June 5, 2009 First Friday Trolley Hop Beginning June 5th, galleries and museums will participate in exhibits showcasing Louisville’s photographic history with the first Louisville Visual Arts Festival, a festival that celebrates photography and the Center for Photographic Studies.

A majority of the exhibits will reflect work by former students of the Center for Photographic Studies, as well as memorabilia from the students themselves, works of renowned artists who visited the Center and other photographic works of independent artists. Participating galleries are listed below. Bold names are on the First Friday Trolley Hop Route.

Louisville Visual Arts Festival Participating Galleries & Museums

  • 1.) Actors Theatre (Group Show including Stephen Guenther, Michael Dickey,Robbie McClaran, Rob Friedman, Diana Parrish, Frank Marshman, Tad Merrick, Marcelle Gianelloni, Kent Cooper, Leslie Freisen, Bill Carner, Reg Loving, John Kennard, Roz Newmark, Laura Lee Brown and David Rauh)316 W Main St., Louisville, KY 40202 (502)584.1205
  • 2.) Art Ecology- (Emil Walton, J.B. Wilson, and Kenneth Hayden)224 South Clay Street, Suite 110, Louisville, KY 40202 (502)690.2311
  • 3.) ArtXP.com Corporate Headquarters – (Dan Dry) 1201 Story Ave., Louisville, KY 40206 (502)583.0509
  • 4.) Carr-Waite Gallery (Geoff Carr)221 Hancock St., Louisville, KY 40202 (502)540.1168
  • 5.) Chapman Friedman Gallery-(Julius’posters)624 W Main St., Louisville, KY 40202 (502)584.7954
  • 6.) Crescent Hill Gallery (Martha Elson)2033 Frankfort Ave., Louisville, KY, 40206 (502)893.0511
  • 7.) Cressman Center (John Ranard Memorial Show)100 E Main St., Louisville, KY (502)852.0288
  • 8.) The Embroiderers Guild – 426 West Jefferson St., Louisville, KY 40202, (502)589.6956
  • 9.)Filson Historical Society (Photographs from their archives and Historical CPS Display)1310 S 3rd St., Louisville, KY 40208 (502)635.5083
  • 10.)Galerie Hertz (Richard Bram, “Last Man Shooting” – starts 6/21/09) 1-4p.m. opening –Richard will be there. Thurs.-Fri. -11-5p.m. Sat. -11-3p.m. 711 S 3rd St., Louisville, KY 40202 (502)584.3547
  • 11.) Gallery 104(Photography Contest) 104 East Main St., LaGrange, Kentucky 40031 (502)222.3822 (502)758.2275
  • 12.)Garner-Furnish – (Photographs by Tim Furnish and Tom Moran) 642 East Market at Clay St., Louisville, KY 40202 (502)594.2039
  • 13.) Gayle Cerlan and Jacque Parsley Gallery and Studio(Ceramics by Gayle Cerlan and mixed media collages with vintage photographs by Jacque Parsley) 620 Baxter Ave., Louisville, KY 40204 By appointment only (502)895.7568
  • 14.)The Green Building Gallery (Melissa Farlow)(July – Photographs by Sarah Lyon) 732 E Market St. 3rd Floor, Louisville, KY 40202 (502)561.1162
  • 15.) Glassworks (Casey Hyland /glass and Julianne Swartz / photography)815 W Market St., Louisville, KY 40202 (502)584.4510
  • 16.) Huff Gallery – Spaulding University(Mary Yates) 845 S 3rd St., Louisville, KY 40203 (502)585.7111
  • 17.) Jewish Community Center of Louisville (Digital Photography of Marilyn Whitesell) 3600 Dutchmans Lane, Louisville, KY 40205 (502)459.0660
  • 18.)Kaviar Forge & Gallery (Molly Bingham)147 Stevenson Ave., Louisville, KY 40206 (502)561.0377
  • 19.) Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft (C.J. Pressma Retrospective) 715 W Main St., Louisville, KY 40202 (502)589.0102
  • 20.) Lime Tree Gallery-2040 Frankfort Ave., Louisville, KY 40206 (502)384.7728
  • 21.)Louisville Visual Art Association (Fritz Klemperer) 3005 River Road, Louisville, KY 40207 (502)896.2146
  • 22.) Mary Craik Gallery –(Lynn Hawkin) 815 East Market St., Louisville, KY 40202 (502)749.0060
  • 23.) Mellwood Art Center – Exhibits and Events (Kentucky Women’s Photography Collective)1860 Mellwood Ave., Louisville, KY 40206 (502)895.3650
  • 24.) Paul Paletti Gallery “The Big Guns” (visiting photographers for Images and Ideas Lecture Series and CPS exhibits including: Ansel Adams, Wynn Bullock, Judy Dater, Ralph Gibson, Robert Heinecken, Ken Josephson, Les Krims, Anne Noggle, Eugene W. Smith, Jerry Uelsmann, Minor White, Garry Winogrand) 713 E Market St., Louisville, KY 40202 (502)589.9254
  • 25.) Portland Museum (John Ranard – from their archives) See River Bend Winery for show location. (502)776.7678
  • 26.) PYRO Gallery(C.J. Pressma to exhibit in Garden Gallery and Allen Keller to exhibit in Main Gallery) 624 W Main St. #100F, Louisville, KY 40202 (502)587.0106
  • 27.) River Bend Winery(Portrait of Portland by John Ranard – From the archives of Portland Museum)120 South 10th St., Louisville, KY 40202 (502)540.5650
  • 28.) Speed Art Museum (Henry Heuser Collection – including Ralph Eugene Meatyard) 235 S 3rd St., Louisville, KY 40208 (502)634.2700
  • 29.) Starvin-Artist Gallery-1228 Highland Ave., Louisville, KY 40204 starvinartiststudio@gmail.com
  • 30.) Swanson Reed (Alex Traube)638 East Market St., Louisville, KY 40202 (502)589.5466
  • 31.) Tim Faulkner Gallery(Male and Female Nudes) Terry Tapp Room 815 E. Market St. Ste 1, Louisville, KY 40206 (502)381.1314
  • 32.) Tom Gnadinger –(Personal Work) 707 E. Market St., Louisville, KY 40202 (502)468.6130
  • 33.) 21c Museum Hotel-700 W Main St., Louisville, KY 40202(502)217.6346
  • 34.) U of L Photo Archives-(Work of CPS Students from the Special Collections:Photographic Archives) Ekstrom Library LL 17, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292 (502)852.6752
  • 35.) Wayside Expressions Art Gallery- (East Looking West –an exhibit including Bruce Cook, Fred DiGiovanni and David Modica) 800 E. Market St. / Shelby & Market, Louisville, KY 40202 (502)345.5200
  • 36.) Zephyr Gallery (Molly Rucks and Robert Mitchell) 610 E Market St., Louisville, KY 40202 (502)585.5646

