Thursday Link Roundup: April 8

Jessica Chao in Open Studio Weekend at Art Sanctuary

THIS WEEKEND: Open Studio Weekend is happening Saturday & Sunday, rescheduled from November, this is the 7th year for the LVA/Hite Institute event. Listen to an interview with participating artists Kenyatta Bosman & Jessica Chao on LVA’s Artebella On The Radio.

NEW: April 13 LVA will host a free online panel, State of the Arts, with Kyle Citrynell, Vallorie Henderson, Sarah Lindgren,, & Ramona Lindsay.

NEW: Promise, Witness, Remembrance at the Speed Art Museum, curated by Allison Glenn, reflects on the life of Breonna Taylor, her killing in 2020, and the year of protests that followed, in Louisville and around the world.

NEW: Wayside Christian Mission has opened "Sides of My Mind," an exhibit of pencil, marker, and watercolor paintings by local artist Chad Ashton.

NEW: Fragments Now Bright, Now Dim, a new exhibit from Erika Jeffries is open at Quappi Projects.

NEW: Moremen Gallery presents Vian Sora's second solo show: Floodgates.

NEW: Rockerbuilt, at 1512 Portland Avenue, hosts a show of new work from Shayne Hull.

NEW: 2 MFA Thesis Exhibitions open this Friday, April 9th at 6pm at the Hite MFA Building in Portland: Rachid Tagoulla’s Shifting Sands, and. Karen Weeks’ Love Labor: Literal Symbols and True Abstractions.

NEW: Archetypes - Recent Portrait Paintings by Damon Thompson is at Tim Faulkner Gallery.

NEW: Actors Theatre has released Romeo & Juliet: Louisville 2020 , a visually captivating interpretation of Shakespeare’s classic narrative, set during May 2020 in Louisville Kentucky.

Art Sanctuary Presents TRUTH TO POWER, a film about Serj Tankian, the Grammy-winning lead singer of System Of A Down.

OPEN AGAIN TO THE PUBLIC: Masks and social distancing are Required for ALL of these locations!

G.W. Morrison at 200 has opened at The Carnegie Center for Art & History.

Land Is: Parks, Cultures, Stories is open by appointment at KMAC.

Rachid Tagoulla at Hite Institue

FRIDAY: 2 MFA Thesis Exhibitions open tonight at 6 pm at the Hite MFA Building in Portland: Rachid Tagoulla’s Shifting Sands, and. Karen Weeks’ Love Labor: Literal Symbols and True Abstractions.

Late for Dinner with Batwizard and Prayer Line will be on Facebook Live from Art Sanctuary.

SATURDAY & SUNDAY: Open Studio Weekend is happening this weekend, rescheduled from November, this is the 7th year for the LVA/Hite Institute event. Listen to an interview with participating artists Kenyatta Bosman & Jessica Chao on LVA’s Artebella On The Radio.

TUESDAY: LVA will host an online panel tonight, State of the Art, with Vallorie Henderson, Kyle Citrynell, & Ramona Lindsay. It is available for free.

WEDNESDAY: # stopasianhate Virtual Town Hall is online at Noon today.

LOCAL ONLINE OPTIONS: Here’s what we know, but local artists are doing impromptu live performances online daily. Stay alert!

ONGOING:

While the Speed Museum has reopened, the cinema is closed during the COVID-19 crisis, but you can stream these selections at home. A portion of each streaming ticket purchase goes directly to the Museum.

Speed Cinema offers Free Films Addressing Systemic Racism.

Elizabeth Kramer is writing about the challenges facing local arts groups at Louisville Arts Bureau.

Think we are missing something? Let us know: info@louisvillevisualart.org

Thursday Link Roundup: July 2, 2020

Kayla Bischoff at Galerie Hertz

NEW: Kayla Bischoff’s first solo exhibit, Maskenfreiheit is open at Galerie Hertz by appointment. Here is a 3-D Virtual Tour of the exhibit on her website: kaylabischoff.com

OPEN AGAIN TO THE PUBLIC: Masks are Required for ALL of these locations!

Moremen Gallery has reopened with the exhibit Crystal Gregory: Shapes of Stillness and Force

Revelry Boutique and Gallery is now open again and features New Work from Ewa Perz in the gallery. Social distancing and PPE protocols will be required: You must wear a mask.

