Past Events
21c Museum special exhibition: Día de los Muertos: Day
of the Dead
Saturday, November 1 to Sunday, November 9
in gallery 4, off the street level gallery
For
this special exhibition and collaboration with the University of Louisville, 21c
Museum is displaying a collection of site-specific altars that interpret these celebratory
reliquaries in a contemporary context.
Please join us on November 7 for the First Friday Trolley Hop as we open the doors
of the exhibition gallery to commemorate this day with the public. The gallery will
feature drink specials as well as festive music.
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Museum Shop: October's Featured Artist
Emily Maynard
Since 2003 Elva Fields Jewelry has been the outlet of Emily Maynard's dual fascination,
both academic and artistic, with jewelry design. Starting with degrees in both French
and Art History, Maynard quickly discovered a passion for the history of jewelry
during her graduate work at The Bard Graduate Center for Decorative Arts, Design,
and Culture in New York City. Her Masters thesis explored the relationship between
Italian Renaissance and ancient Greek and Roman jewelry, which inspired a semester
at the Jewelry Arts Institute in Manhattan. Here, she acquired metalworking skills
in the ancient tradition and, simultaneously, a recognition that it might be possible
to combine interests in the study of jewelry and the creation of it.
As owner and designer, Maynard now scours local and far-flung markets, auctions,
and shops for unusual vintage and antique pieces to use in all three of the Elva
Fields lines—Elva, June, and Deb—which are named for the artist's great-grandmother,
grandmother, and mother, respectively. The treasured finds are then reconfigured
and incorporated in unexpected, timeless designs. One might find a strand of old
paste pearls with an antique carved ivory brooch as its pendant, or a 1930s Bakelite
belt buckle clasping glittering chains from just a decade later. Elva Fields Jewelry,
made in the designer’s home studio in Kentucky, can be found in boutiques throughout
the United States.
In the spirit of the women who inspired Elva Fields Jewelry and its namesake lines,
a percentage of all jewelry proceeds will be donated to selected non-profit agencies,
including the Younger Woman's Club of Louisville, the ChezPanisse Foundation, and
Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Stop by on Friday October 3rd during Trolley Hop (from
5pm - 9pm) to meet the artist.
Think Global. Shop Local.
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21c Museum and LFS presents 100 Proof and
Q&A with Producer and KY Native George Maranville
Tuesday, October 21, 7pm
Tuesday, October 21, 9pm
Free and open to the public
In gallery 3, off the atrium gallery
a Q&A will follow each screening
Inspired
by a true story, this independent drama records one especially bad day in the lives
of Rae and Carla, two tough women living in a small Kentucky town. 100 Proof
debuted at Sundance Film Festival and received strong reviews for its grim, but
true-to-life atmosphere and lead performances. The film features Lexington native
Jim Varney (otherwise known as Ernest P. Worrell) as Rae's fearsome and intense
father.
The film runs approximately 94 minutes; Kentucky filmmaker George Maranville, editor
and producer, will present the film and answer questions following each screening.
21c is proud to partner with the Louisville Film Society in the continuing Monthly
Film Series since August of 2007. LFS is a publicly supported non-profit organization.
Support comes from memberships, event admission, advertisement, contributions, donated
materials, and services. For more information about the LFS, please visit visit
www.louisvillefilm.org.
21c Monthly Film Series is funded by:
Artist Tax Seminar with Q&A
Intro to what artists need to know about financial planning
Thursday, October 9 at 7-8pm
In the atrium side galleries
Please RSVP to
kgetsinger@21cmuseum.org
The event is free and open to the public
CPA Michelle Musacchio will hold a hands-on seminar to discuss what many artists
may not know in starting their own business. The formal program will be focused
on financial planning, self-employment, and tax breaks specific to artists. A Q&A
will follow and offer guests the chance to better understand how they can benefit
from such planning ideas.
Michelle Musacchio is the president of Fit Money CPA which serves the needs of individuals
and small businesses in the Louisville area. Musacchio also teaches Taxation at
Spalding University and instructs the Becker CPA Review program, she was recognized
as an Honorary Volunteer Recipient of the Bell Award in both 2002 and 2004 as well
as being honored with the receipt of the Outstanding Chair award of the Kentucky
Society of CPA's in 2008.
21c Museum, International Contemporary Art Foundation, and
the Kentucky Center Host the Wau Wau Sisters Post-Show Reception and Party
Friday October 3rd, 2008
Atrium Gallery with musical guest The Blue Umbrellas
The event is free and open to the public
Cash bar with drink specials
NYC's bravest and bawdiest duo are back with two performances
at the Kentucky Center for the Arts Bomhard Theater. Following the show, head to
21c to meet the Wau Wau Sisters at the reception and afterparty with live entertainment
by The Blue Umbrellas.
"Take two dirty-talking New Yorkers, throw in some impressive circus tricks, a string
of lewd jokes, a bit of burlesque titillation and you have one very cheeky night
out." - The Sunday Times (London)
Tickets for the Wau Wau Sisters performance are $27.50. For more information, please
visit: The Kentucky Center
and the Wau Wau Sisters.
Helvetica Film Screening and Vice Presidential Debate Watching
Party
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Mingling begins at 6pm, Film begins at 7pm
In the Atrium
Free and open to the public
Cash bar
The Louisville Graphic Design Association (LGDA), the UofL Hite Art Institute, and
the Louisville Film Society, in conjunction with the International Contemporary
Art Foundation, will present a free screening of Gary Hustwit's independent documentary
film, Helvetica, on Thursday, October 2 in the Atrium at 21c. Mingling will begin
at 6:00pm, and the film screening will begin at 7:00pm, lasting 80 minutes. This
event is free and open to the public. A cash bar will be available.
Helvetica
is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global
visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which recently celebrated
its 50th birthday) as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our
lives. Helvetica was released in September of 2007, and has been screened at film
festivals, museums, design conferences, and cinemas worldwide.
