Painting Lab focuses on the young artist who needs the time and space to experiment with the wonders of paint. Students work with a variety of media, including watercolor, acrylic paint, and even house paint! Students also use a variety of surfaces including paper, wood and canvas. Simple compositions will lead to experimentation with various approaches to painting, and students will have the chance to experiment with non-traditional techniques.
This week, our young artists found inspiration in an everyday object of joy: fun food!
Picture Love: Capturing Nature
LVA instructor Sarah led a Picture Love class as they practiced capturing nature at the Louisville Metro Parks and Recreation Sun Valley Community Center.
The Future Is Now: Icebreakers
The Future Is Now is a mentorship program that matches high school students with professional local artists. This summer, we are excited to be partnering with The Kentucky College of Art + Design at Spalding University!
The Future Is Now's mentors and mentees worked together on an icebreaker to see who could build the sturdiest tower in five minutes! It was a great warm-up for their work-in-progress critique. We're looking forward to their exhibition opening on July 20 at KyCAD's 849 Gallery!
The Story on Story
LVA joined artists Aron Conaway, Artist/Curator & Tara Remington to welcome their mural "The Story On Story" to Butchertown, with neighbors, politicians and media present!
News about our NEA Grant
Louisville's NPR affiliate, WFPL 89.3 FM, interviewed LVA Executive Director Lindy Casebier about LVA's new NEA Grant, and how it helps us provide art to students from all backgrounds.
Read it here.
Friday Link Roundup: June 16, 2017
FRIDAY:
The Kentucky Center for African American Heritage hosts a "Performance, Rehearsal & Reclamation"
SATURDAY:
Dr. Kristi Maxwel discusses art and poetry at the Speed Museum
Artists John Brooks + Theo Edmonds open their Portland studio for a special sale
Oh Wow presents "Our Place in Space," with futuretastic images!
TUESDAY:
Aron Conway and Remi celebrate the completion of their Story Avenue mural
PUBLIC 6.15.17
"Burnt Land" by Corie Neumayer. Corie was with us on PUBLIC June 15 to talk about her new show at PYRO Gallery. Tune in Thursdays at 10 a.m. on WXOX 97.1 FM, or stream on Artxfm.com.
We regret that technical difficulties prevented a usable audiio file from being available for this broadcast.
Picture Love: Portraits
What's the opposite of a selfie? LVA instructor Sarah and assistant instructor LaNia led a class of Picture Love students at the Louisville Metro Parks and Recreation's Sun Valley Community Center. Despite the summer heat, they had fun practicing taking portraits of each other.
Picture Love is a partnership between Louisville Metro and LVA that teaches the art and skill of photography. The resulting images capture a meaningful moment in each participant’s personal history while painting a larger picture of Louisville as a whole.
Painting Lab: Community Garden inspiration
Painting Lab campers tried to visit a community garden in Clifton, but the heat drove them back inside! They used liquid water colors, salts and sharpies to capture the textures that inspired them outside.
Yew Dell Botanical Gardens: Art in Nature
LVA brought a nature art half-day summer camp out to partners Yew Dell Botanical Gardens! Students explored the wonders of their gardens through a creative lens — imagine creating art in a castle or along woodland trails. Artists tapped into their creative genius with guided curriculum and help from the Great Outdoors. The natural world offered an opportunity for students to draw, design, paint, sculpt and create their way toward beautiful works of art!
Picture Love: Cyanotypes
Picture Love students learned how to make their own cyanotypes (a photographic blueprint) at the Southwick Community Center:
Friday Link Roundup: June 9, 2017
FRIDAY JUNE 9:
Francis Cleetus' "Karmalogue" opens at Crane House
SAT JUNE 10:
It's a Family Free Fun Day! at KMAC from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Take a Fossil Photography Class at the Falls of the Ohio
"ExVoto," the art of Shawna Butler-Khalily, will be displayed at Consider Boutique
"United Plates" is David Nicholas' new exhibition at Revelry Boutique Gallery
Painting Lab: Marvin Finn inspiration
Painting Lab focuses on the young artist who needs the time and space to experiment with the wonders of paint! LVA summer camp students are painting, mixing and creating! Teacher Janet started them off with a Marvin Finn-inspired folk art project.
PUBLIC 6.8.17
Jennifer Greb was in the studio June 8 to talk about her work in "Donate Without Loss: Artwork Exploring the Healing Arts" at Kaviar Forge & Gallery. Tune in every Thursday at 10am on Art FM, WXOX 97.1 FM.
Elementary Art Camp
Students from Byck Elementary enjoyed exploring the avant-garde innovations of Japanese painter Yayoi Kusama in an LVA art class with teacher Alyson Thiel this week at the Western Branch Library!
Exhibition: CFAC elementary school students
Our CFAC elementary school students' exhibition was the place to be on June 4 at Revelry Boutique Gallery!
Friday Link Roundup: June 2, 2017
FRIDAY:
Falls Art Foundry hosts its first Open House in Portland
Art Sanctuary launches NAME 502 with Charlotte Ann Pollock
Miss Happy Pink presents "Catitude" at Block Party downtown
OPEN Community Arts Center presents 2017's "Queer Voices" exhibition
Damon Thompson's new show opens at the Tim Faulkner Gallery in Portland
PYRO Gallery features Corie Neumayer's "The Changing Land"
"Project 18: Naturall" reveals itself at Zephyr Gallery
SATURDAY & SUNDAY:
The Butchertown Art Fair returns this weekend
Ben Sears visits Carmichael's Kids for a reading and signing
"Out of Line," new work by Teri Dryden, opens at B. Deemer Gallery
LVA'S CFAC Elementary School opening reception is at Revelry Sunday, 2-4 p.m.!
PUBLIC 6.1.17
On the June 1 PUBLIC, I finally got Gibbs Rounsavall in the studio. He has a show at Hyland Glass through August. Tune in every Thursday at 10am on Art FM, WXOX 97.1 FM, to hear local artists talk about their work.
PUBLIC 5.25.17
Bob Hill, Albert Nelson & Mike McCarthy were on PUBLIC May 25 to talk about the Kentuckiana Sculptors Guild show at Hidden Hill Nursery. Tune in each Thursday at 10am on WXOX 97.1 FM.
Friday Link Roundup: May 26th, 2017
We are so excited to announce the LVA CFAC Middle Exhibition at Revelry opens Sunday! Reception 2-4p
Speed Cinema Presents: Cézanne and I (Cézanne et moi) TONIGHT @ 7PM
Reception TONIGHT! Donate without Loss, Artwork Exploring the Healing Arts @ Kaviar Forge, 6-9PM
TODAY @ 5:30! - MSD Rain Barrel Workshop
Acclaimed artist Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle to speak May 30 at Kentucky College of Art + Design
Speed Museum’s new ‘Southern Accent’ exhibit is beautiful and difficult
I Programmed A Robot To Draw Single Line Drawings With A Pen