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Sabrina Jackson performs in Shakespeare in Love on April 19, 2023. Photo by Mark Cornelison | UKphoto

UK College of Fine Arts presents ‘Shakespeare in Love’

Courtney Suber, Reporter April 27, 2023

The College of Fine Arts at UK finished the showing of their spring play “Shakespeare in Love” on Sunday, April 23, in the Guignol Theatre. The show opened on April 20 and ran throughout the weekend...

The College of Fine Arts on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Travis Fannon | Staff

School of Music students raise concerns with school director

Natalia Garcia, Reporter April 12, 2023

The University of Kentucky’s School of Music held a forum on March 28, addressing growing concerns among students who have been dissatisfied with the operation of the school. Stanley Pelkey, the director...

A UK Lab Band saxophonist plays into the microphone during the Jazzy Valentine’s Concert on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, at Singletary Center for the Arts in Lexington, Kentucky. At the concert, both the UK Lab Band and UK Jazz Ensemble performed. Photo by Carter Skaggs | Staff

A Jazzy Valentine: UK Jazz Ensemble celebrates Valentine’s Day

Liberty Gilbert, Reporter February 16, 2023

The College of Fine Arts put on a Jazzy Valentine’s Day performance at Singletary Center for the Arts on Tuesday, Feb. 14. The University of Kentucky's Lab Band opened the concert with a performance...

The Otis A. Singletary Center for the Arts on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff

UK College of Fine Arts loosens mask policy

Emily Girard November 12, 2021

UK’s College of Fine Arts announced Tuesday that students will no longer need to wear masks while performing and physically distanced.In an email to College of Fine Arts faculty, staff and students,...

Colleen Scott and JuRang Kim

JuRang Kim and Colleen Scott: Two missing instruments, a lack of security cameras, and an unexpected friendship

Gillian Stawiszynski June 29, 2021

    This May, two students at UK’s College of Fine Arts were put into an incredibly stressful situation. Their on-campus lockers were broken into, and their instruments were stolen. “I felt so...

Heather Weston Bell announces that UK will be hosting the Governors School for the Arts program starting in 2019. The announcement was given at Holmes Hall on UKs campus on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018, in Lexington, Kentucky.

UK will host Governor’s School for the Arts program for four years

Bailey Vandiver October 23, 2018

UK rolled out the “blue carpet” Tuesday to announce a new partnership with the Kentucky Center: The UK College of Fine Arts will host the Governor’s School for the Arts program for four years, beginning...

The high school students who dabbled in sculpting during See Art Experience Day got to take their work home as a memento.

UK SA/VS workshops give high schoolers opportunity to grow in art disciplines

Hailey Peters October 19, 2018

Recruiting creative students to be a part of arts and visual studies has been accomplished with an open house that went one step further.In an effort to recruit high school students to choose to study...

UK Choristers took to the stage on Feb. 18 to perform Night On Broadway, a showcase of classic musical hits. 

UK Choristers take audience to Broadway with renditions of classic hits

Noah Oldham February 18, 2018

UK students danced, sang and performed Broadway hits to a full house on Saturday.The UK Choristers performed "A Night on Broadway," which showcased hits from both new and old musicals, ranging from "Blow,...

The Skittykitties, this years improv troupe from WildKat Komedy.

Meet WildKat Komedy, UK’s new improv comedy group

October 10, 2017

Improv comedy is like a duck on a skateboard.At least, according to WildKat Komedy’s Drew Davidson it is. WildKat Komedy is a new improv organization that is attached to the College of Fine Arts. Davidson,...

UK gives Memorial Hall appropriate context

Aspen Gage April 2, 2017

As a predominantly white institution, racial issues seem to be a perpetual battle for UK. One such struggle involved the now infamous mural inside of Memorial Hall. The mural, which depicts images of black...

Students performing a folk dance during a pervious Orff Schulwerk training at UK. 

Music education majors learn a unique way to teach in the classroom

McKenna Horsley June 16, 2016

Music educators can learn a unique and creative way to teach students music beginning next week on campus.The Orff Schulwerk Music Education Summer Training will start this Monday. UK has hosted the program...

UK Trumpet Studio hosts Rex Richardson

News Staff April 14, 2016

The UK Trumpet Studio will soon host world-renowned trumpet performing artist Rex Richardson. Richardson will be giving a masterclass in room 106 in the Fine Arts Building at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday. UK...

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