Michael Coppage speaks with us about his installation Ancestral Memories (The Rotunda of the Ancestors), a series of photographic murals created in partnership with Louisville Visual Art and Mural Arts Philadelphia. Ancestral Memories is on permanent display in the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.
Michael Coppage is originally from Chicago, Ill and now resides in Cincinnati Ohio. He studied at Memphis College of Art and obtained a BFA degree with an emphasis in sculpture. He continued his education and obtained an MFA degree from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) with an emphasis in sculpture and mixed media.
In October he unveiled his installation Ancestral Memories (The Rotunda of the Ancestors), a series of photographic murals created in partnership with Louisville Visual Art and Mural Arts Philadelphia. Ancestral Memories (The Rotunda of the Ancestors) is on permanent display in the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage.
Jaylin Stewart just completed a large mural at California Community Center as part of being the first artist in the Artist Catalyst program with LVA & Mural Arts Philadelphia. She will be talking about the project with Desmone Stepp from LVA. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.
Jaylin Stewart is an artist from West Louisville who has dedicated her talents to victims of violence & the community by creating therapeutic artwork. Although primarily a painter, her three-dimensional installation, God Rest America, was at Scheherezade Gallery in 2019. In 2021 she received the Emerging Artist Award at the 2021 LVA Honors and in 2022 she was the first person in the Artist’s Catalyst program with Mural Arts Philadelphia and Louisville Visual Art resulting in the “This Is Home” a new mural at the California Community Center which was dedicated on August 27.
Desmone Stepp is the Outreach Coordinator for Louisville Visual Arts. She is a recent graduate from the University of Louisville, earning her Bachelor's Degree in Art with a minor in Psychology. As a Health Advocate Leader, Desmone also worked in outreach, organizing and facilitating workshops that connected the campus community. She has also worked as an artist and volunteer with the Healing Walls Project, an organization of BIPOC artists who travel across the United States promoting healing and justice, for those who have been marginalized and oppressed, through the use of public art.
