A&S Centennial Exhibition at the Cressman Center for Visual Arts, Jan. 24 - Feb. 24, 2007
Located at First and Main Streets in Downtown Louisville, the Cressman Center for Visual Arts is "an innovative gallery and studio space where practice and theory, artists and the public meet."
Contributions: an Arts & Sciences Retrospective
A&S Retrospective Exhibition: Jan. 24 - Feb. 24, 2007
While the Department of Fine Arts was officially formed in 1937, and the Hite Art Institute with its endowed programs was created with the gift of Marcia and Allen R Hite in 1947, art instruction has been offered at the University of Louisville since nearly the formation of the College of Arts & Sciences in 1907. Since that time, the University has been introducing progressive ideas in the visual arts, broadening opportunity for participation both professionally and avocationally, and helping expand the identity of art and artists of the region.
By reviewing work from the University Art Collection (as well as borrowing from area collections) of the former faculty, visiting artists and scholars and the students of the school, “Contributions “aims to demonstrate these themes through the work on display and highlight the accomplishments both of these individuals and the department and college as a whole.
More than forty artists including such former faculty as Robert Doherty, Romauld Krauss and John Prangnell, visiting artists, Aaron Siskind, Rudy Pozzatti, and Barry Moser, students such as Robert Thompson, Sam Gilliam and Sally Hazelet Drummond or designers like William Porter, Donna Wong and Jelly Helm, as well as more recent faculty leaders such as Henry Chodkowski, Suzanne Mitchell and Sam Richards and their successful students are among those from throughout the century whose works were on display.
About the Cressman Center for the Visual Arts
The Cressman Center for the Visual Arts houses galleries, glass and sculpture studios and seminar rooms for Hite Art Institute instructional purposes as well as community outreach.
Cressman Center gallery hours are Wednesday through Friday 11 AM to 6 PM and Saturday 11 AM to 3 PM. The exhibition will also be open during the February First Friday Trolley Hop, February 2 from 6 to 9 PM. Further information about Cressman Center exhibitions may be obtained by visiting the Hite website at www.art.louisville.edu or contacting Bruce Linn, Assistant Gallery Director at the Cressman Center, 852-0288.