Gazing Deeply showcases how WKU’s backyard—the unique landscape of Mammoth Cave—is being studied, interpreted, and inspiring action on environmental change. Coinciding with the UNESCO Conservation of Fragile Karst Resources: A Workshop on Sustainability and Community and Earth Day’s 50th anniversary in 2020, this exhibition is a collaborative effort between arts and science faculty and students that highlights one of the most well-known and vital natural landscapes in the world. 

History suggests that as “big business” started to take hold in the late 1800s, women became more involved in business and working outside the home. However, few women owned companies. Those that did were in industries centered on women, such as home goods, apparel, or personal care.

Today, women own only 40% of businesses in the U.S., making Carrie Burnam Taylor’s business of the early 20th century that much more impressive. Curated with Dr. Carrie Cox, this exhibit will explore Taylor's life and work, displaying three of her dresses, two coats, two bodices, and various undergarments recently conserved thanks to our Adopt-an-Artifact program.

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In the late 1800s, stitchery from London's Royal School of Art needlework and Japanese arts and crafts exhibited at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition inspired women across America to take up their needles in new and different ways. Explore the various "maniacal" and "maddening" designs that resulted in this showcase of our Crazy Quilt collection.

School of Media Galleries: Grayson County Photography Exhibit.

Danielle Mužina, an artist and educator currently living and working in Cleveland, Ohio, makes paintings that explore place, identity, and crisis, inspired by both personal lived and inherited familial experiences. Using the homespace as a point of grounding and as metaphor, she writes: "My immigrant grandmother, reflecting on witnessing national traumas in our home of former Yugoslavia, tells me 'to pay attention when the sky's bleeding, even if someone tells you it's not'."

This exhibition documents the process artists Alice Gatewood Waddell and Mike Nichols followed to create the historic Jonesville Fresco for the lobby of the Kentucky Museum. The fresco is based on Waddell's image featuring the historic African-American community destroyed by the expansion of WKU.

Interested in applying for an affordable textbook grant and want more information? Join us for a Q&A to learn more about the process, OER options, and what kind of support is available.

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Celebrate Black History Month with Hilltopper Basketball as they host UTSA for Black History Night on Feb 2nd at 7 pm. We will honor the past as we recognize some of our first African American Athletes and celebrate with several performances. Students receive free admission with WKU ID. Fans can use promo code BLACKHISTORY at checkout to purchase $10 bleacher seat (reg. $15) for this game Prior to the game, a pre-game mixer will take place in Auxiliary Gym B from 5:30 pm-6:30 pm. The mixer is open to all WKU students. The first 40 students will receive a Black History Month shirt (Limited size). If you are interested in attending the Black History Night Mixer, please RSVP below. You or your group must RSVP to attend by Jan 31st. 

For more about Hilltopper Basketball, visit https://wkusports.com/sports/mens-basketball

WKU dance students choreograph and perform original pieces with unique stories and styles, featuring a variety of dance genres!

All tickets $7

(Digital concert on Demand available February 17th - 19th, 2023, $5 + fee)