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Horse Mania returns!
Gray partners with ARTplay
Horse Mania is back in Lexington! This year, owned by Jarah Jones. ARTplay submitted a
LexArts is celebrating its 50th anniversary and the proposal for kids to paint the horse during a class
Breeders’ Cup World Championship will returnto held at the studio. The horse has been named Triple
Kentucky in November. This seemed like a perfect C (Community, Compassion, Creativity).
time to bring back Horse Mania, a public art initiative “Our submission was for the horse to be created
that was hugely popular in the city in 2000 and by kids – we believed their unfiltered, creative spirits
2010. During Horse Mania, regional artists from would shine when given the blank canvas to design
Kentucky and surrounding states are selected to something that will wildly inspire and delight the
paint and embellish 50 life-size fiberglass horses public,” said Brian. “The painting/creating has taken
for outdoor display during the summer and fall of place as part of a weekly class called Community
2022. Each artist is given a $3,000 honorarium Makers, where kids work on art projects, but also
after teaming up with a sponsor who funds an discuss and brainstorm ways that the art they
individual horse. create can give back to their community. With our
As a sponsor, Gray was paired with artist Brian honorarium money, we will be donating $2,000 to
Connors Manke and ARTplay Children’s Studio, support kids art initiatives in town with the intention
