Thursday Link Roundup: May 14

Valerie Goodwin at Carnegie Center for Art & History

NEW: 2021 Form, Not Function: Quilt Art at the Carnegie Center for Art & History opens Friday and runs through July 17.

NEW: The University of Louisville/Hite Institute MFA Exhibition is open at the Cressman Center for Visual Art.

NEW: About Convergence, recent works by Heather Jones is now open at Moremen Gallery.

NEW: Revelry Gallery is debuting the first solo exhibition of local painter and muralist, WASP. Their new body of work, One Thing is Certain.

NEW: PYRO Gallery’s new exhibition, RECONFIGURATION, features work by Bette Levy and Kathleen Loomis. They will be offering a Zoom Artist’s Talk on May 18 and you can hear an interview on LVA’s Artebella On The Radio with both artists.

NEW: Tim Faulkner Gallery is showing new work from painter Alex Trainor.

NEW: REFLECT, REFRAME, REMAKE, REMODEL 40 Years of Recrafting KMAC is up through August 1.

NEW: Paul’s Pandemic Purchases: New Acquisitions from the Collection of Paul Paletti, is open now at The Paul Paletti Gallery.

NEW: Rainbows and Moons Over Prospect Park, Brooklyn, new work from Emily Church, has opened at Galerie Hertz.

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.

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

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

Katherine Watts at Cressman Center for Visual Arts

NEW: Commonwealth Theatre Center opens its annual Young American Shakespeare Festival for outdoor performances May 6 - 16.

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

FRIDAY: Late for Dinner with the Norman Minogue Goodtime Hootenanny will be on Facebook Live from Art Sanctuary.

SATURDAY: Late for Dinner with Cryptic Hymn and Volcandra for a 2nd live music broadcast from Art Sanctuary.

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: 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: April 1

Shayne Hull at Rockerbuilt

NEW: Wayside Christian Mission opens "Sides of My Mind," an exhibit of pencil, marker, and watercolor paintings by local artist Chad Ashton with a reception Friday.

NEW: Liz Richter will have a Pop-Up Exhibit Saturday at Revelry Boutique & Gallery

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

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

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

NEW: but also full of seeds for a future that could have turned out differently is Megan Bickel’s MFA Thesis Exhibition at the Hite MFA Building in Portland.

NEW: Actors Theatre will release Romeo & Juliet: Louisville 2020 on April 2, a visually captivating interpretation of Shakespeare’s classic narrative, which explores the entrenched divisions that animate contemporary culture—and the tragic costs of intolerance.

NEW: Pandora Productions presents a virtual production of Tru by jay Presson Allen through April 2.

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.

Megan Bickel at Hite MFA Building

FRIDAY: Wayside Christian Mission opens "Sides of My Mind," an exhibit of pencil, marker, and watercolor paintings by local artist Chad Ashton with a reception tonight.

Late for Dinner with Hathor's Fire and Molly's Midnight Villains will be on Facebook Live from Art Sanctuary.

SATURDAY: Liz Richter will have a Pop-Up Exhibit today at Revelry Boutique & Gallery

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.

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

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

Thursday Link Roundup: December 10

Rex Lagerstrom at KORE Gallery

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

NEW: Rex Lagerstrom’s exhibit, Spiritual Autobiography is at KORE Gallery

NEW: Quappi Projects opened The Shands Collection: New Directions, curated by Julien Robson. Listen to an interview with Julien and Quappi director John Brooks on LVA’s Artebella On The Radio.

NEW: Sundays through December, Bourbon Baroque will be presenting Messiah 2020: In Soli - tüde, a unique online exploration of Handel’s Messiah. Listen to an interview about the work with Co-Artistic Director John Austin Clark on LVA’s Artebella On The Radio.

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

NEW: B. Deemer Gallery has “Whirling Dervishes” an exhibit of new paintings by Madison Cawein.

NEW: Hite Institute has opened Open Studio Weekend - A Retrospective Exhibition at The Cressman Center by appointment.

NEW: Dana Oldfather, "There Used to Be a Street" is at Carnegie Center for Art & History.

The Art of the Bluegrass in Danville is hosting Native Reflections: Art by American Indians of Kentucky, a traveling exhibit from the Kentucky Arts Council.

Where Did We Sit On The Bus? is available online from Actors Theatre..

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

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.

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.

The Kids Born Wrong at Art Sanctuary’s Late For Dinner

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 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.

