LEXINGTON, Ky.—Students from Transylvania University’s Community Engagement
Through the Arts class have teamed up with North Limestone residents and
neighboring students to find collections, objects and stories from the North
Limestone neighborhood. The result is North Limestone Gathers, an exhibition
opening Monday, March 16, and running through April 17. The exhibition features
collections from people, homes and dorms, each displayed as an installation.
In addition to creating the exhibition, students in the class taught by
Transylvania English professor Kremena Todorova and art professor Kurt Gohde
have maintained a Facebook page which records all their class assignments,
including writing weekly “This I believe” essays in style of the NPR project of
the same name.
The class, first introduced last winter, has garnered the participation of
vice-mayor Jim Gray, Transylvania associate dean Kathleen Jagger and city
councilwoman Andrea James, to name a few.
A North Limestone Gathers Gallery Talk and Reception will be held Wednesday,
April 1, from 6-8 p.m., in the Morlan Gallery. College and middle school
students, professors, community members and local collectors will discuss the
experience of creating North Limestone Gathers. This event is free and open to
the public.
The Morlan Gallery is open weekdays, noon to 5 p.m. The exhibit will also be a
stop on the Lexington Gallery Hop, Friday, April 17, from 5-8 p.m.
For more information go to: /morlan or contact Morlan
Gallery director Andrea Fisher at (859) 233-8142.
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