Take a Class on the Creative Side

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 22, 2011) – The University of Kentucky Fine Arts Institute invites you to take a class on the creative side. The institute returns again this fall with noncredit art classes for adults. There are a variety of courses and workshops being offered. Whether you have been crafting for years or have merely entertained the idea of exploring your own creative talents, there is a course for you.

All sorts of artistic interests can be discovered with the range of classes that are offered through the UK Fine Arts Institute housed at UK Department of Art. Courses are designed for everyone and all are encouraged to experience the opportunity to expand their creativity.

Currently, the UK Fine Arts Institute is offering 13 courses, five of which are geared toward beginners. Most classes are presented in the evenings and on weekends. The length and cost of each course varies.

Regular session for fall classes runs Sept. 12 to Nov. 11. While some classes have begun, there is still plenty of time to sign up for any of them. Registration for any courses or workshops presented by the UK Fine Arts Institute can be made possible by visiting www.uky.edu/FineArts/Art/FineArtsInstitute/registration3.html or by contacting the institute at (859) 257-8151 or by email to jane.andrus@uky.edu.

Classes already in session are: "Ceramics" with professional clay artist Jill Stofer; "Beginning Metalworking" with Jeremy Colbert, UK sculpture and ceramics technician; "Woodworking" with Lynn Sweet, UK art instructor and furniture craftsman; and "Beginning Photoshop" with Lennon Michalski, digital artist and painter.

Other courses open to the public starting later this semester are:

• "Advanced Photoshop and Adobe Programs" with Michalski, beginning Sept. 26;
• "Drawing for Beginners," with local artist Christine Kuhn, beginning Oct. 3;
• "Painting for Everyone," with Kuhn, beginning Oct. 4;
• "P.E.M.A. Painting," with Kuhn, beginning Oct. 5; and
• "Felting & Shibori Dyeing" with artist and writer Laverne Zabielski, beginning Oct. 18.

Workshops are also being offered that meet only one or two times to accommodate those with a less flexible schedule. Workshops being offered this session are:

• "Digital Photography" with Michalski, on Sept. 24;
• "Basic Blacksmithing & Forging" with Colbert, Sept. 27 and Oct. 4;
• "Everything You Need to Know to Start Painting Now" with Kuhn, Oct.1 or Oct.15;
• "Everything You Need to Know to Start Drawing Now" with Kuhn, Oct. 8 or Nov. 12; and
• "Mold and Casting" with Colbert, Oct. 22 and 27.

Classes and workshops offered this fall by UK Fine Arts Institute are being held in one of four buildings on UK’s campus: the Reynolds Building and the Metal Arts Building located on Scott Street, the Fine Arts Building located on Rose Street, and the Lucille C. Little Fine Arts Library and Learning Center Lab located on UK's central campus.

The UK Department of Art, at the UK College of Fine Arts, is an accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design and offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in the fields of art studio, art history and art education.

For more information on the UK Fine Arts Institute's fall courses and workshops, contact Jane Andrus at (859) 257-8151 or by e-mail to jane.andrus@uky.edu.

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