LVA’s Weekly Gallery Guide: 3.19.25
Jessica Chao at Aurora Gallery
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THURSDAY: 2 of the honorees at the 2025 LVA Honors, Dr. JabaniBennett & Annette Cable are the guests on Artists Talk with LVA, LIVE on WXOX 97.1 FM at 10 am.
FRIDAY: Tonight is the 2025 LVA Honors at The Seelbach Hilton. The honorees are Chuck Swanson (Legacy), Dr. Jabani Bennett (Community Impact), Annette Cable (Visual Art Education) & Juliet Taylor (Emerging Artist). Ticket sales are closed.
FRIDAY: The Hite Institute of Art + Design hosts a reception for: Mark Peiser: The Work Behind the Work at the Cressmann Center for Visual Art.
FRIDAY: Speed Cinema celebrates the films of David Lynch this weekend, starting with Blue Velvet tonight at 6 pm.
SATURDAY: Houseguest Gallery is exhibiting John Brooks’ I Read Somewhere that Mountains Anchor the Land with an opening reception tonight from 6 - 9 pm.
SATURDAY: Aurora Gallery hosts an opening reception from 6 - 10 pm for two solo art shows, Fever Dreams by painter Jessica Chao and Ephemeral by ceramicist Tiffany Phan.
SATURDAY: O Art opens a group show of women artists, Women in Motion, tonight with a reception from 4-7 pm.
SUNDAY: garner narrative opens Jarrod Becker: Leavings - paintings and installation with a reception today from 2 - 4 pm.
SUNDAY: Art in City Hall Prospect opens Winter Into Spring, which features glass, sculpture, and paintings by 15 accomplished artists. A reception from 2 - 5 pm will include a Portrait Painting Demonstration by John Michael Carter.
SUNDAY: Dean Thomas hosts a reception from 6 - 9 pm at his new gallery at 635 West Main Street.
Mark Peiser at The Cressman Center
KMAC opened Chico da Silva: Amazônian Legend, A Celebration of Indigenous Art and Cultural Heritage curated by Simon Watson.
Grady Goods opened We Are Brief: New Work by Claire Krüeger.
Revelry Gallery is showing Marks & Moments by Justin Trevor Inkwell.
Pyro Gallery opened Just Imagine, from Suzanne Sidebottom &. Beth Sharpe.. Listen to a. interview with Suzanne Sidebottom on Artists Talk with LVA.
Moremen Gallery has a dual exhibition featuring the return of beloved gallery artist Yvonne Petkus and the introduction of the captivating works of artist Greg Decker.
Dreaming in the Dark and Beyond by Jamarr Cox, is now open at Kore Gallery. Listen to a. interview with Jamarr Cox on Artists Talk with LVA.
Kore Gallery is also hosting The Louisville Artisans Guild Annual Exhibition..
Bourne-Schweitzer Gallery opened Hiraeth by Marty Edlin and Wini Harrison.
Machina Ex Natura, curated by Shohei Katayama, opened at KyCAD’s 849 Gallery.
"L'Origine du Monde", new work by Cima Rahmankhah, has opened at MaybeItsFate.
Unsettled, a solo exhibition by Robyn Gibson opened at WheelHouse Art.
Chestnuts and Pearls Art Gallery, opened a group exhibition, The Matriarch Reloaded: We Mother the Earth, by 30 professional female artists. The show celebrates the female artist during Women’s History Month.
Lexicon: New Work by Mario Muller is now open at Kleinehelter Gallery in New Albany.
Angie Reed Garner: recall (200-2024) is a retrospective from the noted Louisville artist now open at Garner LARGE.
The Scholastic Silver Key & Honorable Mention exhibition is at the Hite Institute’s Schneider Hall Galleries.
John Day: Light Without Memory, an MFA Thesis Exhibition, opened at the Hite MFA Gallery.
Capacity Contemporary Exchange Gallery hosts the Material as Metaphor, Expression in Fiber exhibition.
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.
The Kentucky Center for African American Heritage opened From Red Earth to Prophetic Creations: James G, Bennett Paintngs 1976-2024.
Persistence of Vision: Photographs of American Visionaries and their Environments is open at The Outsider Museum & Gallery.
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.
The Floyd County Library and Cultural Arts Center has opened To a Fine Effect: George W Morrison, 1820-1893 in the Sally Newkirk Gallery.
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.
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.
Gallery 104 is hosting The Oldham County Student & Teacher Art Show.
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.
Art in City Hall Prospect presents Clay, Painting, and Photography. 28 artists are participating.
The Filson Historical Society and guest curator Jessica K. Whitehead21c 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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