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| HORSE MANIA 2000 |
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"Battlehorse" by Chris Sullivan Sponsored by Middlebrook Farm Current Location: Portofino
"Not So Plain Joe" by artists Lucy Slone Meyers and Anne Bates Allen Sponsored by Kentucky-American Water Co. Current Location: Barbara Ricke Interiors, LTD
"Pieces of Bluegrass" by artists Marge Adkins Sponsored by Wyatt Tarrant & Combs Current Location: Cardinal Hill
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From July to December 2000, Lexington was gripped by a mania it had never before experienced - public art mania. Seventy-nine life size fiberglass horses, sponsored by local businesses and individuals, embellished by regional artists, became the talk of the town. For five months, visual art was on everyone's mind.
Horse Mania brought residents downtown, tourists to the city, and created a new atmosphere in Lexington. In December, the seventy-nine went to auction at Keeneland, and every horse sold, bringing in more than $700,000.00. Of these proceeds, LexArts (then called the Lexington Arts and Cultural Council) used five percent to cover overhead. The remaining proceeds were divided, fifty percent to the newly created LexArts managed public art fund, and fifty percent to charities of the original sponsor's choice.
LexArts and eight of its member organizations received more than $38,000.00 in designations from the auction proceeds, with seventy other local charities receiving more than $309,000.00. Almost $350,000.00 went into the public art fund.