Juried Exhibition Opening Reception and OSW Launch Party

November 1, 2019
6:00pm–8:00pm
The Cressman Center (100 E. Main St.)

 The annual OPEN STUDIO WEEKEND is a landmark event when artists across the Louisville Metro open their work spaces to the public. It’s a prime opportunity for fans, collectors, fellow artists, or those just curious about Louisville’s bustling scene to get behind-the-scenes views of creative processes, learn about new artists in the area, and take advantage of studio sales where available. For participating artists, it’s a wonderful way to connect with new audiences, inspire young visitors, and share deeper significance of how and why they make what they make. Louisville Visual Art and the University of Louisville Hite Art Institute partner to develop the roster of artists and create a comprehensive Directory that maps the studio locations and provides information on all participants. The Directory serves as a ticket to OPEN STUDIO WEEKEND, and is prized in the community as an invaluable guide to Louisville’s art scene. Participating artists are eligible to submit work to a juried exhibition that kicks off OPEN STUDIO WEEKEND at the UofL’s Cressman Center downtown.

Open Studio Weekend Self-guided Tours

November 2–3, 2019
Saturday and Sunday 12 noon–6pm
 

FREE Open Studio Weekend LouVelo Bike Tour

November 2, 2019
Saturday 12 noon @ Hyland Glass (721 E Washington St)

The 5th Annual PAHF Juried Exhibition is a juried exhibition and will be on view at the Marine Hospital in Portland,  Saturday, September 29, 2018 from 11am–5pm. The exhibition is part of the Portland Art & Heritage Fair and a production of Portland, Now!

Disappear into a historic neighborhood nearly erased by the floods of time….
Where things aren’t always what they seem!

Saturday, September 29th
11am to 5pm   -  rain or shine

Forget about Bermuda, have you witnessed the Portland Triangle?! Formed by three of our most historic buildings – The US Marine Hospital, The Portland Museum and The Dolfinger School – our triangle hasn’t been prominently featured in any sappy 80s Beach Boys hits, probably only because “Portland” doesn’t rhyme with “come on pretty mama”.

Enough talk about tropical contact highs, it’s time to announce the Fifth Annual Portland Art & Heritage Fair (PAHF)! Set your calendars for Saturday, September 29th as we once again invite you to come celebrate the creativity and the history of our neighborhood with us.

We’ll be announcing details that you’ll wanna catch a glimpse of, as the date approaches. Rest assured PAHF 2018 will put a dreamy look in the eye of your entire family! For now, check out our mysterious new poster and start planning where you want to go (to get away from it all) in a couple months!

Lenihan Sotheby’s International Realty presents an exhibition of new work by Douglas Miller and Karen Weeks. Presented by: First Financial Bank. In affiliation with Louisville Visual Art.

Douglas Miller is a professional artist whose drawings have been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the US. Additionally, Douglas does freelance illustrations as well as private and corporate commissions. Recently, he received the prestigious Al Smith Fellowship for Visual Arts from the Kentucky Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. His artwork is in the collection of the Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, the University of Louisville, the Speed School of Engineering, and numerous private collections throughout the world. His work has appeared in Fine Art Connoisseur, American Artist: Drawing magazines, Manifest Gallery Drawing Annuals and has been featured on NPR First Watch. In 2018, Douglas received his MFA from the University of Louisville.

Karen Weeks is primarily a printmaker, utilizing the letterpress printing machine to generate her imagery. Her focus on pattern and repetition is reflected in her use of this outmoded technology built for creating multiples of the same image. Creating exact replicas, though, is not her aim; instead through exploring the variations within limitations, she finds a more compelling goal. After generating these images and color fields, she later collages them into unique pieces of artwork. Karen finds inspiration from nature and enjoys meditating on the repetitious systems of nature from which all patterns evolve; evoking in her imagery the cross section of technology and the natural world.

Bill Daniel book release show: "Tri-X-Noise"
One evening only: Wednesday, June 6, 6-9 PM
Louisville Visual Art
1538 Lytle St., 40203
http://www.billdaniel.net/touring/

Bill Daniel is back on the road with a pop-up photo show comprised of 30 years of 35mm photographs beginning with the early '80s punk scene in Texas. Daniel has continued to document various subcultures using the same camera, lens, flash and Kodak Tri-X film for over 30 years. This exhibit, all non-digital darkroom prints, charts a path starting with punk shows in Texas and crawls through the '90s graffiti scene in San Francisco, freight-hopping scenarios, art openings in Los Angeles, house shows in Louisiana, generator shows on the Monongahela River, etc., all seen through Daniel's unique spelunker flash-lit vision.

Bill Daniel was a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts and is an American experimental documentary film artist, photographer, film editor, and cinematographer. He is also an installation artist, curator and former zine publisher. His full-length film, "Who is Bozo Texino?," about the tradition of hobo and railworker boxcar graffiti, was completed in 2005 and has screened extensively throughout the United States and Europe.
 

Join us for hors d’oeuvres, music, cocktails, and new artwork from Louisville artist, Patrick Donley. Patrick Donley is a longtime member of the Louisville art community who has made his reputation with his colorful, collage-based abstract paintings, compositions composed of spherical objects applied with an insistent mark-making technique. His new work explores the global connection with the game of baseball with flags serving as the visual starting point. 