Immediately following the film, there will be a debate watching party.
Museum Shop: September's Featured Artist
Alicia White
After growing up surrounded by her mother, a textile artist, and her grandfather,
a silversmith and jewelry producer, its no surprise that Louisvillian Alicia White
adopted the family trade. Bitten by the art show bug very early in life, White began
showing her wares at local art shows as a teenager. Now a mother herself, White
focuses on creating knitted necklaces made from fine wire and pearls. Her pieces
are hand-woven with hundreds of delicate stitches in a uniquely adapted knitting
technique and sometimes incorporate fused glass pieces. They're destined to become
heirlooms, so like Alicia, you can keep it in the family.
Arriving to the 21c Museum Shop on September 5th for a limited time. Stop by during
Trolley Hop to meet the artist.
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International Contemporary Art Foundation Sponsors Arne Quinze
for the IdeaFestival 2008
Friday, September 26, 10am
Kentucky International Convention Center
At the corner of 4th and Market Streets
Free and open to the public, but a pass is required
Please visit www.ideafestival.com
for reservation details
At the 2008 Idea Festival, Quinze will present a fascinating overview of his work
in art, design, and interventions in the contemporary urban landscape. For Quinze,
the future is today, and the seemingly impossible is what he pursues as the inevitable.
His presentation will offer a truly innovative vision of how and where we live,
and will include a proposal for a transformative project on Louisville's waterfront.
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Mark Beasley of Creative Time to Speak at the IdeaFestival
2008
Thursday, September 25, 11:30am
Kentucky International Convention Center
At the corner of 4th and Market Streets
The lecture is $18.00 and includes lunch, please read below for registration information
Please visit www.ideafestival.com for registration details
Mark Beasley makes a special appearance at the IdeaFestival for a lecture that explores
art in the public realm and its role, influence, and importance in the future of
cities and urban life. Beasley is a curator with Creative Time in New York that
is a cutting edge organization with an international reputation for working with
artists such as Jenny Holzer, Vito Acconci, Shirin Neshat, David Byrne, Felix Gonzalez-Torres,
and Red Grooms.
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Grant Information Session: for visual, media, performing, and
literary artists with Creative Capital Foundation
Wednesday, September 24 at 4pm
Private Dining Room in Proof on Main
Please RSVP to
kgetsinger@21cmuseum.org
The event is free and open to the public
Creative Capital Foundation is a national nonprofit organization that supports artists
pursuing adventurous and imaginative work in the performing and visual arts, film/video,
innovative literature, and emerging fields. Far from a traditional funder, Creative
Capital is committed to working in long-term partnership with the bold and groundbreaking
artists that they fund by making a multi-year financial commitment as well as providing
advisory services and professional development assistance.
This is a free session to hear about Creative Capital's many services and to
ask your questions in person!
› For more information, please visit www.creative-capital.org.
21c and LFS Monthly Film Series: Local Talent on the Rooftop
Tuesday, September 16 at 8:30pm
System Parking Garage, 705 W Market St
The garage is on corner of Market and 7th, adjacent to 21c
The event is free and open to the public
Be prepared to bring your lawn chair and blankets because this month the 21c &
LFS Monthly Film Series will be held on the garage rooftop. 21c and LFS will highlight
some of Louisville's own: Hallie Jones, Pam Swisher, Archie Borders, Joey Yates,
Jason Noble, and many more!
The screenings will take place on the roof level of the System Parking Garage rooftop
behind 21c Museum. The garage is located at the corner of 7th and Market, parking
is available inside for $3.00 cash.
21c is proud to partner with the Louisville Film Society in the continuing Monthly
Film Series since August of 2007. For more information about the LFS, please visit
visit www.louisvillefilm.org.
Guerra de la Paz artist talk hosted by 21c and UofL Hite Art Institute
Thursday, September 11, 6-7pm, followed by Q&A
Elaine Chao Auditorium
University of Louisville Ekstrom Library, 2301 S. 3rd St 40292
The event is free and open to the public
Neraldo de la Paz and Alain Guerra will give a presentation on past and current
work from their collaboration as Guerra de la Paz. The Cuban born artists were recently
featured in 21c's Tangled Up in You
exhibition and were one of six donating artists to the International Contemporary
Art Foundation's Third Annual Pajama Party. The Family, featured in the
exhibition, uses discarded garments as conceptual DNA that peer into the stereotypical
traits of the typified family. The artists have exhibited through¬out the US and
are in significant collections and museums such as the Sattchi Collection in London
and more recently the University of Louisville Collection. The talk is co-sponsored
by the University of Louisville. Visit the 21c Museum website soon for updated information.
Photographic Survey of James Baker Hall
Opening reception Thursday September 4, 6pm
Exhibition running September 2008 - March 2009
In the atrium, Gallery 1 and 3
21c Museum is proud to present Photo/Synthesis: James Baker Hall, the first
survey of photographic work by James Baker Hall. Hall's photographs explore the
extremes of landscape and the creative personalities of his native Kentucky. 21c
has worked closely with the artist to realize an ambitious exhibition of 70 images
comprising nearly five decades of photographic pursuits. A reception will be held
Thursday, September 4 at 6pm.
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Museum Shop: August's Featured Artist
John and Nicole Wheeler
No need to worry about blood diamonds from these two – they're all local. Sharing
a mutual love of metal, the Wheelers create stunning handmade pieces from silver
or copper. John's work highlights an interest in mechanical design, often using
moving parts and complex shapes, while Nicole relies on simple shapes to create
intricate designs with clean lines. Enamel, found objects, and semi-precious stones
highlight their metal craftsmanship. The pieces are contemporary and unique – just
like you. Arriving at the 21c Museum Shop on August 1st for a limited time.