Quappi Projects returns to regular hours with a new exhibit, A Sort of River of Passing Events, a showcase of work by three artists - Kiah Celeste, Dominic Guarnaschelli, and J. Cletus Wilcox will be on the walls. Listen to Gallery Director John Brooks talk with Keith Waits on LVA’s Artebella on the Radio.

garner narrative contemporary gallery is open to walk-in traffic and appointments. Read an interview with Angie Reed Garner in Arts-Louisville.com.

The gallery at Art Sanctuary is open for appointments made ahead of time. The work of James Russell May is on the walls right now.

Kentucky Fine Art Gallery has reopened with normal hours.

LOCAL ONLINE OPTIONS: Here’s what we know, but local artists are doing impromptu live performances online daily. Stay alert!

Ballot Box: an LVA exhibit at Metro Hall curated by Skylar Smith is now available through a new website and MetroTV video

A new series of online videos from past performances at The Ogle Center Delivered.

While the Speed Cinema is closed during the COVID-19 crisis, you can stream these selections at home. A portion of each streaming ticket purchase goes directly to the Museum.

TUESDAY - THURSDAY:

Channel StageOne provides digital content in storytelling & theatre-based instruction..

THURSDAY

Kentucky Performing Arts have started KPA at Home, a series of on-line performances: that are scheduled throughout the week.

FRIDAY:

KPA at Home: Harry Pickens

Finding Black Boy Joy is a Facebook Live event from Actors Theatre Direct

Art Sanctuary streaming event: Late for Dinner with Mommy's Cigarettes and Tall Squares

Kentucky Shakespeare offers a re-broadcast of their 2018 production of Othello.

Lance G. Newman’s Finding Black Boy Joy at Actors Theatre Direct

SATURDAY:

Moremen Gallery is reopening today with the exhibit Crystal Gregory: Shapes of Stillness and Force

ONGOING:

Speed Cinema offers Free Films Addressing Systemic Racism.

A virtual/interactive edition of the Black Before I Was Born exhibit that opened at Roots 101 before the shutdown is now available.

Elizabeth Kramer is writing about the challenges facing local arts groups at Louisville Arts Bureau.

Keep making art! Preston Art Center will deliver and has curbside pickup during their shortened hours.

AA Clay - Home Clay Kits are available for sale: pick up or local delivery is available.

A First Anniversary exhibit at Keinhelter Gallery in New Albany is by appointment.

NOT LOCAL BUT WORTH IT!:

These 10 Famous Museums Offer Virtual Tours (Video)

The Art Institute of Chicago Puts 44,000+ Works of Art Online: View Them in High Resolution

An Even Bigger Selection from Google

Study Art History online: Artists and Movements

Installation work from MoMA (video)

The Artist is An Explorer: Curated by Marina Abramovic (video)

Paris Museums Put 100,000 Images Online for Unrestricted Public Use

Bestselling Children’s Author Mo Willems Is Teaching Kids Drawing On YouTube

Think we are missing something? Let us know: info@louisvillevisualart.org

Thursday Link Roundup: January 30, 2020

She Did That at Speed Cinema.

THURSDAY:

Closing Reception for HOBA House's Liz Wierzbicki and Mad(e) Exhibit.

She Did That directed by Renae Bluitt opens at Speed Cinema.

FRIDAY:

femme maison: Mychaelyn Michalec & Karen Weeks opens at Houseguest tonight.

Artist Talk with Ashley Stewart at Revelry Boutique & Gallery.

Bonnie Prince Billy and Friends are doing an in-store performance at Guestroom Records.

Once On This Island opens at Actors Theatre of Louisville. Click HERE to listen to an interview with Robert Fleming on LVA’s Artebella On The Radio, director of this production and Executive Artistic Director of ATL.

SATURDAY:

Stage One’s Lawbreakers: A Fast and Furious History of Women's Suffrage has a public performance today. Click HERE to listen to an an interview with playwright Diana Grisanti on LVA’s Artebella On The Radio.

ONGOING:

Detroit ‘67 continue at The University of Louisville’s Thrust Theatre.

26th Annual African American Art Exhibition is at Actors Theatre of Louisville.

QuArtz - A Queer Arts Exhibit is at LAUNCH Louisville.

Illumination: Nature's Light in Watercolor. New Works by Cathy Hillegas at Mary Anderson Center.

