Feb 16 Arts and Culture 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 Arts and Culture In Kiah Celeste Exhibit, Discarded Materials Find New Life Natalie Weis
Feb 5 Commentary Review: ’11 Days’ Exhibit By Cuban Artist Chooses Joy Over Death Among more than two dozen exuberantly painted canvases on the walls of Moremen Gallery, a flat-panel screen plays a KET documentary about one particularly treacherous crossing undertaken by migrants making their way toward the United States from Central America. Journalist Judy Woodruff introduces the report with the warning that the “images…may disturb some viewers.” Yet […] By Natalie Weis Feb 5 Commentary Review: ’11 Days’ Exhibit By Cuban Artist Chooses Joy Over Death Natalie Weis
Oct 11 Arts and Culture Effort Underway To Make Louisville’s Art Scene More Equitable To mixed media artist and community organizer Brianna Harlan, Louisville’s arts and culture scene is built “on a white supremist foundation, point blank.” That’s not just Harlan’s opinion: it’s also a takeaway from months of research she’s been conducting on how welcoming the city’s art scene is for Black artists, artists of color and their […] By Stephanie Wolf Oct 11 Arts and Culture Effort Underway To Make Louisville’s Art Scene More Equitable Stephanie Wolf
Aug 2 Arts and Culture JCPS Students Experience Life As Working Artists In ‘The Future Is Now’ This summer, students took part in the Kentucky College of Art + Design and Louisville Visual Art’s “The Future is Now” mentorship program. By Ashlie Stevens Aug 2 Arts and Culture Students Experience Life As Working Artists In 'The Future Is Now' Ashlie Stevens
Jul 28 Arts and Culture New Portland Mural Embodies Neighborhood’s Transformation The new mural adorns Louisville Visual Art’s Portland warehouse space. In giant pixelated font, the phrase “Together We Flourish” runs down the wall. By Ashlie Stevens Jul 28 Arts and Culture New Portland Mural Embodies Neighborhood's Transformation Ashlie Stevens
Jun 20 Arts and Culture Louisville Public Artwork Honored By ‘Americans For The Arts’ Connect | Disconnect, a Louisville Metro public art experience that was on view last fall, was honored this past weekend by Americans for the Arts. By Ashlie Stevens Jun 20 Arts and Culture Louisville Public Artwork Honored By 'Americans For The Arts' Ashlie Stevens
May 20 Arts and Culture Weekend Arts Roundup: How To Take A Break From cerebral installation pieces to spontaneous tap dancing, there’s something for everyone this weekend in Louisville. By Ashlie Stevens May 20 Arts and Culture Weekend Arts Roundup: How To Take A Break Ashlie Stevens
May 20 Arts and Culture Meet The Artist Making Hand-Sewn Replicas of George Zimmerman’s Gun Natalie Baxter has spent the last week quilting a Kel-Tec PF-9 pistol out of floral fabric. By Ashlie Stevens May 20 Arts and Culture Artist Making Hand-Sewn Replicas of Zimmerman's Gun Ashlie Stevens
Feb 23 Arts and Culture Speed Art Museum Gets $1 Million For Free Sunday Admissions The Speed Art Museum has received a $1 million donation to support free admission on Sundays for the next five years, it announced Tuesday. The donation from the Louisville-based distiller Brown-Forman comes weeks before the Speed reopens after an extensive renovation project. Sundays will be known as “Owsley Sundays” at the Speed, in honor of […] By Tara Anderson Feb 23 Arts and Culture Speed Art Museum Gets $1 Million Donation Tara Anderson
Feb 8 Arts and Culture Master Plan For The Arts Seeks Cultural Boost For Louisville The Master Plan for the Arts, announced Monday, is beginning a 14-month planning process to improve Louisville’s art and cultural scene. By Marnix Warren Feb 8 Arts and Culture Louisville Master Plan for the Arts Launches Marnix Warren
Jan 17 Arts and Culture Images of Coal Country in 1979 on Display in Louisville A cluster of wooden houses and a small church huddle next to a hillside. A pair of grimy hands rack up a set of pool balls. A young boy leans on a fence in his youth baseball uniform; his shirt reads “Coal City.” These are just some of the images in “Coal — 1979,” an […] By Tara Anderson Jan 17 Arts and Culture Images of Coal Country in 1979 on Display in Louisville Tara Anderson
Oct 29 Arts and Culture Installing Speed Museum’s 24-Foot Aluminum ‘Wishbone’ No Small Task When you need to move a 24-foot-long aluminum wishbone, you call in the professionals. The Speed Art Museum is nearing the end of a massive $50 million renovation and expansion project, with the reopening several months away. While the weather is still mild, museum staff is working on the installation of several large outdoor pieces in what will […] By Tara Anderson Oct 29 Arts and Culture Installing Speed Museum’s 24-Foot Aluminum ‘Wishbone’ No Small Task Tara Anderson
Sep 24 Arts and Culture Speed Museum’s Film Curator Hopes To Expand Louisville Movie-Making Any respectable art museum will have a collection of paintings, drawings and sculpture, but electronic forms of art are becoming increasingly important. As part of the Speed Art Museum’s expansion, film will be getting more attention than ever before. The museum recently appointed its first-ever curator of film — and he has big plans for the […] By Tara Anderson Sep 24 Arts and Culture Speed Museum’s Film Curator Hopes To Expand Louisville Movie-Making Tara Anderson
Jul 24 Arts and Culture Louisville Has No Public Statues of Women. That Changes This Weekend. Louisville has numerous public statues honoring historical figures—presidents, civic leaders, explorers and athletes are all immortalized in various ways. By the measure of what they did to be commemorated, it’s a diverse group. But they have one thing in common—they’re all men. That changes this weekend. On Sunday, a statue of Mother Catherine Spalding (1793-1858) […] By Rick Howlett Jul 24 Arts and Culture Louisville Has No Public Statues of Women. That Changes This Weekend. Rick Howlett
Jun 30 Arts and Culture ‘Connect/Disconnect’ Seeks to Transform Louisville Site Through Public Art Mayor Greg Fischer this week announced “Connect/Disconnect,” a Louisville public art expo slated to begin late this summer. The exhibition, a partnership with the Commission on Public Art, will seek to transform a site near the Ohio River through a series of interactive public art projects. “Connect/Disconnect” will be located between east Portland and downtown […] By James Bickers Jun 30 Arts and Culture ‘Connect/Disconnect’ Seeks to Transform Louisville Site Through Public Art James Bickers