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FEBUARY 5, 2010 First Friday Trolley Hop

February is a great time to come to the Trolley Hop. The galleries have new exhibits, and Rellek and Scout are having sales!

Four teachers from Kentucky Country Day school are creating art to sell as a fundraiser for Wayside Christian Mission. It's the first time the school's visual art teachers have come together to exhibit their work. The art will have prices ranging from $1,000 for Brown's stainless-steel die sublimation design pieces to $10 for a box of eight greeting cards featuring images of the artwork.

The exhibit is titled “4 for 365: Art Working People” and has a goal of raising a minimum of $365 — reflecting what it would cost 100 families to be housed for a full year using Wayside's penny-a-day rate.The exhibit will be at the Wayside Expressions Gallery during the First Friday trolley hop. It will run through February and is expected to be the last exhibit at the current gallery, as Wayside will move to Hotel Louisville on East Broadway in March.
The Bodega at Felice, 829 E. Market St.

The Bodega will be open late for trolley hop. We will be serving dinner, wine and beer with live music.




I try to not get on my soapbox during these notifications of upcoming events at the winery but will have to make an exception this month. I am sure that each one of you has been inundated with news of the horrific devastation in poverty stricken Haiti. The winery has been associated for a number of years with a group called Hearts in Motion that is based at Bellarmine University that for years has had an impact on another poverty stricken area located in Guatemala. This Friday, students and alumni from Bellarmine will hold an art show and sale that will donate 100% of the proceeds to the needy people of Guatemala. Both of my children’s lives have been impacted by participating in missions to this area of Guatemala so much so that they are organizing this event. The winery will donate the profit on each bottle of wine sold Friday night to the project as well. Since Red is the color of Valentine’s Day, we will offer all of our Red wines for just $10.00 per bottle a great savings for you so come by and stock up your cellar. We hope to see you on Friday.
The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing outstanding visual art and writing created by teenagers to a national audience, has launched the 2010 Scholastic Art Awards. Over 200 student Gold Key award-winning works of art will be on exhibit at the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, located at 715 West Main Street, February 5-26, 2010.
The Awards offer early recognition for creative teenagers and art scholarship opportunities for graduating high school seniors. An opening reception will be at the museum on Friday, February 5, 2010 from 5:00pm to 9:00pm in conjunction with the First Friday Trolley Hop.
“Now in its 87th year and known nationally as the ‘Oldest Art Contest in the United States,’ we’re pleased to showcase the most prestigious portion of this student art competition,” says Kevin O’Brien, Executive Director of the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft. The exhibition at the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft is generously sponsored by the Class Act Federal Credit Union. For more information, visit www.kentuckyarts.org or call (502) 589-0102.
The Museum will also host the opening reception for the 2010 Scholastic Art Awards.

Over 200 student Gold Key award-winning works of art will be on exhibit at the Museum from February 5-26, 2010.

The Awards offer early recognition for creative teenagers and art scholarship opportunities for graduating high school seniors.
 
813 E. Market Street , 502-566-0651

The Mayan Cafe proudly serves the essential ingredients and flavors of Mayan cooking - dishes rich with chilies, roasted peppers, pumpkins seeds, oil infusions & roasted meats. Our food is paired with complementing wines & beers and served to our guests in an atmosphere of simple elegance.
Rellek Fine Consignment and Home Furnishings , 817 E. Market St.

Rellek will be open for the Trolley Hop.
They will be having a STOREWIDE SALE 25% OFF EVERYTHING during the hop
MOVING SALE!
Hi Everyone,
SCOUT is moving in with SCOUT HOUSE and in order to make the move easier we are having a "GINORMOUS" moving sale.
February 1 - 14 only!
20% - 70% off throughout both stores. Everything will be reduced.
Hope to see you soon.
Sam & Jim

Mary Craik Gallery, 815 East Market St.

  • Art quilts,
  • art to wear,
  • note cards,
  • gift certificates,
  • knitted hats and scarves and
  • hand dyed silk scarves.
Please stop by Carr+Waite Studio, located at 221 Hancock St on First Friday, Feb 5th from 6-9pm . See an installation of new work of Caroline Waite: "Imaginary Traveller", a suitcase installation along with an ongoing series of work of urban environment by photographer Geoff Carr.

The University of Louisville Student Art League is proud to present our first show of the semester.

It is an open category, juried show at the Rouge Noir, located at 333 Market Street.

Twenty artworks will be displayed, excellent examples of some of the finest work UofL art students are producing.

Futhermore, some of the students have listed prices for their art and patrons will be encouraged to purchase them.


