Thursday Link Roundup: May 27

Jon Cherry at The Speed and The Portland Museum.

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James Russel May at Art Sanctuary

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 The Pessoptimist -Al-mutasha’il an exhibit of photographs by Amira Karoud.

Rockerbuilt, at 1512 Portland Avenue, hosts new work from Shayne Hull. Listen HERE to an interview with the artist on LVA’s Artebella On The Radio.

FRIDAY: Late for Dinner with Mommy's Cigarettes and General Studies will be on Facebook Live from Art Sanctuary.

SATURDAY: James Russell May: Post-Coma/Post-Covid exhibit opens tonight at 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

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.