Kurt and Kremena

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EDUCATION

RECENT GRANTS AND AWARDS

• The Lexington Tattoo Project recognized by Americans for the Arts as one of 37 public artworks included in the Public Art Network (PAN) Year In Review 2014
• Selected for the Kentucky Humanities Council’s 2014-2015 Speakers Bureau
• Finalists for Detroit Arts Knight Challenge grant for the Detroit Tattoo Project. June 2014
• Boulder Arts Commission Grant for the Boulder Tattoo Project. March 2014. With Chelsea Pohl
• David and Betty Jones Faculty Development Grants to support work on DISCARDED: 2014 in Portland, 2013 in San Antonio, 2012 in Indianapolis, 2011 in Los Angeles
• Blue Grass Community Foundation Grant for community celebration and release of the Lexington Tattoo Project video artwork. November 2013
• Knight Foundation Donor Advised Fund at Blue Grass Community Foundation Grant for publication of The Lexington Tattoo Project book. Fall 2013
• Knight Foundation Grant for the Boulder Tattoo Project. May 2013. With Chelsea Pohl
• LexArts Community Arts Project Grants for “Community Engagement Through the Arts” course in 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010
• Named 2012 Henry Clay Ambassadors by Lexington Mayor Jim Gray
• Shared Transylvania University honors, 2009
  • Celebration of Diversity Award
  • Phi Kappa Tau Faculty Member of the Year Award
• Kentucky Oral History Commission grants to support work on Passing in 2009, 2008
• David and Betty Jones Faculty Development Grants to support work on Passing in 2009 for presentation in Venice, Italy, in 2008 for creation of a photographic archive

RECENT EXHIBITIONS

• Northern Lights, an installation of lanterns, part of The Neighborhood Series, Lyric Theater, Lexington, KY. 2014. Made collectively with Community Engagement Through the Arts, 2014
• Northern Lights, an installation of lanterns and community celebration, Castlewood Park and Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY. 2014. Made collectively with Community Engagement Through the Arts, 2014
• DISCARDED: IF, invited artwork at IdeaFestival 2013, Louisville, KY. September 2013
• DISCARDED: San Antonio, University of Texas at San Antonio Art Gallery, Part of invitational show What’s Important Is. September 2013
• The 20, group exhibition, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY. 2013
• LexArts 40th Anniversary exhibition, ArtsPlace. October-December, 2012
• 1000 Dolls, The Kentucky Theater, Lexington, KY. 2012. Made collectively with Community Engagement Through the Arts, 2012
• Pasted, wheat-pasted public art mural, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY. 2012
• DISCARDED: Indianapolis, The Herron School for Art and Design, Indianapolis, IN. 2012. Two-channel video installation and large-scale silver wall drawing, part of Couched Constructions, a group exhibition
• DISCARDED: LA, The Cadillac Hotel, Venice Beach, CA. 2012. Two-channel video projection of photographs and oral history interviews
• Good Morning: The American Inn Project. Cosmic Charlie’s, Boomslang, Lexington, KY. 2011
• Pasted, 3 wheat-paste paper murals, Bullhorn Building, Sayre School, and Sav’s Grill, Lexington, KY. 2011. Made collectively with Community Engagement Through the Arts 2011
• DISCARDED: Lexington, Land of Tomorrow (LOT) Gallery, Lexington, KY. 2011. Four-channel video projection of photographs and poetry, including an original song by Vandaveer
• DISCARDED: Lexington, Good Foods Co-op, Art in the Café Series, Lexington, KY. 2011
• Royal Dandies, large-scale sculptural installation for The Illustrious Horse: Artists Respond to the Clara Peck Collection, Morlan Art Gallery, Lexington, KY. 2010
• Passing: Fashioning Drag, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY. 2010. Exhibition of large-format photographs and installation. Made collaboratively with Kremena Todorova
• Passing: Fashioning Drag, Busters Billiards and Backroom, Lexington, KY. 2010. Two nights of live performances and couture costuming. Made collaboratively with Patrick Howell
• 756 North Limestone: Reconsidered, community quilt installation, X Furniture, Lexington, KY. 2010. Made collectively with Community Engagement Through the Arts 2010
• Passing North, Third Street Coffee, Lexington, KY. Exhibition of photographs, March 2009
• Passing South, Johnny Angel's Bar Complex, Lexington, KY. 2009
• Passing at Transylvania, William T. Young Library. Exhibition of photographs, March 2009
• Passing: A Drag Show, Carrick Theater, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY. 2009 and 2010
• Imagine, Living Arts and Science Center, Lexington, KY. 2009

