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.
Through May 31 Day’s Espresso & Coffee 1420 Bardstown Road dayscoffee.com Day’s Espresso & Coffee welcomes another artist into their display with the pride of a fawning mother. Josh Johnson’s “In Regard to Falling” illustrates a wonderland of vignettes, complete with fairies and rabbits and balloons. It is his first solo art show since moving [...]
Through May 31 preservationlouisville.org louisville.edu/library May is National Preservation Month. In celebration, our local historic preservation agency Preservation Louisville is offering a number of events. They’re shining a bright light on NuLu because of its preservation-minded sensibility. Many of the neighborhood’s galleries, stores and restaurants are participating with discounts as well as the Progressive Preservation [...]
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.
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 [...]
Through May 14 Spot5 Art Center Gallery 2005 Frankfort Ave. • 594-1483 spot5artstudio.com Starting a tradition is a lot of work. When the Spot5 Art Center decided to hold what they hope will be an annual show in their gallery, the first of its yearly regional juried exhibitions was born. The 18-person show enables us [...]
Through May 24 Green Building Gallery 732 E. Market St. • 561-1162 thegreenbuilding.com We get to meet Edie, the young daughter of Gibbs Rounsavall, by way of her father’s new series “AWAKEN.” Her influence on Rounsavall’s life, as every parent (grandparent, godparent, next-door neighbor) knows, is all consuming. He’s “Dada” now, an inspired choice since [...]
Through May 31 Garner Narrative Contemporary Fine Art 642 E. Market St. garnernarrative.com Garner Narrative is friendly and highly supportive of its artists, and after welcoming Memphis’ Tim Crowder, Joyce and Angie Reed Garner are no less excited than usual. Crowder’s paintings are surreal yet crisp, a hat tip to the famous surrealist Magritte. Crowder [...]
