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Interview: Billy Swan

Performing Arts Walter Tunis

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

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

UnderMain: On the Road Alexander Martin

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

Josephine Sculpture Park

Alexander Martin

Driving down a country road in Kentucky, with the sky going on for miles above the rolling landscape, a...

Review: Groundskeeping by Lee Cole

Literary Arts Kevin Nance

It’s a bit of a gamble for a novelist...

Review: John Brooks at NYC

Visual Arts Boshko Boshkovic

The solo exhibition I See This Echoing by John...

Interview with Vian Sora

UnderMain: On the Road Alexander Martin

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

Review: Hongwei and Hido at UK Art Museum

Visual Arts Kevin Nance

Every art form is a refuge and a prison....

Interview: Emerging Leaders of Color

Arts & Culture News Jamie Lucke

In this time of deep division and pandemic-imposed isolation,...

The Future of Actors Theatre is in Its History

Performing Arts Ben Gierhart

Actors Theatre of Louisville has, from the very beginning,...

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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

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...

Exploring Wilderness to Post-Urban at Manifest Gallery

Wilderness, Rural, Suburban, Urban, and Post-Urban comprises Manifest Gallery's third...

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