Department of Arts Administration News

Arts Administration students make their pitch during the 2024 Fish Tank: Emerging Entrepreneurs in the Arts event. Photo provided by UK Arts Administration.

UK Arts Administration hosts 8th annual Fish Tank: Emerging Entrepreneurs in the Arts

By Reagan Smith and Tom Musgrave

Story originally appeared in UKNow, Nov. 11, 2025.

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Arts Administration student wins award through UK’s SWAP series

Originally appeared in UKNow, Oct. 29, 2025, by Clarissa Rhule

The University of Kentucky Appalachian Center and Appalachian Studies program is once again highlighting the research and creative scholarship of students and faculty through the annual Sharing Work on Appalachia in Progress (SWAP) series.

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Discover pathways to a creative future at UK Arts and Culture Career Fair

Originally appeared in UKNow, Oct. 23, 2025

The University of Kentucky Department of Arts Administration will host its annual Arts and Culture Career Fair 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 10, in the Gatton Student Center, Grand Ballroom A.

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Dr. Yuha Jung Expands Role as Educator and Advocate

UK College of Fine Arts staff

When Dr. Yuha Jung isn’t teaching in the Department of Arts Administration at the University of Kentucky, she’s helping artists and cultural organizations protect their work in new ways.

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Saving the ‘soul of a community’: UK Land-grant Engagement program preserves arts, culture through disaster preparedness

From UKNow, By Jennifer Elwell, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025.

Arts Admin student earns grant for internship site

Published June 4, 2025

Department of Arts Administration hosts the second annual Women’s Perspectives in Arts Administration Symposium

By Allison Jones. Originally published in UKNow, Wednesday, February 12, 2025.

A volunteer at Hindman Settlement School helps restore a photograph following the massive Eastern Kentucky flood in July 2022. Flood waters irreparably damaged documents, photos and various works of art. Photo by Will Anderson.

UK takes the lead on preserving artistic, cultural heritage

By Tom Musgrave; originally appeared in UKNow, Oct. 8, 2024.

In the wake of a December 2022 series of tornados that devastated parts of Western Kentucky, many artists and arts organizations wanted to know how they could better prepare for future disasters. Photo by Kentucky Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet.

Filling a need: UK Arts Administration hosts first ever arts emergency management conference

By Tom Musgrave, published in UKNow on August 7, 2024.

Provost IMPACT Award supports more contextualized, inclusive education in social entrepreneurship

Originally appeared in UKNow on May 7, 2024, by Jenny Wells-Hosley.

UK doctoral graduate Rebecca Ferrell speaks at the inaugural symposium of the Women’s Perspectives in Arts Administration (WPAA). Photo by Arden Barnes.

Department of Arts Administration celebrates first class of Ph.D. grads

Story originally appeared in UKNow, May 2, 2024, by Jenny Well-Hosley and Whitney Hale.

The UK Office of Land-Grant Engagement has awarded nine innovative projects, providing Kentucky with knowledge and skills to improve lives and communities

UK Arts Administration faculty among UK Land-Grant Engagement award recipients

By Christopher Carney, published in UKNow on Feb. 8, 2024.

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Jung is lead editor of 1st Oxford Handbook of Arts and Cultural Management

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UK Arts Administration to host Social Theory, Politics, and the Arts Conference

Story originally appeared in UKNow, September 18, 2023.

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University of Kentucky Alumnus Aaron Levi Garvey Becomes the New Chief Curator at the Andy Warhol Museum

August 14, 2023, by Tess Wampler, University of Kentucky student

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UK arts administration students visit Berea Archives to study records from Grammy Award-winning musician

By Joy Chou, Arts Administration and Digital Media Design senior

Students of AAD 420: Practices, Policies, and Law in Arts Administration recently visited the Berea College Special Collections and Archives to view records from the collection of Janis Ian, an award-winning and world-renowned folk musician, social activist, and LGBTQ icon.

Image of students gathered outside in front of the Lyric Theatre's marquee, during the daytime