Galt House and "Retail Row" Friday, June 5th starting at 5PM:

  • Festivities planned:
    • Retail Row featuring Koi Gallery, Mint Julep Tours, Dolfinger’s, Regalo, Necessities, and Nichola’s Boutique.
    • Galt House featuring:
      • 1. Jockey Silks Bourbon Bar in RIVUE Tower—2nd Floor
      • 2. Al J’s in the Conservatory (spanning 4th Street)
    • Live Bluegrass Band music/entertainment
    • June artist---Julia Sermersheim—Fiber Artist; www.justjulia.com
      • 1. Abstract, Collaged Wallart...
      • Traditional Quilt Techniques Evolve into Fiber Art.
      • Fabric Scraps Transform into Textile Collage.
      • From Humble Beginnings to Contemporary Design.
    • Drink specials and samples

Mary Craik Gallery, 815 East Market St.

Melissa Donald will be showing various photo illustrations printed directly on masonite and aluminum. Each image has been creatively altered to produce a unique look.

The Bodega at Felice, 829 E. Market St.
The Bodega will be will be open late for dinner. Now are now serving wine and we will be doing a ginger mimosa tasting.
Felice Vineyards, 829 East Market Street
Felice Vineyards will be hosting a Jazz Trio from the University of Louisville on June 5th as well as an art show which will be featuring acrylic and oil paintings. The Jazz music will begin around 5:30pm and last throughout the Trolley Hop.
Water Spider
Zephyr Gallery presents:
Matt Meers Bumper Views
Brenda Wirth Kaleidoscapes
through July 4, 2009

First Friday Trolley Hop, June 5

Matt Meers
Bumper Views is the title of Louisville artist Matt Meers' series of abstract paintings inspired by the closely considered reflections found in car bumpers. The highly polished chrome of the bumpers provides a unique reflective quality in which Meers finds ample material to create his work.