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21c and LFS Monthly Film Series: First Timers
First time flicks by noted directors: Scorsese, Polanski, Henson, and more!
Tuesday August 19, 2008, 7pm
Tuesday August 19, 2008, 9pm
In Gallery 2, off the Atrium Gallery
Free and open to the public
This month for the Film Series, 21c and LFS invite you to see the First Timers:
from Academy Award Winners to unknown filmmakers. Whether you’re familiar or not
with such regarded and perhaps infamous directors as Martin Scorsese, Roman Polanski,
or Jim Henson, seeing a prominent filmmaker’s first short movies often reveal early
stylistic choices and experimentation that would later set them apart as the icons
of cinema.
Included amongst these distinguished filmmakers are short films of those who pursued
other careers, such as designers Charles and Ray Eames who experimented with cinema
in conjunction with their design work. Come join us for a rare chance to see the
unknown work of all-too-well-known auteurs.
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21c Presents Kelley McRae with special guest Lauris Vidal
Monday, August 4, 2008, 8PM
Atrium Gallery
Free and open to the public
Cash bar
A Southern artist now living in Brooklyn, Kelley McRae "moves effortlessly
from the mournful tones of the plantation to the celebratory swing of the salon,
from songs of loss and decay to hymns of love and grace" (PASTE magazine).
With her debut album Never Be receiving 4 stars in PASTE and other glowing reviews
from the Nashville Scene and Time Out NY, her late August release of Highrises in
Brooklyn produced by Brian Deck (Iron and Wine, Modest Mouse, and Josh
Ritter) has fans waiting with much anticipation. Joining Kelley will be Florida-based
musician Lauris Vidal who fuses innovative folk music with dark undertones.
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21c Museum presents Sandpaper Dolls with 16mm film projections
by Cinemanonymous:
Open-Air Garage show in conjunction with First Friday Trolley Hop
Friday, August 1, 2008, 9-10:30PM
Garage Gallery 4
Free and open to the public
Cash bar with drink specials
21c invites you back for another Garage Gallery concert to experience the eclectic
style of one of Louisville's newest ensembles, the Sandpaper Dolls. This a'cappella
trio of Suki Anderson, Rebecca Dennison, and Amber Estes rely on their voices to
conduct a unique musical experiment. You may recognize these three from such varied
projects as a.m. Sunday, Liberation Prophecy, and the Jamie Barnes Band. As a voice
ensemble, Rebecca, Amber, and Suki are currently working with Nathan Salsburg and
Jacob Duncan on upcoming projects.
Also during the evening, special guest Cinemanonymous will present experimental
16mm film projection during and after the trio's performance. And to ease the summer
heat, enjoy the only kind of drink specials suited to partying in a garage: cold,
canned, and cheap.
Help us win "America's Best Restroom VII"
Voting is open until Thursday, July 31, 2008
When the New York Times raves that you gotta check out a bathroom, you should listen.
It looks like the fine folks at Cintas Corp., who sponsor "America's Best Restrooms
VII," have been reading our reviews because they've nominated us and our ...
ahem ... "facilities" this year.
Help crown us King of all Thrones at
www.bestrestroom.com. Our competition is nothing to sniff at (Grand Central
Terminal in NYC, The Signature Room at the 95th in Chicago, and Smith College Museum
of Art in Northampton, MA, just to name a few), so vote early and often.
In case your visit to our loo was preceded by a few too many martinis at Proof,
it features a video installation by artist
Sean Bidic and some one-way mirror trickery that is always good for a laugh.
Feel free to stop in to see what all the stink is about.
› Best Restroom video on YouTube
21c is official registration and drop-off location for
the 48 Hour Film Project 2008
Friday July 18th 6-7pm
Sunday July 20th 7:30pm deadline
In the atrium gallery
21c will be hosting the official registration and drop-off for production teams
competing in the 48 Hour Film Project of 2008. The event starts at 6pm where registered
teams draw a genre for the movie that they must complete within 48 hours. At 7:30pm
Sunday, all teams must turn in their finished movie to be considered for the Best
48 Hour Film of Louisville.
Filmmakers from all over the Louisville area will compete to see who can make the
best short film in only 48 hours. The winning film will go up against films from
around the world for the title "Best 48 Hour Film of 2008".
Please direct all inquires about the event to 48 Hour Film Project. Information on the 48HFP website also
includes event details, production teams, and showtimes for completed films.
21c and LFS Monthly Film Series Present: Jack Chamber's Hart
of London
July 15, 7pm
July 15, 9pm
Gallery 2, off the atrium gallery
Free and open to the public
This rarely screened film by Jack Chambers is regarded as one of cinema's strangest
masterpieces, which received divided opinion even amongst critics interested in
non-narrative, experimental film. The 1970 film mixes news-reel footage, natural
landscapes, urban settings, and staged scenes, an effect which both invites and
repulses.
The title, actually referring to London, Ontario, depicts the urbanized province
that seems to have turned its back on nature. Regarded as "perceptual realism,"
Chambers' film is perhaps an intentional contradiction, one that seeks to depict
the external world accurately as seen through the filmmaker's perspective, ultimately
looking for "an intuitive but mediated response to the unity underlying all
things" (Kathryn Elder).
21c is proud to partner with the Louisville Film Society in the continuing Monthly
Film Series. LFS is a publicly supported non-profit organization; support comes
from memberships, event admission, advertisement, contributions, donated materials,
and services.
For more information please visit the Louisville Film Society at
www.louisvillefilm.org
or contact Ryan Daly at
ryan@louisvillefilm.org.
International Contemporary Art Foundation’s 3rd Annual
Pajama Party
A benefit for the International Contemporary Art Foundation and the 21c Museum
Friday, June 20, 2008, 7:00pm
The evening will be a fantastical and astounding mélange of live entertainment,
culinary art with dinner donated by Proof on Main, and many more surprises. Acts
include performance art from the 2008 Whitney Biennial, a unique pas de duex by
Pilobolus, and a "Bedtime
Story" by a special mystery guest.
