Events

Promotional flyer for the 2025 An Inspired Evening using Robert Morgan's colorful sculptures. All details in the image are reproduced in text on the page.
Feb 22 2025 | 7 - 10pm
An Inspired Evening

Presented by the UK Art Museum

We are thrilled to gather for a fundraiser honoring two men who have made profound contributions to the arts, historic preservation, LGBTQ+ legacies, and social services in Lexington. Together and separately, Jonathan Coleman and Robert Morgan have made Kentucky a more informed, empathetic, and exciting place to live.  

Coleman was a James Still Fellow at the University of Kentucky where he…

Harper Hall
177 N Upper St, Lexington, KY 40507
$125
Photo of Tim Davis in color, in front of houses
Fri, Mar 7 2025, 4 - 5pm
Robert C May Photography Lecture Series: Tim Davis
Davis earned his BA from Bard College in 1991 and currently teaches there as Associate Professor of Photography. His work has been exhibited widely and his photographs are in the permanent collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Guggenheim Museum, and the Walker Art Center, to name a few. His art writing has appeared in publications including Aperture, Blind Spot, Bomb, and Cabinet. ohthattimdavis.com…
Singletary Recital Hall
Free
Graphic for Create and Curate UK Art Museum Summer Camp program with image of interior of Museum and pink marker drawing overtop image with event text details in yellow and neon blue
Mon, Jul 7 2025, 1 - 5pm, Tue, Jul 8 2025, 1 - 5pm, Wed, Jul 9 2025, 1 - 5pm, Thu, Jul 10 2025, 1 - 5pm, Fri, Jul 11 2025, 1 - 5pm
CREATE AND CURATE: UK Art Museum Summer Camp 2025

Open to grades 6-8.

Calling all budding artist-curators! For one special week this summer, we’re clearing our ground floor galleries for museum-curious middleschoolers to get hands-on with the exhibition creation process from brainstorm to opening reception. Campers will go behind the scenes and discover the secrets of the UK Art Museum’s collection, collaborate with peers to design exhibition layouts, coordinate with Museum staff in a…
UK Art Museum
Registration coming soon