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The Covington Arts District was recently established as a part of the Economic Development Department in the City of Covington to enhance the City’s economic development through the arts. The Arts District vision is to grow Covington as an arts destination widely recognized for its thriving arts community, cultural institutions, and historic preservation, because a thriving arts community is an excellent indicator of a healthy, vibrant community. The arts contribute to the creation of more livable cities. The arts animate and beautify our cities. As an arts destination, cultural tourists will be attracted to spend more time in our city.
The goals are to:
- Strengthen and support Covington’s arts and cultural organizations, artists, and artist-owned businesses.
- Create an environment that will attract the creative class to Covington.
- Increase art audiences and participation in the arts.
The new Artisans’ Enterprise Center and this enhanced Covington Arts District web site were presented to the public in December 2007. |
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The links in this page can all be found in the navigation bar at the top of the page. Be sure to visit each dropdown menu item and see all that The Covington Arts District has to offer. |
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THE ARTISAN’S ENTERPRISE CENTER (AEC)
The AEC is used for the development of the Covington Arts District. It is located on the first floor of 25 West Seventh Street in downtown Covington. The facility serves as a common ground for community artists and art venues to exchange information vital to their profession and advancement. It provides free workshop space, gallery space, and conference rooms for artists who live and work in Covington. The AEC offers art, business, and marketing classes. When the Cultural Heritage Tourism Program is developed, it also will be housed in the AEC. |
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COVINGTON ARTS DISTRICT WEBSITE (www.covingtonarts.com)
This new, enhanced arts district web site has been developed to link to Covington artists, galleries, art associations, creative businesses, and technology enterprises. The site provides an inventory of commercial and residential property for sale or lease, and incentives for moving to Covington. A community calendar listing all of Covington’s art and cultural events is also included.
This website also includes an article of a featured artist every 4-6 weeks. The beauty of the article is to show the value of Covington artists, to build a better relationship with individual artists, and to learn what the artists need in order to grow their businesses in Covington.
The national ad campaign referenced below will prompt interested parties to this web site to find more information about Covington – a great place to live, work, and play. |
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NATIONAL AD CAMPAIGN
The Covington Arts District is formulating a national ad campaign to market the Covington Arts District as a great place to live, work, collaborate, and prosper as artists. Interested parties will be directed to the Covington Arts District website, which will provide information about Covington Artisans Enterprise Center, available properties, arts, culture, restaurants, taverns, coffee houses, music, entertainment, shops, services, calendar of events, and news.
The Covington Art Merchants have recently initiated the national ad campaign that directs people to the Art Merchants website. With a grant from the Covington Business Council Foundation, they executed a campaign in the following large circulation art magazines: Sunshine Artists, American Craft, Art Calendar, The Artist Magazine, Crafts Report, and Niche Magazine. Covington Arts District will proceed with the ad campaign by placing additional ads in supplementary national art-related publications. |
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CITY OF COVINGTON INCENTIVES More...
The City of Covington offers the following incentives: the Covington Artist Residential District Homeowner Loan Program and the Covington Arts and Technology Zone Loan Program.
Covington Artist Residential District (CARD) More...
The Covington Artist Residential District Homeowner Loan Program offers an incentive of up to $6,000 for the purchase of residential or mixed use structures, or for down payment assistance for condominiums within the CARD area.
Covington Arts and Technology Zone (CATZ) More...
The Covington Arts and Technology Zone Loan Program encourages the growth and development of arts and technology related small businesses within Covington’s CATZ district by providing low interest loans to acquire equipment, inventory, leasehold improvements, and real estate improvements.
ARTS AND CULTURAL STRATEGIC PLAN
The Arts District Manager currently serves on the Covington Arts and Cultural Strategic Plan Sub-committee in order to insure the strategic goals and strategies as outlined in the plan are implemented.
The tasks of the committee members are as follows:
- Review the Strategic Plan as a whole.
- Encourage and support coordinated action across focus areas of the plan where strong synergies exist.
- Help facilitate consistent communication to help ensure that implementation efforts are strategically focused.
- Implement specific projects and programs outlined in the plan.
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ARTS AND CULTURAL VENUES
Covington is home to many wonderful art venues that make the city shine. Public art establishments include: Baker-Hunt Art and Cultural Center; Behringer-Crawford Museum; The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center; and The Frank Duveneck Arts and Cultural Center.
Private art enterprises include: Art Machine, Covington Clay, Passionate Arts; Leapin Lizzard; MarX Gallery; Me Me Mosaics; Power House Factories, Inc.; Rising Star Studios; and many more. See our Art & Culture page for details. |
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ADVANTAGE BANK
Advantage Bank is the proud sponsor of the Covington Arts District Website. Advantage Bank supports individuals with purchasing residential and retail properties in the Covington Arts District. (www.advantagebank.com) |
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