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Feb 26

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New Mural Initiative Is About Healing, Empowering BIPOC Artists

89.3 WFPL News Louisville · New Mural Initiative Is About Healing, Empowering BIPOC Artists Louisville artist Ashley Cathey says it can be unbelievably hard to get a mural on a wall. Even for someone with a lot of experience doing it. Last year, it felt like things might change. “2020 was really fighting for us […]

By Stephanie Wolf

Feb 26

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New Mural Initiative Is About Healing, Empowering BIPOC Artists

By Stephanie Wolf

Feb 24

Arts and Culture

Here’s How You Can Celebrate Purim During A Pandemic

Purim begins when the sun sets Thursday, and due to the pandemic, many Louisville events marking the Jewish holiday will be online this year. Sometimes known as the Feast of Lots, Purim commemorates when Queen Esther helped save the Jews from persecution in ancient Persia. It’s a joyous holiday, often celebrated with costumes, goofy plays […]

By Stephanie Wolf

Feb 24

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Here’s How You Can Celebrate Purim During A Pandemic

Stephanie Wolf

Feb 23

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New Speed Exhibition To Honor Life, Legacy Of Breonna Taylor

“Promise, Witness, Remembrance” will run April 7 - June 6. It was developed with the support of Taylor’s family.

By Stephanie Wolf

Feb 23

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New Speed Exhibition To Honor Life, Legacy Of Breonna Taylor

Stephanie Wolf

Feb 19

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Arts Day Becomes Virtual Arts Week In Kentucky This Year

The weeklong event will feature performances, discussions about COVID-19’s impact on the arts world, presentations from Kentucky artists, and more.

By Stephanie Wolf

Feb 19

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Arts Day Becomes Virtual Arts Week In Ky. This Year

Stephanie Wolf

Feb 18

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Community Foundation Grant Program Revamped To Support Black-Led Groups

The foundation brought in 15 Black community leaders with varied expertise to develop a new strategy for awarding grants through the Fund for Louisville program.

By Stephanie Wolf

Feb 18

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CFL Grant Program Revamped To Support Black-Led Groups

Stephanie Wolf

Feb 18

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Awaiting Federal Aid, Louisville’s Indie Venues Start To Look Forward

Independent venue owners and workers are pinning their hopes on mass vaccination and federal aid to survive the pandemic.

By Stephanie Wolf

Feb 18

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Awaiting Federal Aid, Louisville’s Indie Venues Start To Look Forward

Stephanie Wolf

Feb 16

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Muhammad Ali Center CEO Leaving For Job In Hometown

Donald Lassere is heading to the Chicago History Museum, where he’s accepted a job as president and CEO.

By Stephanie Wolf

Feb 16

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Muhammad Ali Center CEO Leaving For Job In Hometown

Stephanie Wolf

Feb 16

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Review: In Kiah Celeste Exhibit, Discarded Materials Find New Life

The nine works in “It is What is Not Yet Known” present a spare but undeniable beauty.

By Natalie Weis

Feb 16

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In Kiah Celeste Exhibit, Discarded Materials Find New Life

Natalie Weis

Feb 9

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Sewage Line To Displace Sculpture in Jeffersonville Arts District

The city’s public arts administrator said the sculpture cannot be relocated safely and, with the artist’s consent, will be destroyed.

By Stephanie Wolf

Feb 9

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Sewage Line To Displace Jeffersonville Public Artwork

Stephanie Wolf

Feb 5

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Posters Of Derby Festivals Past Incorporated Into 2021 Art

Posters for the 2021 Kentucky Derby Festival rolled off the presses Friday morning. The work features a vibrant pegasus flying through the air. The tips of its wings stretch to the poster’s edges. Louisville collage artist and painter Andy Perez designed it. “I wanted to sort of embody the excitement and fun with the colorful […]

By Stephanie Wolf

Feb 5

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Posters Of Derby Festivals Past Incorporated Into 2021 Art

Stephanie Wolf

Feb 4

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NEA Awards $230K To A Dozen Ky. Arts Projects

An audio play about the experiences of young Muslims and an artist residency at a Frankfort sculpture park are among the Kentucky projects to receive National Endowment for the Arts grants.

By Stephanie Wolf

Feb 4

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NEA Awards Grants To A Dozen Ky. Arts Projects

Stephanie Wolf

Feb 4

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Louisville Ballet On the Hunt, Again, For An Executive Director

Nichole Gantshar, who was named executive director in August after serving as interim for months, will leave the ballet.

By Stephanie Wolf

Feb 4

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Louisville Ballet On the Hunt, Again, For An Executive Director

Stephanie Wolf

Feb 3

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Louder Than Life Music Festival To Return In September

The Bourbon & Beyond and Hometown Rising festivals, however, have been cancelled for the second year in a row.

By Stephanie Wolf

Feb 3

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Louder Than Life Music Festival To Return In September

Stephanie Wolf

Feb 3

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2021 Louisville Jewish Film Festival Focuses On Social Justice

The 23rd annual Louisville Jewish Film Festival, presented by the Jewish Community Center, opens Thursday, and this year’s event — for the first time — will be entirely virtual. Festival director Marsha Bornstein said it was “tempting” to take a year off and bring it back in 2022 when it might be safe to gather […]

By Stephanie Wolf

Feb 3

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2021 Louisville Jewish Film Festival Focuses On Social Justice

Stephanie Wolf

Feb 2

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Redline Performing Arts Finds New Home In Portland Neighborhood

The arts education group is moving out of ArtSpace, which Fund for the Arts is selling, and into a Portland building owned by Gill Holland.

By Stephanie Wolf

Feb 2

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Redline Performing Arts Finds New Home In Portland

Stephanie Wolf