LVA’s Weekly Gallery Guide: 2.19.25
John Day at Hite MFA Gallery
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THURSDAY: James G. Bennett will be the guest on Artists Talk with LVA, LIVE on WXOX 97.1 FM at 10 am.
THURSDAY: The Quonset Hut hosts a 3-day Print & poster dispersal. Thursday, 5 – 8 pm: a DADA/Merz hoedown, Friday, Noon to 5 pm: guilty Grabfest, Saturday Noon to 5 pm: conversation about Hite Art Collection at 2 pm
THURSDAY: The Scholastic Silver Key & Honorable Mention exhibition opens at the Hit Institute’s Schneider Hall Galleries, with a reception from 5 - 7 pm.
FRIDAY: John Day: Light Without Memory, an MFA Thesis Exhibition, opens tonight at the Hite MFA Gallery, with a reception from 6 - 8 pm.
FRIDAY: it’s After Hours at The Speed from 5 - 11 pm.
SATURDAY: Capacity Contemporary Exchange Gallery hosts the opening reception of, Material as Metaphor, Expression in Fiber tonight from 5-7 PM.
SATURDAY: Aurora Gallery opens the annual Made You A Mixtape group exhibit tonight. Reception is from 6 - 10 pm.
SATURDAY: Hilltop Honky Tonk "Through the Decades", is a time-warped FUNdraiser to support the Little Loomhouse. DJ, dancing, and a cash bar will be available at The B.A. Colonial, 2nd floor, 818 Kenwood Drive. Come dressed in your favorite decade to be part of the time-warped costume contest.
Baylee Schmitt at Capacity Contemporary Exchange
Louisville Artists George Taylor Jr. and Karen Wyssbrod present a two-person art exhibit: Fired and Brushed: Nature-Inspired Paintings and Ceramics, in the Jean Krantz Gallery at JCTC.
Kore Gallery features two new exhibits, Open Borders, which showcases 20 immigrant artists from 12 countries, and Haptic Earth, new works by Nathaniel Hendrickson and Azucena Trejo.
The Kentucky Center for African American Heritage opened From Red Earth to Prophetic Creations: James G, Bennett Paintngs 1976-2024.
Revelry Gallery opened Not That Deep by Geran Thur.
KMAC Museum is hosting the Scholastic Gold Key Award and American Visions Nominees exhibition.
Persistence of Vision: Photographs of American Visionaries and their Environments is open at The Outsider Museum & Gallery.
Rose Colored Glasses: A dual ceramic exhibition by Sarah Evans and Molly Otremba opened at Grady Goods.
Wheelhouse Art’s newest exhibition is Amalgamation. The show explores the legacy of WheelHouse Art/B. Deemer Gallery through the work of 46 artists.
garner narrative opened Inaugurate, an installation by Angie Reed Garner, Joyce Garner, Will Garner, Maureen Hagerman, Shawn Marshall, Aaron Raymer, & Mark Zanni.
21c Louisville is unveiling The SuperNatural 2.0 a thematic group exhibition of 90 multi-media artworks by 43 artists from across the globe featuring Albano Afonso, Edward Burtynsky, Nancy Baker Cahill, Elena Dorfman, Chris Doyle, Lars Jan, Richard Mosse, Patricia Piccinini, Jakob Kudsk Steensen and including Louisville-based artists Mary Carothers, Mitch Eckert, and Monica Stewart. Reception February 27.
Moremen Gallery is exhibiting Small Wonders, An exhibition showcasing small-scale works by 15 of its artists.
The Floyd County Library and Cultural Arts Center has opened To a Fine Effect: George W Morrison, 1820-1893 in the Sally Newkirk Gallery.
Pyro Gallery opens its Annual Invitational exhibit that showcases 18 members and 18 other invited artists.
Artportal opens Create and Destroy, an exhibit exploring the intersection of creativity and skateboarding. This show features some of the biggest names in skate art culture, many of whom have profoundly influenced fine art, street art, and graphic design.
Chestnuts and Pearls Art Gallery in New Albany opened the group exhibition, Blacks Against the Wall by professional Black artists from both sides of the river.
Dean Thomas opened a new gallery at 635 West Main Street.
Hite Professor of Printmaking Rachel Singel is showing new work in the exhibition From Plants to Paper, at the Schneider Hall Galleries.,
Sublimations - A Retrospective Exhibit of Art and Spirituality by Cozad Talor is open at the Franciscan Arts Initiative and Mount Saint Francis Center for Spirituality.
The Cultural Arts Center opened the Form, Not Function: Quilt Art Biennial exhibition, featuring 20 quilts selected by guest jurors Michelle Amos, Terry Jarrard-Dimond, and Kevin Womack.
Love & Sadness by Cassandra Michele W. & Master of None by Shannon Wilson is at Aurora Gallery and Boutique.
A River Connection: Artists of Asheville is open at Kleinhelter Gallery in New Albany. An exhibit of artists from Asheville, NC, all sales benefit rebuilding the River Arts District damaged during Hurricane Helene..
Houseguest Gallery returns with Fool's Gold, an exhibition of new work from Lexington-based interdisciplinary artist and educator, Hannah Smith.
Gallery 104 in LaGrange opened, In the Blink of an Eye, a competitive photography show.
In & Out of the Woods by Billy Hedel and Bob Hubbuch has opened at Bourne-Schweitzer Gallery.
Andrea Koesters' photography is being exhibited at Misc. Goods Co..
Winslow Homer: American Storyteller, Part II is now open at The Speed Museum.
Stories of Sound in Blue, a new exhibition of paintings by Ewa Perz, opened at Lowber Gallery.
Galerie Hertz welcomes back Bruce Riley and an exhibit of his latest work.
KMAC’s Vernissage has opened Chapter 3, Be Home Before the Streetlights by Gee Horton, The Tulips are Too Excitable by Tiffany Calvert, and the Aqueous USA exhibition.
Art in City Hall Prospect presents Clay, Painting, and Photography. 28 artists are participating.
The Filson Historical Society and guest curator Jessica K. Whitehead opened Driftwood: The Life of Harlan Hubbard. Listen to an interview with the curator on Artists Talk with LVA.
21c Museum Hotel currently exhibits This We Believe, which features over 95 artworks from 21c’s collection, and two SPOTLIGHT exhibitions by Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf and Ukrainian artist Anton Shebetko.
Paul Paletti Gallery opened Double the Pleasure: Two Collectors, One Show.
Julia Youngblood’s Divergent Dreams exhibit for Dreams with Wings, a part of LVA’s Curate Purchase Inspire program, is at the Dreams with Wings location at 2106 Bardstown Road.
Bianca Vaughn’s permanent exhibit Go Far, Go Together is now at The Cabbage Patch Settlement House.
Ada Asenjo has curated Somos De Aquí y AFLORAMOS a permanent exhibit for La Casita Center.
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