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Urban Design Studio, 507 S. Third Street,
Trolley Hop Reception, 7:00 - 9:00pm
showcasing Saturday's SOLAR Tour
The Student Sculpture Contest of flourescent incandescents
also will be on display.
Learn how to be more energy free!
For more information about the Solar Tour, visit
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Kentucky Backroads Gifts and Gallery, 602 S. Third Street (in the Henry Clay), is open for business! They will be open until 9 pm during the Trolley Hop. Refreshments will be served.
One side of the shop features jewelry (some pieces are one-of-a-kind), Ky crafts, wood-turned products, Secretariat memorabilia and photos signed by the jockey, lotions, soaps, candy, books, Ky Proud foods, Maker's Mark products...The other side of the shop is a gallery with original artwork including original sculpture by Gena Neumann, and oil paintings by Beatriz Montoya and Cathy Sullivan.
Be sure to visit this gallery and gift store specializing in all things Kentucky. Everything from bluegrass seed to original works of art are for sale. Quality souveniers and Kentucky-made foods make a visit to this store a must on your agenda. Original works of art and limited edition reproductions from artisans and crafters from all over the state are featured. Kentucky history will also be featured prominently in monthly exhibitions.
The Grand Opening party is October 12, 5 - 9 p.m. We will have food, drink and entertainment. Please plan to come and bring family and friends.
Our hours are Mon - Sat, 11:00 - 7:00 p.m. and Sunday 1 - 6 p.m. We will stay open late for the 1st Friday Trolley Hop.
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| Zephyr Gallery, 610 E. Market Street
Opening Reception October 5th, 6-9 pm; First Friday Reception November 2nd, 6-9 pm |
"Sugar Cubes, Candy Sticks and Wooden Boats"
Michael Ratterman's sculptures for the exhibition employ a minimal attitude with a direct and immediate approach to the work. The colors and rhythms found in the patterns and structures resonate lightness and elicit memories. The work is composed of recycled limestone and wood and layers or pigment.
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Sharon Weis' figures in the exhibition express themselves with their arms in a way that goes beyond the everyday social norm in order to evoke unnamable emotions. Though the expressions are not communicated on a level that involves words or labels, they suggest a visual understanding that has its own vocabulary. The figures are painted with oil on board.
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"Unoccupied Chair Series"
Also on exhibit by Sharon Weis are a series of chair paintings. The chairs are in conversation with each other, and are meant to draw attention to the missing occupants.
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The Gallery at Actors Theatre, 316 W. Main Street
KENTUCKY WATERCOLOR SOCIETY’S AQUEOUS 2007, October 2 - 27, 2007
Kentucky Watercolor Society presents its 30th annual juried exhibition, Aqueous USA 2007. Consistently ranked as one of the top national watercolor exhibitions, this show will feature many prominent artists from across the country. Aqueous USA 2007 will exhibit 70 paintings and offer over $10,000 in awards.
Founded in 1977, the Kentucky Watercolor Society promotes watercolor as an important medium in the arts community and provides support and educational opportunities for the watercolor artist. It is a non-profit, nationally recognized, volunteer operated organization with over 400 members from across the United States. |
George Scoonover, Yachats, Ore.
Trailer Park Grand
Third Place, Aqueous 2006
28" x 36" watercolor |
Marilynne Bradley, Webster Groove, Miss.
Glascow Bridge
Second Place, Aqueous 2006
30" x 36" watercolor |
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Mary Craik Gallery,
815 E. Market St.
Some new quilted wall hangings, art to wear, hand knitted hats and scarves, jewelry and pottery. |
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The Frazier, 829 W. Main Street. Between August and November of 1888, the East End of London was held in the grip of fear by a series of ghoulish murders. The killer was never identified. The name bestowed upon this mystery killer is known the world over--Jack the Ripper. |
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St. John UCC, 637 E. Market St.
hosts musical guest Terry Birkhead and his drumming group.
The church opens its sanctuary doors at 7:00 pm. Everyone is welcome.
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The Mayan Cafe,
813 E. Market Street
We will have our famous sangria available for purchase by the glass or pitcher.
Also we will have a live latin jazz guitarist playing on our patio. |
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 The Kentucky Watercolor Society will be displaying selected works at The Gallery at the Kentucky Center, 501 W.
Main Street. The works will be available for view in the main lobby through Saturday, October 6, so this is your last chance to see this remarkable exhibit!.
Over 17 participating artists’ works will be featured in the Gallery. The Kentucky Watercolor Society was founded in 1977 to promote watercolor painting in Kentucky. The organization serves both professional and beginning artists, collectors and other art enthusiasts through education and exhibitions. The organization consists of more than 400 artists, with approximately one-half representing other states.
