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Weekend visual art events

The opening for “Spirit in Bronze” by David Lind at the Arts Council of Southern Indiana, 820 E. Market St. in New Albany, 812-949-4238, is on Saturday, April 13 from  1-4 p.m. The show runs through May 31.

Call for art

The South Fourth Street Association is announcing a design competition to create a new entrance to Fountain Court (1430 1/2 South Fourth Street). This competition will be a two-stage process. The first phase will be submittal of a designer’s qualifications. Then, from this submittal, a short-list of designers will be considered. Up to three will be [...]

Fong Choo at LVAA’s Food for Thought

Reservations required. The next Louisville Visual Art Association “Food For Thought: Lunch and Learn” event is Tuesday, June featuring Fong Choo, curator of the DINNER(re)WORKS 2012 Exhibition. He will show and discuss his work as a studio potter. Lunch provided by Cafe Fraiche. Reservations are required and admission is $15 for LVAA Members/$25 for non-members. 12 p.m. [...]

“Our House: Recent Works in Glass by Joel O’Dorisio” at Carnegie

The Carnegie Center for Art and History, 201 E. Spring St. in New Albany, 812-944-7336, is showing “Our House: Recent Works in Glass by Joel O’Dorisio” from June 1-July 28. O’Dorisio explores the relationship between his fascination with the inherent wonder of the natural landscape and the contrived beauty of the city. To achieve a balance [...]

LVAA’s children’s classes are finalist in national competition

The Louisville Visual Art Association’s Children’s Fine Art Classes has been chosen as a finalist for National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award for the second year in a row. NAHYPA is the Nation’s highest honor for out-of-school arts and humanities programs that celebrate the creativity of America’s young people, particularly those from underserved communities. [...]

Weekend visual art events

PYRO Gallery, 624 W. Main St., is hosting a SWAN Day Celebration on Saturday, March 31 at 2 p.m. SWAN (Support Women Artists Now) features female artists ranging in age from teens to 60s presenting a wide range of work in the visual arts, poetry, narrative, dance, music and theater. The Louisville Visual Art Association, [...]

PYRO showing “Night Music”

PYRO Gallery, 624 W. Main St., is showing “Night Music” with photographs by father-and-daughter Jeffrey and Laura Skinner. It will be up through April 8.

“Moulin Rouge” showing at the Speed

The film “Moulin Rouge” will be shown at the Speed Art Museum, 634-2700, on Friday, Feb. 10. The bar opens at 6:30 p.m., with the film starting at 7:30 p.m. Included with Museum admission.

Feature Film Auditions

LofT press release

Gebhardt-Marshall Gallery is closing

Gebhardt -Marshall Gallery, 801 E. Market St., 317-696-3796, has decided to close.

Call for art

The Affordable Art Show 2011, presented by the 930 Art Center, 930 Mary St., 494-7042, is an one-day event on Saturday, Sept. 17 in conjunction with a Fall Festival sponsored by Sojourn Church at the same location. Indoor and outdoor space are both available, however there are only a limited number of spots available, so [...]

Bourbon Baroque @ Yew Dell Gardens

Thursday, July 21 Yew Dell Gardens 6220 Old Lagrange Road • 241-4788 www.yewdellgardens.org $15 (members), $25 (non); 7 p.m. As a trained opera singer, Meagan Brus honed her craft at the Manhattan School of Music and the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music before traveling across the country and to countries such as Japan and Germany [...]

Twilight Tram Tour at Cave Hill

Reservations required. The Cave Hill Heritage Foundation is presenting a Twilight Tram Tour led by architect Steve Wiser on Saturday, July 16 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. $35 per person. Call 451-5630 to reserve a spot.

Summer art classes taught by Clare Hirn

Registration required. Artist Clare Hirn is offering summer art classes for teens ages 12-16.  Classes will take place at her studio at 552 E. Market St. in two sessions: June 27-July 1 and July 25-29. Students will collaboratively create mural paintings. For more information, please contact Hirn at 802-4744.

“Home Thrown, Home Grown” pottery sale

Louisville Clay is joining up with the Bardstown Road Farmer’s Market to present “Home Thrown, Home Grown,” an annual pottery clay event this Friday and Saturday. Deer Park Baptist Church parking lot, 1733 Bardstown Rd. Friday, May 20, 4-8 p.m. and Saturday, May 21, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.

Louisville writing contests now open …

Women Who Write, Inc., a Louisville-based writing organization, invites all women writers to enter the organization’s two annual writing contests. Calliope Poetry and Short Prose Contest: Prizes are $150 for first place, $100 for second place, and $75 for third place. The winners’ works will be published inCalliope, the group’s annual anthology, and each winner [...]

Sunergos Coffee’s April visual artists

The Sunergos Coffee at 2122 S. Preston St is showing work by Amber Estes and Nick Thieneman through April. Ted Nathanson’s art is on display at their Beechmont shop, 306 W. Woodlawn Ave.

Weekend visual art events

Quilters’ Day Out, a gathering of Quilt Guilds in celebration of National Quilting Day, is Saturday, March 12, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Conference Center, 9700 Bluegrass Parkway. The event showcases 23 area guilds, exhibits, vendors, door prizes, a quilt challenge with cash prizes, time to sit and sew, [...]

Ann Stewart’s “Art with Dinner”

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED. Ann Stewart will give an informal talk about her art process at Buck’s Restaurant, 425 W. Ormsby, on Wednesday, March 16 at 6:30 p.m. The dinner costs $25.00. She will discuss how she capture ideas and what she does with them to create paintings and mosaics. Reservations 637-5284.

IUS Senior Exhibition

IUS, Barr Gallery, 4201 Grant Line Rd., New Albany, is showing its B.A. Senior Exhibition through March 16. The opening reception is Thursday, Feb. 24 from 5-7 p.m.