Louisville School Of Art

From Louisville Punk/Hardcore History

Students at LSoA were members of No Fun (first punk band in Louisville), I-Holes, Circle X, and so on.

[for more see: A Brief History of Louisville Music As It Pertains to Freakwater.]

The school is no longer in existance, though the original building is still located in Anchorage, KY... oddly, only about 400 feet from the Anchorage Police. The building at 100 Park Rd. is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Louisville Shool of Art, built 1911


From: University of Louisville Library - Special Collections and Archives

The Louisville School of Art, originally the Art Center School, was founded by the Louisville Handicraft Guild, later the Art Center of Louisville. Its founders merged with the Louisville Art Association in 1942. The Art Center School changed its name to the Louisville School of Art in 1968, continuing until 1983 when it closed and was absorbed by the University of Louisville. It spent one year in transition at the corner of Chestnut and Shelby Streets in a building once known as The Cloister.