Brenda Wirth
Kaleidoscapes, the title of an exhibition of recent photographic work by Louisville artist Brenda Wirth makes reference to the optical instrument that uses mirrors to produce changing symmetrical patterns.

The Kaleidoscope was invented by the Scottish physicist Sir David Brewster in 1816 and given the name by combining the Greek words: kalos (beautiful) + eidos (form) + scope (look carefully). Looking carefully at the beautiful forms that she sees in nature, Ms. Wirth has manipulated her digital photographs of trees, flowers, vines, and other plant forms to reveal an imaginal parallel universe. Like Rorschach’s inkblots, this series of dye sublimation prints invites one to form personal interpretations—both real and fictional, that reflect imagination and memory.

Morning Glories

Bumper


Morehead Buoys

Life Ring

Actors Theatre to be a Part of the Louisville Visual Arts Festival

The gallery at Actors Theatre to present photography of locally trained artists.

As part of the Louisville Visual Arts Festival celebrating the former Center for Photographic Studies, Actors Theatre is hosting a 15 artist exhibition composed of artists who were affiliated with the Center.

Most of the artists in the exhibition were full-time or community students during 1970 – 1978.

The artists are: Stephen Guenther. Michael Dickey, Robbie McClaran, Rob Friedman, Diana Parrish, Frank Marshman, Tad Merrick, Roz Newmark, Marcelle Gianelloni, Kent Cooper, Leslie Freisen, Bill Carner, Reg Loving, John Kennard, Laura Lee Brown, and David Rauh.

  • Where: The Gallery at Actors Theatre, 316 W. Main Street
  • What: Exhibit: Louisville Visual Arts Festival/Center for Photographic Studies
  • When: May 29 – June 28
  • Description: Actors Theatre of Louisville to partner with the first Louisville Visual Arts Festival to feature photography by students of the Center for Photographic Studies.
  • The Gallery at Actors Theatre will be open for viewing beginning May 29.
  • The artist reception for the Exhibition will take place on First Friday June 5.

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John Ranard, "Greg Page"
from "The Brutal Aesthetic" series
 JOHN RANARD MEMORIAL EXHIBITION
Cressman Center for Visual Arts Gallery
June 5 – July 11, 2009

Reception: Friday, June 5, 6 – 9 p.m.

Former Louisville photographer John Ranard passed away in 2008 leaving behind an extensive body of work. His simple, straightforward technique, sensitivity to unique situations and never-without-his-camera work ethic made his social documentary photographs such intimate experiences that they place the viewer in the role of a conversational insider with the subjects of his work.

Ranard came to Louisville in the late 1970’s to study at the now defunct Center for Photographic Studies.

His series of boxing photographs “The Brutal Aesthetic” attracted the attention of author Joyce Carol Oates and many were published in her classic book On Boxing. Ranard left Louisville, moving to New York’s East Village and then to Moscow, where he completed another acclaimed series of photographs about HIV in post-Soviet Russia.

This exhibition is part of the 2009 Louisville Visual Arts Festival, a coordinated series of exhibitions presented by several galleries and museums in town. The impact of the Center for Photographic Studies is the subject of this year’s festival.

All Cressman Center events are free and open to the public.

Cloistered Novices Peru, 1998
 The Green Building Gallery, 732 E. Market St.

Melissa Farlow – “Private Thoughts”
Acclaimed National Geographic and Courier-Journal photographer Melissa Farlow returns to Louisville.

Opening: June 5th, 2009 5-9pm
Gallery Hours: 9am – 6pm, Monday - Friday

Farlow will showcase a collection of photographs taken from stories covered over the last 15 years. This exhibition is presented in conjunction with the Louisville Photo Biennale, which focuses this year upon former students and faculty of Louisville’s Center for Photographic Studies. A Paoli, Indiana native, Farlow served as a faculty member at the Center for photographic studies. While in Louisville, she was part of the Courier-Journal / Louisville Times team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 1976 for photographic coverage of desegregation. Her images have won multiple awards in the Pictures of the Year competition and other contests. Farlow received her B.A. in journalism from Indiana University and her masters from the University of Missouri, where she also taught photojournalism.

The Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft will host opening receptions for two exhibits in conjunction with the First Friday Trolley Hop on June 5th from 5-9pm.