Figure Study "Claire II"
Charcoal, Pastel and Chalk rubbings from Cave Hill Cemetery
Dimensions: 18" X 24"

Gallery Ex Voto, 634 E. Market Street
(502) 271-0091 www.galleryexvoto.com

Figure Drawings by Shawna Khalily
  
Artist Statement-"Figure drawing is my first priority and because it has been my primary focus over the last 20 years, I am able to navigate other realms and media with an expanded capacity to speak in figurative paradigms and metaphors. The discipline of figure drawing has given me the vocabulary to become tangential in my chosen media, woodcuts." -- Shawna Khalily

About the Drawings:This collection of figure studies on paper indicate a precious communion between the subject and the artist. Near all of the portrait models are closely connected friends.Stylistically expressive, the gestures and mark-making characterize Khalily's command of the figurative subject while economizing the use of space and color. These gestures are described with linear ferocity though elegant and often lyrical.

Opening reception will take place at Gallery Ex Voto, Friday, February 5th, 2010 from 6-11pm.
The showing will run through March 1st, 2010.
Music curated by Black Rabbit Moon


T. B. Jackson-Williams
(Louisville, KY)
…and God Breaks a Window
The Gallery at Actors Theatre, 316 W. Main Street

The 16th annual African American Art Exhibition at Actors Theatre of Louisville will be on display from January 26 - February 21, 2010.
The exhibition will be running concurrent with the Actors Theatre production of Ella. The opening reception is slated for Friday, February 5 at 5:30 p.m. in conjunction with the First Friday Gallery Hop. Each year, over 20,000 theatre and arts patrons view the exhibition, which has become a popular highlight of the region’s visual arts season. On February 5, 2010, awards will be presented at the opening reception honoring artists. These awards include a Brown-Forman Corporation purchase award as well as other purchase/merit prizes. Last year more than $6,000 was awarded!
Artists showing this year are: John W. Simms Jr. (Fairfield Grade, TN),
T.B. Jackson-Williams (Louisville), Barbara Tyson Mosley (Louisville), Bud Dorsey (Louisville), William Duffy (Louisville), Shirley McCauley (Cincinnati, OH), Clifford Darrett (Dayton, OH), Aukram Burton (Louisville), LaChrista Ellis (Frankfort, KY), Jarrett Jamison (Cincinnati, OH), Kevin Willis (Columbus, OH), Sahirah Bussey (Stone Mountain, GA), Velma J. Morris (Cincinnati, OH), Eugene W.R. Campbell (Atlanta, GA), Sylvia L. Smith (Lithonia, GA), Issa Randall (Dayton, OH), Elmer Lucille Allen (Louisville), Rex DeLoney (Little Rock, AR) and David Brame (Toronto, Ontario). The juror for this year’s exhibition is Kevin Cole. Mr. Cole received his B.S. from University of Arkansas, an M.A. in Art Education from University of Illinois and an M.F.A. from Northern Illinois University. In the
last 15 years he has received 18 grants, 14 fellowships, 49 awards in art and 31 teaching awards.
The Paul Paletti Gallery, 713 E. Market Street
will have Recent Acquisitions on exhibit during the Feb. Trolley Hop.
Trolley Hoppers – visit us at Cake Flour and load up on scones, coffee drinks, select teas and sweet treats made with the finest quality organic & natural ingredients found in the world and right here in Kentucky. We never use artificial dyes or sweeteners, hydrogenated oils, or preservatives that increase shelf life while decreasing yours. Go ahead. Indulge. It’s real food! Make the trip to see us. We’re east of the corner of Campbell and E. Market, 909 E. Market Street, suite 100. You’ll be glad you did. Special orders for special occasions and events, call 502.719.0172. Visit us www.cakeflouronmarket.com or sign up for our daily special tweets on Twitter http://twitter.com/CakeFlour.


“North Branch Light” a painting by John Walker
Walker, Frankfort, Ryan
3 Boston Painters

Cressman Center for Visual Arts Gallery
January 6 - February 20, 2010

Reception: Friday, February 5, 6 – 9 p.m.

Almost half of the fulltime painting faculty of Boston University’s College of Fine Arts are on display in this three-person show.

