Hop•art•unity, n. 1. An additional public art opportunity offered at the Carnegie Center in conjunction with the Downtown Gallery Hop, esp. literary and performing art. 2. The unification of multiple art forms, offered at the Carnegie Center in conjunction with the Downtown Gallery Hop.

In conjunction with the LexArts-sponsored dowtown Gallery Hop, the Carnegie Center will host FREE additional art events, with an emphasis on literary and performing arts, to complement the visual artworks featured in the Laurie S. Bottoms Gallery. Visit during Gallery Hop (5-8pm), and return (or stay!) for the HopARTunity event.
The HopARTunity program is made possible by a generous grant from the W. Paul and Lucille Caudill Little Foundation.

2007-2008 HopARTunity event archive

2008-2009 HopARTunity events

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19

5-8 pm in the Laurie S. Bottoms Gallery:
Artist’s reception for Finding Art in Architecture: The photography of Becky Howard

5:30-8:00 pm: The bluegrass/rock/country stylings of singer/musician Robby Cox

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21

5-8 pm in the Laurie S. Bottoms Gallery:
Artist’s reception for New & Selected Works by upfromsumdirt: The mixed-media art of Ron Davis

8:00 pm: The Body-Love Project: an original one-act play by Donna Ison & company

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7: LEXARTS WEEKEND

FREE writing workshops beginning at 10:00 am (instructors TBA)

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20

5-8 pm in the Laurie S. Bottoms Gallery:
Artist’s reception for Art by Members of the Alzheimer’s Association’s Best Friends Adult Day Care
6:30 pm: UK Opera Theater presents How Opera is Made including selections from the Lincoln opera

FRIDAY, APRIL 17

5-8 pm in the Laurie S. Bottoms Gallery:
Artist’s reception for The Art of Lexington Catholic High School Students 6:30 pm: a reading by the 2009 Young Women Writers

FRIDAY, JUNE 10

5-8 pm in the Laurie S. Bottoms Gallery:
Artist’s reception for The Art of Charley Jolly
5:30 pm: a reading by winners & finalists of the Young People’s Poetry Competition
8:00 pm: a reading by winners & finalists of the 2009 Next Great Writers Competition