UKY Arts Administration

Read about MA student, Megan Knight’s experience in her Education Abroad experience in Paris this summer!

UK College of Fine Arts takes the world stage | College of Fine Arts From the theatres of London's West End to the streets of Istanbul to the concert halls of Corfu to a Parisian classroom, University of Kentucky College of Fine Arts students are turning the entire globe into their classroom.

Congratulations, Professor Schinberg and UK Art Museum curator Rachel Hooper!

UK researchers find untold history of modern dance through photography It’s easy to think of research as test tubes and microscopes, but a multidisciplinary team in the College of Fine Arts is researching with glass-plate negatives and forgotten archives. The exhibition, “Daring Collaborations: Doris Ulmann and the Making of Modern Dance,” is at the UK Art Museum...

Are you prepared? The second Arts Disaster and Crisis Preparedness Conference is September 24-25. And if you work at a Kentucky arts organization or are a Kentucky artist, you can go for free thanks to the Kentucky Arts Council!! Apply today!

We've teamed up with UKY Arts Administration to send more of our partners to their conference in September. Apply today; spots are limited! https://sites.google.com/g.uky.edu/arts-disaster-crisis/conference-2026/kac-stipend-application

We're hiring! Apply for our open Membership & Operations Manager by August 6, 2026. Find details here: artsadministration.org/EMPLOYMENT/

Congratulations to our own Jill Schinberg on her latest research publication!

Faculty research success! 🎉👏

We’re excited to celebrate UKY Arts Administration Associate Professor Jill Schinberg, who recently published new research with collaborators Rebecca A. Ferrell (College of Charleston Assistant Professor and UK Arts Admin PhD graduate) and Dan Sandfelder.

Their article, “Liminal Arts and Business: An Autoethnographic Analysis of a New Arts Venture in an Entrepreneurial Startup Accelerator Program,” appears in the Journal of Arts Entrepreneurship Education.

Check it out: https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/jaee/vol4/iss1/6/

Congratulations, Dr. Shane!

Arts Administration Chair Wins 2026 William B. Sturgill Award | College of Fine Arts Each year, the University of Kentucky Graduate School recognizes exceptional faculty for their achievements in graduate education and scholarly research. The 2026 recipients of The Graduate School’s top honors — the Albert D. and Elizabeth H. Kirwan Memorial Prize and the William B. Sturgill Awa...

What a joy to celebrate our 2026 graduate students at today’s Arts Administration Commencement Luncheon! Congratulations to Maddie, Melissa, KT, Kate and all our other spring graduates!

Congratulations to our very own Dr. Rachel Shane for being recognized for her achievements in Graduate Education with the University of Kentucky’s prestigious Sturgill Award.

Dr. Rachel Shane, Associate Dean and Chair of UKY Arts Administration, received the William B. Sturgill Award at a ceremony last week. Presented annually to a graduate faculty member who demonstrates exceptional commitment to graduate education at UK, this award reflects Shane’s dedication to empowering students and advancing the arts. Shane is only the second recipient from the College of Fine Arts since the award’s creation in 1975. Also, she is the first honoree whose work has been exclusively with online graduate students. This milestone highlights both her leadership and the growing impact of online education.

Join us in celebrating this well‑deserved recognition and Shane's outstanding contributions to our graduate community. 👏🎉

We are just minutes from the start of our annual Professionalism Luncheon for our graduating seniors!

Doctoral Colloquium Student Presentations - https://mailchi.mp/uky.edu/dc5126a