Thursday LInk Roundup: December 12, 2019

Child with Cellphone. Eastern, Floyd County Kentucky 2018. Brittany Greeson

FRIDAY:

At Noon Bob Hower & Ted Wathen are giving a Gallery Talk for “Looking At Kentucky Anew…” the KY Documentary Photographic Project Exhibit in Metro Hall.

Ed Hamilton, Kelly Toon, and the Juggernaut Jug Band are part of After Hours at the Speed.

SATURDAY:

Public events for the Opening Weekend of Picasso: From Antibes to Louisville begin today at KMAC.

Pablo Picasso, Buste de faune 6e Septembre 1946, at KMAC

SUNDAY:

Folk School Student Showcase at 21c with Daniel Martin Moore

ONGOING:

Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition at IU Southeast.

Often Seen Rarely Spoken Presents…Marks on Society is 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 is at Craft(s) Gallery.

Composing Form is at The Tim Faulkner Gallery.

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

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

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

Daydreams opens at Studioworks.

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 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" 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: April 11, 2019

Vian Sora & John Brooks were the guests on this week's show. Both are included in LVA's exhibit at Metro Hall, "Imagined Monuments" and very busy exhibiting elsewhere in Louisville. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM, or stream on Artxfm.com every Thursday at 10am to hear Keith Waits talk with artists.

Imagined Monuments: A Louisville Visual Art exhibit for Metro Hall thru July 12, 2019

Born and raised in Baghdad, Iraq in 1976, Vian Sora a self-taught painter that began painting as a child. Her first first solo exhibition was at In’aa Gallery, Baghdad in 2001. Since then, she has exhibited internationally. “Raised under the Ba’ath Party and subject to its mandates and masochism, I breathed in the studio when life outside had been suffocated. I am expressive, constantly experimenting with color and techniques, influenced by the intensity of my home country, a student of the civilizations lost - Mesopotamia, Assyria, Babylon and ancient Kurdish tribes; home.”

Unbounded Domains by Vian Sora is on view at Moremen Gallery in Louisville through May 25, 2019

A native of Kentucky, John Brooks studied Political Science and English literature at the College of Charleston, in South Carolina, and art at Central St. Martins and the Hampstead School of Art in London, England. His work is held in private collections in the United States, Great Britain, Australia, Germany, and India. He now lives and works in Louisville and is the director of Quappi Projects. 2019 Non-Arrivals, O Art, Louisville, Kentucky.

John Brooks will have a solo show at Moremen Gallery in July 2019.

LVA's Artebella On The Radio 5.24.18

Mixed Media Artist Ashley Cathey and Photographer Zed Saeed were my guests this week. They are part of Looking Up: Heroes For Today – An LVA Exhibit at Metro Hall. Join us by tuning into WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10am.

Ashley Cathey is a Louisville native whose paintings have brought her to prominence in a fairly short time after moving back to Louisville from Chicago. When she returned, she quickly found her footing and exhibited work in a group show at the Louisville Community Center, one of the Metro Parks community centers overseen by Portia White. From there, Cathey caught the attention of ArtsReach’s Julia Youngblood, who commissioned Cathey to create a series of portraits, which ArtsReach used for posters for their annual Keepers of the Dream celebration at the Kentucky Center for the Arts.

Zed Saeed is an art and documentary photographer currently working with recent refugees and immigrants that have settled in Kentucky. In Louisville, he connects with these individuals mostly through the Catholic Charities-Migration and Refugee Services. Saeed believes strongly in the power of photography to create connections and to alter perceptions about people, places and things.

Looking Up: Heroes For Today – An LVA Exhibit at Metro Hall, May 14, 2018 – January 11, 2019

Looking Up: Heroes for Today at Metro Hall

Brianna Harlan

Ashley Cathey

Zed Saeed

"Looking Up: Heroes for Today" is the title of the new art show LVA coordinated at Louisville Metro Hall. Artists Brianna Harlan, Ashley Cathey and Zed Saeed are all on display, and anyone visiting Metro Hall can ask to see their pieces through January 11, 2019.

Zed Saeed is an art and documentary photographer currently working with recent refugees and immigrants that have settled in Kentucky. In Louisville, he connects with these individuals mostly through the Catholic Charities-Migration and Refugee Services. Saeed believes strongly in the power of photography to create connections and to alter perceptions about people, places and things.

Ashley Cathey is a painter whose creative journey began with performing arts before she was eventually encouraged to develop her visual art talents, which, up until then had been purely for her own personal edification, by exhibiting in Chicago before returning to her native Louisville. She came to prominence when ArtsReach commissioned Cathey to create a series of portraits for their annual Keepers of the Dream celebration at the Kentucky Center for the Arts. In 2016 her work was featured on the cover of LEO Weekly as part of an extensive story on artists of color in Louisville.

Brianna Harlan describes herself as, “a mixed media artist that creates Radically Vulnerable art to invite transformative dialogue. Themes of her work include identity, social/cultural dynamics, intimacy, oppression, and self-suppression. Brianna works primarily with participants, inviting them to share and unpack sensitive topics through questions and actions. The discoveries that come from these mindful investigations shape the concept and inform the work's medium. She creates with people, not just about them, and views the process and resulting work as a tool for a moving experience and constructive conversation.

Mayor Fischer announces steps to explore Louisville’s history and values through public art and monuments

"Colonel William Oldham" by sculptor Matt Weir. Photo by Keith Waits.

"In an effort to ensure Louisville’s public art and monuments not only tell our history but also showcase our community values, Mayor Greg Fischer today announced steps to establish principles for such works, while creating additional opportunities for artists to explore issues of race, discrimination, xenophobia and values."

Read more, including about LVA's role in this process, here now.

Althea Jackson: A Tribute from LVA

To look at her, you would not believe she is ready to retire - yet on August 31, Althea Jackson will spend her last day on the job at Louisville Metro Hall.

For 27 years, she has worked for Metro Government, mostly in the Mayor’s Office. Her duties over that enviable length of service were far-ranging, but her experience as the key arts & culture contact for three mayors was the foundation of her outstanding reputation and where her legacy will rest. During the current administration, she helped bring exhibits into Metro Hall representing Louisville Visual Art, the University of Louisville, the Frazier Museum and the Speed Museum. In addition, Althea hosted "Metro Matters," a weekly radio show on 1350 WLOU and 104.7 FM that was an essential vehicle for outreach in the community.

Althea served on the board of directors for Louisville Visual Art for several years, and all at LVA are sad to see her go ... but excited at what adventures lie ahead. LVA congratulates her on such distinguished service to our community!