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“Not In My Backyard”: New Work by Ying Kit Chan

Visual Arts Peter Morrin

Tornado Alley is shifting eastward to the Midwest, the...

Silas Ascending

Literary Arts Tom Eblen

Silas House was honored – and a bit amused...

2022 KMAC Triennial: Divided We Fall

Jen Torwudzo-Stroh

There isn’t enough said about the art in the Midwest. Beyond the glittering East Coast, the star-studded West Coast,...

Review: Robert Morgan’s Myths and Stories

Visual Arts Natalie Weis

Robert Morgan, one senses, makes art like other people...

Interview with Dr. fari nzinga

Visual Arts Natalie Weis

In June 2022, the Speed Art Museum appointed educator...

Interview with Dr. fari nzinga

Visual Arts Natalie Weis

In June 2022, the Speed Art Museum appointed educator...

Matrilinear: Writer Bobi Conn

Literary Arts Kim Kobersmith

First in a series sponsored by Kentucky Humanities about...

Interview: Billy Swan

Performing Arts Walter Tunis

Billy Swan and Harry Dean Stanton were friends. That’s...

Josephine Sculpture Park

UnderMain: On the Road Alexander Martin

Driving down a country road in Kentucky, with the...

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Critical Mass

Critical Mass 5 Video Recording

Presented by UnderMain and Featuring the Great Meadows Foundation Critic-in-Residence,...

A Tapestry of Talent: An Interview with Kōan Jeff Baysa

In December 2019, I met with Kōan Jeff Baysa, the...

Reaching Critical Mass (IV)

UnderMain's annual event "Critical Mass" has been postponed. Dear Supporters: We regret...

Critical Mass: From III to IV

In March of this year, UnderMain held its third panel discussion of...

Critical Mass II: A Short Video Summary

On Wednesday, March 28th, 2018, UnderMain held its second Critical Mass...

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Studio Visits

Studio Visit: Josie Love Roebuck

For the last year, interdisciplinary artist Josie Love Roebuck has...

Tchotchkes and Mug Shots: A Studio Visit with Dick Dougherty and Robin Taffler

As I walk up to T&D Gallery/Studio in downtown Berea,...

Studio Visit: Gaela Erwin

First Studio Visit Gaela Erwin is not a traditional portraitist. She...

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Portrait: A Studio Visit with Sandra Charles

I. First, I should tell you. She doesn’t like talking about...

Studio Visit: Becky Alley

The job of a parent is to keep your child...

Studio Visit: Clay Wainscott

Of all the Lexington painters who’ve developed a signature style...

Studio Visit: Brandon C. Smith

When an artist leans into their work and allows the...

Creative Portal: A Studio Visit with Arturo Alonzo Sandoval

When fiber artist and weaver Arturo Alonzo Sandoval says he...

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Undermain on the Road

2022 KMAC Triennial: Divided We Fall

There isn’t enough said about the art in the Midwest....

Josephine Sculpture Park

Driving down a country road in Kentucky, with the sky...

Review: “Not a Certainty But a Circumstance” at Quappi Projects

Color, craftsmanship, crispness, and a sense of mysticism greet you...

Interview with Vian Sora

Born and raised in Iraq during multiple wars, Vian Sora...

Interview with Rachael Banks

“The things that are close to you are the things...

A Conversation with Carlos Javier Ortiz

I have known and admired Carlos’ work for a long...

Review: The Regional at CAC in Cincinnati

“I too think that great art will come outof the...

Review: Vivian Maier in Color

In 2011, I went to the opening of an unknown...

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