First Friday Trolley Hop

December 7, 2007 First Friday Trolley Hop

Lots of opportunities for shopping at the December Trolley Hop. Our newest member, A Taste of Kentucky, will be open until 9 p.m. offering refreshments and a chance to see their newest location in the Aegon Center. The Frazier has gathered most of Louisville's cultural attractions' gift items in one place for your convenience. This is a once a year opportunity, so don't miss it! SCOUT, always a great source for gift items, has expanded their offerings and includes holiday decorations. In addition to knitted items, Mary Craik Gallery has glass ornaments, jewelry, notecards and more. While you're there, don't forget to go upstairs to visit Prada Imports and our newest gallery, Tim Faulkner Gallery. PYRO is showing the work of invited guest artists as well as PYRO members. Steelskin is featuring small "art as gift" items, and will stay open until 10pm. The Gallery at Actors Theatre is holding two exhibits, Garner-Furnish will have Bluegrass Music in their gallery this month, and Zephyr has two exhibits this month. If you're ready for a break, try the new winter menu at Mayan Cafe, or sample holiday treats at The Bodega. If you just want to get off your feet, stop in St. John's to enjoy their musical guests as well as cookies and cider. Watch an ice sculpture being created, attend a book signing, check out the wearables trunk collection on the second floor, and enjoy refreshments at KMAC. Market on Market is showing two exhibits, and Glassworks is holding their Seconds Sale. 21C Museum Shop is holding a sample sale and Carr-Waite is holding a special studio sale. Be sure to register for a "Downtown Experience" at Kentucky Backroads' open house. Gallery NuLu is showing another new collection by Gibbs Rounsavall, and Paul Paletti Gallery delights with photographs from Cirque de Soleil. The Museum Plaza Sales & Design Center will be open until 9 pm - no appointment needed.

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

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For over 25 years A Taste of Kentucky has found and presented the finest in Kentucky made and inspired foods, crafts, gifts, books, art and candies.
Our new store is located at 4th and Market, in the AEGON Center, across from KICC. We will be celebrating our official opening on Friday 12/7 with representatives from the Mayor's Office and GLI at 4 PM. During the Gallery Hop, we will be offering wine and Kentucky foods and snacks to our guests. Phone is 566-4554.

Please join us for our first Gallery Hop!

The Frazier International History Museum
829 West Main St.

This unique Holiday Shopping experience will feature gifts from:

Frazier International History Museum
Speed Museum
Rauch Planetarium
Embroiderers Guild of America
Muhammad Ali Center
Louisville Science center
Portland Museum
Little Loom House

In addition, there will be holiday music, snacks and a cash bar.
Have fun and do your shopping at the same time!

SCOUT
801 E. Market St.

The Holiday Season is in full swing at SCOUT. The shop is full of gifts, accessories, artwork and jewelry perfect for gift giving. We have also expanded our men's gift selection with stylish hats from Gorrin, eco-friendly wallets by db clay plus belt buckles, cufflinks and key chains. We also have beautiful holiday decorations for your home including ornaments from Jonathan Adler. Stop in, have a cup of cider and get in the holiday spirit.

The Mayan Cafe,
813 E. Market Street
The Mayan Cafe will be introducing a new Winter menu during this December's Trolley Hop. Enjoy such delights as Beef Tenderloin with shrimp in a cilantro tomato-caper sauce and our famous Roasted Leg of Lamb in a light mint cream sauce. We will be featuring Samual Smith's Winter Welcome Ale as well as Marquis Philips Roogle Red, a Shiraz-Cabernet blend that has hints of creamy cherry & cranberry. We hope you will take a brief interlude from your holiday shopping to enjoy all the exciting new flavors of the Mayan Cafe!

Mary Craik Gallery
815 E. Market Street:
New wool and cotton wall hangings, hand blown glass Christmas balls, pottery, jewelry, art to wear, hand printed note cards and gift certificates.
Prada Imports , Second Floor : All paintings 50% off and all other objects 10% off.
Estella Majozo Salon, Second Floor: African American drumming and poetry reading by Priscilla Hancock Cooper and Bani Hines-Hudson .
Tim Faulkner Gallery, Second Floor: Ashes to Ashes Exhibit, paintings by Tim Faulkner and Quincy Owens.

