LVA’s Weekend Arts Guide: 9. 15.22
TAKE NOTE that many organizations are requiring masks and perhaps proof of vaccination
TODAY!: It is GiveFourGoodLouisville from The Community Foundation of Louisville, in which donations to LVA can be maximized with matches and bonus prizes throughout the day!
TONIGHT: The Portal at 1512 Creative Compound presents the opening reception of Living, Room, a group show featuring 15+ Louisville artists curated by Lance G. Newman II.
TONIGHT: Faithworks Studios opens a new production of Ragtime at The Russell Theatre.
FRIDAY: Speed Museum hosts another After Hours tonight and Speed Cinema has the Louisville premiere of Peter von Kant, directed by François Ozon.
SUNDAY: Chestnuts and Pearls will open Sign of the Times, a group exhibit featuring Marie Britt, Susan Brooks, Karen Chilman, Eric Morris, Penny Hundley, and Ami Jo Romig. An Artist reception will be held today from 2-4 pm.
SUNDAY: Speed Cinema’s Sunday Showcase presents Dark Waters, directed by Todd Haynes, with a panel discussion to follow.
Sheila Fox at 1512 Portal Creative Compound
Revelry Gallery is showing Anna Erwin’s debut solo exhibit, Body Electric.
Just Pushing Paint: C.J. Fletcher Solo Exhibition is open at the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage.
St James Court Scholarship Foundation's HS Scholarship Competition is open at the University of Louisville’s Schneider Hall Galleries.
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) play one more weekend at the NEW Highland Arts Center. Read about how this new venue came about at Arts-Louisville.com.
Kore Gallery has opened their annual annual Black and White Show.
Dracula, A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really is open at Actors Theatre.
Affirmations of Color and Life exhibits the recent paintings of Aaron Lubrick. and work from The Allied Drawer’s Consortium and it opens at Pyro Gallery tonight Listen to an interview with Aaron, Noah Howard, & Kevin Arthur on Artists Talk with LVA.
garner narrative opens find magic, a group show featuring Dr. Jabani Bennett, Rebecca Cavalcante, Angie Reed Garner, Joyce Garner, Will Garner, Nick Owens, & Aleksandra Stone.
Pandora Productions opens The Legend of Georgie McBride.
The 2022 KMAC Triennial is now open. Listen to an interview with 2 of the artists included, J. Daniel Graham & Hannah Smith, on Artists Talk with LVA.
”Not In My Back Yard” New Works by Ying Kit Chang is at Moremen Gallery. Listen to an interview with the artist on Artists Talk with LVA.
Sandra Charles in Kore Gallery’s Black & White Show
Brennen Cabrera’s A Summer and Autumn Tenebrae is at Surface Noise.
‘Dreamers’ Visual Art by Ashley Brossart is open at Louisville Grows/Healthy House.
Bellarmine University’s McGrath Gallery has an exhibit of faculty work including Sarah Martin, Ron Schildknecht, Douglas Miller, Laura Hartford, Fong Choo, Shae Goodlett, and Jennifer Palmer.
Kleinhelter Gallery in New Albany is showing Leslie Volle's most recent series Twig Stories.
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.
Chestnuts and Pearls Gallery in New Albany is showing Color and Texture, Joy and Grief - Oils and Pastels by Susan E. Brooks.
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.
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.
Speed Museum opened Can I Grow? The Metamorphosis of the Black Woman by Community Connections Artist-in-Residence Ashlee Phillips
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.
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.
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.