Visual Arts

Yoonmi Nam: For A Little While
October 4th  - November 2
Bolivar Gallery 

Artist Lecture: Oct. 4 @Noon in the Bolivar Gallery. 

2019 MAPC Members’ Juried Exhibition
October 4–November 2, 2019
The Bolivar Art Gallery is pleased to host the 2019 Mid America Print Council (MAPC) Member’s Juried Exhibition, an annual exhibition showcasing the range of work in contemporary printmaking. This year’s juror Yoonmi Nam selected fifty pieces from the entries, including a variety of traditional print media as well as installation, animation, and sculpture.

Visiting Artist Talk: Yoonmi Nam
October 4th @ noon
Bolivar Gallery 

Yoonmi Nam’s work considers cross-cultural experience and sense of transience through observations of everyday objects and occurrences. In her prints, drawings, sculptural works, and installations, she uses familiar disposable objects and cut flower arrangements as subject matter and explores their materiality, ephemerality, persistence, and the common and extraordinary way we structure our surroundings. 

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Meet with representatives from arts and cultural organizations and companies.

Hosted by the Department of Arts Administration

Taylor Baldwin's work seeks to conflate the act of making with an act of violence - or unmaking - whether enacted physically or cognitively, whether enacted on an object, an image, or an idea. In his practice as a whole, he uses sculpture, video, and installation as a tool to stitch together and/or confuse the discordant relationship between a physical object and the cognitive experience of it.

Jason Craighead's paintings are a dynamic and expressive combination of acrylic paint, oil pastel, and graphite markings on canvas. His works emits an infectious, fervent energy; where every splatter, drip, and scratch conveys the artist’s emotional and profound spirit. Craighead's work echoes the well-known words of Edward Hopper, “If you could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint”. 

Eat/Art
12 – 12:40 pm
40 years of art in 40 minutes. We present a significant artwork from the Museum’s collection and discuss its importance in our four decade-long history. In November we will focus on gifts from Robert C. May. Light lunch served; reservations are required. Contact Kate Sprengnether at ksprengnether@uky.edu or 859-257-6218 to make your reservation.

Eat/Art
12 – 12:40 pm
40 years of art in 40 minutes. We present a significant artwork from the Museum’s collection and discuss its importance in our four decade-long history. In October we will focus on objects from the Proskauers, including Green Sea by Milton Avery.  Light lunch served; reservations are required. Contact Kate Sprengnether at ksprengnether@uky.edu or 859-257-6218 to make your reservation.

Exhibiting artists will talk briefly about their work in the show.

UK Art Museum curator Janie Welker will lead a discussion of the work featured in the Faculty Series: VOL III exhibition.