Land of Tomorrow is here
By Tom Eblen Herald-Leader columnist
The old building doesn't look like much, standing across East Third Street from a demolition site and the King Cobras motorcycle club. A small sign in a window behind a steel-bar security door says: LOT Parrish Rash.
Gallery's goal is to get artists 'out there'
By Shannon Eblen Contributing Art Writer
Lexington is home to a vibrant art community yet has often lacked the resources that allow the artists widespread recognition. That is exactly what Phillip March Jones intends to change.
City, LexArts offer grants for eco-friendly art projects
Herald-Leader Staff Report
The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government's Department of Environmental Quality and LexArts are launching EcoART, a program that lets not-for-profit groups, schools and individual artists apply for up to $5,000 in grants to fund projects that raise public awareness of environmental issues.
Photographer John Stephen Hockensmith: wild, west
By Rich Copley rcopley@herald-leader.com
In 2007 and 2008, photographer John Stephen Hockensmith found himself in the Western United States in wide-open fields and on mountainsides, camping out in Indian reservations and photographing wild Spanish Mustangs in vigils that sometimes lasted 18 hours.
Fund-raiser gives community Art Fever
By Harriett Hendren hhendren@herald-leader.com
Lexington's party scene gets sizzling Saturday evening with Art Fever, a fund-raiser for the Lexington Art League that aims to put original art in the hands of the community.
Photography exhibit part art, part journalism
By Rich Copley rcopley@herald-leader.com
Photojournalist Jahi Chikwendiu was in Darfur, Sudan, with a family that had to move constantly because of attacks on places they were staying. In a camp, the family built a house of thorns in which they laid down their baby girl, Hawa Oosman Adam.
Coal miners up close and life-size
By Rich Copley Herald-Leader Culture Columnist
Thorney Lieberman spent years in New York trying to shoot architectural images of the city that replicated the experience of being in the presence of the actual objects.
Gallery Hop adds to its success
By Robert Parks Johnson Contributing Writer
On Friday, nearly 25 artists will be removing their brassieres for art's sake. ArtFul Bras is just one of the events making up this month's downtown Gallery Hop.
Youth photo workshop focuses on success
By Merlene Davis Herald-Leader columnist
In the darkness of the room, lighted mostly by a photograph projected on the wall, the discussion revolved around concepts such as reflection, personality, negative space and placement.
Visual arts calendar 2009-10
Visual arts and museum events in Central and Eastern Kentucky, Louisville and Cincinnati from Sept. 13 to May 31.
Help needed to preserve Tuska's legacy
By Tom Eblen Herald-Leader columnist
Non basta una vita — Italian for "one life is not enough" — was the late John Regis Tuska's motto to describe his artistic ambitions.
Ceramic sculpture show takes shape
By Shannon Eblen Contributing Art Writer
Kentuckians have excelled at making pottery, particularly the production of household goods, for hundreds of years.
Debts closing in on star photographer Leibovitz
Associated Press
NEW YORK — Annie Leibovitz's artsy, provocative portraits of celebrities regularly grace the covers of Vanity Fair and Vogue, images that have made her as famous as her subjects and earned her millions.
Artist uses Taft exhibit to reflect his life now
By Shannon Eblen Contributing art writer
CINCINNATI — Painter Emil Robinson has risen to great success in the art world, showing work in London and New York as well as Kentucky and his hometown of Cincinnati.
For Strecker clan, art is all relatives
By Mary Meehan mmeehan1@herald-leader.com
It's the rare artist who doesn't have a day job. It's rarer still for a family of artists who all make their livings with their craft. But the extended Strecker family has done just that.