RECENT LECTURES AND CONFERENCES

•  “When Art Masquerades as Something Else,” invited talk at 2013 University and College Designers Association Conference, Louisville. 2013
• Keynote speakers at Be Awesome! A Mini-conference for Community Change-Makers, Covington, KY. 2013
• Artist talk, Governor’s School for the Arts, Transylvania University. 2013
• “Sneak Attack: Art as a Virus,” invited talk at IdeaFestival Lexington: Creative Disruption, March 8, 2013
• “DISCARDED,” visiting artist talks in 2012
  • University of Texas at San Antonio
  • LSU College of Art + Design Distinguished Lecture Series
• “Community Engagement Through the Arts,” visiting artist talks in 2012
  • Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA
  • CANO, Oneonta, NY
•  “Americans,” Little/Gaines Artist Series, University of Kentucky. 2011
• “CETA and The University-Neighborhood Connection,” Lafayette Seminar in Public Issues, Gaines Center, University of Kentucky. 2011
• “Passing: The Art of Drag,” Poster Session, College Art Association Conference, New York, NY. 2011
• “Passing: Oral History Interviews Become Dramatic Monologues,” The National Oral History Association Conference, Atlanta, GA. 2010
• “Passing: Social Ecology of a Drag Community,” The Shepard Symposium on Social Justice, Laramie, WY. 2010
• “Passing: Fashioning Drag.” Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY. 2010. Gallery talk
• “Passing: Oral History as Social Justice.” The Oral History Association Conference, Louisville, KY. 2009
• “Passing: Art as Social Justice.” International Conference on Arts in Society, Venice, Italy. 2009

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• The Lexington Tattoo Project book, NoLi CDC, 2014.
• “Tattoo You,” STORY Magazine, Spring 2013: 51-53.
• “Can a poem still change anything?” Kentucky Arts Council website, Spring 2013.
• “Discarded Documents.” North of Center, 2 Feb, 2011.
• “Passing Through Laramie to Find Humanity in Lexington.” Progress Lexington online journal 21 April 2010.
• “Stitching the community together: Transy Students and North Limestone.” North of Center January 13, 2010: 1, 2.
• “Community, art and economics on North Limestone.” Business Lexington 16 May 2008: 29.

RECENT PRESS

• “Lexington Tattoo Project honored by Public Art Network,” Lexington Herald-Leader, July 3, 2014
• ​“Keeping It Secret: Lexington Tattoo Project finally reveals mystery symbol and resident,” published on KYForward.com, November 20, 2013
• ​“How the Boulder Tattoo Project Inked and Linked a Community,” by Lauren Maslen in Colorado University Independent, November 20, 2013
• “Entire Inked Image Revealed at Lexington tattoo Project Celebration,” by Rich Copley for the lead article on front page, Lexington Herald Leader, November 16, 2013
• “Lexington Tattoo Project to Unveil Mystery Image,” by Josh James for WUKY.org, November 15, 2013
• “Secret Tattoos to be Revealed at Lexington Tattoo Project Party,” by Nicholas Howard for examiner.com, November 14, 2013
• Special guests on Katerina Stoykova-Klemer’s Accents radio show, WRFL, November 7, 2013
• “Lexington Tattoo Project Celebrates a year and More,” by Saraya Brewer in Chevy Chaser Magazine, November 2013 issue
• “The Boulder Tattoo Project Puts Poetry in Motion,” by Susanna Speier in Denver’s Westword, October 30, 2013
• “An Unexpected Love Letter to Boulder,” by Aimee Heckel for the Boulder Daily Camera, October 4, 2013
• “Stars on Skin,” by Shannon Burgert for the Fall 2013 issue of Boulder Magazine
• “Boulderites Become a Living Artwork,” a Colorado Matters radio interview by Ryan Warner, September 3, 2013
• “Boulder Tattoo Project: Ink for All,” by David Accomazzo for The Boulder Weekly, August 1, 2013
• “We Call Ourselves Interventionist Artists,” an interview by Katerina Stoykova-Klemer, Public Republic, July 5, 2013
• Special guests on “Connections with Renee Shaw,” Kentucky Educational Television (KET), April 26, 2013
• “Linked By Ink: Tattoos Mark A City’s Pride,” by Sarah LeTrent, CNN Living, March 5, 2013
• “The Tatt That Binds”, by Julie Wilson, STORY Magazine, Spring 2013
• “The Lexington Tattoo Project Comes to Life on 250 Human Canvases,” by Rich Copley, The Lexington Herald-Leader, February 15, 2013
• “Art Project to Tattoo Poem Onto 200-Plus Lexingtonians,” by Rich Copley, The Lexington Herald-Leader, December 6, 2012
• Merlene Davis, “Dolls Double as Love Letters: Transylvania to Stage Neighborhood Bonding Project Along Limestone” by Merlene Davis, The Lexington Herald-Leader, March 25, 2012
• “Transylvania class seeks to engage the community through 1,000 Dolls project” by Saraya Brewer, Chevy Chaser Magazine, March 12, 2012
• “Transy art project connects students, residents” by Merlene Davis, The Lexington Herald-Leader, April 5, 2011
• “Clicked to the Curb: Transy artists photograph discarded couches and their owners” by Rich Copley, The Lexington Herald-Leader, Feb 18, 2011
• “Playing with Power” by Zoe Strecker, Business Lexington, June 10, 2010
• “Transy class introduces students to North Limestone neighbors” by Tom Eblen, The Lexington Herald-Leader, April 7, 2010
• “Exhibit Peeks into Lives of Lexington Drag Queens” by Rich Copley, The Lexington Herald-Leader, May 7, 2010
• “Transy Professors’ Project Catches Drag Queens in the Act” by Beverly Fortune, The Lexington Herald-Leader, March 1,2009

CROSS-DISCIPLINARY, TEAM-TAUGHT COURSES

• “Community Engagement Through the Arts”
• “Creative Disruption”