Tickets for the event are $500, and may be purchased by calling Christy Bramble
at (502) 582-5000 or e-mailing cbramble@21chotels.com.
Proceeds will benefit the International Contemporary Art Foundation and 21c Museum
in its goal to continue bringing different forms of artistic expression to the public.
Special room rates at 21c Museum Hotel will be available for Pajama Party guests.
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21c and LFS Monthly Film Series present Extraordinary View
of an Ordinary World:
Short Films of George Kuchar
Tuesday June 17, 2008
7pm and 9pm
In Gallery 2, off the Atrium Gallery
Free and open to the public
George Kuchar (born in 1942) is an American film director, known for his "low-fi"
aesthetic, playful use of no-talent actors, plotless plots, and themeless themes.
Beloved by filmmakers such as John Waters, Todd Solondz and Atom Egoyan, George
Kuchar has been working with the moving image for nearly half a century producing
over 200 films and videos.
In the 1950s, Kuchar and his twin brother Mike began producing ultra-low-budget
underground versions of Hollywood genre films, with names like I Was a Teenage Rumpot
and The Devil's Cleavage. These 8mm kitchen-sink masterpieces bore the
distinctive marks of what Susan Sontag called "camp," and positioned the Kuchar
brothers as the Bronx's answer to the downtown underground filmmaking scene, which
quickly adopted the Kuchars as their own, and in the work of Jack Smith, Andy Warhol,
and others, showed their influence.
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Open-Air Garage Show: featuring musical guests the Photographic
and experimental films by Greg King
In conjunction with First Friday Trolley Hop
21c Museum: Gallery 4
Located on 7th street in between Main and Market
Friday June 6, 9pm
Free and open to the public
Jumpstart your summer with an old school garage party at 21c. Drop by after Trolley
Hop as 21c opens its exhibition gallery doors to the downtown air and lets the ambient
sounds and visual images of the Photographic fill the urban streets. Immediately
following the band, catch several short films by New York based artist Greg King.
Stop by and enjoy the best kind of beer - cold and cheap - or, for the concert goer
with a more refined palate, a fine Rosé, the garage party wine du jour. The show
is free and open to the public.
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information
21c Museum and LFS Monthly Film Series Present a Double Feature
and Q&A with Dennis Nyback
THE EFFECT OF DADA & SURREALISM ON HOLLYWOOD CINEMA IN THE 1930s
Tuesday, May 20, 2008, 7PM
HILLBILLIES IN HOLLYWOOD
Tuesday, May 20, 2008, 9PM
Gallery 2 (off of 21c's Atrium gallery)
The event is free and open to the public
For the Monthly Film Series in May, 21c and LFS will host Dennis Nyback for a double
feature and Q&A with the filmmaker. Considered a "found footage film maker," Nyback
creates feature-length films out of collected material purchased anywhere from other
film collectors to Ebay and personally travels the world to show his work.
At 7pm, May 20, The Effect of Dada & Surrealism on Hollywood Cinema in the 1930s
will be screened followed by Hillbillies in Hollywood. The Effect of Dada...
shows the process of how Hollywood took the artistic movements of Dada and Surrealism
and dumped them into American movies without any explanation. Hillbillies in Hollywood
gives a panorama of the performers of the rockabilly genre who transgressed into
the Hollywood scene: Bob Willis, Jimmie Rogers, Spike Jones, just to name a few.
Nyback will be present for each showing and have a Q&A after each film.
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Blue Apple Players and 21c Museum Join Together for Student
Drama Performance
and Exhibition of Living Pictures May 13th - July 8th
Opening Reception and Performance
Tuesday, May 13th, 6:00pm
Performance by Western Middle School Students
Atrium gallery
The event is free and open to the public
21c Museum is proud to present its second collaboration with Blue Apple Players
and their most recent drama and photographic project with Western Middle School
students. Blue Apple Players has guided 100 sixth and seventh grade Western Middle
School students through a creative and educational drama workshop, with a specific
focus on the tableau
vivant art form. Photographed by Patrick Pfister of Pfoto.com, the photo
project will be displayed at the 21c Museum until July 8th. To mark the opening
of this special project, a select group of students will share a short demonstration
of drama skills, and some will be available to answer questions about the process
of creating the photographs.
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Artist and Curatorial Talk with Werner Reiterer
Wednesday, April 16, 6pm
Atrium Gallery
Free and open to the public
In conjunction with Raw Loop, Werner Reiterer’s first solo exhibition in
the United States to open at the Speed Art Museum on April 22nd, 21c Museum will
host an informal discussion with the exhibition’s curator, Julien Robson, and the
artist. The evening’s discussion will offer an insight into the humor and irony
that Reiterer uses in his work to question our perceptions of art’s relationship
to everyday reality. Through drawings, objects, and installations, he engages the
viewer and forces us to re-examine the nature of everyday experiences.
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21c and LFS Monthly Film Series present a Double Feature and
Q&A
with Kentucky Native and acclaimed film filmmaker Allison Anders
BORDER RADIO: Tuesday, April 15, 2008, 7PM
GAS FOOD LODGING: Tuesday, April 15, 2008, 9PM
Atrium Gallery
The event is free and open to the public
For this Month’s Film Series, 21c and LFS bring you a special double feature of
the Kentucky-born, Los Angeles-based filmmaker Allison Anders with a Q&A immediately
following each showing. 21c and LFS will show Border Radio (1989) and Gas
Food Lodging (1992), two early films by Anders that gave her critically-acclaimed
status in American independent film.
