Gateway Regional Arts Center

The Gateway Regional Arts Center (GRAC) is the premier cultural center for the Central and Eastern regions of Kentucky. With a mission of providing excellent arts experiences for the communities along the I-64 Corridor between Lexington, Kentucky and Huntington, West Virginia, GRAC is on the forefront of cultural programming and continues to grow its reach in the Appalachian and Bluegrass regions of Kentucky.

Nestled in-between the rolling hills and horse farms of Central Kentucky and the mountains and hollers of Eastern Kentucky, Mount Sterling offers a unique conduit - the “Gateway,” as it is known here - between the two distinct landscapes and cultures. GRAC sees itself as the cultural heartbeat of that conduit; it’s a place where we embrace our rich and vast identities and explore them through myriad art forms and anthropological methods.