November 30, 2012 – 12:00 pm
An exhibition of works by Wendall Castle “Forms Within Forms” is opening at the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, 715 W. Main St., 589-0102, on Friday, Nov. 30. In lieu of an artist talk, curator Joey Yates will conduct a public artist interview at 7 p.m. The exhibition runs through Feb. 4.
November 16, 2012 – 2:00 pm
Preservation Louisville will host an event on Saturday, Nov. 17 to highlight the inaugural Preservation S.O.S.- Save Our Shotguns project. The event will begin at 2 p.m. at the Habitat for Humanity main office, 1620 Bank St. in Portland. The event will include a presentation about the Preservation S.O.S. shotgun home project, as well as [...]
November 9, 2012 – 2:00 pm
The Education Dept. of the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, 715 W. Main St., will hold a workshop for both children and adults on Storytelling with Paper on Sunday, Nov. 11. Stop in anytime between 12-3 p.m. $6 per participant (free for museum members) in addition to regular admission fee. Steve Wiser will be signing his new [...]
November 7, 2012 – 2:00 pm
The Speed Art Museum is having a sale on Thursday, Nov. 8 and Friday, Nov. 9 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Items available include leather couches, shelving unites and lamps. Cash and credit cards are accepted. No artwork is for sale.
November 5, 2012 – 12:00 pm
Special guest lectureer Glenn Adamson of London’s Victoria & Albert Museum is speaking at the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, 715 W. Main St., 589-0102, on Monday, Nov. 5 at 6 p.m. He will be speaking about craft and perceptions of it. $6 museum admission, free for museum members and students.
November 2, 2012 – 9:00 am
The First Friday Trolley Hop is on the first Friday of the month, Nov. 2. Explore the art galleries, museums, shops and restaurants along East & West Main & Market Streets from 5-11 p.m. Hop on and off the free trolley. Wayside Expressions Gallery, Hotel Louisville, 120 W. Broadway, 836-7661, is showing Natasha McGee’s “Rust and Contrast” from Nov. [...]
October 25, 2012 – 11:00 am
The Affrilachian Poets will be reading at the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, 589-0102, 715 W. Main St., on Thursday, Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. Free with museum admission. The Affrilachian Poets are an ensemble of African-American writers that challenge simple notions of an all white Appalachian region and culture while drawing on traditions [...]
October 24, 2012 – 11:00 am
Frank X Walker, Kentucky poet and founding member of the Affrilachian Poets, will be reading on Wednesday, Oct. 24 at 7:30 p.m. at the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, 589-0102, 715 W. Main St. Free with museum admission. Walker coined the word “Affrilachia” to make visible the black experience in the Appalachian South. He [...]
October 18, 2012 – 9:00 am
The Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, 715 W. Main St., 589-0102, will host “The Moth StorySLAM” in conjunction with the current exhibit “Storytelling as Craft: Chapter One” on Thursday, October 18. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the storytelling begins at 8 p.m. Admission is $8, free for museum members. WFPL’s Gabe Bullard will host [...]
October 12, 2012 – 2:00 pm
The Speed Art Museum will have a booth at the Foxhollow Farm Fall Festival, 8905 Highway 329 in Crestwood on Saturday, Oct. 13 from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Children will be able to explore stone sculpture, create their own recycled rain barrel rubbing, and more. Other Foxhollow offerings include a pick-your-own pumpkin patch, live music, old-fashioned [...]
October 5, 2012 – 8:00 am
The First Friday Trolley Hop is on the first Friday of the month, Oct. 5. Explore the art galleries, museums, shops and restaurants along East & West Main and Market Streets from 5-11 p.m. Hop on and off the free trolley. Bearno’s by the Bridge, 131 W. Main St., is showing the “Louisville’s Fleur de Lis” group [...]
September 28, 2012 – 2:00 pm
The eighth annual Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day Live! Event is on Saturday, Sept. 29. Participating museums and cultural institutions offer free admission: Carnegie Center, Culbertson Mansion State Historic Site, Howard Steamboat Museum & Mansion, Locust Grove, Frazier History Museum, Kentucky Derby Museum and Louisville Science Center.
September 13, 2012 – 2:00 pm
The Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, 715 W. Main St., 589-0102, is hosting “Storytelling as Craft: Chapter One” through Nov. 11. The museum will exhibit art works that use narrative and narrative structures as the primary medium in a show that questions the premise of craft as a physical object. Participating artists include Mindy [...]
August 15, 2012 – 7:55 pm
The Board of Trustees of the Speed Art Museum announced today that Dr. Charles L. Venable will be leaving the Speed Art Museum to become the Director and CEO of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, effective October 8, 2012. Venable will step down as the director and CEO of the Speed Art Museum in September.
The First Friday Trolley Hop is on the first Friday of the month, Aug. 3. Explore the art galleries, museums, shops and restaurants along East & West Main & Market Streets from 5-11 p.m. Hop on and off the free trolley. The Speed Art Museum is hosting “Free First Friday at the Speed” from 5-9 p.m. during the [...]
August 2, 2012 – 11:00 am
The Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, 715 W. Main St., 589-0102, is highlighting two artists during the month of August in its Gallery: painter David Morsman and metalworker Clark Smithy.
Julie Yoder is showing her mixed media collages in KMAC’s gallery shop, 715 W. Main St., through July.
The First Friday Trolley Hop is the first Friday of the month on July 6. Explore the art galleries, museums, shops and restaurants along East & West Main & Market Streets from 5-11 p.m. Hop on and off the free trolley. DINNER(re)WORKS at the Cressman Center is selling all unsold dinnerware at 20 percent off during First Friday. [...]
The Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, 715 W. Main St., 589-0102, is extending ”50 Years of Studio Glass” until July 29 (the original end date was July 1). Museum hours are Tuesday through Friday, 10 am-5 pm, Saturday and Sunday 11 am-5 pm, or by appointment. Admission is free for KMAC members, college students (with [...]
The Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, 715 W. Main St., 589-0102, is highlighting artist Kathleen O’Brien during the month of June in the KMAC Gallery. O’Brien uses watercolors, pencils, botanicals, mica, copper leaves and ink on handmade paper to make her three-dimensional mixed media collages.