An evocative 16mm black and white film, Border Radio is a post-punk diary
in which a singer-songwriter goes missing, leaving his wife, a no-nonsense rock
journalist to track his whereabouts. Gas Food Lodging depicts a blue-collar
mother with two diametrically opposed daughters who try to live a normal life in
their whistle-stop desert town in New Mexico. While one escapes in romantic melodramas
of Mexican cinema, the other throws herself into meaningless relationships with
men. Please join us for this special evening for two exceptional films and a chance
to meet such a celebrated filmmaker.
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Reception and After-Party for the Kentucky Premiere of FLOW:
For Love of Water
Please join us in celebrating the Kentucky premiere of the acclaimed documentary
FLOW: For Love of Water
Meet the Director
Irena Salina and Co-Producer Gill Holland
Friday, March 21, 10pm until Late
Atrium Gallery
with DJ Jesse Jamz
Free with Ticket Stub or Donation to the Foundation
Cash Bar
The film was a co-production of Louisville-based The Group Entertainment, Executive
Produced by Louisvillian Augusta Brown Holland and co-produced by her husband Gill
Holland, and is directed by French filmmaker Irena Salina. The movie will be screened
at Baxter Theater starting March 21st. Please check your local listing closer to
the date for show times.
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21c Museum Foundation's Monthly Film Series with LFS Presents
Frederick Wiseman's Titicut Follies
Tuesday, March 18, 7pm
Tuesday, March 18, 9pm
Atrium Gallery
The event is free and open to the public
Total running time: 84 minutes. Film will be screened on 16mm prints.
Please note that due to its documentary nature, this film contains adult content.
Titicut Follies
Frederick Wiseman made his documentary debut with this controversial 84-minute survey
of conditions that existed during the mid-'60s at the State Prison for the Criminally
Insane in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Made in 1967, the film was subjected to a
worldwide ban until 1992 because the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled
that it was an invasion of inmate privacy.
The film goes behind the walls to show stark and graphic images exposing the treatment
of inmates by guards, social workers, and psychiatrists. The title refers to a musical
revue staged by inmates and guards. The documentary was cited as the "Best Film
Dealing with the Human Condition" at the 1967 Festival Dei Popoli (Florence) and
also honored as the "Best Film" at the 1967 Mannheim International Filmweek. The
story behind the complicated legal issues raised by this film and the attempts to
suppress it are detailed by Carolyn Anderson and Thomas W. Benson in their book,
Documentary Dilemmas: Frederick Wiseman's "Titicut Follies" (Southern
Illinois University Press, 1991).
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California Guitar Trio Makes a Special Appearance
at the 21c Museum
Portion of the proceeds to benefit 21c Museum Foundation and Ohio Valley Creative
Energy
Tuesday, March 11, 2008, 8pm, doors at 7:30pm
Atrium Gallery
$10 in advance and $12 at the door
Cash bar
Tickets are available at ear-x-tacy and the 21c Hotel Front Desk
The California Guitar Trio
The internationally acclaimed California Guitar Trio comes to the 21c Museum for
a special performance of stunning guitar talent. Fusing styles of classical, rock,
blues, jazz, world music, progressive, as well as the quintessential California
musical genre surf music, the eclectic Trio has toured extensively both nationally
and internationally. The members of the Trio first met in England at one of Robert
Fripp’s Guitar Craft Courses in 1987 and toured together with Fripp’s League of
Crafty Guitarists. Not wishing to disband after the League had run its course, the
CGT officially formed in Los Angeles in 1991, honing their intricate original compositions
and classical re-workings. To date, the CGT has shared the stage with musicians
such as King Crimson, Jon Anderson, Rick Wakeman, John McLaughlin, John Scofield,
Tito Puente, Taj Mahal among many others and has been featured at every Olympic
Games from 1998 to 2004. More information, as well as streaming audio, is available
at the
California Guitar Trio’s website.
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21c Museum Foundation and the Louisville Film Society's
Monthly Film Series:
Shorts by Apparatus Productions
Tuesday February 19th, 2008, 7pm
Tuesday February 19th, 2008, 9pm
Atrium Gallery
The event is free and open to the public
Total running time: 92 minutes. All films will be screened on 16mm prints.
Apparatus Productions
The now defunct, non-profit Apparatus Productions was co-founded
by Todd Haynes, Barry Ellsworth and Christine Vachon. Set-up to channel grants to
emerging film-makers who were not well served by the traditional funding sources,
Apparatus Shorts dealt with gay themes, women's issues, and African-American
life. As Haynes comments, "we wanted to preserve the form of short film-making &
make it something really exciting that wasn't just a stepping stone for feature
film-making." Under Apparatus, several films which directly question narrative &
cinematic convention were completed.
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21c Museum Foundation and the Kentucky Center Host the Wau
Wau Sisters Post-show Reception and Party
Saturday February 16th, 2008, 9:30pm
Atrium Gallery
with DJ Jesse Jamz
The event is free and open to the public
Cash bar with drink specials
After the performance
of the Wau Wau Sisters at the Kentucky Center for the Arts Bomhard Theater, meet
the Wau Wau Sisters at 21c for the reception, after party, and live entertainment
by
DJ Jesse Jamz. If you'd like
to stay the night at 21c Hotel, please call 502.217.6300 and ask about the special
Valentine's Weekend offer.
"Take two dirty-talking New Yorkers, throw in some impressive circus tricks, a string
of lewd jokes, a bit of burlesque titillation and you have one very cheeky night
out." - The Sunday Times (London)
Tickets for the Wau Wau Sisters performance are $25. For more information, please
visit:
The Kentucky Center
and the
Wau Wau Sisters.
21c Museum Foundation Presents Dan Dutton's The Faun
The Faun Dance Performance
Thursday January 31st, 2008, 8pm
Friday February 1st, 2008, 2pm
Friday February 1st, 2008, 8pm
Atrium Gallery
The event is free and open to the public, limited seating
Performance lasts about 55 minutes
The poet-artist with the barefoot mind returns to the 21c Museum to portray the
myth of The Faun. Heralding from classical fables and fantasies, The Faun
is a dance performance-installation based on the Greek myths of Pan and the nymphs.
