When our non-profit Gallery moved from its Chestnut Street location at The Cloister to Louisville’s Founders Square, our name changed to “The Falls City Community Art Gallery” and we prepared to meet new audiences.
We were guests of the City in the same building as The Louisville Visitor’s Bureau, which guaranteed our monthly featured artist exhibition to have viewers from around the world. The Gallery was a circular room on the lower level but our monthly exhibition was on the street level of busy Muhammad Ali Blvd. The exhibition could be viewed twenty-four/seven as the unique building was a glass structure visible to many downtown passersby.
One of the programs I initiated at the Gallery was “Art On The Plaza”. Local artists took advantage of the location to use the area around Founders Square as an outdoor exhibition viewing space. The Street was especially busy during lunchtime when workers came out of their offices to eat in the spaces near Founders Square.
Abel Karem was both a successful businessman and noted watercolor artist, who of late, had taken up the craft of basket weaving for a change of pace. His adventures of spending time on the Plaza far away from the demanding tasks of a business day were enjoyable and very relaxing until the afternoon when a former business associate happened to chance upon his weaving setup
“Why, Abel!! I didn’t know things were this bad for you!” She exclaimed with much remorse.
Abel, ever the jokester, kept a straight face and assured her times were getting better and he would be fine.
She bought two baskets and Abel donated a percentage of those sales to our non-profit gallery.