LVA’s Weekly Gallery Guide: 1.28.26
Maiza Hixson at Wheelhouse Art
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WHAT’S NEW
THURSDAY: Thaniel Ion Lee will discuss their first curatorial exhibit at Wheelhouse Art on Artists Talk with LVA on WXOX 97.1 FM at 10 AM.
THURSDAY: Hite Institute at the University of Louisville hosts a Book Talk and Reception for Jennifer Sichel and her book, Criticism Without Authority: Gene Swenson's and Jill Johnston's Queer Practices. At the Schneider Hall Galleries with a reception from 5:30-6 pm, and a talk from 4:30-5:30 pm.
Terry Spangler Dunham at Pyro Gallery
FRIDAY: Wheelhouse Art opens Market Boom: Emerging Artists from Louisville’s East Market District 2000–2008, a group exhibition and the curatorial debut of artist Thaniel Ion Lee. Featuring art by Matthew and Mitchell Bradley, Tammy Burke, Valerie Sullivan Fuchs, Maiza Hixson, John King, Thaniel Ion Lee, Cynthia Norton, Letitia Quesenberry, Michael Ratterman, and Dmitry Strakovsky. There will be a reception ton ight from 6:00 - 8:00 pm, with a curator's talk at 7:00 pm.
SATURDAY: Pyro Gallery opens Homegrown Stories, New Work by Terry Spangler Dunham, Sherrie Dunham, and Charlotte Pollock, with a reception from 5 - 8:30 pm. There will also be a Gallery Talk on Sunday at 1 pm.
STILL ON VIEW
Outsider Art Museum & Gallery is showing of Scott T. Anderson’s And Then The Wheels Fell Off.
Chestnuts and Pearls Art Gallery and Antiques in New Albany opened Oversharing, an exhibit by artist Jes Allen.
Marking It: A NACHMO Exhibition opened @ Artportal.
KyCAD’s Gallery 849 opened SNACKS, a solo exhibition by Lauren Gregory, a multidisciplinary exhibition bringing together contemporary quilting, painting, and animation, exploring storytelling and the space where tradition meets technology.
Hite Institute for Art has opened 2 exhibits at the Schneider Hall galleries: Little Fictions: Highlights from the University Art Collection, and Paired Influence: MFA Students’ Selections from the University Collection.
Bourne-Schweitzer Gallery opened Form in Flux, with works by Chad Balster & Dena Williams.
Landscapes and Backdrops: paintings by Katrina Johansen, opened at Kleinhelter Gallery.
21c Museum Hotel Louisville opened a new exhibition, Revival: Digging Into Yesterday, Planting Tomorrow. The exhibition features 70 works of art by 47 artists from around the world.
Wheelhouse Art presents an Elissa Rose Morley solo exhibition at The Wine Room.
Where Memory Lives: New Paintings by Nancy Wentzel & Charlotte Pollock, opened at The Meadows Gallery in The Masonic Home.
The Hite Institute of Art + Design opened, Maybe Kudzu Covering My Body: Camouflage in the South, tonight at The Cressman Center. A group exhibition featuring work by borealis, Jacob Riddle, Katie Hargrave & Meredith Laura Lynn, Max Trumpower, Elle Hendrickson, Raymond Thompson & more.
Black Girls, Butterflies, & the Magic of Dreams opened at the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage.
Tori Christensen’s The Colors of Darkness, A Touchable Art Show, opened at The Little Loomhouse. Listen to an interview with the artist on Artists Talk with LVA.
Ad Astra Per Aspera Aurora Noctua's first solo show is now open at Grady Goods & ArtPunk Gallery.
Revelry Gallery opened Tattered: Tattooers Doing Art.
Kore Gallery opened two new exhibitions featuring artists Elizabeth Naiditch, Ron Anderson, Don Anderson, and Ian Anderson.
garner narrative is exhibiting Good Looking, the annual exhibit of gallery artists, looking back on 2025 and anticipating the new year. Artists include Erin McGee Ferrell, Angie Reed Garner, Joyce Garner, Will Garner, Maureen Hagerman, Shawn Marshall, Wendi Smith, Aleksandra Stone.
The Cultural Arts Center in New Albany is showing Estuary: a Staff and Community Artist Showcase. This exhibit features the artwork of Floyd County Library and Cultural Arts Center staff artists Josh Bleecker, Al Gorman, Jessica Hartman, Bethany Parrish, and Daniel Vance, as well as Fred DiGiovanni, Hannah Durham, and Matt McDermott of the museum’s Artists Roundtable Feedback Group.
Lowber Gallery opened a show of new work by Tamara Scantland.
garner LARGE has opened Erin McGee Ferrell: She Rides.
KMAC Museum opened 2 exhibits: Trey Abdella “Bug Bites” & Crafting in Miniature.
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.
LaVon Van Williams Jr. - Everything Must Change is open at The Speed Museum.
ZG|StudioWorkZ presents The Color Show: a curated visual experience exploring the full color spectrum and featuring original works by 40+ artists across multiple media, arranged in chromatic sequence.
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.
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.
The Adele and Leonard Leight Glass Art Award – Artist Talk Speaker and Awardee: Victoria Ahmadizadeh Melendez is exhibiting at The Speed Museum.
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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