Lydia Bailey Brown has been appointed as the Executive Director of the Kentucky Arts Council. Brown previously served as the director of education at the Yorktown Arts Foundation, as well as served several other boards in the arts and culture industry. Don Parkinson, Secretary of the Cabinet of Tourism, Arts and Heritage, said Brown’s unique background in business development, arts education and cultural destination consulting will be an asset to the agency. Brown said she was honored to serve the citizens of the Kentucky in such a key arts leadership role and said it was important the Kentucky Arts Council work collaboratively across the state to strengthen arts education.