Join us for our first Conversations with Gurney event of Fall 2019! We are pleased to welcome George Ella Lyon, writer, poet, and teacher to the John Jacob Niles Gallery in the Lucille Caudill Little Fine Arts Library here at UK.
Join us for our first Conversations with Gurney event of Fall 2019! We are pleased to welcome George Ella Lyon, writer, poet, and teacher to the John Jacob Niles Gallery in the Lucille Caudill Little Fine Arts Library here at UK.
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The Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning has chosen Ed McClanahan, 86, and Gurney Norman, 81, both of Lexington, as this year's living inductees into the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame. They will be honored February 13th at 7PM at the Kentucky Theatre, 214 East Main Street. The event is free and open to the public. To read more about this event please click HERE!
The Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning has chosen Ed McClanahan, 86, and Gurney Norman, 81, both of Lexington, as this year's living inductees into the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame. They will be honored February 13th at 7PM at the Kentucky Theatre, 214 East Main Street. The event is free and open to the public. To read more about this event please click HERE!
Robert Gipe, author and illustrator of the critically acclaimed novels Trampoline and Weedeater, joined the Appalachian Center's scholar-in-residence, Gurney Norman for a visit and reading. Since 1997, Robert has served as the Director of the Appalachian Program at Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College. Through his fiction and work with the community-theater project, Higher Ground in Harlan, Kentucky, Robert has tackled tough issues in the mountains including drug abuse, environmental degradation, mining, outmigration, and discrimination.
Convo w Gurney Robert Gipe from UK College of Arts & Sciences on Vimeo.
Robert Gipe, author and illustrator of the critically acclaimed novels Trampoline and Weedeater, joined the Appalachian Center's scholar-in-residence, Gurney Norman for a visit and reading. Since 1997, Robert has served as the Director of the Appalachian Program at Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College. Through his fiction and work with the community-theater project, Higher Ground in Harlan, Kentucky, Robert has tackled tough issues in the mountains including drug abuse, environmental degradation, mining, outmigration, and discrimination.
Convo w Gurney Robert Gipe from UK College of Arts & Sciences on Vimeo.
Our inaugural "Conversations with Gurney" event was held at the Lucille Caudill Little Library in the John Jacobs Niles Gallery (160 Patterson Drive) on November 14th from 2-4PM. Gurney Norman, scholar-in-residence for the Appalachian Center and Appalachian Studies Program, hosted Anne Shelby, native Kentuckian, storyteller, poet, and award-winning author. After the performance, a reception was held at the Appalachian Center, 624 Maxwelton Court. Soup beans, Ale 8 and a great time was enjoyed by all!
Conversations with Gurney: Anne Shelby from UK College of Arts & Sciences on Vimeo.
Our inaugural "Conversations with Gurney" event was held at the Lucille Caudill Little Library in the John Jacobs Niles Gallery (160 Patterson Drive) on November 14th from 2-4PM. Gurney Norman, scholar-in-residence for the Appalachian Center and Appalachian Studies Program, hosted Anne Shelby, native Kentuckian, storyteller, poet, and award-winning author. After the performance, a reception was held at the Appalachian Center, 624 Maxwelton Court. Soup beans, Ale 8 and a great time was enjoyed by all!
Conversations with Gurney: Anne Shelby from UK College of Arts & Sciences on Vimeo.
