I have been retained to be the publicist for the first/inaugural Louisville Visual Arts Festival via LVAA, now in it's 100th year.


The Louisville Visual Arts Festival will be kicking off June 5th-7th of 2009. This inaugural event celebrates photography and the Center for Photographic Studies. The Center was a creative photography school based in Louisville, KY in the 1970’s, established by C.J. Pressma. The Festival features 25 local galleries and museums exhibiting photography throughout the months of June and July. A majority of the exhibits will reflect work by former students of the Center for Photographic Studies, as well as memorabilia from the students themselves, works of renowned artists who visited the Center and other photographic works of independent artists.


The Center attracted students from 35 states and foreign countries between 1970-1978, some of whom still remain as working artists in the Louisville area. Along with darkrooms and classroom instruction, the Center also housed two galleries which exhibited works of local, regional and international photographers including Ansel Adams and Minor White.
Beginning June 5-7th come and visit the 25 participating galleries and museums and gain a sense of Louisville’s photographic history with the first Louisville Visual Arts Festival!


Participating Galleries and Museums include Actors Theatre, Filson Historical Society, Galeries Hertz, Glassworks, Huff Gallery, 21c Museum Hotel, Mellwood Arts Center, Speed Art Museum, UofL Photographic Archives, Paul Paletti Gallery, Swanson Reed Gallery, Kentucky Museum of Arts and Crafts, Kaviar Forge Gallery, and more (complete list below).


Louisville Visual Arts Festival Participating Galleries & Museums
1.) Actors Theatre (Group Show 15 Artists)316 W Main St., Louisville, KY 40202 (502)584.1205
2.) Art Ecology-224 South Clay Street, Suite 110, Louisville, KY 40202 (502)690.2311
3.) Carr-Waite Gallery (Geoff Carr)221 Hancock St., Louisville, KY 40202 (502)540.1168
4.) Chapman Friedman Gallery-(Julius’posters)624 W Main St., Louisville, KY 40202 (502)584.7954
5.) Crescent Hill Gallery (Martha Elson)2033 Frankfort Ave., Louisville, KY, 40206 (502)893.0511
6.) Cressman Center (John Raynard Retrospective)100 E Main St., Louisville, KY (502)852.0288
7.) Filson Historical Society (Photographs from their archives and Historical CPS Display)1310 S 3rd St., Louisville, KY 40208 (502)635.5083
8.) Galerie Hertz (Richard Bram, “Last Man Shooting” – starts 6/21/09) 1-4p.m. opening –Richard will be there. Thurs.-Fri. -11-5p.m. Sat. -11-3p.m. 711 S 3rd St., Louisville, KY 40202 (502)584.3547
9.) The Green Building Gallery (John Goodman & Melissa Farlow)(July – Photographs by Sarah Lyon) 732 E Market St. 3rd Floor, Louisville, KY 40202 (502)561.1162
10.) Glassworks (Casey Hyland /glass and Julianne Swartz / photography) 815 W Market St., Louisville, KY 40202 (502)584.4510
11.) Huff Gallery – Spaulding (Mary Yates) 845 S 3rd St., Louisville, KY 40203 (502)585.7111
12.) Kaviar Forge & Gallery (Molly Bingham)147 Stevenson Ave., Louisville, KY 40206 (502)561.0377
13.) Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft (C.J. Pressma Retrospective) 715 W Main St., Louisville, KY 40202 (502)589.0102
14.) Lime Tree Gallery (Dan Dry) 2040 Frankfort Ave., Louisville, KY 40206 (502)384.7728
15.) Louisville Visual Art Association (Fritz Klemperer) 3005 River Road, Louisville, KY 40207 (502)896.2146
16.) Mellwood Art Center – Exhibits and Events (Kentucky Women’s Photography Collective)1860 Mellwood Ave., Louisville, KY 40206 (502)895.3650
17.) Paul Paletti Gallery(visiting artists for Images and Ideas Lecture Series) 713 E Market St., Louisville, KY 40202 (502)589.9254
18.) Portland Museum (John Raynard – from their archives) 2308 Portland Ave., Louisville, KY 40212 (502)776.7678
19.) PYRO Gallery(C.J. Pressma) 624 W Main St. #100F, Louisville, KY 40202 (502)587.0106
20.) Speed Art Museum (Henry Heuser Collection – including Ralph Eugene Meatyard) 2035 S 3rd St., Louisville, KY 40208 (502)634.2700
21.) Starvin-Artist Gallery-(Reg Loving)1228 Highland Ave., Louisville, KY 40204 starvinartiststudio@gmail.com
22.) Swanson Reed (Alex Traube)1377 Bardstown Rd., Louisville, KY 40204 (502)452.2904
23.) Tim Faulkner Gallery-815 E. Market St. Ste 1, Louisville, KY 40206 (502)381.1314
24.) Tom Gnadinger –(Personal Work) 707 E. Market St., Louisville, KY 40202 (502)468.6130
25.) 21c Museum Hotel-700 W Main St., Louisville, KY 40202(502)217.6346
26.) U of L Photo Archives (portfolios from their holdings)102 Schneider Hall, Louisville, KY 40292 (502)852.6741
27.) Zephyr Gallery (Molly Rucks and Robert Mitchell) 610 E Market St., Louisville, KY 40202 (502)585.5646


For More INFORMATION Contact
Bil Brown, LVAF Publicity
bil.brown@gmail.com