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UK Kiln Finds New Home, New Opportunities
Through collaborative efforts across multiple colleges, the University of Kentucky kiln was deconstructed and successfully rebuilt on a new site in 2023.
Brianna Armstrong on staircase
SA/VS alumna gives back to students
Art studio alumna Brianna Armstrong (BFA '20) recently established the Alumni Award for Achievement (Big Steppa Award), in recognition of her School of Art and Visual Studies experience, in the spirit of giving back to others, and to help encourage current students.
Image of Paul Rodgers' cat JoJo sitting on his SideCat invention
UK Innovate's Launch Blue Highlights SAVS' Paul Rodgers in Tech Showcase
Launch Blue, under the Office of Technology Commercialization in UK Innovate, supports promising technology startup founders and university innovators in Kentucky and beyond. Launch Blue is creating Tech Showcases to highlight Launch Blue innovators, founders and teams. Paul Rodgers is one of the UK Innovators that has been spotlighted.
Letitia Quesenberry, from the series little darlings, 2014–ongoing, panel, lacquer, photo, wax, resin, 6 x 5 x .25 in each, photo courtesy of the artist
SAVS Associate Professor Miriam Kienle project receives Terra Foundation award $25,000 to support “Queer Art | Queer Archives”
A groundbreaking collaboration between the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville, ‘Queer Art | Queer Archives’ will convene scholars and artists to investigate the theoretical stakes and methodological challenges of queer archival labor in American art history.
Image of Crystal Gregory bending over a field of marigolds, instructing a group of onlookers during the dye garden demonstration.
SA/VS professor Crystal Gregory collaborates on Dye Garden project with Horticulture Department
This summer, Gregory and Shari Dutton co-hosted a dye workshop at the Boyle County Extension office using research from their findings in the Arboretum Dye Garden.
Self portrait photograph of Rob Southard holding photography equipment, in backyard, looking through picture window,
Portrait Series by UK Faculty Featured in Ace Magazine
James Robert Southard captured a series of portraits of creatives for Ace Magazine.
Miriam Kienle
SA/VS Faculty Wins Meiss Award
SA/VS associate professor Miriam Kienle has received a Millard Meiss Award for spring 2022 for her forthcoming book, Queer Connections: Ray Johnson’s Correspondence Art Network.
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Crystal Gregory Named 2022 Kentucky State Fellow by South Arts
As a South Arts State Fellow, Crystal Gregory will serve as the representative from Kentucky, one of the organization's nine member states.
Arianna Patterson
Q&A: Student-Athletes Share How Arts and Athletics Connect
We had the chance to connect with four of our SA/VS student-athletes to discuss the symbiosis between their creativity and athletics.
image of students exercising in Alumni Gym with Wildcat mural in background.
SAVS Students’ Mural Brings Campus Spirit to Alumni Gym
As University of Kentucky students hit the Alumni Gym this semester, a new Wildcat mural created by students in the School of Art and Visual Studies will greet and inspire them as they meet those new fitness goals.