Events

Jan 9 - Jun 1 2024

Walid Raad is a Lebanon-born and New York-based artist whose work investigates the ways that history is remembered and represented. He makes use of archives and photographs in the public realm and questions aspects of veracity and meaning in the context of ongoing wars in the Middle East. Raad is well-known for The Atlas Group (1989-2004), a fifteen-year project which borrows from the genres of literary fiction and conceptual photography.…

UK Art Museum
Free
Jan 9 - Jun 1 2024

This exhibition is the first examination of the various collaborative works that poet/author/critic John Yau has created with a range of visual artists during the past five decades. These include paintings, mixed media works on paper, print portfolios, artist books, and letterpress broadsides. As he says, "I'm into every way a poem can be done."

Yau's poetry is infused with humor and intelligence, and he uses a variety of forms to…

UK Art Museum
Free
Feb 9 - Jul 6 2024
The preposition “re” has a rich grammatical history dating back to its Latin origins, meaning “in reality” or “in fact.” Today, you’re most likely to see “re” on documents or emails, meaning “in regard to” and often interpreted as shorthand for “reply.”
The re:museum exhibition employs “re” for its multitude of meanings, using it as framing to showcase our permanent collection and the Museum itself. Through education-forward installations, re…
UK Art Museum
Free
Feb 9 - Jul 6 2024
This exhibition brings together the trompe l’œil sculptures of two established artists who transform clay and plywood into tableaus of everyday items including clothing, branches, envelopes, and bowls of fruit. Their works are likely to be familiar to Lexington audiences, but Isaacs and Shay are being shown together here for the first time.

Their mastery of craft contributes to a sense of wonder, as they individually take realism to a…
UK Art Museum
Free
Feb 9 - Jul 6 2024
Christina A. West is a mixed-media artist whose works often reference classical art and academic traditions of studying the model. We have invited her to adapt pieces from her Mere Mortals series (constructed wooden stages with wheels, plaster body fragments, plastic straps, and weights) and other recent photographs and sculptures to engage artworks in our permanent collection.
She has written, “My most recent installations explore the female…
UK Art Museum
Free
Feb 9 - Jul 6 2024
In Still feel gone, Tim Carpenter brings together three distinct series of black-and-white photographs that document spare American landscapes and feature houses, roads, trees, powerlines, and other natural or built elements. Often working in central Illinois where he grew up, Carpenter draws the viewer into unassuming semi-rural situations where the most dramatic thing occurring might be the leaning of a telephone pole or a meandering crack in…
UK Art Museum
Free
Feb 9 - Jul 6 2024
Dieter Roth was a German-Swiss Conceptual artist known for his use of non-traditional materials in making sculptures and installations. Cheese, sausage, and chocolate, among other items, would lend definite odors (not always pleasant ones) during the run of his exhibitions. Roth enjoyed blurring the line between process and product, and his work often questioned assumptions about permanence.

His practice included drawing, printmaking,…
UK Art Museum
Free
Mar 28 2024 | 6:30 - 7:30pm, Mar 29 2024 | 6:30 - 7:30pm

UK Studio Season presents, "Little Flashes" written and directed by sophomore Elizabeth Watson, UK Pre-Arts Administration major/Theatre minor.

Performances are free to all, but it's first-come, first-served seating.  

March 28, 2024 at 6:30 pm
March 29, 2024 at 6:30 pm

UK College of Fine Arts, Room 102 Lucille Little Black Box Theatre

Lucille C. Little Black Box Theatre
Free
Mar 28 2024 | 6:30pm, Mar 29 2024 | 6:30pm

"Little Flashes" written by Elizabeth Watson, Sophomore Theatre Minor

Lucille C. Little Black Box Theatre
Free
Mar 28 2024 | 6:30pm, Mar 29 2024 | 6:30pm

"Little Flashes" written by Elizabeth Watson, Sophomore Theatre Minor

Lucille C. Little Black Box Theatre
Free
Mar 28 2024 | 6:30 - 7:30pm, Mar 29 2024 | 6:30 - 7:30pm

UK Studio Season presents, "Little Flashes" written and directed by sophomore Elizabeth Watson, UK Pre-Arts Administration major/Theatre minor.

Performances are free to all, but it's first-come, first-served seating.  

March 28, 2024 at 6:30 pm
March 29, 2024 at 6:30 pm

UK College of Fine Arts, Room 102 Lucille Little Black Box Theatre

Lucille C. Little Black Box Theatre
Free
Mar 29 2024 | 10pm - Mar 30 2024 | 12am

To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the original movie and our upcoming production, the Kentucky Theatre in collaboration with UK DOTD will have a one night only showing of the original "Footloose" movie starring Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, Dianne Wiest, and John Lithgow. Don't miss your chance to see this classic on the big screen and then be sure to purchase your tickets to see our production opening April 11! Our very own, Susie Thiel,…

Kentucky Theatre
214 East Main Street, Lexington, KY 40507
$6.50
Mar 30 2024 | 7:30pm

UK Jazz Ensemble & UK Lab Band
Singletary Center for the Arts | Recital Hall
Saturday, March 30th, 2024 

UK Jazz Studies presents Big Band Blast XIV in the SCFA Recital Hall, featuring UK Jazz Ensemble, Bluegrass Area Jazz Ambassadors, and Jazz all stars of Central Kentucky.

featuring:University of Kentucky Jazz EnsembleBluegrass Area Jazz AmbassadorsJazz All-Stars of Central Kentuckywith guest artist: Steve Weist -…
Singletary Recital Hall
$14 Adults / $7 Students (additional online processing fees may apply)
Apr 1 2024 | 6:30pm
FA Building, Room 17
 Mind Your Money for Musicians, "Making it as a Musician," is a session in a personal finance series hosted by Elizabeth King, a double major in Finance and Music Performance (Flute). The mission of Mind Your Money for Musicians is to bring accessible and applicable personal finance tips to students in the College of Fine Arts who might not otherwise receive this information in the classroom. The "Making it as a…
Fine Arts Building
Free
Apr 4 2024 | 9:30am - 4pm

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED

An immersive one-day professional development experience for Kentucky high school arts educators and guidance counselors. Events include dynamic workshops, collaborative sessions, and resource sharing.

This unique professional development opportunity is crafted to meet the specific needs of arts teachers, providing a platform to enhance skills, exchange ideas, and foster collaboration.…

Gatton Student Center
Cancelled