Thursday Link Roundup: October 22, 2020

Denise Furnish at Moremen Gallery

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

NEW: Sculptor John McCarthy's show of new ceramics, Exploring Organic Form opens this Friday at Pyro Gallery!

NEW: Moremen Gallery opens New Paintings 2020… by Denise Furnish.

NEW: The group exhibit How are you doing is now open at garner narrative and runs through the presidential inauguration in 2021.

NEW : We All Declare for Liberty: 2020 and the Future of American Citizenship is at Quappi Projects. Listen to an interview with some of the artists in LVA’s Artebella On The Radio.

NEW: Kentucky Shakespeare has opened a live, drive-in production of Macbeth through October 31. Listen to an interview on  LVA’s Artebella On The Radio with the actors Brian Hinds & Jennifer Pennington who play Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.

Ballot Box: an LVA exhibit for Metro Hall curated by Skylar Smith has now relocated to 21c Museum & Hotel! It is also has a website and MetroTV video. Listen to an interview with the curator, three of the participating artists, and Rep. Attica Scott on LVA’s Artebella On The Radio.

There is also an interview with BallotBox artist J. Robert Southard.

Abstract paintings by Cincinnati artist M.P. Wiggins at B. Deemer Gallery.

Actors Theatre has opened COVID-Classics: One-Act Plays for the Age of Quarantine.

Moremen Gallery is open with New Work by Megan Lightell.

Erik Orr has a new show at Revelry Gallery: Together Op Art

Art in the Time of COVID-19, curated by Bailey O'Leary is an online exhibit from Portland Museum featuring Jeribai Andrew-Jaja, Rachel Singel, & Erica Lewis. Listen to an interview with artists and curator on LVA’s Artebella On The Radio.

2020 Form, Not Function: Quilt Art at the Carnegie Center for Art & History in New Albany is now open to the public.

Galerie Hertz has reopened with New Work by Tom Pfannerstill, Emily Church & Ray Kleinhelter.

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 for Metro Hall curated by Skylar Smith has now relocated to 21c Museum & Hotel! It is also has a website and MetroTV video

Kentucky to the World presents a video of their March program, Cultivating Strong Female Relationships in the Culinary Industry

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

While the Speed Cinema 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.

John McCarthy at Pyro Gallery

TUESDAY: Galerie Hertz has reopened with New Work by Tom Pfannerstill, Emily Church & Ray Kleinhelter.

TUESDAY - THURSDAY:

WEDNESDAY: Kentucky Shakespeare has opened a live, drive-in production of Macbeth!

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

FRIDAY: Sculptor John McCarthy's show of new ceramics, Exploring Organic Form opens at Pyro Gallery!

Late for Dinner with Blind Feline and Zu Zu Ya Ya is online from Art Sanctuary.

SATURDAY: Moremen Gallery opens New Paintings 2020… by Denise Furnish.

ONGOING:

The Speed Museum has Andy Warhol: Revelation, through November 29, 2020.

Speed Cinema offers Free Films Addressing Systemic Racism.

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.

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

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: December 5, 2019

Often Seen, Rarely Spoken at The Carnegie Center for Art & History

THURSDAY:

Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition at IU Southeast opens tonight.

Louisville Krampus Art Bazaar! at Art Sanctuary all weekend.

Handel's Messiah from the Louisville Orchestra.

FRIDAY:

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

Swanson Contemporary Gallery is having an Inventory Clearance Sale before closing at year’s end.

The Winter Show - Opening Reception is at Craft(s) Gallery.

Composing Form opens at The Tim Faulkner Gallery.

Studio Artists Opening Reception/Holiday Party at Art Sanctuary.

Louisville Photographic Society Group Show - Opening Reception at Unique Imaging Concepts.

There is a Mid-Show Reception for the Small Works Show at Kleinhelter Gallery in New Albany.

Off The Wall is a members show opening at PYRO Gallery.

Holiday Memories by Truman Capote opens at Bunbury Theatre. Click here to listen to the the LVA’s Artebella On The Radio broadcast abut this exhibit.

SATURDAY:

Extreme Prints: Printmaking on the Edge opens at KORE Gallery. Click HERE to listen to the LVA’s Artebella On The Radio interview about this exhibit.

Daydreams opens at Studioworks.

ONGOING:

Detail of a drawing from “After the Storm” at Bellarmine University.

BFA Fall 2019 Thesis Exhibition is at U of L’s Schneider Hall.

Seasons Greetings at Kentucky Fine Art Gallery

 BRAD DEVLIN “CITYSCAPES” is at Galerie Hertz.

