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Living Arts and Science Center receives $1,000,000 grant from W. Paul & Lucille Caudill Little Foundation
The Board of Directors of the W. Paul and Lucille Caudill Little Foundation has awarded the Living Arts and Science Center (LASC) a $1,000,000 matching grant towards the Center’s soon to be announced $5,000,000 capital campaign. This is the first major gift to the LASC’s IMAGINE THIS campaign which will have its public announcement and kickoff in fall 2011.
“We are honored that the W. Paul and Lucille Caudill Little Foundation has taken a leadership role in providing the first major gift in our capital campaign. The foundation’s commitment to match $1,000,000 of other funds raised, presents an ideal opportunity for the community to join with them in supporting lasting and creative education for our children. Given Mrs. Little’s relationship to the LASC, this generous gift provides a very meaningful start to our expansion and renovation plans that will enhance the LASC as well as the community,” said Heather Lyons, Executive Director of the Living Arts and Science Center.
Mrs. Little was one of the original founders of the Living Arts & Science Center in 1968 and was instrumental in its operations and programming throughout its early years. She also continued her financial support of the Center while living and in a bequest in the five years following her death in 2002.
“Mrs. Lucille Little’s legacy of support for our arts organizations as evidenced by this gift to the Living Arts and Science Center and others ensures a strong future for arts programming throughout the region. Throughout her life, and through the foundation she created, she has significantly impacted the long-term future and vitality of arts,” explained Jim Clark, President and CEO of LexArts.
The Living Arts & Science Center’s capital campaign funds will be used for the renovation of the current facility, the Kinkead House, built in 1847 and donated to the Living Arts & Science Center by the Kinkead family in 1981. Plans also include the enhancement of the 1.5 acre grounds to include a new classroom and exhibition building, and outside features such as educational gardens and an amphitheatre. The internationally recognized DeLeon and Primmer Architecture Workshop, Louisville, were selected as the architects for the project.
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