts development.