Legacy Center Supports Museum Studies Project

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 7, 2009) - Eleven students enrolled in the University of Kentucky Department of Art museum studies course, an upper-level art history course under the direction of Christine Huskisson, recently secured funding from the Legacy Center at the Blue Grass Community Foundation for a project termed ‘a museum without walls.’

The students are being asked to compose and issue a national request for qualifications for a master planner for public art along the Legacy Trail before December 2009. The goal, according to the students, is to communicate precisely how the trail could be a natural next step toward embracing 21st century art, science and even children’s museums.

This community support will cover the costs of formulating a master plan that will ultimately provide the community with fun and educational destinations along the Legacy Trail, which Huskisson believes has the potential to become the world’s only nine-mile museum.

Initiated by Legacy Trail community activist Marnie Holoubek, Huskisson and the Legacy Center, this project has positioned these upper-level art history, arts administration and art education students in a working consortium with the Legacy Center, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, LexArts and the Lexington Art League. 

For more information on UK's museum studies project for the Legacy Trail, contact Christine Huskisson by e-mail to c.huskisson@uky.edu.