This performance in particular will be his "Club Faun" which incorporates a cross
between a Japanese tea house, a Noh theater stage, and an electronic dance club.
The lyrics are adaptations from the sagas of Nonnus, Ovid, Sappho, and the Homeric
Hymn to Pan wherein the dance and music emanate from the sculptural stage. The performance
consists of 11 short parts and will be accompanied by original electronic music
recordings.
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21c Museum Foundation Presents Artist Talk with Anthony Goicolea
Thursday January 24, 2008
Informal Artist Talk 6pm
Atrium Gallery
The event is free and open to the public
We are excited to welcome Anthony Goicolea back to 21c Museum to discuss his more
recent body of work, The Septemberists Series and video currently
on display in Proof on Main and the 21c Video Lounge. Goicolea will also speak to
the excited new work to be showcased in the coming year at multiple venues across
the US, Europe and Asia. He will have solo exhibitions with Aurel Scheibler Gallery
in Berlin in March, then again in Vancouver with Monte Clark Gallery in April, then
in September an exhibition in LA with Sandroni Rey Gallery, then a show in NY with
Postmasters in November and lastly in February 2009 in Seoul, korea with Galerie
Hyundai. Also on the books for Anthony is a career survey in 2010 at the NC Museum
of Art.
The current exhibition of Goicolea’s The Septemberists, shot on location
on a Massachusetts farm, portrays a group of boys in a dream-like landscape reminiscent
of an old Southern plantation that chronicles the preparations and processes associated
with traditional ritualistic ceremonies. Similar to Goicolea’s earlier work, the
artist invites the viewer into his fantastical realms with images inspired by fairy
tales, mythology, adolescent rituals, and science fiction.
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21c Museum Foundation and the Louisville Film Society Present
Taste of Cherry by Abbas Kiarostami
Tuesday January 15, 2008, 7pm and 9pm
Atrium Gallery
The event is free and open to the public
The entire program is about 95 mins. All films will be screened on 16mm prints.
Synopsis
A sublime and deceptively simple parable, Abbas Kiarostami's Palme d'Or winner follows
a middle-aged man who has decided to end his life. Driving through the hilly outskirts
of Tehran in search of someone who will bury him if he succeeds or rescue him if
he fails, he meets an assortment of different characters, each with their own reason
to turn down the task.
Voting "Taste of Cherry" the best film of the year in the international edition
of Time magazine, Richard Corliss wrote: "The film's artful simplicity, its respect
for each speaker's beliefs, its refusal to sentimentalize: all underline the director's
strategy of art. Let the rest of the film world ride a rocket to excess; Kiarostami
will find a quiet place and listen to a man's heart, right up until it stops beating.
And then he will listen some more." © (Zeitgeist Films Ltd.)
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21c Museum Foundation Presents Squallis Puppeteers
In the Atrium Gallery
January 3, 11am
Free for the public
Limited Seating, 100 seats available
Register by emailing
elizabeth.hurst@21chotel.com
11:00am - 11:40 Squallis Puppeteers will perform "Li'l Horse's Big Adventure" (perfect
for 3-8 year olds)
11:40am - refreshments served (cookies, juice & fruit)
Immediately following refreshments there will be a finger puppet workshop.
Children will have the opportunity to make their own finger puppets.
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Ben Sollee Album Debut Performance
Ben Sollee Celebrates Release of Learning to Bend with an Evening of Music
and Dance
In the Atrium Gallery
November 16th & 17th, 8pm
Tickets: $10 available at 21c at the show
Tickets will also be available at ear-X-tacy, Quills Coffee & Books, & Sunergos
Coffee
Celebrating his debut release of Learning to Bend, Ben Sollee will return
to 21c Museum Foundation to perform his unique musical style. For these exclusive
evenings, he will not only be playing new compositions, but will direct a performance
that combines music, dance, and photography.
This special event will feature the choreography of David Ingram, of empujon dance
company, as well as Delilah Smyth, formerly of Louisville Ballet. Performing to
the music will be Erica De La O and Kristopher Wojtera, two “First Soloist’s” dancers
from the Louisville Ballet. In addition, the photographic work of Mickie Winters,
a project realized in collaboration with Sollee, will be exhibited at 21c in a series
inspired by the movement of dance.
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21c Museum Hotel and the Louisville Film Society Presents a festival of films by
the Brothers Quay
Tuesday October 30th, 7pm and 9pm
Atrium Gallery
The event is free and open to the public.
The entire program is about 96 mins. All films will be screened on 16mm prints.
The Brothers Quay
Identical twins, the extraordinary Brothers Quay have been blurring the boundary
between miniature puppetry and live action with their innovative short films since
the late 1970s. On their exquisite handcrafted sets they have conjured up an unforgettable
world, suggestive of a landscape of long repressed childhood dreams.
The following films will be screened:
- REHEARSALS FOR EXTINCT ANATOMIES
- THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH
- THE CABINET OF JAN SVANKMAJER
- NOCTURNA ARTIFICIALIA
- ANAMORPHOSIS
The Quays' interest in esoteric illusions finds its perfect realization in this
fascinating animated lecture on the art of anamorphosis. This artistic technique,
often found in 16th- and 17th-century paintings, utilizes a method of visual distortion
which plays mischievously with the relationship between the eye and what it sees.
- STREET OF CROCODILES
The Quays' masterpiece, STREET OF CROCODILES is adapted from a short story by Bruno
Schulz, and was their first film shot on 35mm. A museum keeper spits into the eyepiece
of an ancient peep-show and sets the musty machine in motion, plunging the viewer
into a nightmarish netherworld of bizarre puppet rituals among the dirt and grime.
