Kentucky Artisan Center
Reception for Exhibition -"Black & White" at Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea

A meet-the-artist reception will be held Saturday, May 15 from 1:00 – 3:00 pm at the Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea for the Center’s exhibition, Black & White: Works by Kentucky Artisans.  At 1:30 artists will talk briefly about their work. This reception is open to the public and there is no admission charge.

This exhibit explores the ways Kentucky artisans use the colors black and white to interpret ideas, form, pattern and imagery. It includes black and white works from a range of mediums, including photographs, sculpture, woodcuts, jewelry, pen and ink drawings, glass, charcoal drawings, wood engravings, pottery and more.

Artists included in this exhibit are Lydia P. Allen, Pewee Valley; Linda Bowman, Louisville; Ying Kit Chan, Louisville; Neil Colmer, Berea; Julie Warren Conn, Lexington; Mary Craik, Louisville; Wendy Currier,  Lexington; John Andrew Dixon, Danville; Patrick L. Dougherty, Bellevue; Marilyn Foulke, Louisville; Suzy Hatcher, Louisville; Allen Jewel, Versailles; Johnny P. Lackey, Lexington; Ann Legris, Mays Lick; Paul Lorenz, Paducah; Guy Mendes, Lexington; Sebastian Moh, Louisville; David Mohallatee, Richmond; Joe Molinaro, Winchester; Lonnie and Twyla Money, East Bernstadt; Louis Northern, Mt. Vernon; Thomas Porter, Philpot; Martha Puckett, Louisville; Michael Shambro, Lexington; Debby Stratford, Louisville; Ken Swinson, Washington; Rob Weingartner, Maysville; Bruce Wess, Petersburg; and Brooke Forest White Jr., Louisville.

“Black and White: Works by Kentucky Artisans” will be on display through Aug. 21, 2010.
The Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea is located at 975 Walnut Meadow Road just off I-75 at exit 77 (Berea). The center’s exhibits, shopping and travel information areas are open daily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and the café is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. The center currently features works by more than 650 artisans from 100 counties across the Commonwealth. For information call 859-985-5448 or visit the center’s website at www.kentuckyartisancenter.ky.gov

The Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea is an agency in the Kentucky Tourism, Arts & Heritage Cabinet of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.