This is the seventh annual Open Studio Weekend, featuring more than 100 artists in all visual media. Established professionals, exciting newcomers and students, alumni and faculty from Hite Art Institute will share their work in unique studio spaces.Ìý

This year, the public may visit inside theÌýÌýfacility, a renovated warehouse at 1606 Rowan St. in the historic Portland neighborhood. Hite faculty and MFA students operate studios there in a range of media, including ceramics, drawing, fiber, glass, painting, printmaking, sculpture, mixed media, book arts and design.

This year also continues a partnership withÌý, which makes free bike rentals available to OSW attendees from noon to 6 p.m. Nov. 2 and 3.
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In addition, a distinguished panel of curators from around the region will select works by participating artists to showcase in theÌý at Hite’s Cressman Center for Visual Arts, 100 N. Main St. All are welcome to a free opening reception during the First Friday Hop, 6-8 p.m., Nov. 1. The exhibition is on view through Dec. 14.
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Open Studio Weekend is 12-6 p.m., Nov. 2 and 3. Tickets are $12, or $10 for students, art educators and LVA members. A ticket provides access to all participating studios and includes a 60-page publication with maps to studio locations, suggested routes, information, and images of participants’ artworks. Tickets are available on .

All proceeds from the weekend tour benefit the Mary Spencer Nay scholarship at UofL and Children’s Fine Art Classes through LVA.

Participating Hite students, alumni and faculty, with their studio numbers, include:Ìý

Betty Alvarez Painting 14,ÌýBritany Baker Drawing 37,ÌýFrank Baldwin Painting 29,ÌýMegan Bickel Painting 17,ÌýLindsey Bishop Jewelry 36,ÌýAnne Borders Painting 29,ÌýTiffany Calvert Painting 14,ÌýRita Cameron Painting 39,ÌýTom Cannady Painting 34,ÌýGeoff Carr Photography 20,ÌýDon Cartwright Painting 32,ÌýDave Caudill Sculpture 27,ÌýYing Kit Chan Mixed Media 14,ÌýXin Chen Glass 13,ÌýSandra Chu Painting 27,ÌýAndrew Cozzens Mixed Media 11,ÌýSabra Crockett Painting 39,ÌýKaty Delahanty Mixed Media 12,ÌýLinda Erzinger Sculpture 38,ÌýCassie Fischer Painting 36,ÌýElizabeth Foley Printmaking 27,ÌýJeanne Freibert Painting 35,ÌýAngie Reed Garner Painting 20,ÌýWill Garner Drawing 20,ÌýTerri Gilmore Sculpture 41,ÌýJohnny Gordon Glass 34,ÌýJen Grove Calligraphy 23,ÌýClaudia Hammer Painting 19,ÌýKaitlin Hennessy Mixed Media 23,ÌýBryan Holden Sculpture 17,ÌýNoah Howard Mixed Media 12,ÌýCasey Hyland Glass 19,ÌýDawn Johnston Painting 33,ÌýJoanna Jorgensen Jewelry 33,ÌýKyle Keeney Mixed Media 35,ÌýMegan Kociscak Painting 40,ÌýMarti Kuehn Painting 34,ÌýLisa Kurtz Ceramics 29,ÌýLori Larusso Painting 11,ÌýErica Lewis Drawing 16,ÌýDebra Lott Painting 44,ÌýAaron Lubrick Painting 29,ÌýScott Massey Sculpture 14,ÌýJames Russell May Painting 37,ÌýHelen Merrick Painting 45,ÌýMelanie Miller Glass 19,ÌýNancy Gordon Moore Painting 31,ÌýDeb Ogburn Mixed Media 34,ÌýChris Owens Mixed Media 38,ÌýPeggy Peabody Painting 33,ÌýAmy Pender Glass 33,ÌýTara Remington Mixed Media 11,ÌýRosalie Rosenthal Photography 11,ÌýCatherine Rubin Painting 32,ÌýDebbie Shannon Printmaking 32,ÌýDanny Seim Mixed Media 12,ÌýRachel Singel Printmaking 15,ÌýStacy Staggs Painting 37,ÌýDebby Stratford Printmaking 31,ÌýChuck Swanson Mixed Media 31,ÌýVictor Sweatt Painting 12,ÌýRachid Tagoulla Photography 13,ÌýMaria Tinnell Fiber 40,ÌýSusan Tolliver Painting 44,ÌýMark Traughber Drawing 19,ÌýCaroline Waite Mixed Media 31,ÌýXuanyi Wang Painting 17,ÌýKatherine Watts Printmaking 15,ÌýCletus Wilcox Mixed Media 23 and Jingshuo Yang Painting 16.

