Events

Jan 16 2025 | 3:30pm
Visiting Artist and Scholar SeriesJanna Beck: Professor of IntermediaDirector of MaxLabAnnelise Cerchedean: Researcher, MaxLabGina Poortman: Researcher, MaxLab Janna Beck can be described as a multidisciplinary artist. She is a lecturer at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp and artistic coordinator of MaxLab, she is a facilitator of various master projects and master classes and organizes international collaborative projects (Aalto…
Art & Visual Studies Building
Room 204
Free
Fri, Jan 17 - Sat, Jun 21 2025, All day
Jay Bolotin was an ambitious and exacting artist who regularly crossed disciplines including visual art, literature, theatre, music, and film. Weaving together personal musings and universal myths, he formed epic narratives requiring years of labor-intensive studio activity and the mastering of both traditional and state-of-the-art techniques. A gifted storyteller, he was informed by children’s bedtime reading, Biblical tales (and their…
UK Art Museum
Free
Fri, Jan 17 2025, 12pm

Visiting Artist and Scholar Series

Peter Bosteels (59) is a wood engraver and professor in printmaking for more than thirty years. After obtaining an MFA and a PHD in Arts, he was appointed subsequently assistant lecturer, lecturer, and senior lecturer in printmaking at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, Belgium. From 1998 on he has been appointed Head of the Printmaking Department. He was elected as a member of the Departmental…

Bolivar Art Gallery
Free
Fri, Jan 17 2025, 7:30pm
Windborne Productions presents The Music of Pink Floyd with the Lexington Philharmonic. Experience the kaleidoscopic fusion of live orchestra and progressive rock with the Music of Pink Floyd featuring the Dark Side of the Moon album and other highlights.
 Mélisse Brunet, conductor
Singletary Center for the Arts
Singletary Concert Hall
$28-$78 adults; $11 youth & students
Tue, Jan 21 - Thu, Feb 20 2025, All day
Featuring work by Visiting Artists Marisa J. Futernick and Cintia Segovia. 

About the work 

Marisa J. Futernick’s Black Earth, Green Earth, Gold and Brown (2025) looks at the Connecticut “shade” tobacco industry and the profound but not widely known role it played in the region where…

Bolivar Art Gallery
Free
Tue, Jan 21 - Thu, Feb 20 2025, All day

A selection of prints from students, alumni and teachers of the printmaking department of the Royal Academy of Fine Art, Antwerp, Belgium. Curated by Prof. Peter Bosteels.

Teaching staff: Hugo Besard, Peter Bosteels, Peter De Boeck, Lou Gils, Ingrid Ledent, Stijn Vanbrabant, Sanja Tomic

Bolivar Art Gallery
Free
Fri, Jan 24 2025, 8am - 2pm

In addition to being admitted to UK, a successful audition is required to be declared a dance major. Applications for admission to the University of Kentucky, as well as application deadline and materials information, are available on the UK Admissions site. To learn more about what to expect and wear please see the BA in Dance page.

AuditionsFall BA in Dance Audition Date:  Friday, November 8, 2024Spring BA in…
Fine Arts Building
Fine Arts Building, Room 117
Audition Registration Required
Fri, Jan 24 2025, 12 - 1pm

Available for new incoming freshman to apply. The Department of Theatre and Dance is committed to making scholarship opportunities available to our incredible incoming students. This is also a great opportunity to meet UK faculty and participate in a theatre or dance class. 

Theatre performance 
Please prepare a 1 to 2-minute monologue of your choice to perform. 

Design and/or Tech focused 
Examples of…

Fine Arts Building
Fine Arts Building, Room 102
Audition Registration Required
Fri, Jan 24 2025, 12pm
Visiting Artist and Scholar SeriesCintia Segovia Figueroa Cintia Segovia Figueroa was born and raised in Mexico City, where she worked in the entertainment industry. Learning English in the U.S. as an adult gave her a unique perspective on the nuances of the language. Her photography and socially engaged approach explore themes of immigration, displacement, and bilingualism. With an M.A. She earned a BA from CSU, Northridge, and an MFA from…
Bolivar Art Gallery
Free
Fri, Jan 24 2025, 6:30 - 8pm
We welcome the campus community and general public to a reception celebrating our new exhibitions Jay Bolotin: A Jackleg Testament and Touchstones (for Jay). Light refreshments will be served.  Remarks at 6:30 pm.” Image: Jay Bolotin in his Cincinnati studio, 2023. Photo credit: Michael Solway. 
UK Art Museum
Free
Sat, Jan 25 2025, 1 - 2:30pm

Join Stuart Horodner, Michael Solway, and several of Jay Bolotin’s friends for a discussion of his creative legacy. 

UK Art Museum
Free
Tue, Jan 28 2025, 7:30 - 8:30pm
About the UK Early Music Collective

The University of Kentucky (UK) early music program was re-established in 2013 by Dr. Jason Dovel when he created the UK Baroque Trumpet Ensemble. In 2019, he teamed up with UK associate dean and professor of voice Dr. Elizabeth Arnold to form the UK Early Music Collective, which consists of faculty and students from the string, keyboard, voice, brass, and percussion faculty. They perform music from the…

Singletary Recital Hall
Free
Fri, Jan 31 - Sun, Feb 2 2025, All day

George R. Boulden Honor Band Weekend features two fantastic bands and lots of opportunities to learn, grow, and share in a once-in-a-lifetime experience with giants of the wind band world and other band students.

Entrance into the Honors Concert Band is based on high school director recommendation and all names must be submitted by director and not by student.

Entrance into the Honors Wind Ensemble will be based on a personal…

Singletary Center
Audition/Nomination Required, $75 per selected performer
Sat, Feb 1 2025, 7:30 - 9:30pm

FANTASTIC DREAMS!

University of Kentucky Wind Symphony
Dr. John Cody Birdwell, Conductor

Featuring

Dr. Frank Ticheli, Conductor and Composer 
Dr. Scott Wright,  Clarinet 

Also Featuring the Jessie Clark Middle School Symphonic Band
Jonathan Stites, Conductor

Program to Include

“Rejoicing” from Three Revelations of the Lotus Sutra - Alfred ReedSymphony No. 4 – James M. StephensonConcerto…
Singletary Concert Hall
$14 Adults / $7 Students (additional fees may apply online)
Sun, Feb 2 2025, 2pm
Singletary Concert Hall
Free