Artists Talk with LVA: October 5, 2023

LVA will be featuring Tomisha Lovely-Allen in our booth at St.James Art Show and she is also our guest this week. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Tomisha Lovely-Allen is a self-taught artist from Louisville, KY.  She has been a passionate creator for as long as she can remember. She earned a full scholarship at Northern Kentucky University and graduated with a Bachelor's in Accounting and Associate in Business Administration in 1998 and earned a Certified Public Accountant license in 2002.  

She was chosen to illustrate a historic Kentuckian woman in the “Bluegrass Bold” children’s book project along with 35 other female artists, exhibit at the Arts Center of the Bluegrass Show “The Art of Being Black: Conversations and Experience,” and be grant recipient to the Fund for the Arts '“Black Artist Grant”. 

Artists Talk with LVA: December 15, 2022

LVA’s The Local Muse will be at the Flea Off Market's Holiday Bazaar at The Henry Clay Building! Saturday, December 17th, & 18th. Featured artist, Katlyn Thompson will have her artworks on display and available for purchase. and we talked with her this week. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

"The subjects of my work can be whimsical in nature and invite the viewer into a brightly colored, dream-like universe. From turtles nesting in clouds to manta rays swimming in moonbeams, the creatures living in this universe are expanded with each piece I create.

I am also a local graduate of DuPont Manual High school in 2013. I went on to earn an Elementary Education degree. I am now a JCPS Art Teacher passionate about working with Elementary students to cultivate a creative, trauma-informed, and equitable culture for our future artists of Louisville."

Visit The Local Muse booth at the Flea Off Market's Holiday Bazaar at The Henry Clay Building! Saturday, December 17th, 11 am-6 pm, and Sunday, December 18th, 11 am-5 pm.

Artists Talk With LVA: September 29, 2022

Darrenn Canton talks about being with LVA at The St. James Art Fair this weekend & Vinhay Keo talks about his upcoming exhibit at Moremen Gallery. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com Thursdays at 10 am t hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Vinhay Keo, born in Cambodia and currently based in Los Angeles, is an interdisciplinary visual artist and researcher. He employs photography, installation, sculpture, performance, and writing as strategies to explore the persistent hauntings of violence. By reading intimately across archives, Keo examines the legacy of the Khmer Rouge Genocide, the Vietnam War, colonialism in Indochina, and queer erasure throughout history and its effects on contemporary diasporic lives.  

Keo earned an MFA in Art from the California Institute of the Arts (2020) and a BFA from the Kentucky College of Art + Design at Spalding University (2016). His work has been exhibited in the U.S. and internationally, He is a recipient of the Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship, the Emergency Response Program Award from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA), Louisville Visual Art's Rising Star Award, and a Great Meadows Foundation grant. He has participated in various residency programs in the U.S. and abroad, including: Yale at Norfolk (Connecticut), Anderson Ranch Art Center (Colorado), and Tropical Lab (Singapore).

Vinhay returns to Louisville to open a show of his most recent work at Moremen Gallery on October 14. To Carve A Constellation

Darrenn E. Canton is an artist from Washington, DC who specializes in fantasy art, childrens' illustration, and cartooning. His work emphasizes humor, wit and character. He graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a BFA in Communication Arts, and now resides in Louisville, KY with his dog, Trumpet.

Darrenn and his work will be featured in the LVA Local Muse booth (#332) at St. James Court Art Show, September 30, October 1-2.