April 5th Republic Bank First Friday Hop
This month’s featured event will be Horsepower opening at Craft Gallery & Mercantile as part of the Derby Kickoff on the Hop!
Friday, April 5th marks an important day in Louisville, Kentucky. It is exactly 30 days from the 145th Kentucky Derby. It is also the April Republic Bank First Friday Hop, so we are celebrating this special day by enjoying some of the most prominent equestrian artists in the region: Jeaneen Barnhart, Jaime Corum, Tyler Robertson, Richard Sullivan, Geoffrey Crowe, and more — all on South 4th!
Start at Craft Gallery & Mercantile for Horsepower, then, just next door to Crafts, Regalo will be holding an opening reception for Painting Outside the Lines. On the same block, Mysterious Rack will be crafting fascinators and Block Party Handmade Boutique is having their 6th Anniversary Celebration. Across the street, a hands-on sugar-cookie-art-
On the North end of 4th Street, we have another very special event. For the first time, the public will have the opportunity to Meet the Galt House Artist in Residence Finalists 5 PM – 7 PM, Kacy Jackson, Jordan Morgan, Gibbs Rounsavall and Ewa Perz will be in the gallery for a meet and greet. These artists were selected from twenty-nine entries by the Artist in Residence selection committee, comprised of 13 prominent members of Louisville’s arts community.
Republic Bank First Friday Hop
APRIL 5, 2019 7am -11pm
See Art, Meet New Artists, and Attend Gallery Openings
- Tiny Art Tales at KMAC Museum at 10:30 AM
- BLōFISH Clothing Co. Creatives for a Cause: OddBalls Gallery 6 – 9 PM
- First Friday Birthday Bash: Forward Radio turns 2! Hosted by Garner Narrative 6 – 9 PM
- Steel Skin Studio Visit the working artist studio and gallery on the Republic Bank First Friday Hop
- First Friday HOP + Artist Talk With William M. Duffy Hosted by 1619 Flux: Art + Activism
- Meet the Galt House Artist in Residence Finalists 5 – 7 PM
- Opening Reception: Artists in The Winner’s Circle Hosted by Shop and Gallery at The Brown Hotel 6 – 9 PM
- Dan Dry: Dawn to Derby – First Friday Opening Reception
- She’s Silver and Orange 4 at Tim Faulkner Gallery 6 – 11 PM
- From Camera to Canvas Hosted by Revelry Boutique Gallery
- See Me Clearly – Women Photographers/Women Photographed at Paul Paletti Gallery 5 – 8 PM
- Tris Vonna-Michell’s Balustrade Endless Tapes Opens at KMAC
- Revelry Gallery is excited for the return of the ‘Win Place ART Show’
Horsepower
at Craft Gallery & Mercantile 6 – 10 PM
- Joyce Garner Lazy Susan
- Australian Glass Masters at Flame Run Friday, March 22 10 AM – 4 PM
- A Slice of Art at Pizza Bar Gallery 11AM – 12AM
- 1619 Flux: Art + Activism is participating in the April 5th Republic Bank First Friday Hop 5 – 10 PM
- Opening Reception and Curator Talk Moremen Gallery “Unbounded Domains” a solo show by Vian Sora 5:30 – 8 PM
- Regalo South Fourth Presents Geoffrey Crowe: Painting Outside the Lines 5 – 9 PM
- Reception in the AIR studio – Artist in Residence at the Galt House 5 – 7 PM
- Road Map To Heaven: Photographs by Linda Bruckheimer
- Labor&Materials at 21C Docent tours at 5 pm on First Friday 5 PM
- Conspiratorial Aesthetics at Cressman Center for Visual Arts 11 AM – 6 PM
- Block Party Handmade Boutique 6th Anniversary Celebration 6 – 9 PM
Fun for Kids, Parent’s Night Out, & Childcare
- Belmar Baked hosts a sugar cookie art session on the First Friday Hop 2 PM – 6 PM
- Spring Break Camps by KMAC Museum
- North and South 4th Street Hike the Hop Walking Route 5 PM
Literary & Poetry
Music & Concerts
- BUM – DUM bleep – JP Source moves back to 1st Fridays at Meta!
- LIVE LUNCH WITH ELEPHANT PATH 12 PM
- 4/5] SOLAR DISCO FORCE/ THE DADDY SISTERS @ 3rd Street Hosted by Solar Disco Force
- Dressed To Kill – A Tribute To KISS w/ special guest Mad Alice
- Legends of Hip Hop at KFC YUM! Center
- Dual Album Release / Push Start / Godawfuls Hosted by Spinelli’s Downtown 7 – 9 PM
- Live Music at Down One on the Republic Bank First Friday Hop
- Encore on 4th Jazz & blues Friday’s w/ Soul River Brown
Performance & Theater
- Dogfight presented by Acting Against Cancer
- Women Laughing Alone with Salad by Theatre 502 at the MeX
- First Friday Fortunes at The Limbo 5 – 7 PM
- 43rd Humana Festival Share Your Spark Hosted by Actors Theatre of Louisville
Sports, Fitness, Wellness, Movement & Dance
- North and South 4th Street Hike the Hop Walking Route 5 PM
- Urban Bourbon Hike the Hop – A walking tour of Downtown’s Bourbon District 1 PM
- Hike NuLu – A gallery walk through NuLu and Butchertown 7 PM
Tours, Tastings, Specials and Sales
- LouLift Map 7 AM – 7 PM
- Derby Fashion Affair at Six Sisters on the Republic Bank First Friday Hop!
- The Vue at 3rd Sunset Over Louisville: Resident Referral Party 7 – 9 PM
- {ONE NIGHT ONLY} Craft Union Vintage at Revelry Boutique Gallery 6 – 10 PM
- Kentucky Bourbon Distillery Tour and walking tour of the Downtown Bourbon District
- Monthly Mayhem at PBR Louisville
- Tour the Evan Williams Bourbon Experience on First Friday
- Angel’s Envy distillery tours on First Friday!
- Urban Bourbon Hike the Hop – A walking tour of Downtown’s Bourbon District
- Live at Guy’s on First Friday
- $5 after 5pm at the Kentucky Science Center on Republic Bank First Friday Hop