"This series began as an excuse to use the imagery of America’s Game in my art. For years, I have been fascinated by the gritty, rugged, glorious, and often tarnished visual lexicon of baseball, a game full of heroes, heroines, legends, myths, successes and failures. It fascinates me that although Soccer is the 'World’s' game, Baseball has 'the World Series', and now, for me, that phrase finally makes a little more sense."

Portland Art & Heritage Fair Exhibition at LVA Gallery: METAMORPHOSIS

METAMORPHOSIS is a juried exhibition and will be on view at LVA in Portland, 1538 Lytle Ave 10am-6pm, Saturday, October 8, 2016. The exhibition competition is part of the Portland Art & Heritage Fair and a production of Portland, Now! 

metamorphosis [met-uh-mawr-fuh-seez]: a profound change in form from one stage to the next in the life history of an organism. a complete change of form, structure, or substance, as transformation. any complete change in appearance, character, circumstances, etc. a form resulting from any such change.

PORTLAND ART & HERITAGE FAIR
Saturday, October 8, 2016
10 am to 6 pm
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
More information on the Portland Art & Heritage Fair

Participating Artists:

Aron Conaway
Andy Perez
Ashley Williams
John Davis
Charlotte Pollock
SaraBeth Post
Jamie Green
Margaret Frozena
Kenneth Hayden
Barry Motes
Nancy Smith
Patrick Sheehan
Rachael Parrill
Jessica Oberdick
Adrian Rowan
Debra Lott
Braylyn Stewart
Ewa Perz
Devan Horton
Dorothy Kavka
Kayla Bischoff

Join us for hors d’oeuvres, music, cocktails, and recent artwork from Louisville artist, Britany Baker.

“I strive to make art that encourages introspection, contemplation, and pareidolia, that is fractal and meditative the way nature is. I want to make art that changes and grows with you — something you can live with for the rest of your life. I want you to see something new in it each time you sit with it — a Rorschach test that reflects the viewer in whatever state they’re in. I want you to remember it when you’re away from it, and realize you missed it when you see it again. I want you to stop, and say to yourself, ‘Wait! What am I seeing here?’ and then catch yourself getting lost in it, thereby easing yourself into a different frame of mind.”

Learn more about Britany Baker and her work at britanybaker.com.

Presented by: Limestone Title & Escrow, LLC and Lenihan Sotheby's

In affiliation with: Louisville Visual Art

The Studio 2000 exhibition and sale is your chance to see artwork from 18 up-and-coming local high school artists while supporting an amazing program!

• Sale Preview: 5:00-5:30PM
• Sale 5:30-7:00PM

An ongoing partnership between Louisville Metro Parks and LVA now in its 2nd year, Studio2000 pairs high school students who aspire to be visual artists with professional artists to work in clay, fiber & mixed media. Each participant receives a $500 stipend at the end of the eight-week session. The program culminates with a public exhibition and sale on August 4th at the Kentucky Center. Proceeds from this sale are recycled through Studio 2000 to support future programming.

June 12th - Elementary School CFAC Opening Reception

June 12th - June 22nd - Elementary School Exhibition 

Bellarmine University's McGrath Gallery, Wyatt Center for The Arts

(Enter campus from the Norris Street Entrance) 2001 Newburg Road, 40205

Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday from 11:00am - 6:00pm, Saturday from noon-4:00pm

May 29th - Middle School CFAC Opening Reception

May 29th - June 8th - Middle School Exhibition 

Bellarmine University's McGrath Gallery, Wyatt Center for The Arts

(Enter campus from the Norris Street Entrance) 2001 Newburg Road, 40205

Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday from 11:00am - 6:00pm, Saturday from noon-4:00pm

iii Spring Meet is a live art competition where individual artists have two hours to spontaneously construct a work of art using only ten mystery items!  Each participating artist will choose one of ten the mystery items used in the competition— keeping the item secret until the competition begins.  Winners are chosen strictly based on audience voting, and will receive $1,000 in cash prizes.

This year's Instant Installation Invitational will include a group exhibition featuring artwork from each of the participants. A select artwork from each artist will be raffled off after the culmination of the live art competition. Audience members will have the opportunity to purchase raffle tickets during the event, and proceeds from the raffle with benefit LVA, Instant Installation Invitational, and the artist responsible for the work.

Artists competing in iii Spring Meet include: Julie Leidner, Andrew Cozzens, David Metcalf, Teresa Koester, Shohei Katayama, and McKenna Graham. Doors open at 5:00PM and the competition begins at 5:30PM. The drawing of the raffle as well as the competition awards presented at 8:00PM.  iii Spring Meet is free and open to the public.

May 17th, 5:00-7:00pm - The Academy of LVA Opening Reception

May 17th, 6:00pm - Senior Night Awards Ceremony

May 17th - May 25th - The Academy of LVA Exhibition 

Bellarmine University's McGrath Gallery, Wyatt Center for The Arts

(Enter campus from the Norris Street Entrance) 2001 Newburg Road, 40205

Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday from 11:00am - 6:00pm, Saturday from noon-4:00pm