Megan Bickel "We Are Inside the Fire" is at Quappi Projects.

Jennifer Palmer opens After The Storm at Bellarmine University.

Small Works Show at Kleinhelter Gallery in New Albany.

Mark Albain and Andrew Cenci at O Art.

Release: New Work by Michelle Meredith is at Mellwood.

Open Studio Weekend Juried Exhibition continues at The Cressman Center.

Tim Crowder "A Little Bit of Nothing Much" just opened at garner narrative.

“INSCAPES” by Madison Cawein and Matt Gatton at Moremen Gallery.

Street Studies: Photographs by Guy Dove & Elizabeth Reilly is at Surface Noise.

Taradiddle continues at the Paul Paletti Gallery. (Louisville Photo Biennial).

Breaking the Mold: Sculptor Enid Yandell’s Early Life, 1869-1900 is at The Filson.

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

LVA's Artebella On The Radio August 15, 2019

Remy Sisk from Acting Against Cancer and Jordan Clark from CirqueLouis will be with us to talk about the upcoming collaborative production of PIPPIN that opens at Art Sanctuary on August 23, and cast member Myranda Thomas will be singing a song (or two). Keith McGill will also be joining us at the end to talk about the Midwest Queer Comedy Festival happening in Louisville.Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM, or stream on Artxfm.com Thursday at 10am to listen to this power-packed episode!

Remy Sisk is a Louisville native and has been active in the local theatre community for the last six years. He currently serves as executive director for Acting Against Cancer, and favorite previous credits with AAC, CenterStage, Pandora Productions, Theatre [502] and The Liminal Playhouse. In addition to regularly directing AAC’s annual production of The Rocky Horror Show, he recently directed AAC’s productions of [title of show] and The Last Five Years and choreographed Mamma Mia!. Remy holds a B.A. in English from Indiana University and, when not directing or performing, works in community relations at Churchill Downs Incorporated.

Jordan Clark, born in Louisville, Kentucky. He has been performing with CirqueLouis for several years and has directed their recent productions Gravity’s Varieties and Happy Birthday!  After training on his own in high school, Jordan began his formal circus training in 2006 at the National Circus School of Montreal’s summer program. He was later accepted into the school’s prestigious college program where he completed his training in 2012. Jordan has performed his hand-balancing act in over 20 counties as well as at sea.

Myranda Thomas (Leading Player): Myranda is a recent graduate from the University of Kentucky, where she earned two degrees in theatre and elementary education. She currently works at StageOne Family Theatre as an education associate as well as at Acting Against Cancer as a teaching artist for their after school children’s program. Her favorite roles include Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey), Sense and Sensibility (Elinor Dashwood) and Alice in Wonderland (Caterpillar/White Queen).  

PIPPIN
Directed by Remy Sisk, Circus Director: Jordan Clark
Music Director: Jessica Bullock & John Austin Clark
Choreographer: Zachary Boone & Paul McElroy

PIPPIN is presented by Acting Against Cancer in collaboration with CirqueLouis and is an unprecedented partnership in the Louisville area. Art Sanctuary, 1433 S. Shelby St., Louisville.      August 23 - 31

Keith McGill is a free-lance theatre teacher and workshop facilitator, an actor, and a stand-up comedian. He has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Louisville and was a member of the 2019 Hadley Creatives Cohort.

Founded in 2017, the Midwest Queer Comedy Festival is dedicated  to highlighting diverse talent, and showcasing that talent to Midwestern comedy fans. A secondary mission of the festival is to bring about awareness of a deserving local charity.

The Festival will be held Aug 21-25 in multiple venues around Louisville, KY: Comedy Caravan, The Bard’s Town, Kaiju, Aloft Louisville, and PLAY

LVA's Artebella On The Radio June 13, 2019

Rita M. Cameron's work appears on the June issue of Louisville magazine. She joined Keith Waits this week for LVA's Artebella On The Radio. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/or stream on ARTXFM.com Thursday at 10am.

Rita M. Cameron was born in Louisville KY. She was educated at MSU in Morehead KY (started out as printmaker then turned to painting). From 1994-1998 she maintained a studio on Billy Goat Strut Alley- an old warehouse with no plumbing or heat since 2013 she has worked out of her studio space at Art Sanctuary.

Friday Link Roundup: February 8, 2019

Andy Perez, from Imagined Monuments: An LVA Exhibit For Metro Hall

“Living Monument, Angela Hollingsworth” by Sandra Charles

TONIGHT:

Non-Arrivals: o Art Opening Reception is at Natalie O Design Co.

