Arts & Culture

Open Studio 2019: The 'Most Wonderful Time of the Year' at UK SA/VS

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photo of lady looking at ceramic vase at Open Studio 2017
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 26, 2019) — University of Kentucky School of Art and Visual Studies (SA/VS) will throw open its doors again this December with the university’s most popular visual arts event, Open Studio. The free public event, which gives the community a rare look inside UK artists' studios, will run from 6-9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, in the Art and Visual Studies Building

This annual celebration showcases the talent of the university's students and celebrated art faculty. Studios of graduates and select undergraduates will be open with the young artists present to talk about their ongoing projects.

Open Studio also includes the Carey Ellis Juried Student Show, featuring the very best of UK students' work over the last year. An awards program for both studio artists and undergraduate art history students, will also take place in the Bolivar Art Gallery during the night's events. 

In addition to seeing a working arts facility located at 236 Bolivar St., Open Studio visitors also can purchase unique one-of-a-kind gifts at the event's popular ceramics sale featuring the work of students and acclaimed UK faculty.

The UK School of Art and Visual Studies, part of the 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 studioart history and visual studiesart educationcuratorial studies and digital media design.

 

As the state’s flagship, land-grant institution, the University of Kentucky exists to advance the Commonwealth. We do that by preparing the next generation of leaders — placing students at the heart of everything we do — and transforming the lives of Kentuckians through education, research and creative work, service and health care. We pride ourselves on being a catalyst for breakthroughs and a force for healing, a place where ingenuity unfolds. It's all made possible by our people — visionaries, disruptors and pioneers — who make up 200 academic programs, a $476.5 million research and development enterprise and a world-class medical center, all on one campus.   

In 2022, UK was ranked by Forbes as one of the “Best Employers for New Grads” and named a “Diversity Champion” by INSIGHT into Diversity, a testament to our commitment to advance Kentucky and create a community of belonging for everyone. While our mission looks different in many ways than it did in 1865, the vision of service to our Commonwealth and the world remains the same. We are the University for Kentucky.