Aron Conaway : Art Revolution Louisville

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ARON CONAWAY -RECENT WORKS/SHOWS
Recently Curated 9/11-2011: In The Course of Human Events
Weber Gallery Awful. RepulsiveTerrible Halloween Art Show
Powering Creativity; Air Fuel Fire. -- Ohio Valley Creative Energy at the Carnegie Center, New Albany )ctober 28th - December 31
LVAA Art Auction - November 12, 2011

Illustrated thank you note for Maker's Mark CEO, Rob Samuels

Illustration for the upcoming 'BANG Permasculpture Art Project' on Portland Ave. with the Center for Neighborhoods, Open Doors Program, Grasshoppers, and Portland Promise Center

Donated to the Young Cancer Survivors auction

Donated to the Squallis Puppeteers
'Fools for Love' fundraiser, 2011

For the 'A Very Portland Christmas'
art sale at Nelligan Hall, 2010

Coal Stoppers, to remind and block us from effortlessly using the energy that causes mountain top removal and mining.

George Rogers Clark for the 'L is for Louisville' book

We were published in the Inaugural issue of the new Pure Unut Candy, a really cool new publication in Louisville.

Featured in Pure Unut Candy for our illustrations that were also published in a book called label 228
Label 228 Street Art Project

Aron Conaway is a curator, fine artist, and alt.space creator. Working in a variety of media—drawing, live video projection, photography, street art, sculpture, and large installation—Aron’s creative spirit is activated by history, current events and critique of power structures in the political and social strata. Aron was a founding artist in the Louisville Assembly of Vanguard Art (LAVA House), currently owns and runs the Nelligan Hall art studios in the Portland neighborhood and is nearing the purchase of a 90,000 sf warehouse to create a new alt.Space in Louisville’s Park Hill neighborhood. He has BFA and MA from UL and is the Open Doors Manager at the Louisville Visual Art Association. (more...)

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Portland Pride: 21st Century Ideas for a Historic Neighborhood

Aron just completed this video project the Portland Now Neighborhood Association with Indiana film-maker, Amanda Arnold

Current Projects 2011:

Ohio Valley Creative Energy (Founding artist and Board member), a group of artists that has worked for 5 years to initiate the construction of a fire Arts studio next to the Floyd Clark County landfill. We are very excited as plans are unfolding quickly after a long, long lull in our project. With help from the landfill copany, we expect to acquire 7 acres of land adjacent to the landfill this year, then will install a pipeline across the street, for a methane-fueled ceramics studio.
Ohio Valley Creative Energy

The Green Convene of Louisville (Founding Board member and Communications Committee co-chair) - Elections upcoming.
Green Convene of Louisville

There is studio space for artists, practice space for bands and a commercial kitchen available for rent at Nelligan Hall. If you have interest in visiting the gallery or have interest in affordable and resourceful art/music studio rental, please email us.
Nelligan Hall Art Studio and Gallery

Open Doors Program, Louisville Visual Art Association (Program Manager) - "classes and art enrichment experiences designed to give a voice to under-served populations... projects are designed to pair local professional artists with groups who have limited access to the visual arts... tailored to meet specific needs of each population and serve to enrich not only the individual participant, but the community as a whole."
Opens Doors Program

Most excitingly, Hallie and I are finally finished with 6 years of house renovations, meaning we are finally putting it up on the market. If you know anyone who is looking to purchase a home that is contemporary and well-built in a popular area (and income from an upstairs unit) please point them our way. Once sold we'll be moving to this building.
the MAMMOTH Project

Currently working with artist and musician Shawna Dellecave on a mural design for the German Paristown Neighborhood Association, to be painted on the water tower abover the Hope Mills building at Kentucky St. and Swan St., directly above the railroad tracks. Keep an eye out (up) for it to appear this Summer or Fall of 2011.

I am also in talks and design stages for a bike rack to memorialize our friend Jen Futrell, who was killed while riding her bicycle down Bardstown Road in September of 2008. Jen loved to spray her love bomb stencil around the neighborhood, so it is a good chance that iconic image will be worked into the design.
Jen Futrell Memorial Page

Lastly, I am currently working with Karen Gillenwater at the Carnegie Center in New Albany, IN to produce a short video for the second New Albany Bicentennial Public Art Project.
New Albany Bicentennial Public Art Project

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in print:
LEO : "Art: Art to the people ‘Creative Rising’ targets the Phoenix Hill Neighborhood" by Jo Anne Triplett
WFPK The Edit + Radio Spot - Creativity Rising
L is For Louisville, Holland-Brown Books
Louisville Arts Review, Creativity Rising (cover) Page1 Page2 Page3 Page4

Label 228, book by Camden Noir, Soft Skull Press
21c Museum Website - Creativity Rising
Magnet Magazine, Q&A with Shipping News' Jason Noble
Photography on Kentucky School of Art Website
FILM: Shoot The Messenger? Gladly
Bourbon Inspires Kentucky Art Makers w/ Art
Photography in "What, me worry? Inside the growing movement to oust Sen. Mitch McConnell" by Stephen George
LEO The Case for Art in a Time of War Speed Museum Webpage. Photograph Posted for Documenting Dissent
Street Art Breaks into University Gallery" Louisville Cardinal, Dissent : Art From the Street
Louisville Cardinal - Internet Art
the LAVA Manifesto : 2000-2004
velocity magazine : documenting dissent
speed museum: documenting dissent
slint, the metro, Chicago, 3.24.2005

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