Discovery Night: Live Reptile Night!
Thursday, June 7th, 6-8pm
Why are alligators more closely related to birds than reptiles? Ever wonder why a blue tongue skink has a blue tongue? How many different crocodilians are there? What are the medical uses of snake venom? How were alligators saved from extinction? Find the answers to these and other questions during our exciting LIVE Reptile Night!
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Summer Classes at the LASC
Summer’s here and it’s time for some fun and creativity! Explore over 160 classes in Animation, Drawing, Physics, Robots, Painting, Clay, Architecture, and more!
Click here for a full listing of summer classes.
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May 22 No-School Day Classes
Sign up now for some great classes while Fayette County Public School’s are out of session.
Printmaking, bookbinding, jewelry making, landscape painting, and more!
Featured Class: Basic Landscape Painting with Melinda Boyer
May 22 No-School Day
Students will imagine, design, and create fresh springtime landscapes .With pencil and pen to paper we’ll construct a landscape through drawing and then paint on tagboard and canvas. We’ll explore color mixing, light and shadow, and the tools and brushes that can create wonderful results as we capture the springtime.
LASC is a not-for-profit (501(c)3) organization funded in part by:
Lex Arts
LASC programs are made possible through the generous support of LexArts. Their annual campaigns raise over a million dollars in support of the visual, literary and performing arts in Lexington, and supports the LASC with an allocation of $102,000 for general operating support. We thank the many individuals whose passion for the arts compelled them to give generously to LexArts. Special thanks to the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government for their continued partnership in ensuring a flourishing future for the arts in Lexington and central Kentucky.
Lex Arts Website
Kentucky Arts Council
The Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, supports the Living Arts & Science Center with state tax dollars and federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. Special thanks to the Kentucky Arts Council for their continued partnership in ensuring a flourishing future for the arts in Lexington and Kentucky.
Kentucky Arts Council Website
The William Stamps Farish Fund
The William Stamps Farish Fund supports the LASC’s many educational outreach programs as well as care and maintenance of our historic building.
Chase Bank
Thanks to the JP Morgan Chase Foundation for their continuing support of the LASC’s after-school Science Explorer’s program in five Fayette Co. elementary schools.
Chase Website Link Goes Here
PNC
PNC’s support provides educational programs in the arts and sciences for pre-school students.
PNC Website
Kentucky American Water
Thanks to Kentucky American Water the LASC has been able to provide a number of programs to the neighborhood and community at large.
Kentucky American Water Website
Lexington Fayette Urban County Government
LFUCG, Eco Arts, & Department of Environmental Quality
LFUCG Website
Klausing Group
The Living Arts & Science Center is grateful for everything the Klausing Group has done by maintaining the grounds here at the center through their 5% for the community program.
The Klausing Group Website
Magnetic Image, Inc.
Magnetic Image has contributed in-kind services to help the Living Arts & Science Center with their media presence, including producing a television commercial and designing and administering this website.
Magnetic Image Website
Living Green Partner
The Living Arts & Science Center is now a Living Green Partner, a joint program between Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government and Bluegrass PRIDE which help organizations start or expand recycling programs, improve water quality and conservation, and become more energy efficient.
Living Green
Kentucky Utilities
Help Support the Living Arts & Science Center
As a nonprofit organization, the Living Arts and Science Center relies on generous contributions from individuals, corporations, foundations, and public agencies to support our many educational programs. Gifts are welcomed year-round, and are tax deductible as allowed by law.