The Appalachian Center for the Arts, which opened in Pikeville in 2019, is a place to enjoy and experience art, as well as a place to create it.

The center hosts theater performances, comedy and music shows and visual art galleries.

The center also offers dozens of art education opportunities for all ages.

Appalachian Center for the Arts Executive Director Shannon Kirkpatrick-Daniels calls the community arts center and venue the "Unicorn of Eastern Kentucky."

Why? Because in a rural region where community hubs are few and far between, a place like the Appalachian Center for the Arts becomes that much more special.

"I've worked in bigger cities where you work for a theater, and it's awesome, but you could also go down the street and find another theater that is equally as awesome," Ki

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