LVA’s Weekly Gallery Guide: 8.19.26
Morgan McGill at 21c (detail)
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WHAT’S NEW
THURSDAY:. Hannah Drake will be in the studio to discuss her installation, Childhood Interrupted. Tune in to Artists Talk with LVA each Thursday at 10 am on 97.1 FM or Artxfm.com.
FRIDAY: nightseed is a free, shared, in-person VR experience at KMAC, created by Chelsea Komschlies in collaboration with Louisville Makes Games and the Louisville Orchestra. Guests can reserve a 15-minute time slot for tonight from 6-8:30 pm, or SATURDAY: from 1:30-4 pm.
SATURDAY: Elevate Exhibition and Conversation with Morgan McGill. A one-night-only event to see two paintings by Morgan on the 4th floor of 21C Museum and Hotel Louisville. From 3 - 5 pm today.
SUNDAY: Trager Family JCC hosts the Shalom Y’All Block Party today from 12 - 3:30 pm.
Butchertown Homecoming: An exhibition of Gary Slaughter’s works has opened at MaybeItsFate gallery.
University of Louisville’s Hite Institute has opened Ink Networks, an exhibit focused on the work and legacy of Lloyd Menard, a printer maker who founded the University of South Dakota-Vermillion Printmaking Department and later Frogman’s Print Workshop. There will be a reception on August 27th from 4-6 pm.
The Paul Paletti Gallery has opened a 25th Anniversary Show, curated by Paul Paletti and featuring highlights from the gallery's history.
Brett Weston at Paul Paletti Gallery
The Season of Creation opened at the Mary Anderson Gallery at Mount St. Francis. Jill Baker and John Florence exhibit collages, monotypes, and watercolors that explore the rhythms, beauty, and fragility of the earth amid climate change and environmental uncertainty.
Chestnuts and Pearls Art Gallery and Antiques in New Albany, IN, opened Cloud Cover, a solo show featuring the outstanding paintings of artist ShaReese Cunningham.
Revelry Gallery celebrates 16 years of business with the opening of Looking Fur Luck by Jenna White.
Under the Wing of a Quiet Moon: Artwork by Bruce New opened at Outsider Art Museum & Gallery.
Mellwood Art Center opened The Alchemist's Pulse, by John Beldon.
The Observation Project: New Works by Erica Chinise & Janet Dake opened at Grady Goods + Artpunk Gallery.
KMAC opened Girl Crush, featuring the work of 86 women artists.
TANGENTS, Artwork by Bette Levy and Jessica Beels, opened at Pyro Gallery.
Tracers, Jacob Heustis' debut solo exhibition at WheelHouse Art, LOU.
Kore Gallery opened 2 exhibits: Valerie Timmons’ MASKED: WHAT A WOMAN HOLDS, and Anil Vinayakan’s Parks and Cities.
Clive Moloney’s Kindling runs through September 18 at Garner LARGE.
Bourne - Schweitzer Gallery opened JD Schall & Susan Harrison’s
STORIES TOLD.
Jeaneen Barnhart’s Passion, In Retrospect - Art through the years 1994-2026, featuring The Larry Raskin Collection, is on exhibit now at Kentucky Fine Art Gallery.
KMAC opened ENID 2026: Generations of Women Sculptors.
St. Matthews Studios & Gallery presents guest artist Elizabeth Foley.
Sandra Charles is the featured artist at the Meadows Art Gallery at the Masonic Homes through October 2.
The Hite Institute of Art + Design opened Over Yonder: Queer Rural Utopias at the Cressman Center.
LVA Event: Human | Nature opened at The LVA Gallery. Contributing artists include Lucy Azubuike, Karen Boone, Jessica Chao, Albertus Gorman, Claire Hirn, Devan Horton, Claire Krüeger, Jill Pelto, Elyse Thaman, Jim Weaver, & David J Emerson Young.
Out There, In Here, a solo exhibition by Louisville-based artist Gary Carpenter, opened at The Wine Room. Presented by Wheelhouse Art, LOU.
Moremen Gallery presents Opium Dreams, a major exhibition of new paintings by Louisville artist Laurie Fader.
Kleinhelter Gallery in New Albany opened a group exhibit, Gathered in the Garden.
Speed Museum hosts Eric N. Mack in the Gheens Court with RARE ESSENCE, a site-responsive arrangement of suspended textile paintings made from fabrics that are sheer, painted, dyed, patterned, and worn.
The Floyd County Carnegie Cultural Arts Center is hosting REDEMPTION, featuring the works of artist Jaylin ‘Monet' Stewart.
The Speed Art Museum opened Abstract Expressionists: The Women, Kentucky’s first exhibition devoted to Abstract Expressionism. This groundbreaking presentation celebrates the bold, innovative contributions of women who led the movement that transformed American art.
Seen in a Daydream: Art by Matt Tucker is on view in the WXOX Gallery at 515 West Breckinridge St. 20% of all proceeds benefit the nonprofit operations of WXOX 97.1 FM
Chasing the Shot: Travel Photography Off the Beaten Path is open in the Julius Friedman Gallery in Archives & Special Collections.
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.
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.
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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