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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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Three Ways to Support the Ice House
The Ice House Gallery (Mayfield/Graves County Art Guild) is working hard! After their historic building and most of the artworks in it were destroyed in the December 2021 tornado, their work continues with help from many in our region. If you would...
Step Into The Scene With February’s Featured Artist
You can almost hear the young boy reading his book in this painting by PAPA's February featured artist, Jenny Fuller. Jenny's soft pastel images tend to invite the viewer in, allowing you to feel the mood of the scene along with her subject . This...
Come enjoy while you can!
This lovely painting by Gerry Marcum is only one of many available from the current offerings at the PAPA Gallery through the end of the week. Then, PAPA artists will bring in a fresh new batch of paintings for a completely new show! We'll be...
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Featured Artist
June 2021 Featured Artist- Rebekah Thuline
Rebekah is a young artist a couple years out of college. She took art classes during her high school years, first at Reidland High...
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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.