Events

Aug 15 - Oct 23 2024
From buttons and t-shirts to leather and lace, clothing acts as a way for the LGBTQ+ community to express themselves and their queerness. One’s fashion choices can affirm identity and critique the status quo. Clothing lives in a uniquely liminal space, expressing the inextricable link between the public and private, the individual and collective, and our intimate and civic lives. Clothing is a visual cue to subtly, or not so subtly, signal…
Gatton Student Center
Free
Thu, Oct 3 - Thu, Oct 31 2024, All day
Curatorial Studies MFA 2nd Year ProjectsOctober 3 - 31Featured in the front gallery of the Bolivar Art Gallery Reception: Oct. 3, 5-7pmPanel discussion: Oct. 25, noon

Etched into Memory focuses on the form of intaglio printmaking and its connection to concepts of memory. Through these processes, the artists are able to explore concepts of loss, family and collective…

Bolivar Art Gallery
Free
Thu, Oct 3 - Thu, Oct 31 2024, All day
THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO FLOODING IN THE ARTISTS' COMMUNITIES.Curatorial Studies MFA 2nd Year ProjectsOctober 3 - 31Featured in the back gallery of the Bolivar Art Gallery 

Earth Tones: An Exploration of Natural Pigments centers on regional artists who use local and naturally derived materials to form, color, and inspire their works.  Respecting,…

Bolivar Art Gallery
Free
Thu, Oct 10 2024, 4:30 - 5:30pm

Richard Lou, Artist, Professor, University of Memphis
Marksbury Family Branch, Community Room A & B

To Defend Yourself: Education as instrument and catalyst and art as a language to assert your humanity in an uncertain world.

In conjunction with the talk, new artworks by Lou will be on exhibit in the Marksbury Family Branch Public Library's lobby from September 30 to October 12.

Lexington Public Library Marksbury Branch
2197 Versailles Rd, Lexington, KY 40504
Free
Fri, Oct 11 2024, 12 - 1pm

Richard Lou, Artist, Professor, University of Memphis

As a Chicano Artist, the recurrent themes are the subjugation of my community by the Dominant Culture and White Privilege. These works manifest themselves in the creation of counter-images and counter-definitions made in a self-determinant manner. As a contemporary image-maker, I am interested in collecting dissonant ideas and narratives allowing them to bump into each other, to coax…

Bolivar Art Gallery
Free
Tue, Oct 15 2024, 6:30pm
Presented at the historic Lyric Theatre and Cultural Arts Center, Decade (2024) by Paul Rodgers and Meander (2024) by Lexi Bass are two films by University of Kentucky Animation professors that explore family histories through animation and experimentation. Both films focus on relationships with the artists’ mothers. Decade (2024) Paul Rodgers "Decade" is an experimental documentary of the animator’s upbringing, chronicling from birth…
Lyric Theatre
Free
Fri, Oct 25 2024, 12 - 1pm

Stephanie Berrie -I am heavily influenced by nature and our human relationships with the environments in which we live. My work questions what it means to have a body, as well as what it means to live in a world surrounded by other bodies. I feel a dissociation with my body that is explored through organic materials and imagery, which serve as metaphors for the emotional and physical matter beneath my skin. I combine multiple forms of…

Bolivar Art Gallery
Free
Fri, Nov 1 2024, 9:30am - 2:30pm

SeeArt is a designed creative experience for high school students (juniors and seniors) who are invited to visit our facility and attend workshops held by our internationally esteemed faculty. There will be a variety of studio workshops throughout the day, and students get to choose their art medium on a first-come, first-served basis. Attendance is FREE! 

Workshops will be posted soon.

Group Registration deadline: September…

Art & Visual Studies Building
Free, Registration Required
Fri, Nov 8 - Tue, Nov 19 2024, All day
BA and BFA showsNovember 8 - 19Showcasing work from our BA and BFA students.
Bolivar Art Gallery
Free
Fri, Dec 6 - Wed, Dec 11 2024, All day
Carey Ellis and DMDE Senior shows

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…

Bolivar Art Gallery
Free
Fri, Dec 6 2024, 5 - 8pm

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…

Bolivar Art Gallery
Free