Gallery Openings

Fundación Ludwig Gallery

The Ludwig Foundation of Cuba (LFC) is an autonomous, non-governmental and non profit institution in Cuba created to protect and promote contemporary Cuba artists and culture, develop research works and new technologies applied to the artistic world, and encourage dialogue with both Cuban and international cultural communities. The Ludwig Foundation of Cuba, located in Havana, acts as a cultural center to encourage the creation of bridges of understanding in Cuba and abroad.

The Ludwig Foundation of Cuba has established long-term programs with leading institutions worldwide. Programs include performances, festivals, exhibitions, exchanges, lectures, seminars, academic courses, workshops, conferences, scholarships and grants.

The Ludwig Foundation of Cuba was founded in 1995 by Peter and Irene Ludwig,  world-known private European collectors and is funded yearly by the Peter and Irene Ludwig Foundation located in Aachen, Germany.

In Havana, the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba is located on Calle 13 #509 between D and E in Vedado.

For a link to the Ludwig Foundation go to www.aflfc.org/eng/whoweare/ludwig.html

Secrets Under the Skin premiered at the Ludwig Foundation December 22, 2010. Please see the sidebar for photos and stories from and about its opening.

Perico Municipal Museum Constantino Barredo Guerra

UAA Kimura Gallery

The Kimura Gallery's mission is to provide the University of Alaska Anchorage and the community-at-large qualitative exhibits that are national and international in nature. Exposure to new ideas, interdisciplinary projects and works that challenge the gallery-goer's assumptions about art are essential to the gallery's role as a transmitter of contemporary cultural directions. The Kimura Gallery opened in 1987 and was originally known as the University Gallery and later renamed in honor of Sam and Joan Kimura who taught at the University of Alaska Anchorage.

C. E. Licka, Director of the Kimura Gallery.

Bunnell Street Arts Center

Bunnell Street Arts Center’s mission is to nurture and present innovative art in all media for diverse audiences.  Bunnell presents dynamic and uniquely challenging visual and performance art by noted Alaskan, national and international artists. Presenting the best solo exhibits you can find in Alaska changing monthly, the arts center also offers weekly performances in music, theater, performance art, spoken word, and all that which resists categorization. Semi-monthly workshops in diverse media range in scope from Statewide symposia led by artists of the highest caliber to introductory workshops aimed to inspire creative confidence for adults in transition. Bunnell provides extensive outreach programs including Artist in Schools under contract with Alaska State Council on the Arts, and school tours and lecture/demos of visiting performing artists. These outreach activities connect locals to the cutting edge of creative international culture, and strengthen a sense of international kinship between locals and visiting artists. Bunnell is a community partner with Out North, Alaska Design Forum and Alaska AIR (Artist in Residence). Bunnell programs are funded in part by grants from the Alaska State Council on the Arts, WESTAF, USA Artists, Rasmuson and Paul G. Allen Family Foundations.

Homer is a seaport community overlooking Kachemak Bay 220 miles by road south of Anchorage. Called "The Cosmic Hamlet by the Sea," Homer has a reputation as a progressive arts capital. Homer's is culturally and economically rooted in homesteading and fishing. Homer's reputation as an artistically adventurous community finds its forum for risk and innovation at Bunnell. Alaska's geography makes it difficult for emerging artists, artists with disabilities, and those citizens who are members of various minority communities to have contact with professionals who create original stage work.  Bunnell attracts and fosters those artists and individuals from all over Alaska who cannot experience progressive artwork in this state's predominantly conservative ecosystem. In this way, Bunnell is a vital incubator of the arts for greater Alaska, and an essential link between Alaskan and visiting artists and local and visiting audiences.

Bonnafont Gallery

The Bonnafont Gallery is located in the historic North Beach area of San Francisco. It was founded in 1978 by Philippe Bonnafont of France, and has been in its current location since 1988. Dennis Letbetter has been the gallery director since 1995.

The Bonnafont has specialized in pioneering artwork by architects, which has ultimately led to the establishment of departments of architecture in the local museums.  Mario Botta, who first exhibited in the US at the Bonnafont Gallery, eventually became the architect for the SFMOMA.

The Bonnafont Gallery has been a springboard for artists making contacts with the art world. With its garden and intimate setting it is a place where introductions can be made and unconventional local and international exhibitions can be held. To date, the Bonnafont has featured artists from the US, England, France, Italy, and Finland. Negotiations with Korean artists are currently in process.

* Banner image photographed by Brandon McElroy