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Theora Hamblett, a lifelong resident of Lafayette County, didn’t begin her career as an artist until the latter part of her life. Born in 1895 in Paris, Mississippi, Hamblett grew up on a chicken farm, which became the subject of many of her paintings. During the early decades of the twentieth century, she taught school,

Paradise Garden is open to visitors, Tuesday-Saturday, 11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Please check the website to confirm.

KMAC relays the marriage of art and craft in the context of contemporary art. The Museum’s permanent collection contains works created by notable twentieth century American folk artists as well as local contemporary artists. Some of the artists in KMAC’s collection hail from Eastern Kentucky and the surrounding region, and as a result they function