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UK's Michael Tick Named to International Arts Education Board

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LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 24, 2015)  Michael Tick, dean of the University of Kentucky's College of Fine Arts, has been elected to a three-year term on the board of directors of the International Council of Fine Arts Deans (ICFAD).
 

ICFAD is a vehicle through which members share information and ideas that enhance the leadership of deans and associate deans, provosts and associate provosts, university presidents and other arts executives in higher education.

Founded in 1964, ICFAD's membership comprises deans and arts executives in higher education throughout North America and around the world. ICFAD is the only organization focusing exclusively on issues that impact deans and associate deans of all creative areas in higher education including fine and performing arts, arts education, art history, architecture and communication. Tick was elected to ICFAD's board at an annual conference held in October in Atlanta, Georgia.

Prior to joining UK's College of Fine Arts in 2010, Tick was the chair of the Department of Theatre at Louisiana State University (LSU) and producing artistic director of Swine Palace, the department’s professional theatre company. Before joining LSU in 1999, he served on the planning committee that established in 1985 the Virginia Governor’s School for the Arts (GSA). As founding chair of the GSA Department of Theatre, Tick served on the faculty of Old Dominion University.

The UK College of Fine Arts is the vibrant arts hub of UK. It's an incubator for creativity and discovery, offering quality educational opportunities for students and engaging arts experiences for the community. The college is comprised of the School of Music, the School of Art and Visual Studies, the Department of Theatre and Dance, the Arts Administration Program, the Singletary Center for the Arts and the UK Art Museum.

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