Hours of operation are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; weekends, noon to 5 p.m. The Gallery is also open during performances. |
In conjunction with the First Friday Trolley Hop, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, 715 W. Main St., will host a bluegrass musical performance by the James Family Band from 7-8pm. The James family is from Corinth, KY and they play music on their own handcrafted instruments. There will be several folk artists selling their works on the sidewalk, and a few art cars will be on display throughout the evening. Free and open to the public.
Kentucky Folk Art: The State With the Art will be on exhibit at the gallery Thursday, October 4 – Saturday, November 3, 2007. A Public Reception will be held during the Trolley Hop, 5:00 – 9:00 pm in the Brown-Forman Gallery.
This exhibition will be a snapshot of the rich history of Folk Art in Kentucky. Featuring works from the Museum Collection as well as pieces from artists and collectors. We will celebrate the richness, variety and excitement of Kentucky Folk art from the hills of Appalachia to the streets of Louisville and beyond. |
Garland Adkins,
Unpainted Horse 1 |
Donnie Tolson, Horse 2, 2007 |
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Donnie Tolson, Abraham & Isaac |
Ed Lambden, Monkey with Red Axe |
Ruther King, Mother Teresa and
Princess Diana |
Jim Alexander, Fisherman |
The Great Pumpkin Blow
at Glassworks! 815 W. Market St.
On first Friday, participants can enter the Glassworks Hot Shop
and work one-on-one with artists to create unique blown glass pumpkins!
Ages 7+
$50
Appointment suggested - 992.3056 |
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Carr-Waite Studio
221 S. Hancock St.
Join us for First Friday, October 5th 6-9pm. |
Gallery NuLu, 632 E. Market St, upstairs
Vadis Turner brings her tongue-in-cheek take on tradition versus modernity to Louisville from New York City. Many traditional forms of craft have been replaced with advancements in technology, entertainment and shifts in cultural priorities. Vadis Turner transforms concepts and materials that are traditionally emblematic of women into objects that represent how we spend our time and define our values. A Nashville native, Ms. Turner studied at Boston University, earning her BFA and MFA and graduating with honors in 2000.
Boasting an impressive exhibition catalog, Turner has shown in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Boston, and Nashville, as well as abroad, in Tokyo, the Czech Republic, as well as Paris’ Centre Georges Pompidou and Reflex Gallery.
“It is hard to miss… Vadis Turner’s eye-fooling collection of confection and cupcakes made of colored cloth and assorted beauty products. They are very cleverly done.” (Benjamin Genocchio, The New York Times, April 2007)
“What gives substance to her art, however, is the tension it sets up between old-timey, timeintensive crafts associated with women- which she celebrates – and references to the modern, time-crunched, consumer oriented world.” (Ben Davis, Retro Activities, artnet.com)
This show was made possible through collaboration with New York’s Vanina Holasek Gallery.
Please join us to celebrate and enjoy Vadis Turner’s first Louisville exhibition! |
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Flame Run, 828 E. Market Street, is celebrating the work of the man who put Louisville glass art on the map, Stephen Rolfe Powell, with their new exhibit, “Johnson, Smith and Jones: Stephen Rolfe Powell’s Powerful Legacy to Glass art.”
Thirteen glass artists who served as apprentices to Stephen Rolfe Powell from 1985 to 2007 are celebrating the connection to their mentor by holding a companion show to one of Powell’s at Flame Run contemporary art glass studio. The exhibit is planned in conjunction with Powell’s mid-career retrospective at the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft. “Johnson Smith and Jones: Stephen Rolfe Powell’s Powerful Legacy to Glass Art” opens Sept. 29 and runs through Nov. 20. Powell, a seminal figure in contemporary glass in Kentucky, is a professor at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky.
The artists, part of a larger group of apprentices who worked for Powell over the last 25 years, are the apprentices who worked most closely with him, said Flame Run co-owner Brook White, who worked for Powell for 12 years.
“We helped him make his art and do demonstrations at shows. We traveled with him, helped photograph his work, delivered glass, and repaired the equipment,” White said. “It was truly a hands on, life-changing experience. To see the progression of his career first hand was instrumental for us as we figured out how to make a living as glass artists.” |
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| The 13 artists share the distinction of pursuing their art full-time and making a living at it, White said. The group includes Pat Martin and Che Rhodes, full-time professors who head up glass programs at Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas, and the University of Louisville. Four – White, Paul Nelson, Paul Hugues and Naomi Stuecker – work at Flame Run.The name of the show is an inside joke, White said. Early in his career, Powell gave each of his pieces three names, one of which was always Johnson, Smith or Jones. Powell told his apprentices he chose those most common American names because glass is such an ordinary substance. |
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Cobalt Artworks, 614 West Main Street
The New Cobalt Artworks Gallery on Main Street has commissioned renowned artist, LeRoy Neiman, to create the Official Artwork of the Ryder Cup, which will be sold at the newly opened Cobalt Artworks.
