ByMichael T. Nietzel,
Senior Contributor.
The University of Kentucky has received the largest private gift in its 160-year history — a $150 million donation from the Bill Gatton Foundation to construct a new arts district on campus.
According to the university, the gift, which will be paid out over a period of years, will be used to fund several projects, including:
“This gift will realize a vision to create an arts district on the western edge of our campus,” said UK President Eli Capilouto, in a statement. “There, we can integrate art into an area of Lexington that is an increasingly vibrant and vital intersection of campus and city, town and gown.”
