Throughout July Squallis Puppeteers took the stage at Portland Museum’s Lighthouse Education Center and performed three amazing shows for children in our neighborhood: Brain Party, Tricky Fox, and Mouse Tales.
Category: Art
In Plain Sight: Canaries of the American Soul
Opening July 9th at Moremen Gallery, the photographs in this exhibit trace a six-year journey that began in 2020, during the pandemic lockdown that ravaged the world as we knew it. Though many of us were at home, sheltered in place, the unhoused were still on the streets then and now.
KyCAD Students Lead Anchored to Portland Pop-Up Exhibition
Site + Research students at Kentucky College of Art and Design spent three weeks in Louisville’s Shawnee and Portland neighborhoods, researching the histories of people and places that inform the area’s social landscape.
Construction Begins On Portland Museum’s AHOY Children’s Museum
Get an update on Portland Museum’s long anticipated AHOY Children’s Museum!
Portland Museum Displays Inmate Artwork with Exhibit “Human, too”
Learn all about how Portland Museum’s exhibition “Human, too,” featuring artwork from inmates in LMDC’s Chance 4 Change program, came together from its curator Erica Lewis.
CeLOUbrate Print Returns for Third Year at Portland Museum on Saturday, April 18th
Mark your calendars for Saturday April 18th! Join us at the neighborhood’s own Portland Museum for our community art festival, CeLOUbrate Print, featuring hands-on activities, art exhibitions, and local art booths.
Get Ready to CeLOUbrate Print: Free Woodblock Carving Workshops Return!
See the full slate of upcoming dates for our FREE woodblock carving workshops! Materials and instruction provided for all experience levels!
Portland Museum Showcases Neighborhood Artist Dean Thomas with Exhibition
“When someone built this stuff, they built it with the intention of providing a service that would somehow help humans,” said Portland artist Dean Thomas in an interview with Portland Museum, “they sort of created a spirit in that machinery, and now it’s sitting there going ‘are you ever going to use me again?’ It still has value.”
The Portland Art and Heritage Fair Returns For Another Year of Neighborhood Love!
Read a full recap of Portland Museum’s 12th annual Portland Art and Heritage Fair including the Portland Almost 5K, Portland favorite vendors, film screenings, and more!
Louisville Orchestra Returns to Portland’s Neighborhood House With Free Concert
The Louisville Orchestra is proud to kick off its 2025–2026 Music Without Borders series with a free concert at Portland’s Neighborhood House (201 N 25th St, Louisville, KY 40212) on Friday, November 7th at 7:30 PM, offering residents the opportunity to experience the power and joy of live symphonic music right in their own neighborhood.