SPOTLIGHT
Embrace Asia at the ArtsAsia Festival
The University of Kentucky Asia Center and the UK Asian Fine Arts Initiative invite you to “Embrace Asia” during the upcoming ArtsAsia Festival.
A week-long celebration of Asian art and culture, the festival will feature world-class musicians, artists, dancers, scholars and educators in a series of performances, lectures and hands-on workshops to be held throughout Lexington from Oct. 17 to 24.
Festival attendees will have the chance to enjoy a jazz concert by Asian artists, participate in an ikebana flower-arranging workshop, watch an Indian kathakali performance, take part in hands-on activities for children, learn about Chinese art from a renowned Oxford professor – and more.
Highlights include:
- A lecture and demonstration of Kathakali theatre by members of the Kalamandalam school of Kerala, India
- Exhibitions and performances by Century Mountain- a collaboration of poet Huang Xiang and painter William Rock
- A symposium on twentieth century art in East Asia with a keynote address by renowned Chinese Art Historian Michael Sullivan
- An “East meets West” concert with premiere works by composer CC Leung of Hong Kong for UK percussion, orchestral and chorale ensembles
- A fair of crafts and games from Asia for children
- Participatory events such as ikebana workshops and Japanese tea ceremony (Note: The tea ceremony is a UK TallyCats event.)
The ArtsAsia Festival is open to the entire community, with most events free of charge (a $5 cover charge will apply for the Oct. 23 jazz performance, and all ikebana workshops will include a $20 materials fee). For more information and a complete schedule of events, visit the UK Asia Center Web site or contact Shana Herron, Asia Center assistant director, at (859) 257-7858.