LVA WEEKEND ARTS GUIDE 9.30.21
TAKE NOTE that many organizations are requiring masks and perhaps proof of vaccination for entry.
NEW: Kevin Rose Schultz’s Ethereal Threads: Connections to the Past opens Friday at Kleinhelter Gallery. Part of the 2021 Louisville Photo Biennial.
NEW: Apparitions by Amber Thieneman opens at Revelry Boutique Gallery Friday. Part of the 2021 Louisville Photo Biennial.
NEW: Forces of Nature - Kimara Wilhite & Kristen Warning opens Friday at Bourne-Schweitzer Gallery in New Albany. Part of the 2021 Louisville Photo Biennial.
NEW: Also in New Albany, I am here, too: Photography of Abigail Harrison opens Friday at Brick Street Studios. Part of 2021 Louisville Photo Biennial.
NEW: Celestial—Group Art Show Opening Reception will be at .1734 Bonnycastle Ave Friday.
NEW: Opening Reception at The Root for "Fragile," "Fotografias de Cuba," & "Many the Miles". Part of the 2021 Louisville Photo Biennial.
NEW: Pressma/Nation: A 10,000 Mile Journey, featuring the work of C.J. Pressma & John Nation opens Sunday at Pyro Gallery. Part of the 2021 Louisville Photo Biennial.
NEW: The St. James Art Show happens this weekend in Old Louisville, as does the UnFair Art Show 2021, the alternative presentation of Louisville artists just a block over at The Mag Bar.
NEW: WheelHouse Art presents Empyrean, New Work by Madison Cawein. Part of the 2021 Louisville Photo Biennial.
NEW: Emptiness and Substance - Bette Levy and Deborah Levine is open now at Quappi Projects.
NEW: Moremen Gallery has two exhibits, Liminality, a new solo exhibition of work by local artist Shohei Katayama, and CYNTHIA NORTON: DRAWING EXHIBITION.
NEW: Selections from Two Bodies of Work by Joe Wolek paired with Scrumptious Desserts by Lena Wolek opens at Galerie Hertz. Part of the 2021 Louisville Photo Biennial.
NEW: From the West End to the West Bank: Oppression, Racism and Resistance Group Show is open at U of L’s The Cressman Center. Part of the 2021 Louisville Photo Biennial.
NEW: The last show for 2021 at The Paul Paletti Gallery will be Splendor, Myth & Ritual by Keith Carter. An artist's reception will be held Saturday, September 25 from 2-4 pm. Mr. Carter is the Keynote Speaker for the 2021 Louisville Photo Biennial, his Keynote address will take place at the Speed Museum on Friday, September 24 at 6 pm. Listen to Keith Waits interview Carter on LVA’s Artebella on the Radio. For a full listing of all Louisville Photo Biennial exhibits and events, go to louisvillephotobiennial.com
NEW: The Portland Museum has opened an exhibit of Photographs by Jon Cherry as its Photo Biennial show.
KORE Gallery will host their annual Black and White Show for the month of September The show will consist of over 100 local artists and approximately 200 works of art.
garner narrative has opened Wendi Smith Elegy. It runs from Friday, Sept. 3 through Sunday, Oct. 10. There will be no reception but the artist will be present 5 - 6 pm on select Fridays. Listen HERE to an interview with the artist on LVA’s Artebella on the Radio.
Photographs by Scott Slusher has opened at Art Sanctuary. Part of the 2021 Louisville Photo Biennial.
KMAC has four exhibits through November 7: Cynthia Norton - Mystical Heart, James Benjamin Franklin - A Layered Approach, Myra Greene - Spectrum, Kiah Celeste - Before It Falls Apart.
Bellarmine University’s McGrath Gallery has opened Shae Goodlett’s Reflectance.
Stoneware & Co. has “Local Color”, a new solo show of work by Lynn Dunbar Bayus.
Mellwood Art Center features a show of new work by Loren Myhre — “Rabbit Ears or Peace Sign”
Tim Faulkner Gallery hosts a Louisville Photo Biennial exhibition featuring Steve Squall, Daylin Gonzales, Staci Whitaker, & Logan Kelly
Wayside Christian Mission has opened The Pessoptimist -Al-mutasha’il an exhibit of photographs by Amira Karoud
FRIDAY: The Speed Cinema Federico Fellini Centenary (+1) Series begins with a New 4K Digital Restoration of Nights of Cabiria (Le notti di Cabiria)
premiering tonight, with screenings scheduled all weekend.
Art Sanctuary hosts Late for Dinner with Kris Whelan, Jimmy's Attic, & Poison Control Hotline
SATURDAY: The St. James Art Show happens this weekend in Old Louisville as does the Unfair Art Show 2021, the alternative presentation of Louisville artists one block away at The Mag Bar.
Elizabeth Kramer is writing about the challenges facing local arts groups at Louisville Arts Bureau.
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