Howard Steamboat Museum & Mansion, 1101 E. Market St. in Jeffersonville, 812-283-3728, is holding its 21st annual “Victorian Chautauqua.” The arts, crafts, garden and antique fair features the Carriage House antique show, book signings, music, mansion tours, herb and perennial sale, and a wide array of arts and crafts booths. Saturday, May 18 from 10 [...]
Zephyr Gallery, 610 E. Market St., 502-585-5646, is showing “RHQRDWBWTHR” (Rye, Howard, Quesenberry, Ratterman, Donley, Weis, Begley, Wirth, Thomas, Hayden, Radtke) from May 17-June 22. The opening reception is Friday, May 17.
International artist Lily Yeh will discuss her current work in Louisville to commemorate the 1968 Parkland Political Uprisings at 28th and Greenwood. Tickets for the May 17 event are $10 (cash only); a book signing will follow her lecture. From 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Kentucky School of Art, 845 S. Third St. From the Village [...]
Pre-registration is required. PYRO Gallery, 909 E. Market St., is holding a book workshop on Sunday, May 26 from 12:30-4:30 p.m. It will be taought by C. J. Pressma. Cost is $45. Call 502-587-0106 for more information.
PYRO Gallery, 909 E. Market St., 587-0106, is showing “Axis Mundi” by Mary Dennis Kannapell and Julia Comer from May 16-June 30. The opening reception is Thursday, May 16 from 6-9 p.m.
Pre-registration is required. The Little Loomhouse, 328 Kenwood Rd., 367-4792, is holding summer fiber arts camps for school age children in June and July. Class size is limited to 12 for each session. Contact Stephanie Brown, Education Coordinator to register.
UofL’s Archives and Special Collections has extended the closing date for its exhibit of items from its Harlan Hubbard Collection. It will now be on display through mid-July. Lower Level, Ekstrom Library.
Preservation Louisville has announces its Louisville Metro’s 2013 Top 10 Endangered Historic Places and Top 10 Preservation Successes lists: Endangered Historic Places 1. Vacant & Abandoned Properties: Shotgun Houses 2. Colonial Gardens 3. Mid Century Modern structures 4. Ouerbacker House 5. Corner Store Fronts 6. Roscoe Goose house 7. Lampton Baptist Church 8. Doerhorfer house [...]
The Carnegie Center, 201 E. Spring St., New Albany, 812-944-7336, is hosting a talk on Tuesday, May 14 from 6-7 p.m. by the River City Fiber Artists in association with the “Form, Not Function: The First Ten Years” exhibition. Free and open to the public.
“Ten Years Later” by Ketti Frith is at Swanson Contemporary, 638 E. Market St., through June 8.
Pre-registration required. The Carnegie Center, 201 E. Spring St. in New Albany, 812-944-7336, is featuring “Celebrating Emancipation in New Albany and Louisville,” presented by historian Pen Bogert, on Tuesday, May 21 from 12-1 p.m.
Pre-registration required. The Cave Hill Heritage Foundation is conducting a Civil War Historical Walking Tour on Saturday, May 18 from 9-11 a.m. It will be led by Civil War historian Bryan Bush. $15 per person. To RSVP, call 502-451-5630 or email at cavehill@bellsouth.net.
Pre-registration required. Preservation Louisville, Inc., The Brennan House Historic Home, 631 S. Fifth St., 502-540-5146, is offering a Top Ten Trolley Tour through Louisville Metro’s historic neighborhoods to learn more about Preservation Louisville’s 2013 Top Ten Lists. See some of the Endangered Historic Places in our community as well as some of the recent Preservation [...]
As part of the Festival of Faiths, McGrath Art Gallery at Bellarmine University, 2001 Newburg Rd., is showing “A Hidden Wholeness: The Zen Photography of Thomas Merton” through June 2. It’s an exhibit of 35 photographs by Merton that express the Zen perception. For details, call 502-272-8177. Bellarmine University is also showing a Thomas Merton [...]
“Shining a Light” International Photo Contest invites submissions of original photographic work that helps to make visible the problem of violence against women and the activism combating this issue. Entries are due by Sunday, June 15. Finalists will have their work shown at the Muhammad Ali Center, 144 N. Sixth St. First, Second, and Third [...]
Gallery Janjobe, 899-9293, 1860 Mellwood Ave. in the Mellwood Arts & Entertainment Center, is hosting a Mother’s Day Event on Saturday, May 11 from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday, May from 12-4 p.m. There will be special promotions during the Mother’s Day Event with original work from more than 60 talented artists. Work will be available by Ann Klem who is [...]
WHY Louisville, 806 E. Market St., is showing art by MissHappyPink from May 10-June 6. The opening reception is Friday, May 10 from 6-9 p.m.
The opening reception for the Carnegie Center’s new show “Form, Not Function: Quilt Art at the Carnegie”, Tenth Anniversary Exhibit is on Friday, May 10 from 6-8 p.m. Enjoy refreshments and music by the Jamey Aebersold Jazz Quartet at the opening reception — free and open to the public. This national juried exhibit of contemporary [...]
ART+FM is seeking Public Service Announcements (PSAs) to add to their daily programming. If you are involved with a not-for-profit organization, please bring it to the attention of Sharon Scott, gm@artxfm.com, 640-6414. PSAs are generally 3-4 sentences that describe a nonprofit organization, its services, and/or upcoming events. PSAs will be read on air and should [...]
The Arts Council of Southern Indiana in New Albany is holding its annual 2013 “Beyond Borders” exhibit Aug. 9-Sept. 27 plus its Monarch Celebration on Aug. 10 from 1-6 p.m. The theme, which can be interpreted literally or symbolically, refers to the Monarch butterfly’s annual migration, and the butterfly’s life cycle. Artists need to send [...]
