Recent Articles
Paducah has been featured in newspapers and magazines across the country, including the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, St. Louis Post Dispatch and Preservation magazine.
| 5/1/2012 |
Travel + Leisures - May 2012
America's Greatest Main Streets more |
| 11/1/2011 |
Skywest Magazine - November/December 2011
Paducah, Kentucky Check Out a New Holiday Tradition more |
| 8/12/2011 |
Traveling the American Road/ AOL travel Blog
Three Awesome Small Towns, Best Seen by Road Trip by Paul Brady more |
| 8/6/2011 |
Bowling Green Daily News - August 2011
Out and About: Make the trip to see what Paducah offers By GARY P. WEST Saturday, August 6, 2011 10:36 PM CDT http://bgdailynews.com/ more |
| 4/15/2011 |
Washington Post April 2011
Paducah, Kentucky will bring out the artist in you By Nancy Trejos more |
| 4/4/2011 |
Forbes - April 4, 2011
I recently drove from Columbia SC to Paducah Kentucky. The town of Paducah was made famous in 1938 by a flood that destroyed 95% of the town. The town was eventually rebuilt. Someone in the town was very business savvy. The community knew that in order to survive, they needed one or more big attractions to keep this little community alive and thriving. A quilt museum was just the ticket. By 19... more |
| 2/22/2011 |
The National Law Review Blog
Extreme Makeover: Arts Edition Paducah, Kentucky by Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP more |
| 6/10/2010 |
Turning Heritage Into Profit - The Lane Report 2010
With the aid of state and federal incentives, historic preservation projects are proving to be good investments not just for developers but communities and taxpayers in Kentucky, which is a national leader in historic preservation. more |
| 4/28/2010 |
Skywest Magazine - May/June 2010
Paducah, Kentucky For an Artful Good Time by Colleen Birch Maile more |
| 5/17/2009 |
Chicago Tribune - May 2009
PADUCAH, Ky. -- Dressed in black, smoking cigarettes and disaffected by youth, 22-year-old Reuben Gearhart is one of the few people who doesn't like what he sees in his rejuvenated hometown. more |
| 4/5/2009 |
St. Louis Post Dispatch - April 2009
These are not your grandmother’s quilts. Some double wedding ring and other familiar patterns were on display at the National Quilt Museum, but tradition has given way to artistic exploration, and the museum prides itself in showing the best being made today. “With the nation’s bicentennial in 1976, quilting got to be popular again,” said curator Judy Schwender. “We really consider ourself an... more |
| 1/1/2009 |
Back Home In Kentucky - January 2009
In a community where the arts and artists flourish, it came as no surprise when the 110th Congress in the Senate of the United States adopted a resolution "expressing the sense that the Museum of the American Quilters Society in Paducah, Kentucky, should be designated as the ‘National Quilt Museum of the United States'". With an abundance of phases, reflecting the mission of the Museum, the sou... more |
| 5/17/2008 |
The New York Times Style Magazine - May 17, 2008
How Artists Came to the Rescue of an Ailing Kentucky Town by Evan McGlinn more |
| 5/3/2008 |
The Independent/London, UK - May 3, 2008
Kentucky's nickname comes from the species of grass that covers much of the state and gives the countryside a blueish tinge. The landscape is one of rivers, lakes and rolling hills, dotted with attractive small towns. The sheer variety of what Kentucky has to offer is one of the state's most appealing features, along with the friendliness of the people. more |
| 4/12/2008 |
Wall Street Journal Weekend Journal - April 12, 2008
What Italy provides for people who love food is what Paducah does for quilting. A small Kentucky town on the Ohio River halfway between St. Louis and Nashville, Tenn., Paducah has become one of the prime destinations for quilt tourism, 21st-century style. more |
| 11/1/2007 |
The Southern Illinoisan - November 2007
River city becomes region's artistic mecca by Kristen Cates more |
| 11/1/2007 |
Small Market Meetings - November 2007
Where is Paducah, Ky.? The town of 26,000 is in Western Kentucky, about two hours northwest of Nashville, Tenn., and two-and-one-half hours southeast of St. Louis. more |
| 10/10/2007 |
Group Travel Leader - November 2007
Julie Shaw had never been to Paducah, Ky., until four years ago, when she decided to check out the town’s nationally acclaimed Artist Relocation Program. Today, Shaw lives in a renovated 1882 Victorian structure that also houses her jewelry studio and gallery, and she feels part of “a great community of artists.” more |
| 10/8/2007 |
Boston Globe - October 2007
PADUCAH, Ky. - No one was more surprised than I when I started to cry in the main gallery at the National Quilt Museum. Partly I was overcome by the sheer beauty of the huge collection of award-winning contemporary fabric masterpieces. But I'm guessing most of my tears were for my mom, who can no longer travel or sew and piece together her own works of art. more |
| 12/23/2006 |
ABC News - December 23, 2006
New York, Paris, Paducah? Kentucky Attracts Artists by Wendy Brundige more |
