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February 1, 2008 First Friday Trolley Hop

There is so much going on at the February Trolley Hop that you will want to begin early. In honor of Black History Month, three galleries are holding exceptional exhibits -- E&S Gallery always features the world's most renowned African American Artists, and this month features the ribbon cutting of the Jacob Lawrnece Collection. The Frazier showcases African drum music as well as African stilt dancers this month. The Gallery at Actors Theatre is holding their 14th annual African American Art Exhibition.
Details about other gallery happenings are below. If you need a map, click here.

If you decide to stay after the Hop and eat at one of downtown's restaurants, please consider patronizing our sponsors: The Jazz Factory, The Mayan Cafe, The Bristol, The Bodega, Felice Vineyards, Park Place on Main, Brownings, RIVUE or Jockey Silks Club at the Galt House.

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Garner-Furnish Studio
642 E Market @ Clay
Denise-594-2039
Joyce-641-8086
Catch us at work in addition to W TH F S 12-5
The Frazier International History Museum
829 West Main St.

 E&S Gallery, 108 S. Tenth Street
On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage, E&S Gallery invites you to the unveiling of The Jacob Lawrence Collection featuring Fine Art by Jacob Lawrence, Elizabeth Catlett, and Gwen Knight Lawrence.

The ribbon cutting will be at 5 pm, and the reception will be from 5:30-9 pm during the Trolley Hop.

A portion of proceeds from each purchase from the collection during February will go to aid the completion of the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage.

For more information on the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage visit www.KCAAH.org; for artists information, to view images, or to purchase on line, go to www.jacoblawrencecollection.com
The Gallery at Actors Theatre, 316 W. Main St.,
Actors Theatre of Louisville celebrates African American art and artists with its 14th annual African American Art Exhibition January 29 through February 23 in the theatre’s lobby gallery.
The gallery’s popular signature exhibit features an array of 72 works by 34 local and regional artists, ranging from sculpture in various media to unique mixed media collages to evocative paintings and photography. Nine states are represented in the exhibit. Seven artists are from Kentucky.
In conjunction with the First Friday Gallery Hop, the theatre will host a reception for the artists with live entertainment and appetizers on February 1 from 5:30 to 9 pm. This event is free to the public.

Gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday from 5 to 10 pm, Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 10 pm or by appointment with Roanne Victor at (502) 584-1265.
21c Museum, 700 W. Main St.
Tangled Up In You: Connecting, Coexisting, and Conceiving Identity
Opening February 1st. The multi-stranded threads of family and romance that wind their way through each of our lives are explored, celebrated, and interrogated in the 21c Museum Foundation’s current exhibition. From Louise Bourgeois’s searing childhood drama to Bill Henson’s provocative, mysterious vision of young love, to Will Ryman’s sculptural staging of an interminable Family Dinner, these works examine the tension, the tenderness, and the inescapability of our most essential relationships. We are born connected to others, as Max Streicher’s Trio in a Box so poignantly illustrates. The struggle to create a unique self fosters an endless cycle of attraction and repulsion, of defining and denying boundaries at once.Using a variety of mediums such as sculpture, photography, painting, printmaking, and video, the works in this exhibition offer us an unashamed glimpse of the bonds of family and loved ones that are embedded within us. Displaying an unfamiliar or sometimes disturbing insight into ways both groups and individuals communicate, these artists allow us to marvel at our own hindrances and uniqueness that make us undeniably human.
Kentucky Museum of Art & Craft, 715 W. Main St.

First Friday Trolley Hop at KMAC! Friday, February 1st from 5-9pm
Visit the Museum during the First Friday Trolley Hop and view two new exhibitions! In honor of Black History Month, KMAC will showcase a selection of African American Quilts from the collection of Larry Hackley. The majority of the work in the exhibition comes from a group of four Mississippi Gulf Coast quilters, but the show also features two Gee’s Bend quilts as well.

In addition, the Museum is pleased to host the 2007 regional exhibition of Scholastic Student Art Awards, sponsored by the TallGrass Foundation. You will be blown away by the amazing works from these fine young artists!

This evening will also feature refreshments and a musical performance by Nora, Ben and Eli – The Kid Trio.
Gallery NuLu, 632 East Market, Second Floor
Gallery NuLu announces the February exhibition of Christopher Hauck’s Identity Crisis.
Opening: February 1st, 2008 from 5-8 pm
Through: March 1st, 2008

Atlanta-based, Louisville native Christopher Hauck brings his UPC-coded commentary on modern identity to his hometown for the first time. The exhibition arrives in Louisville after exhibitions in Atlanta, Berlin, Los Angeles, and London and will travel to Chicago and Boston later in 2008.
The Identity Crisis series explores the commoditization of identity, the person as product, the branding of ‘me’. Hauck comments, “I am a product, in the General Mills or Procter & Gamble sense, of the first generation hyper- consumers. We live in a perpetually cycling, highly mediated
environment where identities are constructed, broadcast, adopted, and discarded at mega-bit speeds. Through these influences my work attempts to investigate the shifting cultural norms influenced by consumerism and hyper- mediation.”

