‘Thunder’ watch party to offer fireworks and fired glass
NULL March 19, 2014LOUISVILLE, Ky. – People can get a close-up glimpse of fireworks and fired glass at “Fire & Art 8: Thunder at the Cressman,” a Thunder Over Louisville watch party April 12 at the University of Louisville’s Cressman Center for Visual Arts.
UofL’s Hite Art Institute will offer the party from 3 p.m. to midnight at the center at 100 E. Main St.
Guests can view the Kentucky Derby Festival air show from the top floor of an attached parking garage, see students at work in the center’s glass hot shop, watch family movies, enjoy light refreshments and stroll to and from the nearby waterfront.
Tickets are $30 for adults and $10 for children ages 5-12; children age 4 and younger are free. Parking in the connected garage costs $25. Advance reservations are required for the event, which benefits UofL’s fine arts programs.
For more details, call Linda Rowley at 502-852-8403 or see louisville.edu/art/fire-art-8-thunder-at-cressman.ics
Erica Walsh is the marketing director for the Office of Communications and Marketing. Her job lets her share UofL’s good news in all avenues of communications including publications, advertising, content marketing and branding. Walsh joined UofL in 2014 after previously serving as the public relations specialist at Indiana University Southeast. Prior to her career in higher education communications she was an award-winning newspaper reporter. Red is one of her favorite colors and it’s a good thing, too, because she earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism from Western Kentucky University and her master’s in communication from UofL.