Butchertown

I'm Joe Sonka in Louisville.

A recent art exhibit in Butchertown brings women visual artists from the background straight up front.

As LPM's Giselle Rhoden reports, a dozen creators interpret the theme literally or figuratively.

Gallery curator Jess Allen says Background Vocals is focused on supporting her talented peers.

There's a lot of times where minority women, especially Black women, are expected to be, um, the supporting voice in mainstream causes, and a lot of times our concerns are put in the background.

We are supporting voices.

The exhibit is open at Maybe It's Fate, a community arts hub and co-working space in Butchertown through late November.

I'm Giselle Rhoden in Louisville.

yes.

Butchertown.

Uh-huh.

Barber Brew Pub.

Divinity Experiencing.

But there's also Intuitive Connection and Butchertown.

Really? Yep.

Okay.

I needed a sweatshirt, and it felt really, really good.

Um, late in the morning I had to close my windows because the breeze shifted a little bit, so we were downwind for a few minutes from Butchertown, uh, a neighborhood of Louisville that is right next to my neighborhood.

And when the wind is just right, the smells are just wrong, so I had to close the windows and light a candle and, oof, get that smell out of here.

But it's-- the temps are just gorgeous, and it's, it's sort of an overcast day.

Where was his wind, his stamina, his ability to mix it with rough customers through long, grueling contests? He had demonstrated nothing but the possession of a lucky punch and a depressing proclivity for flukes.

So it was that his fourth match was arranged with Pete Sasso, a Portuguese fighter from Butchertown, known only for the amazing tricks he played in the ring.

Pat did not train for the fight.

Instead, he made a flying and sorrowful trip to the mountains to bury his father.