For more information please contact:
George P. Parker, Jr. - Executive Director
george@louisvillefilm.org
Louisville Film Society
www.louisvillefilm.org
Helen Pickett: One on One
In the Atrium Gallery
October 16, 7:30 pm
Free and open to the public (limited seating)
The Louisville Ballet and 21c Museum Foundation will host an evening with choreographer
Helen Pickett on Tuesday, October 16th at 7:30 pm in the atrium. This informal dialogue
with Pickett will explore her choreography, her dance and acting careers, and her
approach to tapping into personal activity.
Helen Pickett is one of three choreographers chosen for the Louisville Ballet's
Visionary Forces on November 2nd and 3rd. One of Dance Magazine's
2007 Ones to Watch, Helen Pickett is far more than a dancer or choreographer. This
former principal dancer with Ballet Frankfurt (under the direction of William Forsythe)
has developed a successful career as dancer, choreographer, actor (film and stage),
writer and teacher. Helen Pickett has participated in several films by such noted
directors as Eve Sussman, whose work was well received in the 2004 Whitney Biennial.
Pickett has also acted in Sussman's more recent project Rape of the Sabine Women
recently acquired by 21c Museum.
Special Offer: Hotel and Dance Package
For the event Visionary Forces, 21c Museum Hotel will offer a $221.00 Package
that includes a deluxe king bedded room and two tickets to the Louisville Ballet's
performances of Visionary Forces on either Friday, November 2nd at 8 pm
or Saturday, November 3rd at 2 pm or 8 pm in the Whitney Hall at The Kentucky Center.
Please call
21c Museum Hotel
at 502-217-6300 for reservations. Deadline for reservations is October 24, 2007.
Offer is based upon availability.
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www.louisvilleballet.org
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www.helenpickett.com/cho.html
› Read the press release
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Read Helen Pickett's editorial
Specific Gravity Theater Performances
September 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, 8:00 pm
September 23, 30, 5:00 pm
Tickets: $15 general / $12 students / $10 groups of 10 or more
Location: 21C MuseumHotel, 700 W. Main Street in Louisville
For reservations call 502.384.2SGE (2743) or visit www.specificgravityensemble.com
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the press release
TURN THAT OLD MUSICAL INSTRUMENT INTO AN INSTRUMENT OF CHANGE
Thru September 21, 2007
Donate Your Used Musical Instruments to the Instruments A Comin’ program, and Help
Make Life in the Big Easy a Little Easier. Katrina swept away the music!
Instruments A Comin’ is bringing much-needed musical instruments back to New Orleans.
This program is part of the Tipitina’s Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to helping
Louisiana’s unique musical culture survive the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The
21c Museum Foundation is proud to support the Tipitina’s Foundation as part of our
ongoing efforts to encourage the understanding and appreciation of art in all its
forms. All donations are tax deductible.
Bring donations by September 21 to the following locations:
For more information on Instruments A Comin’, visit TipitinasFoundation.org.
Louisville Design Association Lecture Series
September 20, 6:00 pm
Artists lecture: Gary Baseman. Presented by 21c Museum Foundation and Louisville
Graphic Design Association September 20, 2007 doors at 6:00 pm lecture at 7:00 pm
cash bar.
› www.garybaseman.com
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the press release
Idea Festival Think Tank at 21c
September 14, 15 and 16
More details coming soon.
Second Annual 21c Museum Foundation Pajama Party
September 7, 6:00 pm
21c Museum Foundation is a nonprofit organization that operates the galleries within
21c Museum Hotel. The Foundation relies on a variety of funding sources for its
activities, the largest of which is the Annual Pajama Party. Proceeds from the party
benefit the Museum's general operating fund and allow 21c to continue to share its
collection and programs free of charge with the community and beyond.
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Roy “Futureman” Wooten & The Black Mozart Ensemble
September 8
More details coming soon.
› www.youtube.com/watch?v=nypsluYXIyI
› www.myspace.com/futuremanmusic
Artist Talk and Lunch-Time Tour
August 23, 7:00 pm
Please join us for an evening lecture with artist Marc Swanson. Swanson‘s
work is currently featured in 21c street level gallery exhibition, Marc Swanson:
Beginning to See the Light.
Marc Swanson: Beginning to See the Light, comprises artwork made for several different
exhibitions over the last five years, reuniting in this context to present a broad
overview of the artist‘s œuvre. Swanson‘s sculptures, paintings,
installations, and video projects combine disparate references to art history, music,
mythology, and his own personal lore, providing a body of work that explores ongoing
themes such as autobiography, duality, and desire. For this exhibition, Swanson
has embarked on a meditative process that is not merely a nostalgic portrait, a
history, or a looking back, but a contemporary struggle forward to know one‘s
self, presenting us with an exquisitely vulnerable portrait of an artist.
Miki Garcia, Curator of Marc Swanson: Beginning to See the Light, will also be giving
a free lunch-time tour at noon on August 23.
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Moving Pictures: Dance/Film
August 18, 8:00 pm
The Louisville Ballet, the Louisville Film Society and 21c Museum Hotel present
Moving Pictures: Dance/Film, a film series exploring the intersections of these
two art forms. This unique look at the world of dance seen through the cameras lens
debuts with Guy Maddins Dracula: Pages from a Virgins Diary (2002). The screening
of this full-length film, based on the ballet by Mark Godden, will be on Saturday,
August 18 at 8:00 pm at 21c Museum Hotel, 700 West Main St. All screenings in the
Moving Pictures series are free and open to the public.