Date Night at PAC: Black Light Art with Andrew Preston! starts at 6pm at Preston Art Center.

The 7th annual Cuteopia! is happening at Revelry Boutique and Gallery.

Art Sanctuary presents "Vizard of Voz" with Va Va Vixens! opens tonight.

The Roast of Netflix & Chill is the latest from Character Assassination at The Bard’s Town.

The Green Book Presented By Bunbury Theatre and ShPIeL opens tonight at the Henry Clay Theatre.

SATURDAY:

B Deemer Gallery hosts a reception for Yutori - New works by Teri Dryden

WXOX Voix De VIlle 2019 is the 3rd Anniversary Fundraiser for WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com.

MONDAY:

LVA’s exhibit for Metro Hall Imagined Monuments Exhibit Artist's Reception happens at 6pm. (see above image)

ONGOING:

Shadowland-Opening Reception an exhibition of stratographs and etchings by Anna Marie Pavlik, at Craft(s) Gallery & Mercantile.

Years of Chaos- Issues That Are Destroying Us has opened at Kore Gallery, now relocated to the Hope Mills Building.

WHERE WE ARE NOW - COMPOSITIONS by JODY JOHNSON  with GUEST ARTISTS: VIRGINIA SPEED and RITA CAMERON is at Pyro Gallery.

Currents:: Contemporary Artists Along the Banks of the Ohio is up at Swanson Contemporary.

Angie Reed Garner "shantyboating" is at garner narrative.

Industrial Wastelands Solo Exhibition from Dean Thomas at Tim Faulkner Gallery.

Friday Link Roundup: January 18, 2019

TONIGHT:

Angie Reed Garner "shantyboating" opening reception is tonight, 6-9pm

SATURDAY:

Grand Opening! for Actors Center for Training and Dancers Center for Training

BJÖRK BALL is happening tonight, beginning at 7:30pm and will end…

ONGOING:

Next door to garner narrative, Currents:: Contemporary Artists Along the Banks of the Ohio is up at Swanson Contemporary.

Current: an exhibition of the Southern Crossings Pottery Festival at Craft(s) Gallery & Mercantile.

Industrial Wastelands Solo Exhibition from Dean Thomas at Tim Faulkner Gallery.

The Carnegie Center for Art and History presents Biophilia Life; or, My Best Friend Has Four Legs and a Tail.

Elsa Hansen Oldham "Muses" is at KMAC through January 27, 2019.

Friday Link Roundup: October 26, 2018

David Schuster at The Brown Hotel Gallery

TONIGHT:

Kentucky Cup: A tradition of excellence in Art is a group exhibit opening at The Brown Hotel Gallery.

Art Sanctuary is hosting a musical performance as a part of the closing reception for The Ear Sees, The Eye Hears.

Eve Theatre opens Anne Washburn’s 10 Out of 12 at the Kentucky Center.

The Liminal Playhouse opens The Effect by Lucy Prebble this weekend.

WEEKEND:

Saturday brings a Closing Performance & Reception for Waller Austin's negligence at The Tim Faulkner Gallery

Kathleen Loomis Day by Day by Day: adventures in regular art has a reception Sunday at Pyro Gallery.

ONGOING:

IU Southeast just opened a Faculty Exhibition at The Ogle Center.

Tiffany Calvert: Semper Augustus is at Moreman Gallery.

Elsa Hansen Oldham "Muses" is at KMAC through January 27, 2019.

Monster Mash - A Graveyard Smash by Harrison Fogle is at Revelry Boutique & Gallery.
This and That, It’s All Abstract: new work by Karen Terhune is at Kore Gallery in the Mellwood Art Center.
Susan Toliver: Menagerie is open at Craft{s} Mercantile and Gallery
When Elements Collide, new work from Casey McKinney, at The Pigment Gallery at Mellwood Arts & Entertainment Center.
Aleksandra Stone has a new solo exhibit, Fruits of Labor, at garner narrative.
Pyro Gallery, #MeToo "From Silent to Resilient" Paintings by Debra Lott - guests, Meg White, Sculpture and Rachel Gibbs, Painting.
Jibade-Khalil Huffman Poems For Every Occasion is currently on exhibit at KMAC. 
               

Friday Link Roundup: October 5, 2018

“Smile, Baby Doll” by Aleksandra Stone

TONIGHT:

Aleksandra Stone opens a new solo exhibit, Fruits of Labor, at garner narrative.

When Elements Collide, new work from Casey McKinney, opens in The Pigment Gallery at Mellwood Arts & Entertainment Center.

