August 18, 2009 – 11:03 am
Our condolences to the family of Mary Norton Shands, who died on Saturday. Shands and her husband, the Rev. Alfred Shands, have one of the major contemporary art collections in Louisville and America.
August 16, 2009 – 9:33 pm
Michael Kaiser, president of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., recently participated in a public forum on how Kentucky’s performing and visual art groups can survive during the current recession. The Center is home to “Arts in Crisis,” a help center offering free consultations to non-profit art groups.
Kaiser is known as [...]
August 13, 2009 – 9:39 am
The Jewish Community Center is offering CenterStage Academy Musical Theatre classes and Dance Academy classes starting in August. Also available are private music lessons through JCC’s Performance Music Academy. CenterStage Academy offers two classes for children ages 5-8 and ages 9-14. Dance Academy provides children from ages 3-12 the opportunity to learn ballet, tap and jazz. [...]
August 12, 2009 – 1:39 pm
Artist and Craftsman Supply is hosting a weekly venue on Saturdays from 5-9 p.m. for visual artists to exhibit and sell their artwork. They are providing ten free booth spaces in their parking lot for demonstrations, live music and artists. All interested artists and musicians call Tara Remington at 459-4677 or come to the store [...]
August 11, 2009 – 10:52 am
Art Marketer Paula Cundiff is teaching two classes this fall: “Turn Your Hobby and Art Skills Into a Business” and “Become Confident about Pricing & Selling.” For more information and to register, go to JCPS Adult Education or call 485-6774.
C. Robert Markert’s latest round of glass windows have been installed in Highland Baptist Church. He completed the sanctuary’s stained-glass windows in 1972, and has now added 32 black-painted windows in the fellowship hall.
Studio2000 is holding its summer sale during tonight’s First Friday Trolley Hop. St. John’s United Church of Christ Parish House, 637 E. [...]
First Friday Gallery Trolley Hop on the first Friday of the month, August 7. Explore the art galleries, museums, hops and restaurants along East & West Main & Market Streets starting at 5 p.m. Hop on and off the free trolley.
August 4, 2009 – 12:59 pm
Just to whet your appetite — the Glass Art Society’s 40th Annual Meeting in Louisville next year has confirmed the following glass artists will be doing demonstrations and/or giving lectures: Arlon Bayliss, Ben Edols, Richard Jolley, Stephen Knapp, Carman Lozar, Stephen Rolfe Powell, Emilio Santini, Judith Schaechter, Lino Tagliapietra and Ken vonRoenn.
Matt Weir has a new bike rack/sculpture at 4th and Market Sts. “One side of the marker is a 24 hour metaphorical clock of planet earth,” he explains. “The other side are twelve paleogeographic maps of the continental breakup of the last supercontinent, Pangaea. Ultimately, the work is meant to be both interactive and educational, [...]
Debby Stratford is teaching a class on “Relief Printmaking with Exciting New Material” on Sunday, Aug. 2 from 1-4 p.m. (part of “Summer Sunday Series of Six”). Louisville Visual Art Association, 3005 River Rd., 896-2146 ext. 100. $60. Fee includes all necessary art supplies and lunch from the Cheddar Box.
Artist Skylar Smith is combining her [...]