› View the Save the Date card
› www.louisvilleballet.org
› www.louisvillefilm.org
Neva Geoffrey with Justin Craig and Ben Sollee with special guests
August 3rd, 2007
In the Atrium Gallery
8:00 pm to Late
Performances Are Free to the Public
Cash Bar
See what the critics are saying about Neva Geoffrey‘s music:
- "Sensual indie pop that is warm and visceral, complete with vivacious melodies
fit for a full orchestra." —Smother magazine
- "With moving piano ballads, modest pop numbers and jazzy torch songs, this
young American is an exceptional talent." —Clt. Alt. Country
- "Beautiful, catchy as hell songs that fall somewhere between Norah Jones and
Cat Power." —Hanx
Neva Geoffrey‘s performances tells a story of her travels. She sings whimsical
melodies over a playful piano or an airy guitar. Residing in Lexington, KY, Geoffrey
has spent the last few months sharing her debut album, "The Days are Rolling,"
through extensive touring. She has been compared to mind folks in the likes of Andrew
Bird and Cat Power, but her songwriting has an ethereal voice all its own.
Born and raised in Kentucky, 23-year old cellist and singer Ben Sollee has spent
his young life marinating in traditions of Appalachian, folk, R&B, and classical
music. Ben is developing a reputation for his fresh approach to the cello, accompanying
his soulful singing with a unique, three-finger plucking style.
› www.myspace.com/nevageoffrey
› www.myspace.com/bensollee
› www.bensollee.com
Neva Geoffrey and Tyrone Cotton
July 6th, 2007
In the Atrium Gallery
7:30 pm to Late
Performances Are Free to the Public
Cash Bar
21c presents the talented young songwriter out of Lexington, Neva Geoffrey, for
a special solo performance. Then taking us into the evening, also for the first
time at 21c, Louisville native Tyrone Cotton will perform songs from his recently
released album on the In Room One label.
See what the critics are saying about Neva Geoffrey‘s music:
- "Sensual indie pop that is warm and visceral, complete with vivacious melodies
fit for a full orchestra." —Smother magazine
- "With moving piano ballads, modest pop numbers and jazzy torch songs, this
young American is an exceptional talent." —Clt. Alt. Country
- "Beautiful, catchy as hell songs that fall somewhere between Norah Jones and
Cat Power." —Hanx
Neva Geoffrey‘s performances tells a story of her travels. She sings whimsical
melodies over a playful piano or an airy guitar. Residing in Lexington, KY, Geoffrey
has spent the last few months sharing her debut album, "The Days are Rolling," through
extensive touring. She has been compared to mind folks in the likes of Andrew Bird
and Cat Power, but her songwriting has an ethereal voice all its own.
Tyrone Cotton has moved audiences in every size venue from New York University to
the Kyoto International Folk Festival in Japan, where he has toured four times.
After opening for Rahn Burton, former pianist for jazz legend Rasahn Roland Kirk,
Burton said, "Tyrone can play his music anywhere in the world. If it were not
true I would not say it." After a Louisville performance, Beat-legend Lawrence
Ferlinghetti approached Cotton to tell him, "You‘re the real thing."
Historian Douglas Brinkley was blown away by Cotton‘s performance at an INSOMNIACATHON
music and poetry Festival. And legendary composer, musician, author David Amram,
who has heard Cotton several times, said in his usual animated manner, "He‘s
amazing!"
Cotton‘s style, in part, was born while studying classical guitar in college.
Also around this time he began playing blues and folk blues in coffee shops and
small venues, mixing blues with classical. He employed classical techniques such
as a right hand classical finger style, playing arpeggios of chords instead of strumming.
He also began to sing. He developed a love for words, especially the work of Langston
Hughes, and began to realize their power. The desire to play music, to sing, and
to tell a story was born.
› www.myspace.com/nevageoffrey
› www.tyronecotton.com
Ben Sollee and Abigail Washburn Performance
June 1, 7:30pm
In the Atrium Gallery
21c presents a unique musical performance with Abigail Washburn and Ben Sollee.
The duo will be joined by a rare performance by the international award winning
throat singers from Tuva, the Alash Ensemble.
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Empujón‘s New Works Performance
May 24 and 25, 7pm
Performances Are Free To The Public (limited seating)
Louisville‘s foremost contemporary dance project, Empujón, will be
returning to 21C Museum Hotel following their standing room only performance in
2006 to bring an evening of original premiers Thursday May 24th and Friday May 25th
2007. The evening will consist of new works by choreographer and Empujón
Creative Director David Ingram as well as new works by Philadelphia‘s Ashley
Suttlar and Louisville‘s Mikelle Bruzina, Delilah Smyth, Theresa Bautista
and new Louisville resident Pete Lay. Also new this year to Empujon is video art
design by Louisville based artist Valerie Sullivan Fuchs.
Empujón is the vehicle of choreographer / dancer David Ingram. Upon graduating
from Butler University with a B.F.A. in dance performance, David went on to study
dance and choreography with numerous schools, companies and summer programs across
the U.S. David currently dances with North Carolina Dance Theatre, but Louisville
audiences will recognize David as a former member of the Louisville Ballet.
It is most important that you see that all movement is beautiful, and that all movement
is art. If, after having watched Empujón, you look at yourself and see how
beautiful you are when you move then we as Empujón have accomplished something
wonderful.
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www.empujon.com
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www.valeriefuchs.com
Blue Apple Players, St. George‘s Community Center and 21C Museum Hotel Join
Together for St. George‘s Community Center Drama Club Students
May 22, 6pm
The Blue Apple Players have been leading a unique 10-week theater program involving
a group of students from St. George‘s Community Center. The 21C Museum Hotel
graciously invited the students to the museum and provided an opportunity for the
St. George drama students to see and explore the museum. During this project, the
group visited the museum and then chose a piece of art he/she liked. The students
used drama techniques to create a short performance piece inspired by the work of
art they chose.
These performance pieces will be shared in an informal presentation at the 21C Museum
Hotel on Tuesday, May 22nd at 6:00 p.m. For more information, please call Blue Apple
Players at 502-587-7990.
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