Illustration By: India Leslie
During this time of everything being empty and closed, the outdoors is a beautiful respite from indoor life. India Leslie is from Richmond, KY and currently a Studio Art major at Eastern Kentucky University. Leslie’s art mainly consists of stylized drawings and illustrations due to her love of cartoons, anime, and any other drawn moving media. 

This piece serves to highlight a simple peaceful scene of a walk in the park which can be difficult for some to do with the current pandemic. Hopefully the piece will bring childlike joy and a sense of comfort, as well as a hope that we will return to our normal lives soon.

​Author: Aurora Noctua and India Leslie
Aurora Noctua is a local artist and intern of the Lexington Art League. She is currently enrolled at the University of Kentucky pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Digital Media and Design. 
Website: https://noctuaartistry.wixsite.com/noctua

Illustration By: Ciara Moberly
Fan of Disney and Art Major at Eastern Kentucky University, Ciara Moberly from Berea Kentucky has created this nostalgia inducing fan-art coloring page. The page highlights the dark and magical tale of the Black Cauldron, featuring all of its main heroes and foes, this coloring page is a nice little slice of childhood fantasy that Ciara has so wonderfully highlighted for us all.
 
​Author: Aurora Noctua
Aurora Noctua is a local artist and intern of the Lexington Art League. She is currently enrolled at the University of Kentucky pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Digital Media and Design. 
Website: https://noctuaartistry.wixsite.com/noctua

Illustration By: Aurora Noctua
Happy Mother’s Day! Here’s to all those mothers who have worked hard and are striving every day for the success of their children, as well as themselves. This year, mother’s day is considerably different than those of the past. The places we would normally take our mothers to celebrate and appreciate them are closed. It is a difficult time for everyone, but it is especially difficult for those mothers who help us every single day by putting themselves at risk. Here is a special thanks to all those first responder moms and to every mother on this special day for being strong, wonderful individuals who often willingly put the needs of others before their own.
​Author: Aurora Noctua
Aurora Noctua is a local artist and intern of the Lexington Art League. She is currently enrolled at the University of Kentucky pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Digital Media and Design. 
Website: https://noctuaillustrations.wixsite.com/noctua

Illustration By: Elijah Hartgrove 
Elijah Hartgrove, former graphic design intern for the Lexington Art League, and who has moved on to other awesome avenues, created this amazing coloring page. Elijah Hartgrove is currently a Graphic Designer for the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority and the Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation. He lives in Lexington, where he makes art as a hobby. Eventually, he wishes to branch out and do freelance work. 
​
Links:
​
Elijah Hartgrove

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elihartgrove/?hl=en

​Author: Aurora Noctua
Aurora Noctua is a local artist and intern of the Lexington Art League. She is currently enrolled at the University of Kentucky pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Digital Media and Design. 
Website: https://noctuaillustrations.wixsite.com/noctua

Illustration By: Erica Cook
To celebrate, we're sharing a coloring page created by Erica Cook for all your decompression and boredom-filling needs. Lexington artist Erica Lynne Cook specializes in the art of hand lettering. In 2015, she launched her creative firm Concinnity by Erica. Erica primarily works with chalk, watercolor, markers, and design apps to create unique hand lettered signs and digital illustrations for special events. An avid reader and lover of the literary arts, one of Erica’s passions is designing book covers. When she isn’t creating, Erica works full time at the Carnegie Center and teaches hand lettering classes. Remember to get outside today and appreciate the art that's around us at all times!
​
Links:
​
Erica Cook:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/concinnity_by_erica/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/concinnitybyerica/

​Author: Emily Neat
Emily Neat is an intern for the Lexington Art League. She is also a current student of the Transylvania University.

Illustration By: Aurora Noctua
Starting April 10th, every week there will be a new coloring page of the week posted to social media, and to the blog. This week’s page features a fictional cat who shall henceforth be called Pepper. Pepper is a sneaky fellow who wanders the streets of Lexington looking for handouts and doesn’t have any qualms about walking away with unattended food. Residents of Lexington beware this sneaky, lovable fur ball or next thing you know, it could be your doughnut between his teeth!
Links:
​
Aurora Noctua: 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aurora.noctua/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NoctuaIllustrations/?modal=admin_todo_tour

​Author: Aurora Noctua
Aurora Noctua is a local artist and intern of the Lexington Art League. She is currently enrolled at the University of Kentucky pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Digital Media and Design. 
Website: https://noctuaillustrations.wixsite.com/noctua

Photo Credit: Aurora Noctua; Drawing Volumes, Jonathan McFadden
​Jonathan McFadden is an artist who has traveled to many places and has experienced a variety of cultures. For the past few years, he has begun creating zines from his digital sketchbooks. In an interview with the Lexington Art League, he talked specifically about his zines, that are available through the League’s Gift Shop: “I’ve been making zines for three years now, and it started out with a residency in New York City, where I made the Losing and Failing zine. Since then, these zines have been an extension of my art practice. Since I work primarily digitally, I don’t have a physical sketchbook that I work in, so the zines are essentially the physical representation of my digital sketchbooks. I’ve been working with different risograph (printing) publishers while traveling for exhibitions and residencies. So most recently, Drawings Volume 1. was published by Druk Salon in Zurich when I was in Switzerland for a residency in Basel over the summer. Drawings Volume 2. was published with There There Now, in Columbia, Missouri, and I’m working on Drawings Volume 3. now, and that will be published with Corners in Seoul, Korea. The zines have become this means of bringing imagery to life, that isn’t necessarily going to make its way into print or installation, rather they allow for a physical object to be created that otherwise would not be”—Jonathan McFadden, 2020. 
Jonathan’s work with his zines seems to be a an extension of what he talks about with his print and installation work. In his artist statement, he states that: “My print and installation work interacts with, interprets, and processes fragments of personal narratives of the people we have loose associations with while finding ourselves as voyeurs in these personal moments. While these digital images appear in our social feeds temporarily, they have a permanence and history that exists beyond the brief moment we view them on our devices” (McFadden).

Links:
​
Jonathan McFadden: 

Website: https://www.jonathanmcfadden.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonathanmcfadden/

Gallery hours for the Lexington Art League are:
Tuesday - Friday [12-6pm] and Saturday - Sunday [1-4pm]

​Author: Aurora Noctua
Aurora Noctua is a local artist and intern of the Lexington Art League. She is currently enrolled at the University of Kentucky pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Digital Media and Design. 
Website: https://steamfly54.wixsite.com/noctua