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Weekend visual art events

jtriplettart — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:00:43 +0000

Howard Steamboat Museum & Mansion, 1101 E. Market St. in Jeffersonville, 812-283-3728, is holding its 21^st 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 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday, May 19 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission to grounds is $4, children under 12 free with an adult. No pets please.

Creative Diversity Studio & Gallery is holding its Third Annual Pasta Bowl Fundraiser on Saturday, May 18 from 4-8 p.m. at City Cafe, 505 W. Broadway. For more information, call 502-212-9474 or email creativediversityart@yahoo.com.

“RHQRDWBWTHR” at Zephyr Gallery

jtriplettart — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:00:32 +0000

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.

Talk by international artist Lily Yeh at KSA

jtriplettart — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:00:37 +0000

International artist Lily Yeh will discuss her current work in Louisville to commemorate the 1968 Parkland Political Uprisings at 28^th 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 of Arts and Humanities in Philadelphia to the Genocide Memorial in Rwanda to the Dandelion School in China and now to Louisville, Lily Yeh of Barefoot Artists is a global artist who is fueled by a belief that art is a human right and that artists can create a foundation for profound social change.

For more information, contact Jennifer Ratoff with SYNAPSE at inspireleaders@gmail.com or 502-424-0241.

Book workshop at PYRO

jtriplettart — Thu, 16 May 2013 19:30:16 +0000

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.

“Axis Mundi” at PYRO

jtriplettart — Thu, 16 May 2013 16:00:46 +0000

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.

Summer Fiber Arts Camps at the Little Loomhouse

jtriplettart — Wed, 15 May 2013 19:00:54 +0000

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.

U of L extends Harlan Hubbard exhibition

jtriplettart — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:00:18 +0000

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 announces Top Ten lists

jtriplettart — Wed, 15 May 2013 13:00:55 +0000

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

9. Historic Old Clarksville Site

10. Water Co. Block

Successes

1. Big Four Bridge

2. 805 East Market St.

3. Wellspring Tonini Apartments

4. 1254 Floyd Street

5. St. Bartholomew Senior Apartments

6. 2741 Main St.

7. Shawnee Library

8. 811 East Market St.

9. 118 West Breckenridge

10. Union Station-TARC

Gallery talk by River City Fiber Artists at Carnegie

jtriplettart — Tue, 14 May 2013 20:03:17 +0000

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.

Ketti Frith at Swanson Contemporary

jtriplettart — Tue, 14 May 2013 19:00:09 +0000

“Ten Years Later” by Ketti Frith is at Swanson Contemporary, 638 E. Market St., through June 8.