Sean Patrick Hill joined us this week to talk about his exhibition in the LVA 2nd Floor Gallery, Our Innocent Minds. Rebecca Norton worked on this exhibit with Sean and also joined us. Tune in to WXOX 97.1FM.Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.
Sean Patrick Hill is a film photographer, writer, and poet. He was the 2023 photography artist-in-residence at The Bascom: A Center for Visual Arts in Highlands, North Carolina, where his residency culminated in a solo exhibition in the Joel Gallery. He has been awarded three grants from the Great Meadows Foundation. He holds an MFA from Warren Wilson College and is the author of three poetry collections. Sean has received grants and fellowships from the Kentucky Arts Council, the Vermont Studio Center, and the Elizabeth George Foundation.
Rebecca Norton is an artist, curator, and educator. Norton's work is included in permanent collections at 21C Hotel Louisville, the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, and the Kentucky Museum at Western Kentucky University. She is the recipient of many awards and grants. Her lectures and writings have been published on MOCA tv, the Brooklyn Rail, Duke University Scalar publications, and Blacksun Lit. Recently she has been working as an independent curator for ArtPortal in Louisville. Rebecca is co-founder and program director for Orbit and Maybe It's Fate, an arts and culture establishment and for-profit member-based artist cooperative based in Louisville.
Our Innocent Minds opens at the LVA 2nd Floor Gallery May 10 with a reception from, 5-7 pm, and runs through May 30, 2024