Dana Frankfort, Richard Ryan and John Walker all teach painting at B.U. So, be prepared to learn something about painting from three accomplished painters who currently call “Beantown” their home.
Vadis Turner offers her modern Dowry to Louisville
Opening: February 5th, 2010 5-9pm through March 19th, 2010
Complementing the saturated sweetness and flourish of romanticism surrounding February, NYC’s Vadis Turner will exhibit her confectionary work at The Green Building Gallery, opening
February 5th. Dowry, her second solo exhibit in Louisville, will feature work playing on the roles of love, marriage, feminism, craft and sexuality in society. The show will run through March 19th.
With Dowry, Turner examines the transformative legacy in handmade objects, historically made by women, by creating a collection of contemporary heirlooms. The pieces re-imagine conventional handicrafts and rites of passage meant to represent the values of Turner’s generation. Heirloom objects include erotic swings made from
vintage quilts, human organs made from discarded jewelry, and Faberge-like eggs made with human hair. Just as dowries were traditionally exchanged for societal and marital advancement, Turner’s Dowry will be sold or traded, this time for professional gain. A Nashville, Tennessee native, Turner received her BFA in Painting and
MFA in Studio Teaching from Boston University. Shortly after finishing school she began experimenting with media that connected to women’s roles such as wax paper, panty hose, tampons and quilts.
Using her palette of found materials, she has created a visual language where everyday wares are transformed into vehicles for social commentary.
Turner has exhibited in Paris, New York, the National Gallery in Prague and has been featured in Vanity Fair (May, 2009). She is an artist member of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center Feminist Art Base and is in the permanent collection at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. Other upcoming solo exhibitions include a show at the Quirk Gallery in Richmond, VA.
Lungs. 18"x12"x4", discarded jewlery and mixed media. 2009
River Bend Winery
  • Bands, DJs, Art and Good Wine!
  • Big Poppa Stampley will be performing in our barrel room.
  • Two more musicians upstairs in a fundraiser to support Gatewood.
  • Full Menu and lots of entertainment.
  • DJ Efeezy upstairs at 11:30 for all those late night Trolly Riders!
  • Wine is only $4 a glass and Miller lites are only $1.50 for Trolley Hop!
  • Local wine with Master Winemaker Joe Johnson showing off in the barrel room!
  • Art is supplied by the Tim Faulkner Gallery!
21c Museum presents two new exhibitions open for February First Friday Trolley Hop
Emergence
Julius Friedman
On exhibit in the Atrium Hallway Gallery
January 15 - Spring 2010 The most recent work by Louisville-based artist and graphic designer Julius Friedman, Emergence explores figurative photography and the surface of the image. Printed on highly reflective aluminum, the viewer's reflection adds another dimension to the work by incorporating them into the layered work.
First Friday Tours are available at 5:00pm and 5:30, guests are invited to meet in the lobby for a complimentary tour.

 Msyitc Truhts
Russel Hulsey
On exhibit in Gallery 4
January 15 - Spring 2010 Recent multi-media work by the artist exploring the role of the mystical experience and how art begins with the poetic. Portraits from the artists Verses series, the 19th Century and the Beat poets, as well others works that pay homage to Bruce Nauman and Charles Hank Bukowski.
Chris Chappell and Devin French: Work Art Experiments, Feb 5– March 27, 2010

VONFIRE Gallery at Louisville Glassworks, 815 West Market (502.584.4510)

Exhibition Description: So often it is forgotten that there is an art to the work we do everyday. This exhibition demonstrates how two young artists have blurred the line between their art and their work. Pieces in this exhibition reflect various modes of experimentation. Both employed by Architectural Glass Art, Inc., these artists have utilized methods learned on the job with their own creativity and knowledge. After seeing the potential for vibrant imagery through experimental processes, the artists developed work using powdered glass frit and plate glass. The combination of these mastered techniques, along with their own ideas, allowed both young men to work and create art – a very rewarding relationship.
Kasha Ritter in LoftBlu at Glassworks
Opening Reception: Feb 5, 2010, 6pm

The work you see here is compilation of acrylic ink, a bit of GAC and volumes of water. I paint directly out of the bottle of ink, onto the canvas, using the dropper that is included on the cap. I sketch onto the canvas in watercolor pencil for placement and that is the only “tool” use. This type of technique or lack of technique came about through exhaustion/surrender. After years of forcing myself to paint tight, realistic and neatly, I had lost any joy in creating. It was one more thing I had to do and couldn’t do well. My intention is to have the viewer pause for a moment. Pause, then look, consider and absorb. I try to have it be seeable, not quite clear what you are seeing. Then as you step towards the painting and back away from it, you get a full four dimension experience. It’s human nature to see, believe what you see and judge within seconds. I love changing that response in people to instigate creative thought. At the core we are all artists. We just need to be reminded to empty the bottles we have full, making room for something new.

FREE parking is available at Slugger Field on Main Street at Jackson, and in the 4th St. Live Garage after 6 p.m.
Free parking is also available on the street after 6:00 p.m.