Mar 21 Arts and Culture Cowen’s Retirement Won’t Address All Artists’ Complaints Visual Art Association board chair Benton Keith was among the loudest voices calling for Cowen's dismissal. He says the retirement is welcome, but inequities still exist. By Gabe Bullard Mar 21 Arts and Culture Cowen’s Retirement Won’t Address All Artists’ Complaints Gabe Bullard
Mar 11 Arts and Culture Calls for Fund for the Arts Leadership Changes Continue The protest is meant to encourage the fund's board to fire CEO Allan Cowen. Cowen threatened the job of the director of the Louisville Visual Art Association in a voicemail last month after the director and others criticized the fund for giving little or no money to visual arts groups. By Gabe Bullard Mar 11 Arts and Culture Calls for Fund for the Arts Leadership Changes Continue Gabe Bullard
Mar 7 Arts and Culture LVAA Board Chair Says Cowen Reprimand Is Not Enough, Will Ask for Meeting With Fund’s Board Cowen was rebuked for allegedly threatening the job of Louisville Visual Art Association director Shannon Westerman in a voicemail last month. Westerman and others had published a letter in Business First saying many visual arts groups receive little or no money from the Fund for the Arts. Visual Art Association board president Benton Keith says Cowen should've been fired for his actions, because they're part of a pattern of bad behavior. By Gabe Bullard Mar 7 Arts and Culture LVAA Board Chair Says Cowen Reprimand Is Not Enough, Will Ask for Meeting With Fund’s Board Gabe Bullard