This is the sixth annual Open Studio Weekend, featuring more than 100 artists in all visual media. Established professionals, exciting newcomers and students and faculty from the the Hite Art Institute will share their work in unique studio spaces.Ìý

This year, for the first time, the public may visit theÌý facility, a renovated warehouse at 1606 Rowan St. in the historic Portland neighborhood. Hite faculty and MFA students will operate studios there with capacity for a range of media, including ceramics, drawing, fiber, glass, painting, printmaking, sculpture, mixed media, book arts and design.

This year also continues a partnership with , which makes free bike rentals available to OSW attendees. LouVelo will lead a free guided bike tour of downtown and Portland studios departing from Hyland Glass at 12:45 p.m. on Nov. 3.Ìý
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In addition, a distinguished panel of curators from around the region will select works by participating artists to showcase in the 2018 Louisville Open Studio Weekend Juried Exhibition at Hite’s Cressman Center for Visual Arts, 100 N. Main St. All are welcome to a free opening reception for the exhibition during First Friday Hop, 6-8 p.m., Nov. 2.
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Open Studio Weekend is 12-6 p.m., Nov. 3 and 4. Tickets are $12 (a 40% decrease from last year), or $10 for students, art educators and LVA members. A ticket provides access to all participating studios and includes a 60-page publication with maps to studio locations, suggested routes, information, and images of participants’ artworks. Purchase tickets onÌýÌýor at the Cressman Center. All proceeds from the weekend tour benefit the Mary Spencer Nay scholarship at UofL and Children’s Fine Art Classes through LVA.

Participating Hite students and faculty include: , , , , , ,Ìý,Ìý, , Reid Broadstreet, , Rachid Tagoulla,Ìý,Ìý, , ,Ìý,Ìý, ,Ìý and .

Now in its fifth year, the event continues to grow, with more than 120Ìýparticipating artists – more than ever before. Many of the artists have UofL connections, whether they’re alumni, faculty or staff, like Maria Tinnell, a graphic designer in the Office of Communications and Marketing who creates specialty miniature baskets. This year, her work was selected for display in theÌýjuried exhibition at Hite’s Cressman Center (100 N. Main St.), where the Open Studio launch party will be held from 6-8 p.m. Nov. 3 during the First Friday Hop. And, her studio will be open all weekend for OSW visitors.

Tinnell took time out of her schedule to talk to UofL News about her work and the preparation that goes into Open Studio Weekend.Ìý

In describing her work, she says, “IÌýam a fiber artist weaving baskets from linen thread and nylon cord. The technique of coiling baskets is a very old one. I have taken that technique and made it my own by using lots of color and non-traditional patterns and materials. People tell me all the time they have never seen anything like my baskets.”

UofL News: How did you get started making this type of art?

Maria Tinnell: I first learned this technique in college, I have a BFA from UofL; my major wasÌýtextiles. I took a class from Lida Gordon call Fiber Construction. I learned weaving, felting, braiding and coiled basketry. I fell in love with the technique. I still have the first basket I ever made; it was woven with wool yard and jute cord and is a fuzzy reminder of how I got started.

UofL News: Why do you participate in Open Studio Weekend?

Maria Tinnell: I have been a member of the LVA for several years, more than I can count, participating in shows and events and I went to school with Keith Waits LVA’s current Facility & Gallery Manager. I support the work that the LVA does encouraging young artists at summer camps and promoting local artists on Artebella. The money that is raised from the Open Studio Weekend helps fund those projects and I am happy to be a small part of that.

UofL News: What can guests expect if they come out for studio tours?

Maria Tinnell: I have always said my studio is wherever I am, because my art is portable. I take it with me everywhere I go. You might see me working on a bench outside on campus at UofL, my favorite spot is the fountains near Schneider Hall. That is what I love about my work, it does not require electricity or machines, just some linen thread, cord or rope and some needles.

For the Open Studio Weekend my ‘studio’ will be my front porch. I have a nice swing to sit on and work on a basket. You are welcome to stop by the South end of Louisville and see first-hand how I weave thread and rope into a miniature wearable basket, and if you are interested I will tell you the story behind the inspiration for some of my baskets.

Open Studio is noon to 6 p.m. Nov. 4 and 5. The cost is $20 or $10 for students, art educators and LVA members. Purchase tickets atÌýthe Cressman Center or . Ticket sales support scholarships at Hite Art Institute and LVA.Ìý