WKU Events
Friday, February 17th
- Time: All Day
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.
- Location: Kentucky Museum
- Time: All Day
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.
- Location: Kentucky Museum
- Time: All Day
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.
- Location: Jody Richards Hall Gallery
- Time: All Day
School of Media Galleries: Grayson County Photography Exhibit.
- Location: Cherry Hall 316
- Time: 5:00pm - 6:00pm
- Location: FAC Corridor Gallery
- Time: 8:00am - 4:30pm
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.
- Location: Health Services- HEP Suite 1064
- Time: 8:30am - 12:00pm
HIV Testing is a monthly program offered to WKU students for FREE!
Testing is conducted by professional health care providers from Matthew 25 and the Barren River District Health Department. The Rapid HIV Test takes 60 SECONDS to show results, and your results will be completely confidential.
- Location: Kentucky Museum (Lobby)
- Time: 9:00am - 6:00pm
Artists featured in the Celebration of the Arts must drop off their artwork on February 17th from 9AM - 5PM.
All works must be hand delivered and picked up by the artist on the dates listed on the Celebration of the Arts Calendar. No early drop-offs allowed. No work will be released to anyone other than the artist without permission from the artist.
- Location: Fine Arts Center (FAC) 249, Zoom option available
- Time: 11:30am
Department of Folk Studies & Anthropology: Brown Bag Lecture Series.
- Location: Nick Denes Field
- Time: 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Hilltopper Baseball opens the 2023 season with a weekend series against Dayton.
For more about Hilltopper Baseball, visit https://wkusports.com/sports/baseball
- Location: HCIC Multipurpose Room
- Time: 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Join the MHC Scholars of Color and Out in Honors Network for a screening of "Paris is Burning."
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