The new Rowan County Arts Center at 205 East Main Street, Morehead, KY will open at noon on Wednesday, March 14, 2007 with regular hours. Several years of planning and work by many citizens of Morehead were required in order to restore the old Rowan County Courthouse for public use as an Arts Center. Funding for this huge project was obtained from grants from the Lucille Caudill Little Foundation and Morehead Tomorrow as well as other sources. The Arts Center is governed by the Rowan County Arts Promotion Foundation whose mission is ?to create or sponsor the creation of a community-based educational center for the facilitation of the arts, with an expressed goal to foster diverse creativity and to develop an appreciation for all the creative and performing arts, through an inclusive program of instruction, performance and display, as well as to maintain and preserve relevant historical memorabilia and records for the conservation of Rowan County?s heritage?. The Rowan County Arts Center will feature rotating, juried art exhibits by regional artists that will be free for public viewing. Artist?s studios with artists at work will be open for public viewing also at no charge. Performances by the Lexington Children?s Theater and The Morehead Theatre Guild are scheduled; board meetings, family reunions and weddings have also been booked. Space for workshops and classes or other community events may be reserved. Artwork currently exhibited at the Arts Center was accepted from Rowan County artists: Rhonda Logan Bailey, Christine Barker, Jenny Bell, Carolyn Boyd, Linda Brewer, David Brown, Scott Clevenger, Dixon Ferrell, Priscilla Gotsick, Sandra Gullett, Donna Lemley Jordan, Linda Lowe, Carolyn Miller, Joe Sartor and Nancy Sartor. The Arts Center will be open daily with no admittance fee (though donations will be gratefully accepted) Tuesday through Saturday, 12 ? 6pm; Sunday, 2 ?5pm and closed on Mondays. To book an event or rent studio space at the Rowan County Arts Center, call J. D. Reeder at 606-784-5669