  • Andréa Keys: Ceramic Sculpture will showcase a body of recent life-size ceramic sculpture from Athens, Ohio artist Andrea Keys,
  • and in conjunction with the 2009 Visual Arts Festival, the Museum will host C.J. Pressma Retrospective One 1962-2006. The retrospective exhibition will feature photographic, film, digital and mixed media works by artist C.J. Pressma, and coincides with a simultaneous exhibition of his later work at PYRO Gallery which runs from May 22 - July 4, 2009.

Inherent Longing, Andrea Keys

Hot Lips, C.J. Pressma

Havana Street by Pressma
THE WORLD OF C.J. PRESSMA: A PHOTOGRAPHIC PIONEER
C.J. Pressma Retrospective One 1962-2006
June 5 – August 1, 2009 at The Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft
– In conjunction with the 2009 Visual Arts Festival, the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft (KMAC) is hosting C.J. Pressma Retrospective One 1962-2006 from June 5 - August 1 in the Lindy and Bill Street Gallery. The retrospective exhibition will feature photographic, film, digital and mixed media works by artist C.J. Pressma, and coincides with a simultaneous exhibition of his later work at PYRO Gallery which runs from May 22 - July 4, 2009. The artist reception for both exhibits will be held during the First Friday Gallery Hop on Friday, June 5 from 5:00-9:00pm. C.J. Pressma will also give an exhibition tour and lecture at KMAC about the history of the Center for Photographic Studies and his retrospective on Thursday, June 25 from 6:00-8:30pm. This event is $5 or free for KMAC members.
A native of Louisville, C.J. Pressma is a graduate of Antioch College and holds an M.F.A. in Photography from Indiana University. He studied as a special graduate student with Minor White at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and with Henry Holmes Smith at Indiana University. In 1970 he founded the Center for Photographic Studies to provide a facility for those seeking to explore photography as creative expression. Its two galleries hosted photographic exhibits featuring the works of local, regional, and internationally acclaimed photographic artists including Ansel Adams and Minor White. In 1978 he was awarded a National Endowment Fellowship in Photography. In 1979 Pressma began a career as a multimedia producer and marketing communications specialist. In 1997 he was awarded the American Advertising Federation’s prestigious Silver Medal Award.In 1984, his seven part series Witness to the Holocaust was released in the U.S. and Canada where it remains in distribution today. In 2001 Pressma was awarded an Al Smith Fellowship by the Kentucky Arts council. The 2009 Visual Arts Festival is honoring the Center for Photographic Studies, a Louisville alternative school for creative photography founded by C.J. Pressma in 1970, and features 25 galleries and museums exhibiting photography throughout June and July. A majority of the exhibits will reflect work by former students of the Center for Photographic Studies, as well as memorabilia from the students themselves, works of renowned artists who visited the Center and other photographic works of independent artists. For more information and a list of participating galleries and museums, go to www.paulpalettigallery.com and click on “upcoming”.

Giving Space by Pressma

Corrosion by Emily Lombardo


Urbanistic by Amy Pender
Flame Run contemporary art glass studio will open their new exhibit next week, entitled “Weird Science”, which will showcase the weird and wonderful blending of science and glass art. There are several exciting visiting artists from various parts of the country included in this exhibit.
“Weird Science” exhibit at Flame Run
runs from June 5-July 25
Science as a theme in glass art of all kinds is the subject of an exhibit at Flame Run contemporary art glass studio from June 5 through July 25. An opening night reception begins at 6 p.m.

The show, called “Weird Science”, will include pieces that represent the weird and wonderful elements of science fused with the elements of glass art, said Brook White, who owns the studio and hot shop with Susie Slabaugh White. Participating artists include Rik Allen of Washington, Marc Petrovic of Centerbrook, CT, Emily Lombardo of Boston, MA, Laura Streible of Clarksville, IN, Casey McMains of Jericho, VT and Flame Run artists Brook Forrest White, Jr., Susie Slabaugh White, Paul Nelson, Amy Pender, Tiffany Ackerman, and Mike Hudson.

Flame Run™, Louisville’s newest and largest contemporary glass art studio and gallery, is owned by Brook Forrest White, Jr. and Susie Slabaugh White. The renovated 12,500 square foot building at 828 East Market Street in Louisville’s East Market Street Arts District showcases contemporary and original glass creations. It also includes a working glass-blowing hot shop and offers classes for beginning glass artists. Hours are: Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and by appointment. Log on to www.flamerun.com or call (502) 584-5353 for more information.