Art Sanctuary presents The Ear Sees, The Eye Hears: Visual art and music by musicians and visual artists.

Speed Cinema begins showings of Dennis Hopper’s The Last Movie.

SATURDAY:

Revelry Boutique & gallery hosts Beer & Bonsai.

THIS WEEK:

Tuesday night the Jack O’ Lantern Spectacular opens at Iroquois Park.

ONGOING:

Louisville Artists: Carry On, an exhibit curated by John Begley, is on view at Louisville Visual Art.
Revelry Boutique Gallery is showing new work by Kathleen Lolley.
Pyro Gallery, #MeToo "From Silent to Resilient" Paintings by Debra Lott - guests, Meg White, Sculpture and Rachel Gibbs, Painting.
Shared Vision-Gayle Cerlan and Jacque Parsley at Craft(s) Gallery & Mercantile
Frac/tured An abstract introspection by Meredith Harber is at McGrath Art Gallery, Bellarmine University.
Jibade-Khalil Huffman Poems For Every Occasion is currently on exhibit at KMAC. 
Watching the Sky, Waiting for Signs: New Work by Emily Church is at Galerie Hertz.                .

LVA's Artebella On The Radio 9.27.18

Sabra Crockett spent the hour with us talking about the new exhibit at Art Sanctuary, The Ears See and The Eyes Hear, local music, and the intersection of art and well-being. Tune in Thursday at 10am to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com for LVA's Artebella On the Radio with Keith Waits.

Friday Link Roundup: April 6, 2018

FRIDAY:
Hyland Glass premieres new paintings by Megan Bickel
Tim Faulkner Gallery features OSRS
Art Sanctuary shares "An Ostentatious Display of Thaumaturgy"
Swanson Contemporary unveils David Iacovazzi-Pau's new paintings
Garner Narrative displays "Unnatural Affections"
First Light Gallery reopens
Block Party celebrates 5 years downtown with Liesl Long

SATURDAY:
Speed Art Museum opens "Breaking the Mold"
Revelry sees "Divine Shadows"
Consider Boutique has a "Kentucky Perspective"

TUESDAY:
Louisville Grows hosts "Woke Women"

THURSDAY:
Copper & Kings examines "French Paper"

ONGOING:
Moremen Moloney welcomes Carlos Gamez de Francisco
Michael James Moran opens at Quappi Projects
StudioWorks by Zoom Group is "Stronger Together"
Sheherazade shows off Yoko Molotov
Wendi Smith's "Ritual Collections" is at Garner Narrative
Bob Lockhart and Kayla Bischoff join forces at PYRO
"Dress Up, Speak Up" at 21C

Friday Link Roundup: March 9, 2018

FRIDAY:
Moremen Moloney welcomes Carlos Gamez de Francisco
Michael James Moran opens at Quappi Projects
StudioWorks by Zoom Group is "Stronger Together"

SATURDAY:
Revelry Boutique Gallery highlights "Kentucky Wildlands"
Sheherazade shows off Yoko Molotov
"The Dark Market" lights up Art Sanctuary

SUNDAY:
Visit Hope Mills for an "Open Studio Celebration"

MONDAY:
Tara McPherson pops up at The Limbo

Friday Link Roundup: March 2, 2018

WEEKEND:
It's the first Southern Crossings Pottery Festival at Copper & Kings
including the Saturday evening "Empty Bowls Fundraiser" at Play

FRIDAY:
"Personal Is Still Political" at Huff Gallery
Wendi Smith's "Ritual Collections" opens at Garner Narrative
Be "In the Moment" at Art Sanctuary
See "New Monuments" at the Cressman Center

LVA's Artebella On The Radio 2.1.18

Sandra Charles is a 2017 Hadley Creative, and is currently a part of the "Strength In Three" exhibit at Art Sanctuary through February 28. We talked about all of that and more in the studio Thursday morning. Ehren Reed from LVA also stopped by to give us the 411 on Summer Camps! Tune in to LVA's Artebella On The Radio each Thursday at 10:00am on WXOX 97.1 FM / A R T x F M.com.
 

Friday Link Roundup: July 7, 2017

FRIDAY:
Ashley Brossart unveils "City Walks" at Craft Gallery & Mercantile
Prince is praised daily at Revelry Boutique Gallery
Tiffany Ackerman Westmoreland premieres "Added Value" at Art Sanctuary

SATURDAY:
Ultra Pop celebrates 10 years with a group show

SUNDAY:
Sonic Bernheim returns with an evening of nature sound art