Kentucky master pipa player Hong Shao will give a free performance and presentation on traditional Chinese music at 12:30pm, January 26 at Owsley County Public Library. The program is part of the Kentucky Arts Council’s “Makings of a Master” traveling exhibit, which will be in Owsley County through February 28. Shao is an adjudicated member of the arts council’s Performing Artists and Teaching Artists directories and has received a Folk and Traditional Arts Apprenticeship grant. JoAnne Richardson, staff member at Owsley County Public Library, said the performance will satisfy a multitude of local interests among students the library has invited for the presentation.