LAUNCH 2020: Setting the Stage for the New Year can be found at Moremen Gallery.

L Autumn Gnadinger at Quappi Projects.

Shawna Khalily at Bourne Schweitzer gallery

Shawna Khalily Wood Cuts is at the NEW Bourne Schweitzer Gallery in New Albany.

Brenda Wirth and Mary Newton are at Kleinhelter Gallery.

2020: The Vision of Hindsight by Rebecca Aldammad at Mellwood Art Center.

Our World Our Say is at U of L’s Schneider Hall.

Inspired Louisville: Actors Gallery by Bill Brymer is at KORE Gallery. Click here to listen to an interview with Bill on LVA’s Artebella On The Radio.

A Julius Friedman Sampler – Art, Design, and Innovation Over Fifty Years is at the Filson Society. (2/28)

Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition at IU Southeast.

Often Seen Rarely Spoken Presents…Marks on Society is at The Carnegie Center in New Albany.

The Winter Show is at Craft(s) Gallery.

Louisville Photographic Society Group Show is at Unique Imaging Concepts.

Daydreams opens at Studioworks.

 BRAD DEVLIN “CITYSCAPES” is at Galerie Hertz..

Small Works Show at Kleinhelter Gallery in New Albany.

Think we are missing something? Let us know: info@louisvillevisualart.org

LVA's Artebella On The Radio: November 21, 2019

Robert Fleming, the new Artistic Director at Actors Theatre of Louisville, was our guest this week on LVA's Artebella On The Radio. We be talked about his vision for the future of the company. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM, or stream on Artxfm.com each Thursday to hear Keith Waits talk with artists. (due a technical snafu, we have only the first 20 minute segment available)

(Photo by Kristin Netzband)

Robert Barry Fleming has served as Associate Artistic Director at Cleveland Play House since 2016. Previously he served as the Director of Artistic Programming at Arena Stage; world premieres he commissioned, developed and championed during this tenure include the 2017 Best Musical Tony Award winner Dear Evan Hansen, Mary Kathryn Nagle’s Sovereignty, John Strand’s The Originalist, Katori Hall’s Blood Quilt, Karen Zacarías’ Destiny Of Desire and the 2017 Pulitzer Prize winner Sweat, by Lynn Nottage. Fleming was an Associate Producer for the Off-Broadway premiere of The Two-Character Play by Tennessee Williams, starring Amanda Plummer and Brad Dourif. He was also an Associate Professor (tenured) and Chair of the University of San Diego Theatre Arts and Performance Studies Department.

LVA's Artebella On The Radio June 6, 2019

Tatiana Rathke & Keith McGill are two (out of 15) members of the 2019 Hadley Creatives Cohort, which will be presenting "Dis/comfort Zones" at Actors Theatre on June 8. Hear them talk all about it with Keith Waits Thursday morning at 10am on LVA's Artebella On The Radio. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM, or stream on Artxfm.com.

The Community Foundation of Louisville presents the 2019 class of Hadley Creatives’ culminating project with a show on Saturday, June 8th, 2019 from 6-9 pm at Actors Theatre of Louisville. The 2019 Hadley Creatives class will present Dis/Comfort Zones: a journey into the sensations and politics of being, on Saturday, June 8th, 2019.

Tatiana Rathke is a visual artist and photographer who creates dream-like, colorful portraits and digital collages. Her work explores the beauty and drama of human beings and the natural world. 

Keith McGill is a free-lance theatre teacher and workshop facilitator, an actor, and a stand-up comedianHe has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Louisville.

The other members of the 2019 Hadley Creatives are Theresa Bautista, Andrew Cenci, William M.Duffy, Morgan Ecklund, Erica De La O, Eli Keel, Adrienne Miller, Irene Mudd, Brandon Ragland, Gibbs Rounsavall, Erica Cody-Rucker, Sanjay Saverimuttu, & Richard Sullivan.

Friday Link Roundup: July 28, 2017

Miranda Lash at the Speed discusses Art and Resistance

Booker Autism Foundation of Learning invites you to a showcase and fundraiser

In Lexington, the Fourth Friday opening of "Castlewood Downs" sculptural exhibition will be held on July 28th from 6-9 pm in Castlewood Park. "Still They Persist" will also open this same weekend inside of the Loudoun House galleries.

THURSDAY is our Studio 2000 exhibition and sale at Actors Theatre!