This week on WUKY's Open Studio, Tom Musgrave gets a preview of this year's Festival Latino de Lexington from organizers Francie Chassen-Lopez and Betty Abdmishani of the Foundation for Latina American Culture and Arts which puts on the festival in cooperation with Lexington Parks and Recreation.

Saturday's From the Front Porch Jazz series in Lexington's East End represents a homecoming for Michael Cruse. In addition to being an accomplished jazz musician, arranger, composer and educator, Michael is also a jazz at Lincoln Center performing artist and a headliner at Dizzy's club in New York city. He's also collaborated with Wynton Marsalis among others. In this week's Open Studio, Tom Musgrave talks with promoter Jim Embry and the artist himself.

This week on WUKY's Open Studio, Tom Musgrave talks with Lyric Theatre executive director Christian Adair about the history and mission of the venue as well as a number of upcoming community events.

With a new school year upon us we're revisiting a conversation Tom Musgrave recently had with Austin Vahle, the Arts Magnet Coordinator & Curriculum Coach for the Visual and Performing Arts Academy at Harrison Elementary. It's a dynamic, lottery-based magnet school where creativity, collaboration, and academic excellence thrive. VPAA offers a full spectrum of arts programming, including band, dance, music, orchestra, theatre as well as digital art forms.

The Lexington Art League's annual Woodland Art Fair is one of Central Kentucky's largest free cultural events; with food and drink, musical performances throughout the weekend, and nearly 200 of the nation's finest artists. This year's event, August 15 &16, marks the fair's 50th anniversary. Tom Musgrave gets a preview from LAL assistant director Faville Donahue.

This week on WUKY's Open Studio Tom talks with Soreyda Begley, the new president of Casa De La Cultura Kentucky. The local arts group helps U.S. born Hispanic and Latino children connect with their ancestry and culture through workshops, dance performances and other community-wide events. Begley says priority 1 and 1a includes finding a permanent headquarters for the organization.

This week on WUKY's Open Studio, Tom welcomes in Lexington native and newly minted Pulitzer prize winning feature photographer Jahi Chikwendiu. He talks about his early days at the Herald Leader and his now 25 year career at the Washington Post. Jahi was named winner of the 2026 Pulitzer Prize in Feature Photography for a powerful series of images he made for the Post last year.

GreenRoom Exchange creates international cross-cultural experiences, bringing artists and musicians from other countries to work with local artists, expanding our understanding of their cultures, enriching our community. Co-founder Lee Carroll joins Tom to talk about the program’s upcoming event 'Windows to the World' featuring Zach Brock and Vishnu R from India on July 26 at the Apiary.

This week on Open Studio WUKY membership and marketing director, Robert Hansel joins Tom to talk about the mission behind the WUKY Gallery; including how the station goes about recruiting local artists for the space.

Tom's guests this week are Lucy Jones, founder of the Harry Dean Stanton Fest, which is July 10th through 12th in Lexington, and multiple award-winning actress, Sean Young, joining in over Zoom, who is part of the roster of guests coming to town to celebrate Kentucky native and acclaimed actor Harry Dean Stanton.