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The Hite Institute of Art + Design has an active exhibition program with exhibits ranging from exhibitions of local, regional, national and international artists to exhibitions of student work from our BA, BFA, MA, and MFA programs.
We have three distinct gallery locations: The Cressman Center for Visual Arts located in downtown Louisville, The Schneider Hall Galleries located on UofL’s main campus and our MFA Gallery located in our MFA Studios Building in Louisville’s Portland neighborhood.
About our Galleries
Cressman Center for Visual Arts
The mission of the Cressman Center for Visual Arts is to educate, engage and excite the community through the visual arts. The Center will function as a space where practice and theory; artists and the public intersect.
The Cressman Center expands the department's studio art and exhibition programs and provides an educational focus for the visual arts within the urban center of the city. Located at the corner of First and Main Streets in the heart of the downtown arts district, the Cressman Center is home to the department's glass program, and provides the public with an opportunity to observe the daily operations of the glass studio. Covering 12,000 square feet across the facility and 2100 in the galleries, the facility features a hotshop and cold working studios, sculpture studios and shops, a seminar room. The Cressman Center also features the John B. and Bonnie Seidman Roth Gallery, Leonard and Adele Leight Gallery, and the Alice S. and Irvin F. Etscorn Gallery for ongoing exhibitions.
Paid parking for the Cressman Center is available on Main and First Street and in the First and Main Garage.
Schneider Hall Galleries
Located within Schneider Hall on Belknap Campus, the Schneider Hall Galleries include the Belknap Gallery, Covi Gallery, and Gallery X. In addition to curatorial and exhibition preparation space, the galleries include approximately 3,300 square feet.
Paid parking for the Schneider Hall Galleries includes the Speed Museum Garage, and Floyd Street Visitors Garage, as well as meter parking located on 3rd street near the Speed Art Museum.
MFA Galleries
The MFA Galleries are maintained and operated by Hite’s cohort of MFA Candidates. While the gallery offers a rotating schedule of exhibitions, it is open by appointment only.
Parking for the MFA Galleries is located on the street and in the buildings parking lot shared with the Department of Anthropology.