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.
Category: Art
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.
Western Middle School for the Arts to Present Annual Spooky Concert
The Western Middle Band, Orchestra, and Piano/Digital Music programs will create the first annual Spooky Concert on Tuesday, Oct. 28, at 5:30 p.m. in the school’s auditorium. “You’ll laugh, you’ll shiver, and you’ll definitely leave humming a tune” said WMSA Band Director Adam Bullock.
Rosetta Chapel Opens Its Doors to Spread Gospel of Music in Portland
For the past couple years, fans of independent and underground music from all over Louisville have discovered a hidden treasure near 20th and Main Street in Portland: the Rosetta Chapel, a performance space which has hosted dozens of bands of all varieties, and also happens to be the home of Daniel Barber, a multi-media sculpture artist. He started out having dance parties with his friends, and the scene organically expanded into serving as a home for live music. The home’s namesake, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, is the “godmother of rock and roll,” the gospel blues singer and guitar innovator from the 1930s and ‘40s who influenced the likes of Little Richard, Johnny Cash, Tina Turner and Elvis Presley. The striking mural on the side of the church was created by prominent local artist Damon Thompson, whose work can be found on urban spaces all over Louisville.
Squallis Puppeteers Returns to Portland With New Headquarters
Squallis Puppeteers have moved into the neighborhood with a new headquarters next door to the Portland Museum! Read their history here in Portland from Executive Director Nora Christensen.
Now, That’s Some Mighty Fine Print: Reflections from CeLOUbrate Print 2025
This spring, I worked with the Portland Museum to reprise our annual community printmaking project CeLOUbrate Print. Sustaining the heart of our programming, we again hosted free traveling woodcut workshops, culminating in a day of collaborative printing, during which these community woodcuts (hand-carved wooden stamps) were inked up and driven over with a steamroller to print them.
New Faces, New Mural, and New Flowers at Louisville Grows
Read the latest updates from Louisville Grows including new additions to their staff, an upcoming arts exhibition, and new flowers blooming around Portland.