Artists Talk With LVA: October 20, 2022

Shauntrice Martin & Ada Asenjo are part of the first Curate Purchase Inspire cohort with LVA and they talk about their projects as they reach their conclusion. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com Thursday at 10 am to hear all about it.

Shauntrice Martin is a mother, abolitionist, and artist. She was born and raised in Louisville, KY and currently serves as a lobbyist. Her artwork has reflected a tumultuous yet triumphant trajectory. The use of acrylics, textile, sculpture, and photography blend in her pieces to create sometimes haunting images of the lives Black and Indigenous people could have lived if white supremacy never existed. She created Chahta Noir as a resource & outlet for artists to develop, network, and BE.

Shauntrice is the inaugural Speed Art Museum Artist-In-Residence. Her photo journey is available via SPEEDxWEST. Shauntrice's museum solo exhibition "Something in the Water" opened at the Speed Art Museum in December 2021.

Her exhibit, Sweet Fire, is being installed at Play Cousins Collective and will officially open to the public in December 2022.

Ada Asenjo was born in the Dominican Republic where flowers bloom all throughout the year. Pressing flowers is something she has enjoyed doing most of her life! Pressed foliage has been used to elaborately embellish gifts and items for ages. Each petal and leaf is intricate beyond comparison, yet they are often overlooked. By juxtaposing different elements, their exquisite details become apparent.

Our existence is transient, and everything hinges on what or who came before. Nothing happens in isolation. I feel I must convey this hopeful message of the flowers: Today we live in Joy and Love.

Her exhibit ,Somo De Aqui y Afloramos, opens November 5 at La Casita Center

Artebella On The Radio: September 16

LVA Executive Director Kristian Anderson joins us this week to talk Open Studio Louisville, LVA Free Wall, The Local Muse, Give4Good, and other news from Louisville Visual Art. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM or stream on Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear about visual art in Louisville.

LVA Executive Director Kristian Anderson has 15 years of experience in the arts and culture sector, most recently as Senior Policy Advisor to the Mayor of Salt Lake City. In that role, he oversaw a variety of community, operational and political projects encompassing arts and culture as well as land use, urban design, economic development, and more. Prior to his mayoral appointment, Kristian was for four years the Executive Director of the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art and Executive Director for the Association of Academic Museums and Galleries in Seattle.

Artebella On The Radio: July 30, 2020

On this week's broadcast we introduce you to LVA's new Executive Director, Kristian Anderson. Kristian comes to us from Salt Lake City, Utah where he was the Mayor’s Senior Policy Advisor for Arts and Culture.

Anderson has 15 years’ experience in the arts and culture sector, most recently as Senior Policy Advisor to the Mayor of Salt Lake City. In that role, he oversaw a variety of community, operational and political projects encompassing arts and culture as well as land use, urban design, economic development and more. Prior to his mayoral appointment, Kristian was for four years the Executive Director of the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art and Executive Director for the Association of Academic Museums and Galleries in Seattle.

He is the founder and host of “SLC Culture” – a weekly radio show highlighting arts, culture and social issues. Anderson earned his B.A. in History and Classical and Near Eastern Art and Archaeology at the University of Minnesota.  He also holds a Masters in Museum Studies from the University of Colorado and a Certificate of Academic Museum and Gallery Leadership from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. 

Anderson says, “I am exceptionally excited to be given the opportunity to lead Louisville Visual Art at this critical juncture.  Although these are uncertain times, no incoming leader could ask for a better team and engaged board, and I know that incoming board president Jake Theisen, the staff, and I will work tirelessly to bring the power of art, community, and education to every corner of Louisville.”

Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM, or stream on Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Keith Waits talk with artists and arts related people on LVA’s Artebella On The Radio..