Events

Join Director Stuart Horodner and Curator Rachel Hooper for a tour of our current exhibitions including Floor, Wall, Outlet: Sculpture and Works on Paper, Promised Gifts from the John Davis Collection, and Queer Views. This takes place prior to the Lexington Philharmonic Concert.

Encompassing different musical styles and genres from the African diaspora, Mary D. Watkins describes her Five Movements in Color as an “epochal painting or poem about our journey as a [Black] people in [the United States].” The heart wrenchingly beautiful second movement, Soul of Remembrance, was featured on LexPhil’s 2023/24 season finale concert.

Dolores White’s Give Birth to the Dream incorporates the poignant and hopeful verses of…

A native of Greeley, Colorado, Lowell E. Graham was named Music Director for the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra (GPO) in 2021. He previously served as Professor of Music holding the Abraham Chavez Professorship in Music at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) from 2002 to 2021.  While at UTEP he served as Chair of the Department of Music from 2002-…

Lecturer, Reyers Brusoe

· Austin Yip: Metamorphosis

· Dorothy Chang: Northern Star

· Lowell Liebermann: Flute Concerto No. 1

· Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 “Pathétique”

Carey Ellis Juror: Travis Townsend

Travis Townsend draws, builds, rebuilds, paints, and tinkers upon wood and mixed media sculptures in his Lexington studio. His process-oriented works evolve from sketches and travel through many transformations before being cut apart, reassembled, and reworked (sometimes many years later). Parts are often transplanted or recycled.

IMAGE: Travis Townsend, Another…

Jason Rosenholtz-Witt, University of Kentucky

Rey M. Longyear Colloquium Series

Sponsored and organized by FOCUS and the UK Musicology and Ethnomusicology Division

Annual Carey Ellis Exhibition opening reception. This year's juror is Travis Townsend.

Travis Townsend draws, builds, rebuilds, paints, and tinkers upon wood and mixed media sculptures in his Lexington studio. His process-oriented works evolve from sketches and travel through many transformations before being cut apart, reassembled, and reworked (sometimes many years later). Parts are often transplanted or recycled.

IMAGE: Travis…

Rejoice in the holiday spirit with the annual Collage! Celebrated vocalists and musicians perform holiday favorites from close to home and around the globe.

Sponsor: Dr. David Cowen

Rejoice in the holiday spirit with the annual Collage! Celebrated vocalists and musicians perform holiday favorites from close to home and around the globe.

Sponsor: Dr. David Cowen

Rejoice in the holiday spirit with the annual Collage! Celebrated vocalists and musicians perform holiday favorites from close to home and around the globe.

Sponsor: Dr. David Cowen