About The Fire House Gallery

About The Fire House Gallery

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The Gallery's Mission

The Fire House Gallery strives to exhibit the most exciting and challenging art from the South and rural America 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 firehousegallery@aol.com or by calling Gallery Co-Executive Director Helen Aikman 202.491.8610. Decisions concerning exhibitions are made by a the Gallery's curatorial committee. That committee is advised by an impressive group of curatorial consultants, including Diane Tesler (painting), Kristin Casaletto (printmaking), and Ben Reynolds (photography). 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 www.adobe.com.)

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Gallery Management
The Gallery's day-to-day operations are managed by the Gallery's residential intern manager. Our intern manager for 2006-2007 is Maiben Beard. Chosen from five impressive candidates from around the country, Maiben is 2006 Emory University graduate and a native of Lafayette, Alabama, a town of the same size and demographics as Louisville. Maiben has long aimed to pursue a career in museum work. During her summers she has interned at the Alabama Museum of Natural History Summer Expedition in Tuscaloosa, supervising groups of secondary school students and assisting in teaching archaeology and ecology. She chose Emory over other universities because it offered her an opportunity to work in Emory's Carlos Museum, where she has interned since 2003, assisting in management of the museum collection. Maiben has also worked as a co-director of Volunteer Emory, supervising a staff of 15 students, implementing service projects, and acting as a community liaison. During Maiben’s April visit to Louisville, Friends management quickly discovered that her background and personality make her completely at ease in a small Southern town and equip her well for the work of gallery management – especially youth outreach, one of the most important components of the Gallery's mission. Executive Gallery management is provided by Helen Aikman and Kathleen Galvin.

Decisions concerning exhibitions are made by a the Gallery's curatorial committee. That committee is advised by a group of curatorial consultants, including Diane Tesler (painting), Kristin Casaletto (printmaking), and Ben Reynolds (photography).

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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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