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.

“Open Studio Weekend is our art community’s annual update. There’s no better way to get to know our artists, their work and the creative power of our city,” saidÌýChris Reitz,ÌýGallery Director of UofL’s Hite Art Institute, which hosts the event along with .

Now in its fourth year, the event has become so popular, with more than 20,000 visits to studios last year, event organizers added a new opportunity. This year, the Open Studio Weekend Exhibition at the Cressman Center for Visual Arts is juried. Three regionally-renowned curators serve as judges for the show: Kate Bonansinga, director of the School of Art in the College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning at University of Cincinnati; Matt Distel, Exhibitions Director for The Carnegie in Covington and adjunct curator for the Cincinnati Art Museum; and Max Weintraub, galleries director at Indiana University’s Herron School of Art & Design.

“It is heartening to see such a diverse range of objects and interests represented in the arts community of Louisville. It was a pleasure to participate as a juror and gives me confidence in the long-term health of art making in this region,” Distel said.Ìý

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

“Open Studio Weekend is the perfectÌýoccasionÌýto discover local artists and embrace the opportunity to invest in original art,” said Lindy Casebier, LVA’s Executive Director.

The event launch party is from 6ÌýtoÌý8 p.m. Nov. 4 at the Cressman Center. Open Studio is 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 5 and noon to5 p.m. Nov. 6. The cost is $20 or $10 for students, art educators, seniors and LVA members, which allows participants to visit as many studios as they like and includes a nearly 50-page studio guide with area maps with suggested routes, artist locations, information and images of artists’ work. An event phone app is also available. Tickets can be purchasedÌýat the Cressman Center or .Ìý