The gallery will also be presenting a yearlong revolving retrospective exhibit of Neiman’s works, entitled, LeRoy Neiman- Five Decades. The original 2008 Ryder Cup painting will be on display as part of this exhibit highlighting Neiman’s remarkable career.
The LeRoy Neiman-Five Decades retrospective is open to the public on Friday, October 5 as a part of the First Friday Trolley Hop. The exhibit is titled “LeRoy’s Louisville” and will include works that “celebrate the mutual love affair between LeRoy Neiman, the greatest sports artist of all time, and one of the greatest cities for major sporting events in the world." |
PYRO Gallery, 624 West Main Street
Exhibition of new work by C.J. Pressma, October 5 – November 10, 2007
Opening reception First Friday October 5, 2007 5 to 9PM
PYRO Gallery will be the venue for a solo exhibition of new work by C.J. Pressma from October 5, 2007 through November 10, 2007. The exhibition of Art Quilts features approximately 12 large scale quilts.
Pressma’s quilts explore the use of repetitive pattern, color, and positive/negative imagery using the inherent power of photographic subject matter that implies a reality that may not exist. “Photographs carry with them a strong residue of objective reality left over from a 19th and early 20th century understanding of the photograph as an accurate record of reality. This residue is what makes photography so believable and at the same time so deceitful.”
Concurrent with the Art Quilt exhibition in the main gallery will be an exhibition of wearable art featuring the fiber work of Pressma and Mary Dennis Kannapell in the Garden Gallery. This collaborative work is an outgrowth of a partnership between Kannapell and Pressma who formed Wrapture The Wearable Adventure to create and market art clothing and other decorative home items. |
Tribute to Pfanner |
Cumberland Burial Site |
Dad's Family Tree |
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Denise Mucci Furnish
Untitled
shibori dyed silk
machine quilted
felted wool |
Garner-Furnish Studio
642 East Market Street
Large-scale oil paintings and textile art.
Open Wednesday-Friday 12-5 and Saturday 12-3,
by appointment, or catch us at work!
641-8086 or 594-2039
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Marvin Finn Memorial Dedication  This Saturday, October 6, at 9am there will be a memorial dedication for Marvin Finn at the Flock of Finns located in Waterfront Park. Marvin was a beloved folk artist who passed away earlier this year on January 30, 2007. He was buried in Louisville Cemetery.
Rev. Alex J. Moses of Louisville will officiate at this dedication. A banner depiction of a memorial headstone will be displayed at the dedication. Design implementation of the memorial has been accomplished through the dedicated service of Albert and Penny Nelson of Nelstone-Stone Carving, and the Louisville Cemetery.
Family members, friends, area artists, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft members and staff, along with visiting attendees of the Twentieth Annual Conference and Symposium of The Folk Art Society of America are expected to observe the dedication.
This event is open to the public. There will be art cars on display as an additional tribute by artists who recognize the accomplishments of Marvin Finn and his contribution to the community. For those who wish to participate in the funding of the memorial headstone, a donation can be placed at any Fifth Third Banking facility in the name of the Marvin Finn Memorial Trust Fund. |
| Galerie Hertz, 711 S. Third St., is pleased to announce the exhibition “Clay in Review.” This is a great opportunity to view works by established artists side by side with emerging artists fresh on the scene. The genres presented range from the ornate decoration of Todd Burns’s functional pieces and the voluptuous sculptural fruits by Sarah Frederick to the slip cast composite amalgams of Dean Adams. Also, for all the architects out there, this is chance to see West-Coast based artist Geoffrey Pagan’s large-scale ceramic tablet/wall pieces installed in a gallery setting. We will also be premiering the work of Jason Barnett, a ceramic student at Western Kentucky University. Jason creates gorgeously frothed ceramic confections based on the iconic form of the wedding cake. Using this celebratory symbol, Barnett delves into the complexities of gender roles, family, and ritual with the light hand of an artist with a sweet tooth. The show runs from September 30 through October 27 |
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| FREE parking is available at the Riverside lot on the northwest corner of 8th & Market; Slugger Field, 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. |
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