Now in its third year, art on the town is making art more accessible for both customers and Lexington artists.

The initiative from the Lexington Mayor's Office allows 60 local artists in the program to reserve art cards located downtown to display and sell their work.

So we're going downtown to learn more.

And this week's Arts and Culture segment we call Tapestry.

We really wanted to find new ways for artists to be able to be out visible.

You don't have to go out of your way to go into an art gallery.

People can happen upon it.

We have ten carts with art on the town, and so artists are able to sign up and reserve those cards and use them weekly at Thursday night Live at the farmer's Market on Saturdays and then monthly, we have an event called Art on the Town at Tandy Park, which is the third Friday of every month.

There are also many different events, festivals and fairs downtown July 4th, the Diversity festival that's coming up where our art on the town artists will also be participating, so they get to reserve the card for free.

So demonstrate their work and it's a really great opportunity because at each event there are different artists participating.

So you might come to Thursday night live every week and see different artists here.

You'd be surprised the depth and the imagination and the skills of a lot of these Kentucky artists.

We wanted to find a way that if they had 4 hours and could come down and set up their work, even if it's in limited quantity on this cart, they could do that.

They are really on the top of it.

They will plan everything for you.

All you need is to pack your art and come to the spot and sell your art.

So everything is programed.

So I didn't have to do anything except bringing my art and myself.

The intent was really to make it as easy as possible for the artists to be able to set up, sell their work and do it on a shorter term basis.

So many of our artists are working other jobs.

As an educator, I spend, you know, from 730 to 345 every day in a classroom.

So there's a lot of opportunities that I don't get to do with that some other artists might be able to to get into or have the exposure with this year.

I could finish up there and then I can come out, relax, set up some artwork, and then, you know, basically tell my story.

We need a whole new crowd every week.

That's another really wonderful benefit from this program is to see the artists and how it has created this great community within Lexington.

Artists often yearn for opportune parties to get together and to learn from one another and work together.

And so this has really provided a great opportunity for that.

I met a lot of artists.

They are very helpful.

The first day that I came, I didn't know how to unlock the car and to drive it.

I was like confused.

Most of them.

They came to me.

They introduced themselves to me and they helped me.

They did all the job for me.

So I was really happy.

I mean, we certainly have a very vibrant art community here, a lot of passion and artists who are doing great work.

I just always want to find more ways to support that so that they can stay here.

Cool Project.

The next monthly art on the Town is at Tandy Park.

It will be a month from now, June 21st.