River Bend Winery, 120 S. 10th St.

  • River Bend Winery will have wine tastings
  • tours of the winery,
  • an art show,
  • Natural Awakenings booths,
  • a massage therapist,
  • Mark Stampley performing,
  • and food.
  • Our Kitchen is OPEN for Lunch and dinner!!
Lots happening at Glassworks for the June First Friday Trolley Hop!

Demo: You Call It!
Demo starts at 6, ends at 9pm
This crowd-activated demo allows YOU to help design and create masterpieces with the help of Glassworks resident artists. Lord of the Yum Yum will be the MC of the night, who will later be performing on the rooftop around 8pm.

Opening Reception: Chase Collins - Celebrities - 6-9pm in Glassworks Loft Blu
Emerging artist, Chase Collins is exhibiting his celebrity paintings at Loft Blu, Louisville’s premier urban loft.

Collins’ work was the back-drop for the Ultra VIP Room at Kim Kardashian’s Derby Party held at Glassworks, and included a portrait of Kim herself.

Collins has also completed commissions for Churchill Downs and Saratoga Woods.

Summer Rooftop Concert: Ultra Pulverize/ Prizzy Prizzy Please/ The Delicious/ Lord of the Yum Yum/ DJ Sam Sneed. Doors open at 7pm on Glassworks Rooftop, $8, Cash Bar, Sponsored by New Albanian Brewing Co.

Join us on the rooftop at Glassworks for a night of spectacularly peculiar music and all around fun loving times. Louisville's own futuristic rock outfit, Ultra Pulverize will be joined by Bloomington’s guitarless avant-punk rockers Prizzy Prizzy Please and glimmering pop masters, The Delicious. Opening the night with a performance and also serving as MC for all of the evening’s festivities is Chicago’s Lord of the Yum Yum, with his unique blend of experimental a’capella music and comedy. As if this weren’t enough, Louisville DJ, Sam Sneed will be in control of the music before the show and between bands.

Opening Reception: Casey Hyland - Wishful Thinking - 6-9pm in Glassworks VONFIRE Gallery
Casey Hyland’s glass art exhibit, “Wishful Thinking”, will feature artwork produced over the last three years.

Using silvered bottles, clear stones, thin steel rods with glass and bubbles inside bubbles, the artwork describes moments of gazing into the mirror at a bar, stacking stones, blowing wishes with a dandelion and playing with soap bubbles.
ART ECOLOGY (224 South Clay Street, Suite 110)
First Friday Trolley Hop
"Autonomous" by Emil Walton
Friday, June 5th, 6-9 pm
Select works on display through July		 Coming in July 2009 is the next series of "The Verses Series" by Russel Hulsey featuring portraits of Kentucky Poets.

*Purchase T-shirts with ART ECOLOGY artists original work!!!!

Predicate Nick Owens - Gallery B

Greed, The Killer! A Self Portrait
by Emil Walton
pred•i•cate

1. To base or establish
2. To state or affirm as an attribute or quality of something
3. To carry the connotation of; imply
4. To proclaim or assert; declare

Once during a high school philosophy class that I mostly didn’t understand, I learned that one’s thoughts and feelings are simply a composite of all ideas and events experienced. What you think, your opinions, how you process emotions and ultimately identify yourself as an individual are simply a result of what you have been exposed to in the course of life.
Every work of art is in its own way a self-portrait. Regardless of the subject matter, the way in which a piece is executed is done so through the context of individual perspective. To me, it’s that perspective, that filter of identity, that gives art its value. “Predicate” is a collection of pieces attempting to reflect how my own perspective was and is constructed as well as how it reacts to the world. - Nick Owens

 Being born and raised in Africa it was not an uncommon sight to see beggers on street corners begging for food, help or money. These people always made me wonder what happened in their lives that made them stand on that corner today. Some were born into poverty and some made bad mistakes or life dealt them a bad hand of cards, but behind that cardboard sign stood a human being in need of help, a human being that could have been me or you. A recent trip to South Africa inspired my solo show. Ive met a lot of people on that corner and interesting stories and decided to incorporate that into my work by mixing my African experiment with a touch of America. Out of the people that I got into contact with, two really inspired me to tell their story and incorporate them in my art.
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