College of Fine Arts News

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.

The Beat: Garry Bibbs and Allan Richards

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: 2025-26 University Research Professor Q&A

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

Lexington, UK community celebrate Freedom Train monument

Arts Admin student earns grant for internship site

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

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.

Four CFA Faculty Graduate from Inaugural Emerging Leaders Academy through UK Office of Faculty Advancement

The Beat: Bonnie Bond-Pearce

The Beat: Shayna Stahl

From civil rights to concert halls: The African American spiritual legacy

Appointment of Dr. Ben Arnold as Director of the School of Music

5 years after COVID, performing arts faculty recall restrictions, accommodations, lessons from the pandemic

‘A-Tisket, A-Tasket’ exhibition explores Black girlhood as part of Black studies symposium

Collaborative animation project spans continents, includes UK art students

People Behind Our Research: Dmitry Strakovsky strives to connect the arts and health

Department of Arts Administration hosts the second annual Women’s Perspectives in Arts Administration Symposium

The Beat: Melanie Turner and Sarah Smith