PYRO GALLERY, 624 W. Main St., will be open from 5 - 9 on Friday December 7 for the First Friday Trolley Hop.
The current exhibition is EARTH, a showing of work by PYRO members and their invited guest artists. The exhibiton will run until December 29.

Steelskin Studio
312 W. Main Street

2nd Annual Art as Gift show

Featuring soft goods and small giftable sculpture and lighting, all made by local artists Samantha Griffith and Jen Pellerin.
Open for Trolley Hop till 10pm

Denise Mucci Furnish
Yellow Star
discarded Texas Lone Star quilt, acrylic

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

December First Friday:
Bluegrass Music with the
Pot Luck Ramblers
Come enjoy art, listen, dance!

The Bodega at Felice, 829 E. Market St., will be sampling holiday food ideas and Beer for this months Trolley Hop.

St. John United Church of Christ,
637 E. Market
opens at 7:00pm.

St. John is happy to host the following musical guests: Larry Miller, J. T. Taylor, John French, Tony Emrich and Charlie Niehoff.

Join St. John in enjoying beautiful Christmas music and enjoy some homemade cookies and cider.

Zephyr Gallery, 610 E. Market Street

Peggy Sue Howard
new landscapes
In Peggy Sue Howard’s new landscapes, reality floats above abstract chaos. The viewer is invited to enter a field of swaying swirls of color that sweep the eye to the horizon which is in focus and very much a landscape. This seeing is the reverse of the accepted assumption that the foreground be sharp and defined and the distant horizon fuzzy and out of focus.

Peggy Sue Howard, red3, acrylic on 3 canvas panels, 5’ x 9’, 2007

Joel Pinkerton
assemblage

See the crowd at "The Land of Misfit Toys Memorial Arena"
Purchases can be picked up after Dec., 7th.
See the exhibit on youtube by following this link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY8jnPUzEvo
This is a youtube video. You can click the square in the bottom right corner of the screen to view it full-screen. There are 65 pieces in the show (the most I've ever shown at one time) and 11 have already sold. 3-6 more (that I know of) are being decided on too. I'm happy to provide any info or still images you may require. Prices range from $250-$900. Most are $300 & $400.

Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft
715 West Main Street

Visit KMAC for the First Friday Trolley Hop in December! Warm up around the fire out front and watch Thomas Brown create an ice sculpture in the likeness of a Stephen Powell glass vessel! Phyllis EagleTree will be signing for her first book entitled Roll The Wheel, The Abundant Life and Wisdom of Mae Phillips in the Gallery Shop. Roll the Wheel contains the stories and photos of Mae Phillips’ life journey. Mae Phillips’ wisdom addresses the nature of fulfillment and contentment, and Mae’s life embodies the non-market values and community life that Cornel West and Wendell Berry suggests we retrieve for our lives to be richer.Joyce Jackson with Creations by Joyce will hold a winter wearables trunk show on the 2nd floor. Her line contains hand knitted sweaters, scarves, dresses, and more.

The Flag Fork Herb Farm will be serving up delicious refreshments that include fresh organic herbs from their garden in Lexington, KY.

Market on Market, 445 E. Market

Opening Reception: 12/7, 6pm.

Charles Hansen became a studio potter in 1999 establishing Hansen Studio in Louisville, Kentucky. As one of the region's most dynamic emerging clay artists, his focus is on large-scale work for exterior settings as well as interior furnishings and accessories. His work is about fascination with industrial and computer age machines. Each unique handmade piece is adorned with computer generated graphics and found industrial objects. He finds the juxtaposition between handmade and machine made, through the ancient art form of ceramics, creates a ‘future primitive’ art object that commemorates and celebrates the aesthetic range of our modern life.

Ross Gordon started photographing in Seattle in 1995 and attended the Seattle Center Photographic School and the Portfolio Center Atlanta. He is primarily interested in shooting people and cultural subjects, and has photographed on five continents and over 40 countries. His next photo adventure is to ride his motorcycle around central America photographing and interviewing people along the way. Planning a ride around the world in 2009.

Glassworks
815 W. Market Street

SECONDS SALE
As part of the Downtown First Friday Gallery Hop on December 7, at 6pm we will have the annual Glassworks Seconds Sale and Inventory Clearance, where Glassworks Artists sell their "not quite perfect" pieces for great bargains -- we suggest you arrive early!

