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.
19 artists receive Al Smith grants
Al Smith Individual Artist Fellowships have been awarded to 15 Kentucky visual and media artists. Four others won new emerging artist awards.
'LAL Open' puts works in visual context; the rest is up to viewers
By Robert Parks Johnson Special to the Herald-Leader
With LAL Open, the Lexington Art League invites artists and visitors to the galleries of Castlewood Park's LAL @ Loudoun House on a journey among works that are often beautiful, sometimes unsettling and always engaging.
The AFB Art Fair @ Woodland Park, formerly the Woodland Arts Fair, began Saturday. Lexington's largest free outdoor cultural event, the fair includes the work of 200 juried artists. There's also food and music. It concludes with Sunday's session from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For a schedule, visit Lexgo.com.
Woodland art fair freshens up
By Shannon Eblen Special to the Herald-Leader
The AFB Art Fair @ Woodland Park has made many changes since it began in a parking lot 34 years ago, most notably a name change this year from the longtime moniker Woodland Art Fair. It has grown to be a prestigious, well- attended event that attracts a variety of artists from around North America.
Kennedy Center chief says great art is key to weathering crisis
By Rich Copley rcopley@herald-leader.com
The president of Washington's John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is visiting 65 different cities as part of the center's Arts in Crisis initiative, but the problems he sees are essentially the same.
Folk art gets its own show at UK
By Rich Copley rcopley@herald-leader.com
Kathy Walsh-Piper was amazed at what she was seeing. Sitting on the art committee for the new Albert B. Chandler Medical Center at the University of Kentucky, the director of The Art Museum at UK was looking at pieces that had been collected by Matt Collinsworth and Adrian Swain of the Kentucky Folk Art Center in Morehead.
Explorium to temporarily close for repairs
Herald-Leader Staff Report
The Explorium of Lexington children's museum will be closed Monday through Aug. 10 while a roof at Victorian Square is replaced.
Photojournalist, equine art headline UK art museum's season
Herald-Leader Staff Report
The work of an award-winning photojournalist who has traveled the world and a wide-ranging exhibit of art depicting the horse throughout American history will be showcased in The Art Museum at the University of Kentucky's 2009-10 season.
Ky. women's foundation awards 32 arts grants
Herald-Leader Staff Report
The Kentucky Foundation for Women has awarded 32 Art Meets Activism grants totaling $100,000 to feminist artists and social change organizations across the state.
