College of Fine Arts News

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Wildcat Marching Band debuts new uniforms

The Wildcat Marching Band debuted new uniforms at the September 6 home game at Kroger Field. The first uniform redesign since 2015 was brought to life by DeMoulin Bros.

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Faculty help organize Equinox Jazz Festival New festival celebrates history, community, and collaboration as part of 250Lex

Music education student earns 3rd prize in international competition

Music education sophomore Ashley Sayre of Mount Washington, KY, earned third prize in the prestigious 2025 Leonard Falcone International Festival's Euphonium Student Competition this summer.

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The Beat: Garry Bibbs and Allan Richards

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Saving the ‘soul of a community’: UK Land-grant Engagement program preserves arts, culture through disaster preparedness

From UKNow, By Jennifer Elwell, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025.

Donna Kwon is a professor of ethnomusicology in the UK College of Fine Arts School of Music. Jeremy Blackburn, Research Communications

Donna Kwon: 2025-26 University Research Professor Q&A

By Erin Wickey, published in UKNow July 8, 2025

UK MFA student’s prize-winning work inspired by journey to sobriety, exploration of doubt

By Tom Musgrave, originally published in UKNow July 7, 2025

"Towards Freedom," a sculpture depicting abolitionists Lewis and Harriet Hayden, who were formerly enslaved in Lexington — was dedicated on North Limestone Street in Lexington on Juneteenth. Photo courtesy of VisitLEX.

Lexington, UK community celebrate Freedom Train monument

By Tom Musgrave, published in UKNow June 20, 2025

Arts Admin student earns grant for internship site

Published June 4, 2025

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UK art student's whimsical illustrations bring children's book to life

by Tom Musgrave, originally published in UKNow May 29, 2025

For University of Kentucky art studio major Millie Robinson, her first year in college was out of the ordinary. The Utah native and current Lexington resident collaborated with an author to illustrate a children’s book.