FRIDAY: Late for Dinner with Folk in Glory, The Kids Born Wrong, and Nectar Valley will be on Facebook Live from Art Sanctuary.

SUNDAY: Sundays through December, Bourbon Baroque will be presenting Messiah 2020: In Soli - tüde, a unique online exploration of Handel’s Messiah. Listen to an interview with Co-Artistic Director John Austin Clark on LVA’s Artebella On The Radio.

ONGOING:

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: January 23, 2020

Hite Institute Student Show at Cressman Center

THURSDAY:

The Filson Historical Society hosts a Film Screening of Julius Friedman: Picture This; The Veil.

Bourbon Baroque will perform La Chandeleur w/ special guests A Golden Wire at Maddox & Rose.

Louisville Ballet opens their Choreographer’s Showcase.

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

FRIDAY:

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

Hite Art Institute hosts a Reception for the Annual Student Show at Cressman Center.

QuArtz - A Queer Arts Exhibit opens at LAUNCH Louisville.

Robin G presents - Poets & Painters "Spoken Word and Art Edition" at Kula Gallery.

Cunningham Directed by Alla Kovgan opens at Speed Cinema.

SATURDAY:

Cathy Hillegas at Mary Anderson Center

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

Dirt Gremlins: A Guided Tour with Nina Kersey and Emily Miles is at KMAC.

SUNDAY:

Artist Gallery Talk at Pyro Gallery for the Quartet exhibit.

ONGOING:

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

L Autumn Gnadinger at Quappi Projects.

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

The Quartet show is at Pyro Gallery.

Brenda Wirth and Mary Newton are at Kleinhelter Gallery.

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

Resurgence: A Night of Black Art is at Tim Faulkner Gallery.

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

CHOIR BOY by Tarell Alvin McCraney is at Pandora Productions. Click HERE to listen to an interview with the director and lead cast members of this production on LVA’s Artebella On the Radio.

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.

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

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

Friday Link Roundup; November 1, 2019

Open Studio Weekend

FRIDAY:

Open Studio Weekend Juried Exhibition opens tonight at The Cressman Center.

Laura Ross: A Retrospective Exhibition, with Bill Carner/Photographer opens at Swanson Contemporary tonight.

Tim Crowder "A Little Bit of Nothing Much" First Friday opening at garner narrative.

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

The place to be on the Day of the Dead is at 1619 Flux.

La Vida, la Muerte y el Amor (Life, Death and Love) is at Craft(s) Gallery and Mercantile.

Theatre [502] presents MINE by Laura Marks opens tonight.

SATURDAY & SUNDAY:

Open Studio Weekend is both days 12:00 until 6:00 pm all around the city. Listen below to podcasts of participating artists being interviewed by Keith Waits on LVA’s Artebella On the Radio on WXOX 97.1 FM:

October 31 - Rosalie Rosenthal, Aaron Lubrick, Megan Kociscak

October 24 - Katherine Watts, Erica Lewis, Xuanyi Wang

Xuanyi Wang in Open Studio Weekend.

ONGOING:

The Future is Unwritten is at Revelry Boutique Gallery.

Syncopation: Works by Anne Huntington & Jenny Shircliff is at Pyro Gallery.

Finding Home + Across the Pond Photo Exhibit at Ivy Tech. (Louisville Photo Biennial).

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

Photo Journalism from the Courier Journal -Ali: Beyond the world’s stage at Art Sanctuary (Louisville Photo Biennial).

Yellowstone in Winter and Spring at Kleinhelter Gallery in New Albany (Louisville Photo Biennial).

John Scally, Joel Feldman + is at Tim Faulkner Gallery.

Scott Greenwell at Unique Imaging Concepts ( Louisville Photo Biennial).

Morocco, Many Eyes, One Vision! is at University of Louisville, Rowan Street Gallery. Listen to LVA’s Artebella On The Radio for an interview that includes curator and photographer Rachid Tagoulla. (Louisville Photo Biennial).

Ultimate Things: Madison Cawein at B. Deemer Gallery.

Jacob Heustis “Beasts Will Be Still There” is at Quappi Projects. Listen to an interview with the artist and Quappi director John Brooks on LVA’s Artebella On The Radio.

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

Cultivating Creativity: Photographs by Kevin Rose Schultz at the Kent Mansion Gallery. ( Louisville Photo Biennial).

John Nation & Joe Wolek at Galerie Hertz. ( Louisville Photo Biennial).

Don Stevens/FusionFire Glass Art is at Cook Studio & Gallery.

