LVA’s Weekly Gallery Guide: 9.30.26
Julio Cesar at Revelry Gallery
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WHAT’S NEW
THURSDAY:. Nahla Joy joins us in the studio to talk Artists & Afros. Tune in to Artists Talk with LVA each Thursday at 10 am on 97.1 FM or Artxfm.com.
THURSDAY: The KMAC Shop is showing waited spaces, a special exhibition and sale featuring more than 40 works by Louisville-based artist Teri Dryden. There will be a reception with the artist tonight from 5 - 8 pm..
FRIDAY: Revelry Gallery opens Julio Cesar - MANIFESTO, with a reception tonight from 6 - 9 pm.
FRIDAY: Pyro Gallery opens STEVE'S LOUISVILLE, Paintings & Drawings by Stephen Kuhlman, with a reception tonight from 6 - 9 pm.
FRIDAY: Lady Like with Lori Larusso opens at Lowber Gallery tonight, with a reception from 5:30-8:30 pm.
FRIDAY: I Contain Multitudes: Printmaking in Kentucky opens tonight at Bellarmine University’s McGrath Gallery, with a reception from 5 - 7 pm.
FRIDAY: The Louisville Unfair is today through Sunday at The Mag Bar.
FRIDAY: The 70th Annual St. James Art Show opens today and runs through Sunday.
SATURDAY: The 3rd annual Artists & Afros runs today and Sunday from 12-5 pm at the Norton Sports & Learning Center.
SATURDAY: Grady Goods ArtPunk Gallery’s Monsters of Folklore Group Art Show will open tonight from 5- 9 pm.
SATURDAY: garner Large opens Aaron Raymer - Trapped in Paradise, with a reception tonight from 6 - 8 pm.
Stephen Kuhlman at Pyro Gallery
Hite Institute of Art & Design, Schneider Hall, Gallery X, is showing Mapping the City, a student showcase of photographic art and prints made while on their study abroad excursion to Venice, Italy, opens.
Gallery 104 in LaGrange opened the 3rd annual Women of Abstraction, a competitive art show of abstract work in all mediums created by women.
Art in City Hall Prospect opened GlobalViews – Expanding Horizons, an exhibition of artists from multicultural backgrounds, whose work reflects the rich perspectives, memories, and influences of their diverse backgrounds.
Kentucky Fine Art Gallery opened MidLife Catharsis, a new collection of paintings by David O. Schuster.
The Kentucky Center for African American Heritage opened Jubilation! Ambassadors on a Sacred Journey!
Chestnuts and Pearls Art Gallery and Antiques, in New Albany, opened Death Becomes Us, a group show featuring 20 local artists.
MaybeItsFate opened two fall exhibitions: The Floods and The Fringes and Background Vocals.
Thistle & Moon art boutique! Featuring a group art show entitled (Re)invention, as well as a selection of art and gifts from a variety of local and regional artists.
The Hite Institute of Art + Design opened Labyrinths, a solo exhibition by Hite alumnus David Helm. Listen to an interview with the artist on Artists Talk with LVA.
BUFFERING, curated by Jacob Grant and featuring work by Mason Gianni-Stone, Jamarr Cox, and Connor Stephenson, is @ 828 E Market St.
WheelHouse Art opened Cynthia Kelly Overall's solo exhibition, Latest Landscapes.
Manifest, featuring paintings by Matt Armstrong and Craig Hawkins, opened at Sojourn Midtown.
LVA Event: Louisville Visual Art opened the 2026 Ohio Valley Biennial Juried Exhibition. Listen to an interview with juror Dr. fari nzinga on Artists Talk with LVA.
Bourne-Schweitzer Gallery opened Jane Lloyd and Bill & Gean Bowen:: FUSED AND FIRED.
The Quonset Hut hosts All-Terrain, in collaboration with the 2Buck Invitational, an annual street art celebration. Featuring Steve Ehret, Chris Jehly, & Evan Peltzman.
LVA Event: Suyun Son’s Contained fabric installation exhibition opened at the LVA Project Space.
34 Floral Paintings by Joe McGee opened at the Pigment Gallery at Mellwood Art Center.
Pyro Gallery opened EMBRACE, by Debra Lott, with guest artists: Margaret Archambault, Jamarr Cox, Rachel Gibbs, Rex Lagerstrom, Tammy Podbelsek. Listen to an interview with Lott and Jamarr Cox on Artists Talk with LVA.
garner narrative opened Aleksandra Stone: Veiled Landscapes.
KORE Gallery opened Interpretations, featuring 89 participating artists who interpret great works of art.
The Abyss Stares Back, curated by Chenoa Works, opened at ArtPortal in the Portland neighborhood.
St. Matthews Studios & Gallery opened Transitions, an End-of-Summer Art Exhibit.
WheelHouse Art presents The World of Our Own Creation, a new exhibition by Patricia Baldwin Seggebruch at The Wine Room.
University of Louisville’s Hite Institute’s Schneider Hall Galleries has opened Ink Networks, an exhibit focused on the work and legacy of Lloyd Menard.
The Paul Paletti Gallery has opened a 25th-anniversary show, curated by Paul Paletti and featuring highlights from the gallery's history.
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.
Under the Wing of a Quiet Moon: Artwork by Bruce New opened at Outsider Art Museum & Gallery.
KMAC opened ENID 2026: Generations of Women Sculptors.
Sandra Charles is the featured artist at the Meadows Art Gallery at the Masonic Homes through October 2.
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.
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.
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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