September 21, 2012 – 2:00 pm
“Elephants” by Mark Parris will have its opening at Revelry, 980 Barret Ave., on Saturday, Sept. 22 from 6-11 p.m. Garner Narrative is having a special reception for “Table Paintings” by Joyce Garner on Sunday, Sept. 23 from 4-7 p.m. The show runs through Oct. 27. The Liberty Tattoo and Art Parlor, 2801 S. 3rd St., 637-4777, is [...]
August 16, 2012 – 11:00 am
Registration is required. On Tuesday, Aug. 21 from 12-1 p.m. at the Carnegie Center for Art and History, 201 E. Spring St. in New Albany, author Bryan Bush will present the program “My Dear Mollie: The Letters of Brigadier General Daniel Griffin, Commander of the 38th Indiana Volunteer Infantry,” as part of the Carnegie Center’s [...]
August 13, 2012 – 11:00 am
Registration is required. The Carnegie Center for Art and History, 201 E. Spring St., New Albany, is hosting the workshop “Truth, Myths and Minor Miracles: An Introduction to Preservation, Conservation and Exhibition Materials, Methods, and Resources,” presented by the Association of Indiana Museums (AIM), on Saturday, Aug. 18 from 1-3 p.m. The workshop is free [...]
Through Aug. 26 Speed Art Museum 2035 S. Third St. speedmuseum.org $10 (free for members) There’s nothing like the Olympic Games to fire up levels of patriotic enthusiasm among devotees and non-sports fans alike. If a ticket to London isn’t in your budget, you can still get a taste of Olympic fever at the Speed [...]
Pre-registration is required. The Carnegie Center for Art and History, 201 E. Spring St. in New Albany, IN 47150, 812-944-7336, is hosting the Lunch & Learn Summer Civil War Series with author Michael Peake on Tuesday, July 17, from 12-1 p.m. Peake will be discussing “I Remain Your Affectionate Son,” the Civil War Letters of [...]
Registration required. The next “Lunch & Learn” program at the Carnegie Center for Art and History, 812-944-7336, is “Treat Them as Wild Beasts” on Civil War Bandits and Guerillas in the Ohio Valley Region, with Mark Wetherington, Director of The Filson Historical Society, on Tuesday, June 19 at 12-1 p.m. Participants can bring a lunch, [...]
The Speed Art Museum, 2035 S. Third St., 634-2700, announces that beginning Memorial Day weekend through July 15, visitors to the museum will have the opportunity to see a rare 1823 engraved facsimile of the Declaration of Independence, thanks to the generosity of Mayor Greg Fischer and the City of Louisville. The document was donated [...]
The Portland Museum, 2308 Portland Ave., 776-7678, is showing “Hidden Treasure: Two Hundred Years of Art in Portland.” Part of the Bicentennial of Portland, the exhibition of 15 artists featuring painting, drawing, sculpture, fiber, glass, photography and ceramics is on display from May 10-Aug. 2. A special evening showing/opening will be held on Thursday, May [...]
Quattra 4, a group of four women metalsmiths, will have a one-day show on Saturday, April 14 from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at the Louisville Boat Club, 4200 River Rd., 896-0424. Lona Northener, Roxy Lentz, Sharon Major and Lesley Rahner craft studio art jewelry from various metals and stones, each with a unique hand. A portion [...]
Pre-reservation is required. Robert Ronk and Nick Baute of Hound Dog Press are the speakers at the Louisville Visual Art Association’s next “Food for Thought” at Tuesday, April 10 at noon. 3005 River Rd., 896-2146. LVAA members $15, non-members $25, including lunch from Cafe Fraiche. Reservation deadline is Monday, April 9 at noon.
Architectural historian Dianne Harris is giving the lecture “Case Study Utopia?: Toward a Photographic Urbanism” on Thursday, March 29 at 6 p.m. in the Chao Auditorium, Ekstrom Library. Free and open to the public. For more information, call 852-6794.
March 28, 2012 – 12:00 pm
The Carnegie Center for Art and History in New Albany is hosting the Hoosier Heritage Alliance Regional Conference on Monday, April 16 from 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. The cost to attend the conference is $10 per person, which includes lunch. The registration deadline is April 1. Morning sessions focus on what to collect and how to [...]
Monday, March 26 Slugger Field honoringourhistory.com Free; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. With the approaching 100th anniversary of the start of World War I, and following a recent report that the last known WWI veteran had died at age 110, “Honoring Our History,” a traveling WWI exhibit, rolls into town Monday at Slugger Field. The exhibit is [...]
March 22, 2012 – 11:00 am
The 3rd Annual U of L Graduate Conference in the Humanities is presenting “The Phoenix Effect: Regenerations, Rebirth & Reformation” on Friday, March 23 in the Ekstrom Library. Dr. Sena Jeter Naslund is the creative keynote speaker at 11 a.m., with Dr. Morris Beja the critical keynote speaker at 1:30 p.m. Registrations begins at 8 a.m. Free and [...]
Through Dec. 31 Kentucky Derby Museum Churchill Downs derbymuseum.org Were you aware 95 percent of the world’s bourbon is produced in Kentucky? Yeah, yeah, that was easy. But did you know that the bourbon and distilling industries here employ more than 10,000 people? As Louisvillians, I believe we pay a decent amount of respect to [...]
Registration is required. The Carnegie Center for Art and History’s next free Family Fun Workshop is making Women’s History Month Family Trees using craft foam, glue, markers, and ribbon. Attendees should bring photos of women in their families, no larger than 4″ x 6″. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Suggested ages 2-12. Saturday, [...]
February 29, 2012 – 1:49 pm
Through March 9 Photographic Archives U of L’s Ekstrom Library • 852-6752 library.louisville.edu/eskstrom The 1937 flood of the Ohio River was one of the largest floods in American history, with Louisville getting the brunt of it. Margaret Bourke-White was sent here by Life magazine to photograph the devastation. Louisvillian Corwin Short, in turn, photographed Bourke-White [...]
February 9, 2012 – 9:00 am
Registration is required. The Carnegie Center for Art and History’s next Family Fun Workshop is Create Your Own Kente Cloth on Saturday Feb. 11 from 10 am-12 pm. The free drop-in family art workshop is held on the 2nd Saturday of each month. We will be creating our own Kente cloth for African American History [...]
