UK Spring Art Courses Help Community Harness Creativity

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 9, 2015) — The University of Kentucky's Fine Arts Institute will offer a variety of classes this spring that explore different aspects of art and creativity. The classes are all offered as noncredit art courses and are perfect for adults with busy work schedules. Courses range anywhere from metalworking to digital photography and are offered from the beginners' level to the more advanced.

Three times a year, UK Fine Arts Institute offers weekly classes as well as some weekend workshop options to suit various types of schedules. Most classes meet once a week during the evening. This spring there are a total of 12 courses being offered, nine weekly classes and three one-time workshops as well as open drawing sessions every Thursday and Saturday. The classes and workshops will be held in the new UK School of Art and Visual Studies Building and in the Metal Arts Building.

Most of the weekly classes start the week of Feb. 15 and run through April with no classes during UK's spring break, the week of March 14.

The classes being offered include:

· "Explorations in Drawing" with Christine Kuhn, 6-9 p.m. Mondays, beginning Feb. 15;

· "Taking Ceramics to the Next Level" with Jill Coldiron, 6-9 p.m. Tuesdays, beginning Feb. 16;

· "Learn to Paint, Yes You Can!" with Kuhn, 6:30- 9:30 p.m. Tuesdays, beginning Feb. 16;

· "Layering it On: Mixed Media Painting Techniques" with Kuhn, 6-9 p.m. Wednesdays, beginning Feb. 17;

· "Beginning Ceramics" with Coldiron, 6-9 p.m. Thursdays, beginning Feb. 18;

· "A Fresh Approach to Improving Your Painting Skills" with Kuhn, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Thursdays, beginning Feb. 18;

· "Metalworking" with Jeremy Colbert assisted by Nick Guarliardo, 6-9 p.m. Thursdays, beginning Feb. 18; and

· "Photoshop Class" with Lennon Michalski, 6-8 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, session one beginning March 21, session two beginning April 11; and

· "Felting on the FeltLOOM Felting Machine" with Laverne Zabielski, 1-3 p.m. Saturdays, session one beginning Feb. 20, session two beginning March 26, and session three beginning April 23.

This semester's one-day workshops are:

· "One Day Digital Photography Workshop for Beginners" presented by Michalski, March 26 or April 23;

· "One Day Advanced Digital; Photography and Studio Portrait Lighting Workshop" presented by Michalski and Shelly Petty of Rochambeau Photography, March 20 or April 10;

· "One Day Natural Lighting Portrait Photography and Photoshop Editing Workshop" presented by Michalski and Petty, April 17.

For more information on any of these classes or workshops or their instructors, including cost and specific class times, visit the institute online at http://finearts.uky.edu/art/FAI/classes or visit the institute's Facebook page: www. facebook.com/Fine-Arts-Institute-at-the-University-of-Kentucky-101758123207317.

The Fine Arts Institute, an outreach program of the School of Art and Visual Studies at the UK College of Fine Arts, offers all the resources and classrooms that the department has to offer through these noncredit art classes. All courses and workshops are open to the public.

Registration for UK Fine Arts Institute courses is available online at http://finearts.uky.edu/art/FAI/registration, by calling the institute at 859-257-8151, or by emailing Jane Andrus at jane.andrus@uky.edu.

MEDIA CONTACT: Whitney Hale, 859-257-8716; whitney.hale@uky.edu