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The PAPA Gallery
Open Hours
Tues – Sat: 11am – 3 pm
Other times by appointment only.
Special Events & Extended Hours
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People’s Choice
You can't help but relax just a little when you view this peaceful scene. Cypress Knee Thicket was beautifully painted by artist Harrietta Harper and voted by our customers as the People's Choice last month. Harrietta does a masterful job of...
Time for a New Show!
Fresh new art will be waiting for you when we reopen on Thursday this week. PAPA salutes all the visiting quilters and invites you to drop in while you're downtown. In addition to the usual exciting array of paintings, select quilted works by...
Beauty in Nature
Hummingbird Season is one of the beautiful paintings you'll enjoy when you stop in to see the works of Joanie-Lampley-Sims. As the hummingbirds and the flowers that feed them return to our area, this painting seems particularly well timed. Joanie...
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Featured Artist
May 2023 Featured Artist – Jean Lorrah
I am an old person but a young artist, having begun seriously studying art in 2019. However, I have been a storyteller all my life,...
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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
Gerry Marcum, Vice President
Jenny Fuller, Executive Director
Diane Bay, Program Coordinator
Brenda Foster, 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.