Any community may be identified by its active arts culture. An organized effort to promote local working artists is nurtured by non-profit groups. Many communities pay homage to significant contributors in the visual arts by rallying around like minded individuals which adds to the innovation and invention a singular VOICE or EYE leaves behind. That is legacy.
Alma Lesch's life (1917-1999) inspired the renaissance of a previously struggling Bullitt County Arts Council at the turn of this 21st Century through the encouragement of a local attorney with a vision for growth and community spirit.
TEXTILE FORMS by LeschWithout a community arts center (historic preservation) in which to house the diverse groups representing all the arts in the county the future efforts of this non-profit in meeting the challenges experienced by previous decades of its incarnation will be problematic.
Let's not continue to rezone the dwindling residential communities for commercial growth by destroying 'history' (architecture) and awake to more drive-through parking lots of frantic drive-by living in an already fast paced world. Examine our past and appreciate the future of possible connections in our towns. Start by visiting the Bullitt County History Museum in Shepherdsville at the old court house.
