Artists Talk with LVA: December 18, 2025

This week Vian Sora joined us to discuss Vian Sora: Outerworlds which is now on exhibit at The Speed Museum. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Vian Sora: Outerworlds is part of Current Speed, a series of contemporary art exhibitions that introduce the Kentuckiana community to new and emerging artists as well as celebrated mid-career artists previously underrecognized in the region. Current Speed exhibitions are open to the public and included with general museum admission. The series is initiated and organized by Tyler Blackwell, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Speed Art Museum.

Born in Baghdad, Iraq, and now based in Louisville, artist Vian Sora (b. 1976) creates dazzlingly layered abstractions that channel the turbulence of history, memory, and the natural world. Outerworlds—her first solo museum exhibition in the United States—assembles major works from the past ten years, charting her transformation into one of today’s most distinctive voices in painting.

Sora’s practice emerges directly from lived experience. Having grown up amid the Iran-Iraq War, the Gulf War, and the U.S. invasion of Iraq, she witnessed the devastation of her homeland firsthand. Forced to leave Iraq, she eventually resettled in Louisville, Kentucky, where her practice has flourished.

Artists Talk with LVA: December 11, 2025

Artist Cletus Wilcox joins us in the studio this week. Tune into Artists Talk with LVA on WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 AM.

J. Cletus Wilcox hails from Louisville, Kentucky. His work is deeply intertwined with his identity and experiences, particularly his Queerness. Wilcox’s studio practice aligns with harmonious intention. He believes that art aims to represent inward significance rather than mere outward appearance. His work emerges from explorations, experiences, and identity. Remembering that artworks originate in studios and reflect an artist’s journey enhances our understanding of what we see. Wilcox’s inhibited youth and subsequent coming out fueled his current artistic endeavors. Accumulative shame transformed into sincere efforts to enlighten his essential self.

Wilcox’s most recent exhibition, ‘To Myself, Ten Years Ago’ closed at Kore Gallery November 30, 2025.

Artists Talk with LVA: October 30, 2025

Susan Gorsen, Tom Pfannerstill, & Marti Kuehn discuss the upcoming Artists’ Breakfast Group exhibit at LVA. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM / Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 a.m. to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Tom Pfannerstill was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He relocated to Louisville Kentucky in 1978 and continues to live and work there, spending the majority of his time making art in his Christy Avenue studio.

He has an extensive exhibition history including several solo shows in New York City, Atlanta, Boston, Las Vegas, Nashville, Cincinnati, and Indianapolis. He regularly exhibits at Galerie Hertz and Susan Moremen Gallery in Louisville.

Louisville, Kentucky artist Susan Gorsen is one of the “OG’s” of the Artists Breakfast Group, and has been exhibiting vividly colored abstract drawings for nearly three decades. In recent years she switched from oil pastels to watercolor as a medium.

Marti Kuehn joined the AB group in 2010. After retiring from a career in education in the Chicago region, she moved to Louisville in 2008 and started her art journey. She is an active member of the Anchorage Artist Guild, the LVA Board, and Art in City Hall Prospect. She exhibits at Kore Gallery.

AB 30 opens Saturday, November 8th, from 10 am to 12 pm at The LVA Gallery.

Artists Talk with LVA: October 23, 2025

Photo by Erin Devine

Louisville based artist and gallerist Billy Hertz & gallerist Susan Moremen discuss his upcoming exhibit at Moremen Gallery. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM / Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Words like “legend”, and “pioneer” have been easily attached to artist and gallerist Billy Hertz. A gallery operator for more than 30 years, Billy Hertz has evolved his semi-abstract landscapes to a pared down form and composition, allowing the balance of abstract and representational to exist with tension.

On November 1, he will open his latest solo exhibition at Moremen Gallery. Susan Moremen opened her gallery in 2017.

Artists Talk with LVA: September 4, 2025

Richard Bram opens a solo show at Galerie Hertz this weekend and joins us in the studio. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

American/British photographer Richard Bram was born in Philadelphia, USA, in 1952 and has been a professional photographer since 1984. He was a founding member of in-public, now UP Photographers, the first international street photography collective. In addition to being regularly published in traditional and digital magazines, he regularly writes and lectures on street photography. Three books of his work have been published, "Richard Bram: Street Photography" (2006), “Richard Bram: NEW YORK” (2016) and “Short Stories” (2020). In 2020, Bram received the honor of a major retrospective exhibition at the Mannheimer Kunstverein of Mannheim, Germany. His work has been seen in over forty solo and group exhibitions around the world, and is part of major museum collections in America and Europe. He now makes his home on the banks of the River Thames in east London where he observes the water, light and air of that great river.