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Posted on : July 23, 2018 by : portlandnow Comments: 0

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Tonight was the opening for one of the most powerful art shows Louisville has ever seen, right here in Portland. Hosted by @1619flux, “Montage Lives!” is an expertly curated slice of history, culture and mind-blowing artistry. Here’s more about the talented folks involved:
“In the 1970's sculptors Ed Hamilton, William M. Duffy and artist Gloucester Caliman Coxe grouped with fellow African-American artists to form Montage, an artists collective that worked with young artists in an effort to show them how to improve and exhibit their work.
As individual African-American artists creating artwork that conveyed political messages, ethnic images and often contained provocative imagery, it was difficult to find venues willing to display their work. Montage was formed as a way for these artists to not only encourage one another to keep creating, but with the intent to build a community and showcase their art as a cohesive coalition as opposed to individual artists.
The collective faced many hardships throughout the years. Many outside of the group did not understand what they were doing, and thus became suspicious of them to the point where they often had to deal with the presence of police officers at their gatherings. Over the years, several members of Montage moved away to cities with more readily available opportunities. The members that stayed (including the groups founders) did so in an effort to continue the artistic community they built in their city and to continue supporting each other as well as all up-and-coming artists in Louisville.”
Check it out, it’s well worth your time! #louisvillelove

TODAY, 1-4pm!
@portlandmuseumky is hosting A Secret History of American River People, a participatory art installation led by California-based artist Wes Modes. Part art exhibition, part social history project, A Secret History is a contemporary artwork highlighting the project's rich findings of oral histories, photographs, artifacts, and video – all of which are collected from epic river voyages aboard a recreated 1940s-era shantyboat. Overall, the project seeks to examine basic river ecology and the issues facing current river communities while preserving the endangered history of people who have long lived on and adjacent to the river. Modes particularly seeks out the communities that are not represented in the dominant historical narrative, including people of color, women, working-class, and impoverished people.
Now in its sixth year of travelling and exhibiting nationally, the art installation portion will be on view at Portland Museum through August 3rd. Mid-summer, Modes and his shantyboat team will journey down the Ohio River for the first time, stopping in Louisville to collect more stories and document the living history of the Ohio River Valley region for the project's extensive archives.
The opening reception and artist talk on February 16th are free and open to the public. Portland Museum will also host special events throughout the exhibition. Free street parking is available, and there is a large parking lot on the south side of Lytle Street (behind the museum). Accessible parking is available on the museum grounds (north side of Lytle Street).
The exhibition and these programs are part of a community-wide celebration, “Afloat: An Ohio River Way of Life” and are funded in part by an Imagine 2020 grant, in partnership with Louisville Metro Government and Fund for the Arts. #louisvillelove

Nice one, CVS! #louisvillelove

Two lanky legends converged at the @portlandmuseumky today. Hey look it’s Jim Porter & Steve Taylor! #louisvillelove

Let there be light! #louisvillelove

Negative Polar Vortex temperatures + a sudden 60 degree thaw two days later + a 20 foot drop in the river level = trippy ice cloud visuals at Shippingport today. Good Lord! #louisvillelove

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