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Arts Admin student earns grant for internship site
Arts Administration student Abby Hibbs earns significant grant for local music nonprofit.
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Four College of Fine Arts Faculty Graduate from Inaugural Emerging Leaders Academy through UK Office of Faculty Advancement
Congratulations to Bobby Scroggins, Jason Dovel, Jonathan McFadden, and Martina Vasil, who spent the past academic year cultivating their leadership potential through self-reflection, skills-building workshops, mentorship, and a capstone project designed to make an immediate impact within the university community.
Opera professor Everett McCorvey poses for a portrait in his office in the William E. and Casiana Schmidt Vocal Arts Center in Lexington, Kentucky, on March 4, 2025. Photo by Chloe Bradley | Staff
From civil rights to concert halls: The African American spiritual legacy
School of Music professor of voice and Director of UK Opera Theatre, Dr. Everett McCorvey, discusses the legacy of the African American Spiritual, and why he founded the American Spiritual Ensemble 30 years ago.
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Appointment of Dr. Ben Arnold as Director of the School of Music
Dr. Ben Arnold has agreed to begin service on July 1, 2025, for a four-year term as Director of the School of Music to conclude on June 30, 2029.
IMAGE: Carrie Mae Weems, Mayflowers from the series May Days Long Forgotten, 2002, chromogenic print. Collection of the UK Art Museum, purchase: The Robert C. May Photography Fund.
‘A-Tisket, A-Tasket’ exhibition explores Black girlhood as part of Black studies symposium
The University of Kentucky Art Museum presents “A-Tisket, A-Tasket,” an exhibition exploring the complexity of Black girls’ emotional lives as portrayed in a range of artworks, from 1930s painted portraits to 21st century photography.
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Collaborative animation project spans continents, includes UK art students
Students in the UK’s School of Art and Visual Studies will participate in an international collaborative animation project Feb. 27. The collaboration includes art students in Belgium, South Africa and Poland.
Jaleesa Wells, Ph.D,, speaks to attendees at the inaugural Women’s Perspectives in Arts Administration Symposium in 2024. Wells is the symposium organizer and an assistant professor of arts administration at UK. Arden Barnes | UK Photo
Department of Arts Administration hosts the second annual Women’s Perspectives in Arts Administration Symposium
The University of Kentucky Department of Arts Administration will host the Women’s Perspectives in Arts Administration (WPAA) Symposium Friday, Feb. 14, at the Gatton Student Center.

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Donna Kwon publishes works on K-Pop, Korean Drumming and Dance
Associate Professor Donna Kwon published the chapter "K-pop and the Racialization of Asian American Popular Musicians" in the book "Korean Pop Culture Beyond Asia," University of Washington Press.
Taha Mandviwala in Life of Pi play
Theatre alum living the ‘Life of Pi’
Taha Mandviwala has immersed himself in professional theater since graduating from the University of Kentucky in 2016. His latest role is Pi Patel, the title character in the three-time Tony Award-winning Broadway play “Life of Pi.” In the Broadway production, Mandviwala played supporting roles, but he was cast as Pi for the play’s North American tour.
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People Behind Our Research: Dmitry Strakovsky strives to connect the arts and health
Dmitry “Dima” Strakovsky is fostering collaborations between creative disciplines and health care through an innovative initiative at the University of Kentucky.