By Katherine George

While the words “art exhibit” may have people imagining watercolors and paintbrushes, these pieces were hardly made using those utensils.

The 12 pieces that comprise the exhibit are all “mixed media” pieces, and unlike traditional artwork, they are made of items that are found in day-to-day life, as well as uncommon objects, such as alligator heads.

“I realized that UK had never done a show of mixed media,” said Bebe Lovejoy, the registrar of the UK Fine Arts Museum. The quirkiness of each piece makes it enjoyable, and a learning experience at the same time, she said.

“I do believe that people can get the same feelings and messages looking at mixed media, as they do while looking at traditional pieces,” Lovejoy said.

All but one of the artists featured in the exhibit are from Kentucky, including Avalon Sandoval, a teacher at UK.

Marjorie Guyon, one of the artists, recently had a piece of art displayed at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. Her piece, “Indian Summer,” is made of resin, glitter and magazine clippings.

“My work is a form of metaphorical landscape . . . the terrain is the soul. The soul encompasses the oldest part of us . . . that we carry in the quietest part of our heart,” Guyon is quoted saying in a phrase beside her piece.

The collection will be shown in the UK Art Museum from Sept. 25 through Nov. 2, from noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday, and noon to 8 p.m. on Fridays. The exhibit will be closed on Mondays. Admission is free.