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International Fashion Show

The College of Arts & Sciences “Passport To The World - Year of Migration” presented an international fashion show by local designer and activist Soreyda Benedit Begley at the Gatton Student Center. Benedit-Begley presented her “Our Ancestry” collection, which is dedicated to the Garifuna…

Year of Middle East Kick Off

The College of Arts & Sciences kicked off its fifth Passport to the World celebration – Year of the Middle East – Crossroads of the World, on Tuesday, September 4, on the Student Center Lawn. Food, t-shirts, henna tattooing and live music featuring Vanessa Paloma were enjoyed by the entire…

Day of the Dead Ballet

UK A&S celebrated Day of the Dead on November 2nd by sponsoring the ballet; Dia De Los Muertos. A Spanish-English video-presentation of the actual Holiday in Mexico served as an introduction to the ballet. The Bluegrass Youth Ballet presented the story of a Mexican family as they celebrate…

Day of The Dead Festival 2013

UK A&S collaborated with the Living Arts & Science Center to celebrate Day of the Dead on November 1st. The Festival showed how Mexicans and various other cultures around the world remember and celebrate their passed families and friends. The festival featured traditional Mexican musica…

Altar Building Class

A&S students participated in a short workshop on how to build an altar for the Mexican holiday, Day of the Dead which was facilitated by Jacobo and Janice Aragon. Students learned how to make paper flowers, cut paper flags, and prepare an altar. At the end of the workshop, they used their…

Ancient Codices

A GLIMPSE INTO ANCIENT MEXICO: WRITINGS OF THE AZTECS, MIXTEC AND MAYA This is an exhibit of facsimile codices housed in UK Libraries Special Collections. Codex pages described by Dr. Chris Pool and Mr. Barry Kidder, UK Department of Anthropology. Digital Images by Crystal Heis, Image Management…

Viva Mexico Instagram

Photos taken by Ceci Amador for Viva Mexico.

Day of the Dead Festival

Photography by: Dana Rogers A&S is collaborating with The Living Arts & Sciences Center this year at the Dia De Los Muertos Festival in Lexington, KY. Here is a collection of photographs from previous celebrations. Join us on November 1st from 5 - 9pm at the Living Arts & Science…

¡Viva México! Kick Off

Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013, A&S students gathered on the student center patio for a celebration of our fourth year of the Passport to the World initiative - "¡Viva México!" Students enjoyed free food, free T-shirts, music and games. This was the start of our year-long celebration of art,…

Re-imagining Russia's Realms Kickoff Event

For the 2012-2013 academic year, the College is proud to offer as the next installment of the Passport to the World Program – Reimagining Russia’s Realms: Peoples, Arts, Cultures, and Homelands of Eurasia. The coming year’s programming will focus on three major themes the United States and Russia…