College of Fine Arts News

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UK College of Design, College of Fine Arts art installation pays tribute to campus landscape

By Haley Simpkins, originally published in UKNow Nov. 21, 2024.

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SA/VS alumnus wins international award

Published November 12, 2024

CFA launches podcast "The Beat"

Published October 24, 2024

Dance students visit Berlin for UK's first dance-specific education abroad

Published October 22, 2024

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.

UKDOT faculty, student work on Off-Broadway premiere

Published October 8, 2024

UK composition student Angel Gómez Ramos awarded by San Francisco ARTZenter Institute

Published October 24, 2024, Updated January 2025

SA/VS to Co-host First Scholarly Symposium Dedicated to the Importance of Archival Research to Queer Scholarship in American Art History

Peter Stone sitting on sofa with representative at the Newark Film Festival

Peter Stone wins award at Delaware Film Fest

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.

Members of FreshF stand against a grey background wearing tuxedos with blue bowties and vests

UK's top barbershop quartet places in international barbershop contest

Published July 26, 2024

Map of Calabria with detail of artifacts found

UK SA/VS professor discovers Spartacus’ 1st battlefield in southern Italy

University of Kentucky archaeologist Paolo Visonà, Ph.D., an adjunct associate professor in the University of Kentucky’s School of Art and Visual Studies (SA/VS), announced a major archaeological discovery in Calabria, Italy.

UK Art Museum announces Rachel Hooper as Curator

Published June 11, 2024

Still frame of a film featuring a woman in white tank top drinking water from a stream

SA/VS 20th biannual Digital Media Blast

Published May 10, 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.

Clockwise, from back left: Martina Vasil, Taylor Ayotte, Austin Robinson, David Dockan and Kailey Holmes. This group of educators helped coordinate the first all-state elementary modern band performance at the '24 KMEA conference. Photo provided.

Striking a chord: UK professor assembles Kentucky’s 1st all-state elementary modern band

Story originally appeared in UKNow, March 11, 2024 by Jenny Wells-Hosley.