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Friday, April 17th
- Time: All Day
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- Location: Kentucky Museum - Garden Gallery
- Time: 9:00am - 4:00am
A collaborative exhibition of artwork created by young artists with disabilities and local artists will be on display at the Kentucky Museum. Meet the artists at the reception on Saturday, April 11, from 2 PM - 4 PM in the Dorothy Grider Garden Gallery.
- Location: Richardson Quilt Gallery
- Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm
Jacqui Lubbers is a part-time weaving and art appreciation instructor in the WKU Art Department.
- Location: Richardson Quilt Gallery
- Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Kentuckians have practiced the art of weaving for more than 200 years.
Techniques represented in Even Coverlets Get the Blues range from overshot, double weave, and tied-biederwand to hooked rug making.
- Location: Kentucky Museum - Grand Gallery
- Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm
This exhibit tells the stories of freshmen year from participants in a student success intiative, WKU Freshmen Guided Pathway (FGP). This cohort of first-time, full-time students who graduated from one of five high schools in Warren County represent the typical WKU freshman in terms of academic achievement prior to admission and their demographic makeup.
- Location: Kentucky Museum
- Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Gazing Deeply showcases how WKU’s backyard—the unique landscape of Mammoth Cave—is being studied, interpreted, and inspiring action on environmental change.
- Location: Museum Front Lawn
- Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm
WKU’s Cultural Enhancement Series and the Kentucky Museum host award winning artist Patrick Dougherty in October 2018 on WKU’s campus in Bowling Green, Ky. Dougherty created Highbrow, a sculpture made from intertwined tree saplings, on the Museum's front lawn.
- Time: All Day
The US Bank Celebration of the Arts exhibit is an open art show featuring the work of professional as well as amateur artists who reside in Kentucky within a 65-mile radius of Bowling Green, KY. All work will be exhibited at the Kentucky Museum from February 29 - April 17. Works are judged and awards given in eight categories.
- Location: Community Gallery
- Time: All Day
In 2019, the Kentucky Building celebrates 80 years of showcasing South Central Kentucky’s unique culture and heritage. In honor of this milestone, the Kentucky Museum presents Out of the Box, an exhibition focused on fostering multidisciplinary discussions about our collective heritage while shining new light on the relevance of our museum in the 21st century.
Using local historical artifacts, photos, and records, we invite you to discover how every object tells multiple stories. Themes and stories are curated in partnership with faculty from 9 WKU departments
- Location: Knicely Conference Center
- Time: 8:00am - 12:00pm
- Time: 5:00pm - 6:30pm
This year's Kentucky Junior Academy of Science is going ahead as an online event. If it's not usually convenient to come to Frankfort to see our outstanding young scientists, now is your chance to participate as a Judge without having to travel! Details about the event
We need judges in all topic areas for the morning sessions, and we may also need judges for the afternoon session with the finalists.
Log in and Sign up here to judge. You'll see a signup link on your Member menu where you'll be able to choose your preferred topics.
The tentative schedule for the day looks like this. (Central time folks, we may be able to delay the start time if registration is low this year-- let me know if you'd be interested in that!)
(Friday 5pm April 17: Optional orientation for students and/or judges, to log in to Zoom and see how it works)
Saturday April 18,
8:30 EDT - Judges orientation meeting (BYO coffee!)
9am- Students log in & get sorted into session rooms
9:30 am - Presentations begin
11:30 Lunch break & judges deliberation
1:00 afternoon finalists presentations for HS categories only
We still need help -- please sign up here. Thank you!
Log in and Sign up here to judge.
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