LVA’s Weekend Arts Guide: 8.25.22

Bruce Linn's Building America in the KMAC Triennial

TAKE NOTE that many organizations are requiring masks and perhaps proof of vaccination

TONIGHT: MY spring awakening: A Benefit for Reproductive Freedom is at The Bard’s Town tonight.

FRIDAY: The 2022 KMAC Triennial opens with Vernissage tonight.

FRIDAY: ”Not In My Back Yard” New Works by Ying Kit Chang opens at Moremen Gallery. Listen to an interview with three of the Featured Artists on Artists Talk with LVA.

FRIDAY: Brennen Cabrera’s A Summer and Autumn Tenebrae opens tonight at Surface Noise.

FRIDAY: ‘Dreamers’ Visual Art by Ashley Brossart opens with a reception from 5- 7 pm at Healthy House / Louisville Grows at 1641 Portland Avenue.

FRIDAY: Bellarmine University’s McGrath Gallery is opening an exhibit of faculty work including Sarah Martin, Ron Schildknecht, Douglas Miller, Laura Hartford, Fong Choo, Shae Goodlett, and Jennifer Palmer.

FRIDAY: Fire of Love, directed by Sara Dosa, is at Speed Cinema through September 4.

FRIDAY: Across the Floors of Silent Seas is a benefit for Queer Kentucky from Suspend Productions.

FRIDAY: It is Open Studio Night at Mellwood Art Center.

FRIDAY: Kleinhelter Gallery in New Albany opens Leslie Volle's most recent series "Twig Stories." tonight.
Leslie will also be giving a demonstration of her process Saturday, August 27th at the gallery Gallery from 1:00 to 3:00pm.

Shakespeare’s R & J, a modern adaptation of a classic love story is a co-production of Kentucky Shakespeare & Pandora Productions.

The Chicken Coop Theatre is producing Stephen King’s Misery through this weekend..

Ashley Brossart at Healthy House / Louisville Grows

Nikolay Denchev’s paintings are being exhibited at Lenihan Sotheby’s International Realty.

Ate x 10: A Group Exhibition About Food is open at The Carnegie Center for Art and History in New Albany.

ZECK Featuring Suzi Zimmerer, Juli Edberg, Nancy Currier, and Keith Kleespies is open at Pyro Gallery. Listen to an interview with the artists on Artists Talk with LVA.

Estate of Mind by Liz Richter is open at Revelry Gallery.

Expression Form and Movement featuring work from Dena Williams & Karen Terhune is at Kore Gallery.

Chestnuts and Pearls Gallery in New Albany is showing Color and Texture, Joy and Grief - Oils and Pastels by Susan E. Brooks.

Ceremonials by Wendi Smith is open at Bourne-Schweitzer Gallery.

In a New Light: Couplets from the Paul Paletti Collection has opened at The Paul Paletti Gallery.

Graphic Pioneer: The Early Poster Designs of Julius Friedman, 1965-1980 has opened at the newly rechristened Julius Friedman Gallery in U of L’s Ekstrom Library. Listen to an interview with the Curator and Project Archivist on Artists Talk with LVA.

The Textures of Memory, a solo show by Sara Olshansky is at Moremen Gallery, and Al Gorman is showing new work as well.

Wheelhouse Art opened Colleen Merrill’s latest body of work, Day In & Day Out. Listen to an interview with the artist on Artists Talk with LVA.

Andrew Rosenbarger’s NEW M/M PAINTINGS is open at Galerie Hertz..

Speed Museum opened Can I Grow? The Metamorphosis of the Black Woman by Community Connections Artist-in-Residence Ashlee Phillips 

Joe McGee opened The Frida Series 2012 - 2022 at Quappi Projects.

Carl Brown: Summer Travels is open at Kleinhelter Gallery in New Albany.

Hite Institute’s MFA Graduates exhibition is now open at the Cressman Center for Visual Arts.

Flowerescapes by Ada Asenjo is at Wayside Expressions Gallery.

Fire of Love at The Speed Cinema

Reflections on Twelve Years: an LVA exhibit for Metro Hall is up until December. Listen to an interview with three of the Featured Artists on Artists Talk with LVA.

The Hite Institute of Art and Design presents Sites and Sights of Work, at the Schneider Hall Galleries, an exhibition that explores printmaking from the 19th to 21st century as both sites of artistic labor and depictions (“sights”) of modern work.

Mary Craik: something beautiful has opened at garner narrative.

garner narrative has opened a 2nd location garner LARGE on Bardstown Road.

Elizabeth Kramer is writing about the challenges facing local arts groups at Louisville Arts Bureau.

If you want to be added to future listings, send information on exhibits and other events to: keith@louisvillevisualart.org. Deadline to be included in each Thursday’s guide is Wednesday at Noon.