12/7/05 - First Friday Gallery Hop
6pm - until it's gone...

Kentucky Backroads, 602 S. 3rd Street.
You are invited to a reception at Kentucky Backroads this Friday

Sharon Matisoff, "Dance of the Snowflakes"
Meet the Artist
December 7, 2007, 5-9 pm

Our new show features the work of Sharon Matisoff, www.sharonmatisoff.com. This show features pastel paintings of ballet dancers, including the Louisville Ballet. Additionally, three paintings from latest Starbuck's Friendship Series are being previewed.

During the show, be sure to register for a “Downtown Experience” including:
Two tickets to the Louisville Ballet
Dinner for two at Bistro 301
An overnight stay at the Henry Clay in my one-bedroom condo
The drawing will be held on December 30. You will not have to be present to win.

Paul Paletti Gallery
713 East Market Street

Just in time for Christmas! 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.

The show will open to the public on December 7, 2007 from 5-9 p.m., in conjunction with the First Friday Trolley Hop. There will also be a special opening for collectors on Friday, December 14, from 5-8 pm. The regular gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 9 am-5 pm, and by appointment.

The Museum Plaza Sales & Design Center
707 W Main Street

The Sales & Design Center for Museum Plaza is now open. Call 502.638.4922 to schedule an individual appointment.
Stop by during the Trolley Hop on Friday, December 7th until 9pm.

Get a sense of what life at Museum Plaza will be about – luxury, convenience, breathtaking views, and contemporary art in all its expression and form.

The Gallery at Actors Theatre, 316 W. Main Street

        James B. McArthur
       A Touch of Gold
       34” x 20” watercolor

LOUISVILLE TREASURES, LARGE AND SMALL
The art of James McArthur,
October 31 – January 2, 2008
At the age of twelve, James McArthur was introduced to painting and watercolors. It was to be a life-long friendship. Since his retirement, he has had time to paint on a more regular basis and has enjoyed experimenting with new techniques and subjects. This current series concentrates on architecture and scenes in and around the Louisville area. Mr. McArthur is a long-time Louisville Resident, an active community volunteer and a Charter Member of the Kentucky Watercolor Society (KWS).

       Joseph Molinaro
       Ceramic Towers
       21” x 7” x 6” anagama fired white stoneware

THE UNCOMMON WEALTH:
Legacy of the Kentucky Arts Council Visual Arts Fellowships
November 6 – January 25, 2008

This traveling visual and media arts exhibition features 66 artists currently living in Kentucky that have been awarded an Al Smith Individual Artist Fellowship since the program’s inception in 1984. Funding for this Kentucky Arts Council exhibition is made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts as a part of the American Masterpieces program, which seeks to introduce Americans to the best of their cultural and artistic legacy.

Gallery NuLu, 632 East Market, Second Floor
Opening: December 7th, 2007
With his new collection, Gibbs Rounsavall and Gallery NuLu close the year together – and start 2008 - with his pieces that “define eye candy” (Diane Heilenman, The Courier- Journal).
Earning his BFA in illustration from Washington University in St. Louis and a MAT in art education from the University of Louisville, Rounsavall has shown in New York at the Museum of Contemporary Diasporan Art, in Ohio, and throughout Louisville.
“This exhibit is a comprehensive collection of works that offer insight into my creative process.
Each piece starts with a basic element, or building block such as a line, shape, or color. I twist, turn, bend and stretch these elements searching for their hidden potential, similar to the experience of teaching oneself how to play a musical instrument. After a time of
experimentation, I eventually feel equipped to play this “instrument” and begin the process of composing.”
Rounsavall’s work “shows how sublime – and complicated – simplicity can be” (D. Heilenman).
Please join us to celebrate and enjoy Gibbs Rounsavall’s latest collection!

Carr-Waite Studio, 221 S. Hancock St.
Special studio sale one day only on upcoming First Friday. Hours 12-9pm. All photographs framed and unmatted will go on sale at 50% off. Cash or checks, no credit cards.

21c Museum, 700 W. Main Street, is holding a sample sale during the First Friday Trolley Hop until 10 p.m.

21% off a wide selection of items!

Also on display at 21c Museum: Newly installed by Anthony Goicolea and drawings by Josephine Taylor.

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.