Events

The re:museum exhibition is getting a re:fresh in 2023 with a new set of artworks and updated displays.  

re:museum centers the Museum and our permanent collection by exhibiting a combination of artworks, educational prompts, and other incisive displays. The artworks on view in re:museum pull from our Digital Learning Gallery, an online resource established through a UK Arts Extension Outreach Grant to…

On June 24, 2022, the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark piece of legislation that made access to an abortion a federal right in the United States. This action dismantled fifty years of legal protection for women and control over their reproductive health.  This was not a surprise given the dispositions of the current justices, but it is another challenge among the issues of equality and respect, and gender and racial…

Oscar Wilde said, “Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future,” acknowledging that we are all works in progress, and most of us struggle with both good and at least somewhat malicious impulses over the course of our lives. Sinners and Saints examines both the labels and the blurred lines as artists present mixed messages in their approach to these twinned themes. Drawn from the permanent collection, this exhibition…

In the early 1950s, Ralph Eugene Meatyard and Van Deren Coke set out to photograph all the people, homes, and businesses on Georgetown Street in Lexington. Together they made 150 images and exhibited thirty of them in the Lexington Camera Club’s annual show in November 1956. The results are sometimes joyful, sometimes disturbing.  

“These are the people, the places, no derision shown,” Meatyard wrote in an exhibition statement. “…

For high school and university dance student. Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Contemporary, Hip Hop, Body Conditioning, Improvisation, Choreography, and more. Classes take place from 9am - 4:30 pm daily, June 5 - 11. Dormitory housing available!

Returning for the seventh year, the UK Summer Trumpet Institute offers the chance to work with highly acclaimed guest artists from around the United States, daily master classes, performance opportunities, topical classes, and concerts for Middle School, High School,  College, and Adult  trumpet students.

Highlights

Returning for the sixth year, the UK Summer Trumpet Institute offers classes geared toward younger players, with an emphasis on sound production, breathing, reading, ensemble playing, and other fundamental skills.  After two summers of virtual learning, we are excited to return to an in-person format for summer 2022.

Youth Camp Director: Abby Temple

Highlights

Returning for the seventh year, the UK Summer Trumpet Institute offers the chance to work with highly acclaimed guest artists from around the United States, daily master classes, performance opportunities, topical classes, and concerts for Middle School, High School,  College, and Adult  trumpet students.

Highlights

Returning for the sixth year, the UK Summer Trumpet Institute offers classes geared toward younger players, with an emphasis on sound production, breathing, reading, ensemble playing, and other fundamental skills.  After two summers of virtual learning, we are excited to return to an in-person format for summer 2022.

Youth Camp Director: Abby Temple

Highlights

For high school and university dance student. Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Contemporary, Hip Hop, Body Conditioning, Improvisation, Choreography, and more. Classes take place from 9am - 4:30 pm daily, June 5 - 11. Dormitory housing available!

Returning for the seventh year, the UK Summer Trumpet Institute offers the chance to work with highly acclaimed guest artists from around the United States, daily master classes, performance opportunities, topical classes, and concerts for Middle School, High School,  College, and Adult  trumpet students.

Highlights

Returning for the sixth year, the UK Summer Trumpet Institute offers classes geared toward younger players, with an emphasis on sound production, breathing, reading, ensemble playing, and other fundamental skills.  After two summers of virtual learning, we are excited to return to an in-person format for summer 2022.

Youth Camp Director: Abby Temple

Highlights

For high school and university dance student. Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Contemporary, Hip Hop, Body Conditioning, Improvisation, Choreography, and more. Classes take place from 9am - 4:30 pm daily, June 5 - 11. Dormitory housing available!

Returning for the sixth year, the UK Summer Trumpet Institute offers classes geared toward younger players, with an emphasis on sound production, breathing, reading, ensemble playing, and other fundamental skills.  After two summers of virtual learning, we are excited to return to an in-person format for summer 2022.

Youth Camp Director: Abby Temple

Highlights

Returning for the seventh year, the UK Summer Trumpet Institute offers the chance to work with highly acclaimed guest artists from around the United States, daily master classes, performance opportunities, topical classes, and concerts for Middle School, High School,  College, and Adult  trumpet students.

Highlights