 
Cressman Center for Visual Arts Gallery, Hite Art Institute, University of Louisville, 100 E. Main Street

Writers must read, musicians listen, and artists must look. In addition to visiting museums and galleries and leafing through art publications, many artists collect.
All of the works in this show would be difficult to imagine without the artist first being informed by their habits of collecting. For all the artists included, collecting is integral to their creative process.Work by each artist is featured along with a selection of materials the artist collected to create or inspire their work.
Artists include:Don Baum | Roger Brown |
Raymond Graf | Niels Köhler | Kathleen Lolley | Rennie Sparks | Caroline Waite |
Chris Ware
Park Place on Main, 401 E. Main

Happy Hour 5-7pm: Half Price Bar Plates
Trolley Hop Treats: Half price desserts all night for trolley hoppers


Browning's, 401 E. Main

Half price Browning's Originals cocktails: Liquid Sunshine, Mojito, Mango Margarita, Blacksmith Bloody Mary




The Bodega at Felice, 829 E. Market St.,
will have Beer and gourmet food sampling for the February Trolley Hop.
  
 St. John United Church of Christ, 637 E. Market
opens at 7:00pm.

 
GLASSWORKS
815 West Market Street
Blow a Kiss!
Enter the Glassworks Glassblowing studio and work one on one with resident artists to create a glass kiss. A romantic and memorable experience either FOR or WITH your loved one!
$50
ages 7+
Paul Paletti Gallery
713 East Market Street

Paul Paletti Gallery is pleased to present “H20”, the stunningly beautiful color images of ballerinas, models, and acrobats from Cirque du Soleil, all photographed underwater. This exhibit of work by Howard Schatz, in conjunction with the publication of his new book, “H20,” will be on display from December 1, 2007-February 28, 2008.

 
Steelskin Gallery, 312 W. Main St.
features "The Lovey's Collection"
Sculptural Love Tokens created by local sculptors Samantha Griffith and Jen Pellerin
Jan 6-Feb16 Open for the Downtown 1st Friday Gallery Hop 2pm-9pm

Credit: Auralab, copyright REX
The Museum Plaza Sales & Design Center
707 W Main Street
Regular Hours: M - F 10am – 6pm, Sat-Sun 1 - 5pm 502.638.4922 www.museumplaza.net

The Museum Plaza Sales & Design Center is open until 9pm for Trolley Hop. Museum Plaza combines urban living with a diversity of amenities within the context of contemporary art and architecture. Nearly 160 residential condominiums range from open studios to a 7,800 square-foot two-story penthouse. At our 6,000 square-foot showroom, explore various kitchen and bath layouts and enjoy the extraordinary panoramic views of the Ohio River and downtown Louisville from various levels at Museum Plaza. Marvel at the models and check in on progress at the construction site. An international collection of contemporary works on display throughout the Museum Plaza Sales & Design Center.
Mary Craik Gallery, 815 E. Market St.
will have wall hangings, frig quilts, hats, scarves, art note cards and much, much more.

Tim Faulkner Gallery, 2nd floor, will have portraits by Terry Tapp.

Estella Majajo Gallery, 2nd Floor, will have poetry readings by Paule and Shanna Smith.
The Mayan Cafe, 813 E. Market Street

The Mayan Cafe invites you this First Friday to stop in and enjoy our delicious Winter Menu. 
Our shrimp invasion which comes in a roasted garlic lime sauce, served with a chili relleno, is sure to satisfy you after an evening of shopping and gallery hopping!
If you're in the mood for something light, then try our smoked salmon crepe, stuffed with cream cheese and topped with fresh baked figs. It is wonderful. 
For dessert, you must enjoy our chocolate mousse tort with a glass of Felice Vineyards Zinfandel. You can support two local establishments in the same course!
We look forward to seeing you on January 4th.
The Gallery at The Kentucky Center
501 West Main Street

February 1-10th, the Louisville Orchestra looks back on its MakingMUSIC program at The Gallery at The Kentucky Center. Opening reception on the First Friday Gallery Hop February 1 from 5:30-7:30pm with live local music from a duo from the Louisville Orchestra. The Louisville Orchestra has been serving students in the Louisville area since 1940. A MakingMUSIC Celebration concert will be held February 6, 2008, in honor of these many years of music education. The gallery exhibit will include articles and pictures from the 1950s to the present, and will include reminiscences from Louisvillians and musicians who were touched by the MakingMUSIC program.

Following that February 11th, A Sampling of Kentucky Crafted: The Market returns to The Gallery at The Kentucky Center, with a selection of juried artisans from across the state, celebrating the upcoming Market in March and the program’s 26th year. This exhibit runs through April 21st.
FREE parking is available at Slugger Field on Main Street at Jackson, and the 4th St. Live Garage after 6 p.m. Free parking is also available on the street after 6:00 p.m.