2nd Story is a new exhibition space in Lexington, Kentucky that presents curatorial projects and public programs.
Founded on the values of curatorial freedom, artistic experimentation, and open dialogue, we challenge exhibiting artists to take risks in creating new work and encourage the public to embrace all forms of contemporary art practices.
By fostering rigorous acts of making and generative ways of engaging, we hope to stimulate expansive approaches to thinking.
CURRENT EXHIBITION
Elijah Howe: Chained Rock
Using a post-documentary approach, artist Elijah Howe presents handcrafted objects and photographs exploring the people, places, and cultural traditions of Chained Rock, a fictional town that functions as a composite portrait of life in rural Kentucky.
CURRENT EXHIBITION
Tomiko Jones: These Grand Places
Tomiko Jones combines photography, written impressions, and collected ephemera to offer a poignant meditation on the politics of public land and its impact on notions of national belonging.
![](<div id="mc_embed_shell"> <link href="//cdn-images.mailchimp.com/embedcode/classic-061523.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> <style type="text/css"> #mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; false;clear:left; font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; width: px;} /* Add your own Mailchimp form style overrides in your site stylesheet or in this style block. We recommend moving this block and the preceding CSS link to the HEAD of your HTML file. */ </style> <div id="mc_embed_signup"> <form action="https://art.us13.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=079f57626356a2718c15d2359&id=edd21ad488&f_id=00d4ade2f0" method="post" id="mc-embedded-subscribe-form" name="mc-embedded-subscribe-form" class="validate" target="_blank"> <div id="mc_embed_signup_scroll"><h2>Sign Up! </h2> <div class="indicates-required"><span class="asterisk">*</span> indicates required</div> <div class="mc-field-group"><label for="mce-EMAIL">Email Address <span class="asterisk">*</span></label><input type="email" name="EMAIL" class="required email" id="mce-EMAIL" required="" value=""></div><div class="mc-field-group"><label for="mce-FNAME">First Name </label><input type="text" name="FNAME" class=" text" id="mce-FNAME" value=""></div><div class="mc-field-group"><label for="mce-LNAME">Last Name </label><input type="text" name="LNAME" class=" text" id="mce-LNAME" value=""></div> <div id="mce-responses" class="clear foot"> <div class="response" id="mce-error-response" style="display: none;"></div> <div class="response" id="mce-success-response" style="display: none;"></div> </div> <div aria-hidden="true" style="position: absolute; left: -5000px;"> /* real people should not fill this in and expect good things - do not remove this or risk form bot signups */ <input type="text" name="b_079f57626356a2718c15d2359_edd21ad488" tabindex="-1" value=""> </div> <div class="optionalParent"> <div class="clear foot"> <input type="submit" name="subscribe" id="mc-embedded-subscribe" class="button" value="Subscribe"> <p class="brandingLogo" style="margin: 0px auto;"><a href="http://eepurl.com/ivFZL2" title="Mailchimp - email marketing made easy and fun"><img src="https://eep.io/mc-cdn-images/template_images/branding_logo_text_dark_dtp.svg" alt="referral badge"></a></p> </div> </div> </div> </form> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s3.amazonaws.com/downloads.mailchimp.com/js/mc-validate.js"></script><script type="text/javascript">(function($) {window.fnames = new Array(); window.ftypes = new Array();fnames[0]=EMAIL;ftypes[0]=merge;,fnames[1]=FNAME;ftypes[1]=merge;,fnames[2]=LNAME;ftypes[2]=merge;,fnames[3]=ADDRESS;ftypes[3]=merge;,fnames[4]=PHONE;ftypes[4]=merge;,fnames[5]=BIRTHDAY;ftypes[5]=merge;false}(jQuery));var $mcj = jQuery.noConflict(true);</script></div>){kind=link}