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Altar Building Workshop

A short workshop on how to build an altar for Mexican Day of the Dead facilitated by Jacobo and Janice Aragon. Learn to make flowers, cut paper, and prepare an altar. Then we will be building various altars for UK, including one featured in the lobby of Patterson Office Tower.

 

Jacobo y Janice Argón darán un taller sobre como construir un altar típico del Día de los Muertos. Se enseñará como hacer flores de papel y diferentes diseños que suelen verse en los altares. Después del taller todos los participantes construirán varios altares que se mostrarán alrededor del campus, entre estos altares se encuentra el que estará en el lobby de Patterson Office Tower. 

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122 Classroom Building
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Day of Dead Slide Presentation

Adalhi Aranda Corn will give a presentation explaining the cultural and historical context of the Dia de los Muertos holiday. The presentation will also address the ballet "Dia de los Muertos: A Mexican Celebration of Life and Death," written by Corn for Lexington's Bluegrass Youth Ballet, to be performed on October 31st and November 1st at the Lexington Opera House. The slide show will be in English and Spanish. 

 

Adalhi Aranda Corn dará una presentación que explicará el contexto histórico y cultural de la celebración del Día de los Muertos. Además, también dará información sobre el ballet: Día de los Muertos: Una Celebración Mexicana de Vida y Muerte” escrita por Corn y que será presentada por Lexington’s Bluegrass Youth Ballet este 31 de octubre y 1ro de noviembre en el Lexington Opera House. La presentación estará disponible en ingles y español.

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Student Center Theater
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UK Art Museum Viva Mexico! Teacher's Workshop

A professional development workshop presented by The Art Museum at the University of Kentucky.

$20 registration* (includes refreshments) 

registration deadline October 4, 2013 (download registration form)



Presented as part of the MUSE ( Museum Support to Educators) series, the Viva Mexico! workshop includes art, historical presentations, and displays of contemporary Mexican art, lesson sharing, cross-curricular ideas, resource materials, time to network with colleagues, a certificate for three professional development hours, refreshments, and lots of inspiration. The registration fee is non-refundable. Paid registrants who are unable to attend may request to receive the resource materials at no additional cost.

For additional information, contact Sonja Brooks, Teacher Outreach Coordinator sonja.brooks@uky.edu or 859.257.1926

 

El Art Museum de University of Kentucky presenta un taller profesional.

La inscripcion cuesta $20 e incluye refrescos.

Las inscripciones se cierran el 4 de octubre (puedes bajar la forma aqui download registration form)

Este talles es presentado como parte del programa MUSE, a traves del proyecto Viva Mexico. El taller incluira arte, presentaciones historicas, presentacion de arte Mexicano contemporaneo, lecciones, ideas transculturales, materiales, tiempo para establecer coneciones, un certificado de tres horas profesionales de desarrolo personal, refrescos, y mucha inspiracion. El valor de la inscripcion no es reintegrable, pero personas que se registraron y no lograran participar tienen  derecho a pedir todos los materiales sin costo adicional.

Para mas informacion contactar a Sonja Brooks. sonja.brooks@uky.edu or 859.257.1926

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Art Museum
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Culture & Identity: New Expressions by Latino Artists in the 21st Century (featuring the work of Lexington artists Agustin Zarate, Diane Kahlo, & Adan Utrera)

Come see the work of three Latin Artists from October 14 to November 15 in the Living Arts & Sciences Center. Artists Agustin Zarate, Diane Kahlo, and Adan Utera explore how culture and identity can shape the Latino Immigrant. 

 

A partir del 14 de octubre hasta el 15 de noviembre habrá una exhibicion en el Living Arts & Sciences Center de tres artistas latinos. Agustin Zarate, Diane Kahlo y Adan Utera exploran por medio de su arte el rol que juegan la cultura e identidad en la formación de un imigrante Latino. 

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Living Arts & Science Center - 362 n. Martin Luther King Blvd
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GREAT GATSBY screening -- Sigma Tau Delta and LNFS

Once again this year Sigma Tau Delta is partnering with the Late Night Film Series (LNFS). Come see Baz Luhrmann's film, The Great Gatsby (2013), adapted from F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel.  Film starts at 10:00, but get there early to see friends, answer trivia questions, and win prizes.  For more info, contact Pearl James (pearl.james@uky.edu)

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Worsham Theater

'The Joy of Pain' Explores Hidden Corner of Human Psyche

Many of us have felt it, though we don't admit it: spiteful joy in response to the pain or misfortune of others. It may stem from envy, self-esteem concerns or even a passion for justice, but whether or not we confess to it, the feeling exists universally. The good news is that psychologists believe these are natural human emotions; there are psychological and adaptive foundations to back them up.

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