WHAT WE ARE
ACME Artworks is an art infrastructure hub, providing services and continuing education to enrich and grow Louisville’s diverse Art Community by creating a facility for local creative professionals, artisans, craftspeople, and designers.
ACME is a Fine Arts general contractor and incubator that provides rentable work space and fabrication expertise to local artists and businesses. We specialize in glass, metal and wood fabrication, art handling, crate manufacturing and awards.
WHERE WE ARE
ACME Artworks is a 24,000 sq. ft. warehouse located at 953 S. Clay Street, in the Smoketown Neighborhood, in Louisville, Kentucky. Original parts of our building date to the 1870’s and housed the Carrel Rogers Carpet Company for many years. The building has been home to many artists and musicians and even an underground nightclub and casino.
Who We Are
Sarah Ferguson
Traveler. Instigator. Donut Aficionado. Fire Eater. Troublemaker. Boss.
A Louisville native, Sarah has years of varied experience working in galleries and art venues in the area. She is a Centre College graduate. Her volunteer and community service history has given her ample experience with youth programs and community outreach as ACME strives to be a centerpiece in the greater Louisville community.
JW May
Sky Marshall. Contractor. Lion Tamer. Janitor. Mogul. Mythmaker. Storyteller.
JW is a Kentucky native and has been working in the arts since 2001 as artists’ assistant, educator, and technician. He has BFA from Tulane University and an MFA from Illinois State University and has been a working artist in New Orleans and Cincinnati, prior to moving to Louisville in 2016. He is a fabricator, installer, contractor and consultant for numerous other artists and designed equipment for several studios nationally.]
