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The Gallery's Mission
The Fire House Gallery
strives to exhibit exciting and challenging contemporary American art for the benefit of the citizens of
Louisville,
Jefferson County,
and the Central Savannah River Area. The Gallery offers monthly
exhibitions and a
calendar of entertaining and educational events, including opening receptions and artist talks.
As the flagship program of Friends of Historic Downtown Louisville, the
Gallery is dedicated to important
community outreach
projects designed to make the Gallery a solid cornerstone for enhancement of
Louisville's
remarkable historic Downtown. The Gallery will also offer active
support for other like-minded organizations and groups, including the
Arts Guild of Jefferson County and the Jefferson County Chamber of
Commerce.
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Rent
the Gallery
Consider renting the Gallery
for your next private party or business function. The Gallery is a
large, elegant space and a unique setting for receptions, holiday and
graduation parties, board meetings, and other events. Rental fees
start at $150 and discounts are available with certain levels of
Gallery membership.
 
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Information for Artists
The Gallery welcomes inquiries from
prospective exhibitors. Consistent with its mission, we seek to
exhibit the work of professional artists working in and about the South
and rural America. We urge interested artists to contact us by
email at
galleryafire@gmail.com or by calling the Gallery at 478.625.0387. Decisions
concerning exhibitions are made by a the Gallery's curatorial committee.
Under no circumstances will the
Gallery exhibit reproductions of original artwork, including giclee or
other digitally reproduced images of originals. In addition, in
general, the Gallery will not exhibit privately commissioned portraiture
or other commercially-driven work.
For your
information, we have provided the Gallery floor plan
below. In addition, you may review, download, and print our
standard form exhibition contract by
clicking here.
(The contract is in .pdf format, so you will require Adobe Reader
software to open it. You can download the necessary software free
of charge from
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Management
The Gallery's
day-to-day operations are managed by the Gallery's Curatorial Fellow with support from the Fire Team Productions Video Fellow.
Executive Gallery management is provided by
Helen Aikman and
Kathleen Galvin. Decisions concerning exhibitions are made
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Directions
 From
Augusta . . .
Take US 1/GA 4 south for approximately 42 miles. Go onto US
221/GA 4/US 1 (Business) south and stay on it for 1.2 miles until
you reach a 4-way stop. Turn left onto West Broad Street (US 1
Business) and proceed two blocks to the intersection of Broad Street
and Mulberry Street. (Note -- you must circle the Broad Street
Parkway in order to turn onto Mulberry Street.)
From Savannah . . .
Take I-16/GA 404 west for approximately 75 miles. Take exit
90 onto US 1/GA 4 north toward Swainsboro. Stay on US 1/GA 4
north for 42.7 miles. Make a slight left onto US 1
(Business)/Broad Street north and follow for 1.4 miles to the
intersection of Broad Street and Mulberry Street.
From Atlanta . . .
Take I-20 east from Atlanta for approximately 110 miles.
Take exit 172 onto GA 17 south. Follow GA 17 south for 36.1
miles. Go onto US 221/GA 4/US 1 (Business) south and stay on
it for 1.2 miles until you reach a 4-way stop. Turn left onto
West Broad Street (US 1 Business) and proceed two blocks to the
intersection of Broad Street and Mulberry Street. (Note -- you must
circle the Broad Street Parkway in order to turn onto Mulberry
Street.)
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| Tax Exempt Status
The Fire House Gallery is a program of Friends of
Historic Downtown Louisville. Founded in 2004, Friends is a Georgia
nonprofit corporation and is
exempt from Federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code. Contributions to the Gallery and to Friends are
deductible under section 170 of the Code. The Gallery and Friends are
also qualified to receive tax deductible bequests, devises, transfers or
gifts under section 2055, 2106, or 2422 of the Code. You may
inspect the Friends IRS Form 990 for 2005 during regular business hours
(Monday through Saturday, noon to 6 pm, and Sunday 1 to 5 pm) in
Friends' offices located in The Fire House Gallery at 605 Mulberry
Street, Louisville, GA 30434.
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