Connecting Community Through Creativity is at Studioworks.

The Triennial continues at KMAC.

Elements Group Show at Kentucky Fine Art Gallery.

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, October 31, 2019

Open Studio Weekend is HERE! Three of the participating artists will be joining us in the WXOX studio this week: Rosalie Rosenthal (Portland), Aaron Lubrick (Highlands), & Megan Kociscak (South Louisville) will be talking about their work and the OSW experience this Thursday at 10:00am on WXOX 97.1 FM, or you can stream on Artxfm.com.

Rosalie Rosenthal, attended Hite Art Institute, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, and studied History, Smith College, Northampton, MA, she has exhibited at Purdue Polytechnic, New Albany, IN, Huff Gallery, Spalding University, Quappi Projects Louisville, KY, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, NYC4PA, New York, NY, and The Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana, Evansville, IN.

Aaron Lubrick, was born in Baytown, Texas in May of 1982 and raised in Louisville, KY in his formative years. Lubrick found a love for painting and drawing in high school and pursued his art studies at the Columbus College of Art and Design. From there he attended graduate school at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. Shortly after graduating he began teaching and showing art professionally. Lubrick lives in Louisville, Kentucky and teaches at Spalding University. 

Megan Kociscak is an Adjunct Instructor at Ivy Tech Community College and has also taught at the University of Louisville and Pensacola State College. She holds a Graduate Certificate for Womens'​ & Gender Studies in addition to MA and BFA from the University of Louisville and College of Visual Arts.

LVA's Artebella On The Radio: September 26, 2019

The 2019 Photo Biennial is underway! Mia Hanson and Rachid Tagoulla are just two of the local artists exhibiting their work. They visited the Artxfm studios joined by Ash Braunecker of the Portland Museum and Mr. Photo Biennial himself, Paul Paletti of Paul Paletti Gallery. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 or stream at Artxfm.com this and every Thursday at 10am to hear Keith Waits talk with artists on LVA's Artebella On The Radio.

Magic Realism: Imagery by Mia Hanson Oct.26 – Nov. 30, reception Oct. 26 12-4pm

Portland Museum, 2308 Portland Avenue, Louisville, KY 40212

Mia Hanson Studied film theory and photography in San Francisco’s Bay Area before leaving to pursue a photographic mentorship with influential photographer/ videographer Matt Mahurin in NYC in the 90’s.She has lived in Stockholm but returned to the states with her partner, painter Hawk Alfredson to live for several years in the fabled Chelsea Hotel in NYC. While in residence there she, “Created portraits utilizing the light and charged energy of the hotel atmosphere while careful not to disturb or “document “ what is not entirely capable of being captured. The ghosts are best left alone.”

Morocco: Many Eyes, One Vision – Curated by Rachid Tagoulla Oct. 4-26, reception Oct. 5 1-3pm

University of Louisville Rowan Street Gallery, 1606 Rowan Street, Louisville, KY 40203

Rachid Tagoulla is teaching assistant at University of Louisville pursuing his MFA. He attended Ibn Zohr University - Agadir, Morocco, where he was born. He studied Leadership Skills for Teachers- Pilgrims' course at University of Kent. His exhibit at U of L/Hite combines images from University of Louisville students and Moroccan photographers from time spent together in Agadir, Morocco in Spring 2019.

Ash Braunecker is from Tell City, Indiana. She who earned her BFA from Syracuse University with a concentration in public and landscape art (sculpture major; metalsmithing and jewelry minor) and University of Louisville…and has worked at Portland Museum for a few years, where she was just named Co-Director with Danny Seim.

Paul Paletti is a Louisville, KY native. He attended Middlebury College for 3 years before transferring to the University of New Mexico where he studied with Beaumont Newhall, Van Deren Coke, and Ray Metzker and received a BFA in photography. Paletti earned a MA in photography at Central Washington University in 1975 and his JD at the University of Louisville in 1987. He has been a partner in the law firm of Sturm, Paletti, and Wilson since 1994.

The eleventh Louisville Photo Biennial takes place September 20, 2019 through November 10, 2019 throughout Louisville Metro and its surrounding communities. Our photography exhibitions – spanning traditional to contemporary, local to global – are mounted at museums, galleries, universities, and cultural institutions. The Biennial also presents accompanying workshops, public lectures and panel discussions to stimulate learning and reinforce visual literacy. Since photography is the most widespread art form, our goal is to educate via meaningful dialogue to help bridge understanding in our diverse world through this dynamic medium.