Artists Talk with LVA: January 30, 2025

WheelHouse Art is pleased to present Amalgamation, a group exhibition featuring 46 artists on view now through February 15, 2025.T wo of these artists, Robert Stagg and Ethan Osman, will join us live in the studio this week. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

2025 marks the 35th year of WheelHouse Art/B. Deemer Gallery, founded in 1990 by Brenda Deemer. Amalgamation celebrates the gallery's history by pairing together 23 B. Deemer Gallery legacy artists with 23 artists who started exhibiting here since the transition to WheelHouse Art. This exhibition brings into focus the continuing threads of talent, quality, and conceptual interests of the artwork featured in the gallery.

WheelHouse Art will host several receptions throughout the exhibition on Saturday afternoons from 1:00 - 3:00pm. Each reception will feature a handful of artists with artist talks at 2:00 pm.

February 1, 1:00 - 3:00pm: Robert Stagg, Ethan Osman, Lindsay Moremen, and Megan Bickel

February 8, 1:00 - 3:00pm: Thaniel Ion Lee, Liz Price, Brian Harper, Tiffany Carbonneau, Robyn Gibson, and Sabra Crockett.

Since graduating from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2006 with a BFA in Animation, Ethan Osman has continued a studio practice of making hand made, process based animated films. In its approach, the work is largely informed by parenting a neurodivergent child, his experience managing StudioWorks, an art studio that supports neurodivergent adult artists and his own experience living with learning disabilities. In recent years, he has developed collaborative relationships, shown work in film festivals, and galleries, and created commissioned work. This year, a music video was made for the song “Bananas” to promote an upcoming album by Bonnie Prince Billy.

Born in New Orleans, Robert Stagg has been an artist based in Louisville for more than 40 years. He holds 4 degrees in studio art and art history from the University of Kentucky, theUniversity of Louisville, and Louisiana College. He has work in several private and corporate collections including Brown-Forman, Corp., Capitol Holding, Commonwealth Insurance, the University of Louisville, and Louisville Gas & Electric.  

Artists Talk with LVA: January 16, 2025

Erica Chinise Wilcox. Born in 1990 in Cleveland, Ohio. She moved to Louisville, Kentucky in 2014 where she eventually found mentorship with artist Bob Lockhart.

Now she is a member of Pyro Gallery and is exhibiting with another new member, Janet Dake, in “New Beginnings”, which runs throughJan 26, 2025.

“I began my journey into pencil artwork when I was 17 years old. I didn’t use creation to escape life, but I instead used it to process and understand it. At that age, trying to understand my queerness and my place in the world as a young black woman brought on a large bought of depression.  It wasn’t until I discovered art within Spiritual Alchemy that I gained a deeper understanding of myself and artwork. Spiritual Alchemy reminds me of the workings of my mind and my artwork – I strive to understand who I am and the people around me to heal myself, thus healing the world.

With my Intuition, Meditations, and Alchemy being my main inspiration, I strive to capture the link between human and Godlike energy. My goal is to evoke deeper thinking to encourage mental, emotional, and spiritual understanding. Many people will say that I am an activist – If I am an activist, it is one for spirit and the connection with self that we desperately crave. We all need the reminder of connection with self and others; Balance is vital in this world.“

Artists Talk with LVA: January 2, 2025

“Shadows in the Sun” by Nathaniel Hendrickson & Douglas Lucas, opens at  Maybe Its Fate on January 4th, as part of its Winter Exhibitions, and the two artists speak with us about their collaboration. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

“Shadows in the Sun” is a collection of mixed media, sculpture, sound, film, video, photography, and more that squints at over thirteen years of collaboration and dialogue between Nathaniel Hendrickson and Douglas Lucas.

Nathaniel Hendrickson is an interdisciplinary artist, painter, curator, documentary filmmaker, and freelance producer based in Casey County, KY. Their work explores the edge of performance and visual art and has worked on collaborative projects internationally with the Open Program of the Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski (Italy/Turkey/Lebanon/USA); Hyunji Park (Korea/Finland); Gianluigi Biagini (Finland/Italy); Pietro Varrasso (Belgium); They most recently staged an intervention with Pietro Varrasso at the University of Liege School of Architecture’s: Borderscapes 2023 on the unique geopolitical region of Mt. St. Pierre, and presented their work at the Multispecies Ethnography and Artistic Methodology conference at the University of Liege School of Anthropology. ‍

Based in an undisclosed location, Douglas Lucas works in various locations in the fields of sound, film, text, collage, performance, and installation. He has run two record labels; Arcana Machine, releasing esoteric sound recordings, and NONE Records, the only label ever to release anti-records exclusively. He also has curated numerous performances, exhibitions, and screenings.

Artists Talk with LVA: December 26, 2024

"New Beginnings" opens at Pyro Gallery on January 3 and will feature work by Janet Dake and Erica Chinise Wilcox, Janet joins us in the studio this week to talk about it. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Janet Dake is a figurative painter from Versailles, Kentucky, now based in Louisville. Her work is about people, both real and imagined. Dake’s paintings tell stories. Through intricate (and often made-up) backgrounds, Dake creates narratives that reflect contemporary social issues and cultural phenomena. In 2021 she completed an Artist Residency in Toronto, Canada, where she had her first solo show entitled Human Nature. In 2022, her work was selected for the Ferrara Showman Gallery for their annual No Dead Artists group show and the Post Roe Louisiana show at the Carrollton Gallery at Tulane University. Her work was recently displayed at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art for the annual Louisiana Contemporary showcase. Dake is currently a member of Pyro Gallery in Louisville, KY. 

“New Beginnings”, in which Janet will be exhibiting with Erica Chinise Wilcox, opens at Pyro Gallery on January 3, with a reception from 5:30-8:30 pm

Artists Talk with LVA: December 5, 2024

John & Peter outside the WXOX Studios.

Lida Gordon: Process and Materials runs December 6 through February 25, 2025 at the Cressman Center for Visual Arts. There will be an opening reception Friday, December 6 from 5 - 7 pm.

Peter Bodnar III is an artist living in Louisville and Vinalhaven, Maine. He was an Assistant Professor at the Louisville School of Art from 1976 to 1983 and has taught at the University of Louisville. He was also a Visiting Lecturer in Drawing and Painting at Spalding University. 

John Begley is a Printmaker, Installation, and Video Artist. From 1975 to 2014 he was a Curator and Gallery Director, including 19 years as Executive Director of LVA and several years with the UofL’s Hite Art Institute.

Lida Gordon's drawings and installations deal with archetypical female imagery in a contemporary context. She won many fellowships and awards including the Al Smith Fellowship: Kentucky Arts Council- National Endowment for the Arts in 1993, the Southern Arts Federation - National Endowment for the Arts in 1992, the Kentucky Arts Council Professional Assistance Award Fellowship in 1992, and the Kentucky Foundation for Women Visual Arts Grant in 1988. She was an Assistant Professor at the Louisville School of Art and founded the Fiber Art department at the University of Louisville’s Hite Institute for Art + Design.