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08/11/2026

OPEN CALL 🍇🍀✏️📨

The Kudzu jelly team is looking to hire a contract arts writing editor :-)

🔗 To apply, please see the form link in our bio.

Applications will be accepted through September 11th, 2026

08/06/2026

NEW REVIEW: ABEX: THE WOMEN
"With that said, it is not enough to dig through the archives and 'rediscover' the women who were working within the Abstract Expressionist movement. We need to critically consider the conditions that prevented them from being included in the canon and expand the canon to make room for the artists who don’t fit the mold."

Read Anna Blake’s thoughts on the recent Speed Art Museum exhibition, “Abstract Expressionism: The Women.”

it is not enough to dig through the archives and “rediscover” the women who were working within the Abstract Expressionist movement. We need to critically consider the conditions that prevented them from being included in the canon and expand the canon to make room for the artists who don’t fi...

07/31/2026

DAINTY FEST 2026

Recap of this year's annual Dainty Fest, a beloved Schnitzelberg neighborhood tradition.
📸 Photos and questions by Josie Seymour

Know of other upcoming cultural events you'd like to see recapped?
Let us know in the comments :-)

07/30/2026

Tonight from 5PM to 8PM is the return of “Girl Crush,” coming to KMAC Contemporary Art Museum after a majorly successful inaugural two years back! Organized by Kris Thompson, Ada Asenjo, and Skylar Smith, this year is sure to be even bigger! Two of those three gave us a sneak peek at this group show featuring work from over eighty different woman/fem artists working in our Louisville community, check it out.

Interview by Lindsey Cummins
Editing by William Smith IV

Music: Abundance by 1000 Handz sourced from Free Music Archive and licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International License.

07/28/2026

NEW VIGNETTE: TOPOGRAPHY OF SOUND
"The same pull that draws you to a natural arch is what brings you to ambient music. It comes as no surprise that this music has flourished here in the Ohio Valley. It is the music of deeply thoughtful people, whose minds and bodies have roamed countless hours."

Read this piece by Joyce Barbour for her thoughts on the ambient music scene in KY:

The same pull that draws you to a natural arch is what brings you to ambient music. It comes as no surprise that this music has flourished here in the Ohio Valley. It is the music of deeply thoughtful people, whose minds and bodies have roamed countless hours.

07/24/2026

NEW REVIEW: ECOLOGICAL KINSHIPS
"These exhibitions immerse the viewer in imagined ecosystems, reminding us that we are not just spectators of ecology–we are active participants within it."

Read this article by Chenoa Buster and Gray Koesters for their thoughts on two co-emerging group shows centered around ecology: "WITH INSECTS WE SHARE THE SAME LIGHT" at Maybeitsfate Cooperative, curated by Clare Hirn, and "Another Forest" at Louisville Visual Art, curated by Alana Fitzgerald:

These exhibitions immerse the viewer in imagined ecosystems, reminding us that we are not just spectators of ecology–we are active participants within it.

07/11/2026

We’re back at Louisville Visual Art with Clare Hirn and our first returning champion Keith Waits to talk “Human I Nature,” an environmental focused show featuring many of our favorites and opening this evening from 4PM to 7PM. We went long on Clare’s awesome new piece “Our Beast Doth Cost Too Much (‘till the End)” and felt the sweat trickle down our foreheads and connect us to the exhibit’s pressing themes.

Interview by Lindsey Cummins
Editing by William Smith IV

Music: The Working Machine by RoccoW sourced from Free Music Archive and licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International License.

07/10/2026

New Review: SIX SMALL WORKS AND A STATEMENT
"What makes some violence more highbrow than others? What makes some violence worthy of being displayed in a formal setting and charging admission to gaze upon it? Is it an art critic disregarding portrayals of the common blood and toil of everyday American living? Maybe they see something fanciful and blood-soaked and say, 'Now this is a depiction of violence worthy of our halls. This is the real deal.'"

Read "Six Small Works and a Statement” by Sean Rose for his review of Thaniel Ion Lee's most recent show and artist talk at Louisville Visual Art:

What makes some violence more highbrow than others? What makes some violence worthy of being displayed in a formal setting and charging admission to gaze upon it? Is it an art critic disregarding portrayals of the common blood and toil of everyday American living? Maybe they see something fanciful a

07/09/2026

Tonight from 5PM to 8PM at Moremen Gallery the beloved Edward “Nardie” White is debuting the results of six years connecting with and photographing the houseless populations of Louisville and beyond. Curated by Julia Youngblood (Youngblood Harmonizing Arts) from a pool of over 300 photos, “In Plain Sight: Canaries of the American Soul” is an empathetic look into an American reality familiar to citydwellers nationwide, though habitually ignored.

Interview by Lindsey Cummins (Lindsey Cummins)
Editing by William Smith IV (William Smith)

Music: That Guy’s Sky Is Way Too High by Doctor Turtle sourced from Free Music Archive and licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International License.

06/29/2026

NEW FIELD NOTES: KENTUCKY HOLY LAND
"What you will encounter at the Loretto artist-in-residence program is a community of elders full of deep curiosity about residents and their work. "

Read "Kentucky Holy Land” by Leah Raidt for their notes on, experiences at, and recommendations for artists visiting the Sisters of Loretto Motherhouse in Nerinx, KY:

What you will encounter at the Loretto artist-in-residence program is a community of elders full of deep curiosity about residents and their work.