LVA’s Weekly Gallery Guide: 1.7.26
Max Trumpower at Cressman Center
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WHAT’S NEW
WEDNESDAY: Wheelhouse Art presents an Elissa Rose Morley solo exhibition at The Wine Room with a reception tonight from 6 - 8 pm.
WEDNESDAY: Where Memory Lives: New Paintings by Nancy Wentzel & Charlotte Pollock, opens at The Meadows Gallery in The Masonic Home. with a reception tonight from 6:30 - 8:30 pm.
THURSDAY: Luanne Smith joins us in the studio to discuss Biophilia, her solo show at Pyro Gallery, on Artists Talk with LVA on WXOX 97.1 FM at 10 AM.
FRIDAY: The Hite Institute of Art + Design opens, 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. The reception is from 5 to 7 pm.
FRIDAY: Black Girls, Butterflies, & the Magic of Dreams opens tonight at the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage. There will be a reception from 6 - 8 pm.
SATURDAY: Tori Christensen’s The Colors of Darkness, A Touchable Art Show opens at The Little Loomhouse with a reception today from 2 - 4 pm. Listen to an interview with the artist on Artists Talk with LVA.
SATURDAY: Pyro Gallery hosts a gallery talk for Biophilia, Watercolors by Luanne Smith. Today at 1 pm.
Paired Influence: MFA Students’ Selections from the University Collection is now open at Schneider Hall Galleries at the University of Louisville. There will be a reception on Thursday, January 15, 2026.
STILL ON VIEW
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.
Ron Anderson at Kore Gallery
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.
Wheelhouse Art opened History of Flower Arrangements, a solo exhibition by Carlos Gamez de Francisco.
St Matthew’s Gallery, 3716 Lexington Road, Louisville, is showcasing new small artworks!
Lowber Gallery opened a show of new work by Tamara Scantland.
Tantrum Control: New Paintings by Nina Kersey opened at Surface Noise.
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.
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. Featuring original works by 40+ artists across multiple media, arranged in chromatic sequence.
AB 30, an exhibit celebrating 30 years of the Artists’ Breakfast Group, opened at the LVA Gallery.
Moremen Gallery opened "New Work" by Billy Hertz.
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.
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.
The Adele and Leonard Leight Glass Art Award – Artist Talk Speaker and Awardee: Victoria Ahmadizadeh Melendez is exhibiting at The Speed Museum.
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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