Arts on Main: ‘Uniquely Kentucky’

Arts on Main, the retail store for the Winchester Art Guild, will reopen after its annu­al win­ter hia­tus next Wednesday, March 5, 2025. It seemed like a good time to vis­it the store again with my bud­dy Ken Howard, President of the guild, and tour the store as it nears completion.

Each year, Ken and the vol­un­teers who staff the store reset many of the dis­plays that occu­py the sev­er­al rooms with­in the store at 31 North Main St. in down­town Winchester. This time is no excep­tion; the dis­plays are stun­ning. I decid­ed to shoot a short video as Ken walked me through each room, point­ing out some of the beau­ti­ful arts and crafts—all cre­at­ed by local artisans. 

The guild has about 50 mem­bers, and around half of them are rep­re­sent­ed by prod­ucts in the store. 

As Ken likes to say, the store offers items that are “unique­ly Kentucky.” There is every­thing from paint­ings to macramé, from pot­tery to wood­work­ing prod­ucts, and so much more. 

As an aside, Ken and I dis­cussed how the block along North Main, where the store is locat­ed, is quick­ly becom­ing Winchester’s unof­fi­cial arts dis­trict. Besides Arts on Main, the his­toric Leeds Center for the Arts is right next door. Across the street, you can find Dirty South Pottery and Frames on Main. Not to men­tion a cou­ple of bou­tiques, restau­rants, and more. 

Be sure to stop by Arts on Main next Wednesday or after and bring home a unique piece of local pride.