College of Fine Arts News

UK hosts Contemplative Practices for Higher Education Conference

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.

Art work by Tomasz Winiarski, from the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, Poland. The piece is part of the current exhibition, “Tropiciele/Pathfinders,” running now through Feb. 23.

UK, Transy to present survey of work from Poland's Academy of Fine Arts

Story originally appeared in UKNow, Jan. 18, 2024.

Image of Raleigh Dailey, associate professor, and Miles Osland, professor of saxophone and director of jazz studies, performed as the Osland/Dailey Duo for the world premiere of Dailey’s “Triptych.”

School of Music's Dailey and Osland perform world premiere at World Sax Congress

Two University of Kentucky School of Music faculty premiered a new composition in the Canary Islands this December at the 19th World Saxophone Congress.

Department of Theatre and Dance Production Manager and Technical Director, Zack Stribling, joins students around a set piece onstage at the Guignol Theatre.

Department of Theatre and Dance Moves Towards Sustainability

By Peter Allen Stone, Published January 29, 2024

Close up of The Oxford Handbook of Arts and Cultural Management book cover

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

Abigail Van Klompenberg in a black blazer and red shirt, wearing glasses.

Music Ed grad works to address traumatic stress among educators, students

By Erin Wickey, published in UKNow December 12, 2023

Students hold up finished ceramic pieces outside of new kiln

UK Kiln Finds New Home, New Opportunities

Report submitted by Hunter Stamps

Through collaborative efforts across multiple colleges, the University of Kentucky kiln was deconstructed and successfully rebuilt on a new site in 2023.

UK composer Juan Trigos awarded Azrieli Commission for International Music

By Tatum Armstrong, published in UKNow, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023

SA/VS alumna gives back to students

Published November 27, 2023

Image of Juan Saldivar, Jr., DMA student in the University of Kentucky School of Music, is elevating opportunities for Mexican and Mexican American composers through a new initiative.

School of Music DMA Student Elevating Opportunities for Composers Through New Initiative

Juan Saldivar, Jr., DMA student in the University of Kentucky School of Music, is elevating opportunities for Mexican and Mexican American composers through a new initiative. Through Border Bones, Saldivar and Velarde aim to increase trombone duet repertoire.

Image of Renee Cobb wearing a blue suit in front of a step and repeat holding her award

Music Alum Wins Gold Stevie Award in 2024 International Business Awards

UK School of Music Alum Renee Collins Cobb, M.Ed. of Room 17 Productions, Inc wins two Stevie® Awards in a ceremony held in New York City on November 10, 2023.

Tze-Ying Wu directs the Ionian University String Ensemble in Corfu, Greece.

School of Music Faculty Travel to Corfu, Greece

Published November 1, 2023

image of a black and white cat sitting on the chair that Paul Rodgers designed

UK Innovate's Launch Blue Highlights SAVS' Paul Rodgers in Tech Showcase

Launch Blue, under the Office of Technology Commercialization in UK Innovate, supports promising technology startup founders and university innovators in Kentucky and beyond. Launch Blue is creating Tech Showcases to highlight Launch Blue innovators, founders and teams. Paul Rodgers is one of the UK Innovators that has been spotlighted.