Visually Speaking: this week’s art news and events (5/25/15)

[The above image is of Daniel Pfalzgraf, the new curator at the Carnegie Center.]

Art news

—The Good Garbage Center for Creative Reuse Center will be celebrating a grand re-opening at their new location, 2216 Frankfort Ave., during the May 29 FAT Trolley Hop from 6-9 p.m. (goodgarbage.org).

—Mural artist Lydiaemily is creating a mural in support of ending Multiple Sclerosis. She will be working from May 29-30 at Butchertown Market, 1201 Story Ave. (facebook.com/lydiaemilyarchibald?fref=ts).

—The Carnegie Center for Art and History in New Albany has recently hired Albertus Gorman as Coordinator of Public Programs and Daniel Pfalzgraf as Curator (carnegiecenter.org).

Top five art events

—FAT Friday: May 29 FAT Friday Trolley Hop from 6-10:30 p.m. (fatfridayhop.org).

—Opening of paintings by Suzette Winona Summers at Evolving Gallery, 1912 Mellwood Ave., during the May 29 FAT Friday Trolley Hop from 5-10 p.m. It runs through June 25 by appointment only (evolvinggallery.com).

—Opening of “Untold Portraits and Profoundly Untrue Statements” by Bob Lockhart at Revelry Gallery, 742 E. Market St., on Friday, May 29 from 7-10 p.m. It runs through July 8 (revelrygallery.com).

—Arts & Culture Day at the Brown-Forman Amphitheater and Lawn in Waterfront Park, 1217 River Road, on Sunday, May 31 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. (acalouisville.com).

—“Amalgamations” by Jackie Head at Gadabout Gallery and Artisan Shoppe, 249 Spring St. in Jeffersonville, through June 7 (gadaboutgallery.com).

About the Author

Visually Speaking: this week’s art news and events (5/25/15)

Jo Anne Triplett is the contributing visual arts editor at LEO Weekly. She’s a past member of the Mayor’s Advisory Committee on Public Art, was the content advisor on the Glassworks Building video, and has written for Louisville Magazine, Kentucky Homes and Gardens and the national publication Glass Craftsman. Jo Anne came to Louisville from Washington, D.C. where she worked as a researcher and writer for the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

 

 

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