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Jaleesa Wells, Ph.D,, speaks to attendees at the inaugural Women’s Perspectives in Arts Administration Symposium in 2024. Wells is the symposium organizer and an assistant professor of arts administration at UK. Arden Barnes | UK Photo
Department of Arts Administration hosts the second annual Women’s Perspectives in Arts Administration Symposium
The University of Kentucky Department of Arts Administration will host the Women’s Perspectives in Arts Administration (WPAA) Symposium Friday, Feb. 14, at the Gatton Student Center.

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
The Kentucky Heritage Emergency Response Network (KHERN) was launched at the Arts Disaster & Crisis Preparedness Conference, hosted by the University of Kentucky’s Department of Arts Administration.
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
The arts and culture sector is vital to economic development, civic engagement, and community health and wellness. However, these creative spaces are also uniquely vulnerable to potential emergencies or disasters. The Arts Disaster & Crisis Preparedness Conference will facilitate the exchange of best practices in emergency preparedness within the arts with the broader community.
Image of two students working together during a Creative Social Entrepreneurship course
Provost IMPACT Award supports more contextualized, inclusive education in social entrepreneurship
The Graduate Certificate in Creative Social Entrepreneurship offers a flexible and expansive curriculum in a 100% online and asynchronous learning environment. Creative social entrepreneurship is a transdisciplinary field connecting creative, social, and entrepreneurial practices to improve the economic, environmental, political, and social well-being of society.
UK doctoral graduate Rebecca Ferrell beside a podium speaking at a symposium for women leaders in arts administration
Department of Arts Administration celebrates first class of Ph.D. grads
The University of Kentucky celebrates an inaugural cohort of five graduates from its doctoral program in arts administration — the first of its kind at UK and in the nation.

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
Leah Hamilton, assistant professor in the Department of Arts Administration, is one of nine award recipients chosen by the UK Office of Land-Grant Engagement for innovative projects, providing Kentucky with knowledge and skills to improve lives and communities.
UK's Yuha Jung (left) with Drexel University's Neville Vakharia (right), her coeditor, at the summer book launch party in Lexington. Photo by Mary Rollins Mathews, Rollins Studio.
Jung is lead editor of 1st Oxford Handbook of Arts and Cultural Management
Dr. Yuha Jung is the editor of the first-ever Oxford Handbook of Arts and Cultural Management.
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UK Arts Administration to host Social Theory, Politics, and the Arts Conference
The University of Kentucky Department of Arts Administration will host the Social Theory, Politics, and the Arts (STPA) Conference, Sept. 21-23, in Lexington.
Aaron Levi Garvey, photo by Abby Warhola
University of Kentucky Alumnus Aaron Levi Garvey Becomes the New Chief Curator at the Andy Warhol Museum
Aaron Levi Garvey is a Jewish-American Curator/Historian working and lecturing in Modern and Contemporary Arts and Culture. Currently Garvey is the Chief Curator of the Andy Warhol Museum.
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Dr. Yuha Jung leads team of UK researchers investigating racial bias
UK researchers investigate racial bias in recognition of Kentucky’s historic properties