The Nude Biennial - Lexington Art League

The Lexington Art League is excited to bring back The Nude - one of the most anticipated exhibitions in Lexington for nearly 30 years. This exhibition showcases contemporary nude figurative art by Kentucky artists.

Join us on Friday, November 19, from 5-8 for the The Nude Biennial Opening and the last LexArts HOP of 2021!

As a special addition to the event, we welcome speaker, scholar, and storyteller Dr. Aminanta Cairo, who will be presenting her work "Holding Space: A Storytelling Approach to Trampling Diversity and Inclusion" at 6 PM.

About Aminata Cairo:

Aminata Cairo is the former director of the Sabi Diri Sbi dance company from Lexington, Ky. She has a long history of African and African diaspora dance training, dancing early on with Syncopated, Inc. in Lexington and being a member of the Sankofa African Dance Theatre in Baltimore, MD. Aminata has shared her dance and community work nationally and internationally. She is the only scholar to have written about traditional Afro-Surinamese dance and received a Fulbright award to pursue that research. Learn more about her work at aminantocairo.com.