LVA’s Weekly Gallery Guide: 12.03.25
Carlos Gamez de Francisco at Wheelhouse Art Louisville
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WHAT’S NEW
THURSDAY: Painter Valtcho Tonov and new Kentucky Opera CEO Ben Robinson discuss the production of All is Calm and Valtcho’s exhibit there on Artists Talk with LVA on WXOX 97.1 FM at 10 a.m.
FRIDAY: Revelry Gallery opens a group show, Tattered: Tattooers Doing Art, tonight from 6 - 9 pm.
FRIDAY: Wheelhouse Art opens History of Flower Arrangements, a solo exhibition by Carlos Gamez de Francisco. There will be a reception tonight from 6- 8 pm, with a conversation with the artist at 7 pm.
FRIDAY: Lowber Gallery opens a show of new work by Tamara Scantland, with a reception tonight from 5:30 - 8:30 pm.
SATURDAY: LVA hosts a gallery talk with John Begley, Laurie Doctor, Joyce Garner, Bette Levy, & Peter Morrin from the Artists Breakfast Group exhibit, AB 30. Beginning at 1 pm at the LVA Gallery.
SATURDAY: Kore Gallery opens Jacque Parsley’s Visual Play and Suzanne Evans’ Boundless, with a reception tonight from 6 - 8:30 pm.
SUNDAY: ZG | StudioWorkZ Gallery hosts The J-Town Jingle: A Holiday Art Sale, today from 1:30-4:30 PM
SUNDAY: The 3rd Art Book Sale happens today from 12 - 4 pm at Kore Gallery.
Jacque Parsley at Kore Gallery
STILL ON VIEW
Maybe It’s Fate presents Echoes from Lebanon, a multimedia installation that explores memory, displacement, and the unseen aftermath of conflict. Created by filmmaker Evan Mascagni, who is of Lebanese descent, the piece uses photography and video to confront the dehumanization of war and its devastating toll on the most vulnerable.
Pyro Gallery opened OFF the Wall - Artworks by Gallery Members and Holiday Boutique Gifts - Buy it...Take it Home!
Hite Art Institute at the University of Louisville opened the 2025 Fall BFA Thesis Exhibition at the Schneider Hall Galleries.
garner LARGE has opened Erin McGee Ferrell: She Rides.
KMAC Museum opened 2 exhibits: Trey Abdella “Bug Bites” & Crafting in Miniature.
The Outsider Art Museum & Gallery opened, And Then The Wheels Fell Off, a showcase of new work by Scott T. Anderson.
Kleinhelter Gallery's Annual Small Works Invitational is now open. The exhibit features work from 29 Artists including Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics, Glass, Fiber, Metal, and more.
garner narrative opened Aaron Raymer: Love and Lockdown.
The Open Studio Juried Exhibition is open at the Hite Institute’s Cressman Center.
Logan Street Gallery opened Apropos Photography: Works from the Brooks Smith Collection, featuring works by Kiah Celeste, Chagas Edson, Georges Rousse, Zed Saeed, San Samore, and Berndnaut Smilde, among others.
Chestnuts & Pearls presents HollaDaz, their annual art clearance sale/
Christmas Open House every Week, Thursday noon-4 pm, Friday 1-4:30 pm, Saturdays 10-3:30 pm, Sundays 12:30-3:30 pm
LaVon Van Williams Jr. - Everything Must Change is open at The Speed Museum..
3rd Annual Creative Arts Alumni Exhibition: FREESTYLE, A Dual Gallery Traveling Exhibition, is open at Spalding University’s Huff Gallery..
Mellwood Art Center hosts Flowing Through, an exhibition of recent work by artist and art therapist Jennifer Kramer.
ZG|StudioWorkZ presents The Color Show: a curated visual experience exploring the full color spectrum. Featuring original works by 40+ artists across multiple media, arranged in chromatic sequence.
Feral Twilight - Art Show by Shawn Eilermann Farrell & Joseph Mays, is at Grady Goods & ArtPunk Gallery
AB 30, an exhibit celebrating 30 years of the Artists’ Breakfast Group, opened at the LVA Gallery.
Kore Gallery opened 2 new exhibits, Axis Mundi by Mike Ratterman and Raymond Graf, and To Myself, Ten Years Ago by Cletus Wilcox.
Moremen Gallery opened "New Work" by Billy Hertz.
Snide Hotel presents SANCTUARIA, an immersive art installation for communal daydreaming presented by Alivia Blade, El Bruner, Lindsey Cummins, and Sirene Martin.
Bourne-Schweitzer Gallery opened its Annual Holiday Exhibit.
The Fall exhibit at AC Hotel is on display, featuring work by Joan Anderson, Whitney Arnold, Jennifer Baughman, Lilly Chodyniecki, Lakin Fain, Kristina Kleinert, & Richard Rink.
Outerworlds — a major new traveling exhibition of the acclaimed Louisville-based, Iraq-born contemporary artist Vian Sora, opened at the Speed Art Museum.
Solostagia, featuring the work of Irene Mudd, Jessie White, & Amber Estes Theinemann, is open at ArtPortal.
Art in City Hall Prospect opened the Natural Elements exhibition. This show features 21 artists working in fiber, clay, paint, and mixed media.
Wheelhouse Art is showing artwork by John Paul Kesling at The Wine Room.
Journeys in the African Diaspora: A Photographic Retrospective 1979-2024 opened at the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage.
Aflora We Flourish in the Midst of Chaos and Oppression, curated by Ada Asenjo and featuring the work of 17 Latinx artists, opened at The Frazier Museum.
Paul Paletti Gallery is showing Sam Abell: Journey Through Continents and Decades.
Galerie Hertz opened a solo exhibit of photography by Richard Bram. Part of the 2025 Louisville Photo Biennial. Listen to an interview with this artist on Artists Talk with LVA.
The Adele and Leonard Leight Glass Art Award – Artist Talk Speaker and Awardee: Victoria Ahmadizadeh Melendez is exhibiting at The Speed Museum.
The SuperNatural 2.0 is on exhibit at 21c Museum through January 4, 2026.
Jill Baker displays large and small abstract monotypes in an exhibit, curated by Kat Wang, of the City of Jeffersonville, Indiana. It is located in the foyer of the City Hall, located at 500 Quartermaster Court, Jeffersonville, IN.
What We Need Now, a collection of outdoor installations curated by 2024 Curate Purchase Inspire (CPI) Fellow Lindsey Cummins at Louisville Grows. Featured artists are Azucena Trejo Williams & Nathaniel Hendrickson, Jessica Chao & Claire Krüeger, & Peter Price. New work by Claire Krüeger will be on exhibit inside.
Pathways to Presence is an installation of permanent outdoor sculptures by Jessica Beels, Casey Dressell, and Matt Weir, curated by Anne Borders for the Curate Purchase Inspire program through LVA, located at the Earth and Spirit Center. Listen to an interview with curator Anne Borders on Artists Talk with LVA.
Julia Youngblood’s Divergent Dreams exhibit for Dreams with Wings, a part of LVA’s Curate Purchase Inspire program, is at the Dreams with Wings location at 2106 Bardstown Road.
Bianca Vaughn’s permanent exhibit, Go Far, Go Together, is now at The Cabbage Patch Settlement House.
Ada Asenjo has curated Somos De Aquí y AFLORAMOS, a permanent exhibit for La Casita Center.
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