How to Be Pretty

The Little/Gaines Artist Series returns on Tuesday, December 15 at 7:30 p.m. when featured artist Lauren Argo presents "how to be PRETTY" at University of Kentucky's Little Fine Arts Library, Niles Gallery.

This is the final program in the 2009 Little/Gaines Artist Series, sponsored by UK's Little Fine Arts Library and the Gaines Center for the Humanities.

Little/Gaines showcases artistic collaboration in Kentucky. Four Little/Gaines Artists were named for 2009. Each of the four artists chose other artists working in the same or different genre with whom they will collaborate on a program centered around a theme or unifying principle.

A multi-media performance installation, "How to be PRETTY" examines female coming-of-age beauty rituals and society’s changing beauty standards. The show features the work of Little/Gaines December Artist Lauren Argo and guest artists Louis Zoellar Bickett II, Graham Gordon, Alyssum Pohl, Sam Westervelt and the business Kertis Creative. 

Other contributing artists lending their talents to "How to be PRETTY" are: Sarah Wylie Ammerman Van Meter, Hannah LeGris, Kylie Lane, Heather Price, Rachel Grimes and Karen Greasley.

"How to be PRETTY" comments on contemporary beauty standards in all parts of society, and the special role played by the media. With hair dyes, teeth whitening, liposuction and plastic surgery, young girls focus on end results and how to achieve them quickly, rather than working toward perfecting the ritual. These artists use their show to assert that we will always want to know "How to be PRETTY."

The show is followed by a reception. 

pray for peace,

Kimmy