Hawaii Magazine
The street fair is not back just yet, but some businesses are staying open late Friday nights.
May 26, 2021
Friday Art Nights used to be when sleepy Hanapēpē Town woke up, drawing hundreds of people to art galleries, eateries and shops – many located in historic buildings the street filled with musicians, artists, and craft and food vendors.
That changed in March 2020 when the state shut down, in-person Art Nights paused, and businesses shortened their hours or temporarily closed. That pushed the Hanapēpē Economic Alliance to reimagine Art Night: Now it would be six virtual events in the fall and winter aimed at promoting local businesses and engaging people who couldn’t come to Kaua‘i.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 16, 2021) The University of Kentucky Art Museum has assembled a collection of work by celebrated mixed media artists for its newest exhibitions opening today. “Sew What” brings together nationally renowned artists Elana Herzog and Ben Venom known for their work combining materials with celebrated Lexington artist Jessie Dunahoo, an artist who was deaf and blind and worked out of the city s Latitude Artist Community. As a complement, “Come Together” showcases work from the museum collection that also employs the use of collecting and combining of materials. Both exhibitions are free and open to the public. Sew What brings together three distinct artists who share a love of common materials (fabric, clothing, rugs, plastic bags) and an urge to investigate their potential as component parts of larger objects and installations. Their completed works offer meditations on the history of assemblage, especially aspects of recycling, labor and time.
SPEAC-IT grant students pre-COVID-19.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 17, 2020) Among December’s University of Kentucky College of Education graduates are three students who completed a program uniquely preparing school personnel who work with students with moderate and severe disabilities.
Though not typically trained together, a grant UK received from the U.S. Department of Education allows teachers in the special education field to study in a combined master’s level program with speech-language pathology students. This month’s graduates were in the first cohort of special education students accepted into the master’s program, known as the Special Education and Communication-Interdisciplinary Training (SPEAC-IT) grant.