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The PAPA Gallery 

Open Hours

Tues - Sat: 11am - 3 pm
Other times by appointment only.

Special Events & Extended Hours

PAPA Summer Exhibit – Paducah City Hall

EXHIBIT DATES: June 2 – July 27, 2025
LOCATION: Paducah City Hall, 300 S 5th St, Paducah, KY
HOURS: Monday – Friday, 8 am – 4:30 pm

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A Rose by Any Other Name

A Rose by Any Other Name

Fragrant roses leave a wonderful impression and we're reminded every summer season that by any other name, they'd still smell sweet. PAPA artist Harrietta Harper shares that sentiment with us in her painting, "Rose Garden." Her subtle colors and...

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You’ll Enjoy These Creative Images

You’ll Enjoy These Creative Images

Imaginative, improvisational and vibrant are just a few descriptors that apply to this month's featured artwork. Images large or small, bold or serene all seem to fly from Grady Pennington's creative brain to canvas with amazing ease. "Asian...

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Do You Have a Favorite Skyline?

Do You Have a Favorite Skyline?

Perhaps there's a spot on a familiar road that always pulls your eye to it.  And no matter how often you pass it, you enjoy the view of that skyline every single time. The challenge this month for PAPA painters was to paint a skyline. Our challenge...

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June 2025 Featured Artist – Grady Pennington

June 2025 Featured Artist – Grady Pennington

I love color but initially I had no understanding of how it works, so I began my artistic endeavor as a pen and ink artist when I was about 18 years old. It wasn’t until I was 28 years old and I attended the University of Arkansas that I met the professor, Leo Davis, that […]

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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.

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