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The PAPA Gallery
Open Hours
Tues - Sat: 11am - 3 pm
Other times by appointment only.
Special Events & Extended Hours
OPEN Sunday, September 8, 2024
Hours: 10am-3pm
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Where the Seeds Blow
If you've ever come upon a field full of sunflowers in bloom, you'll know the unexpected pleasure it can bring. This month, PAPA's challenge word was "Sunflower" and new member Marley Duncan provided another perspective to consider with her piece...
Your Adventure Awaits!
Imagination is a special super power and PAPA's own published fantasy artist, Sandi Johnson, has it in spades! It seems our customers' creative powers were also piqued when they selected her painting, The Highwayman, as the People's Choice this...
Burst
The vista depicted in this image seems to demand the viewer's attention. The high contrast colors and values Kim Noffke used in this well titled painting, Burst, bring you straight into the heart of the scene without any prelude. The...
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Featured Artist
September 2024 Featured Artist – Martha Brown
Martha has this to say about her journey as an artist: I wanted to paint earlier in life and I did complete several paintings on my...
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Our Story
In 1991, a small group of Paducah painters realized a common need. They wanted to learn more about fine art and painting. Led by master artist and long-time Paducah resident, the late Clyde H. Lawter Jr, the group began meeting, sharing, learning, and growing!
A short time later, the group incorporated as a non-profit organization and were officially named PAPA – Paducah Area Painters Alliance.
The PAPA Gallery on Broadway opened in 1998, providing the perfect place to show their work and share their stories. Some members of that original ‘charter group’ are still painting and showing their work today, joined by many more artists from our surrounding region. That same spirit of camaraderie exists at PAPA today and we continue to find ways to share art with each other and our community.
Clyde H Lawter, Jr
Founding Member
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Our Purpose
PAPA endeavors to bring together artists to encourage, motivate, educate, and promote them, and to promote the art of painting in particular. A principal goal is to increase sociability and friendship among its members. Whenever resources allow, PAPA will provide a theatre to display member’s art – both in the gallery on Broadway, online on our website, and in the community.
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Our Board
Dutch Thurman, President
Jenny Fuller, Executive Director
Diane Bay, Program Coordinator
Heather Reid, Treasurer
Cindy McLaren, Secretary
Mark Cope
Sandi Johnson
John McLaren
Chad Nelson
Dale Houseworth
Rebecca Mueller-Williams
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Address
124 Broadway St
Paducah, KY 42001, USA
(270) 575-3544
Open Hours
Tuesday – Saturday: 11am – 3pm
Other times by appointment only.
Call (270) 519-3198 for appt.