Artists Talk with LVA: January 11, 2024

Aurora Gallery and Boutique opens a dual art show with Ember Crow’s Inside Show and Kara Renee’s Big Feelings and both artists were live in the studio this week. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each week at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Ember Crow is a queer and strange artist based out of Louisville, KY. They make ceramics, assemblages, paintings, sketches, and more that are a mixture of macabre, nature-inspired, and light-hearted. 

Their new exhibit, Inside Show opens Saturday at Aurora Gallery and Boutique

Kara Renee was born in Kentucky in 1986, she is an established painter whose work exhibits attention to detail and captures her subject's emotion, as well as the power of affirmation.

Her new exhibit, Big Feelings, also opens at Aurora on Saturday and there will be a reception for both artists from 6 - 10 pm.

Artists Talk with LVA: November 9, 2023

Julie Schweitzer will be exhibiting Fong Choo: An Artistic Journey in Clay at Bourne-Schweitzer Gallery in New Albany beginning Nov. 18, and both artist and gallery director come to talk about in the studio this week. Tune n to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Fong Choo is a Singapore-born American studio potter and teacher who creates diminutive, sculptural porcelain teapots. He is best known for his use of low-fire commercial glazes, firing them to Cone 6 to achieve luscious, jewel-tone effects. He has taught workshops both nationally at art centers around like Penland School of Arts and Crafts, Arrowmont School of art and craft, and internationally in countries like Israel, Canada and most recently in Singapore.

Over the years, he has also received numerous awards for his work at The Smithsonian Craft Show where he was awarded The Excellence in Ceramics Award in Washington DC. Others include Best of Show at the American Craft Exposition in Evanston, ILand The Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show in Philadelphia, PA.

"What is so exciting about looking at a sleeping tiger?"

"Nothing. But if you take a stick and poke at it, you will remember that tiger for the rest of your life!"

This is part of a conversation I once had at the Minnesota Zoo.

In many ways, this parallels my attitude towards clay: it requires poking to awaken it. One must push the limits, test waters, search, prod and explore its many boundaries.

For more than ten years my work has been focused on Miniature Teapots. The teapot form continues to challenge and fascinate me. The work shown in this gallery is the result of over a decade of evolution in color, design and form. I invite you into that place.

I feel blessed to be able to pursue the life of a potter -- especially when it requires poking the sleeping tiger…

Fong Choo: An Artistic Journey in Clay is at Bourne-Schweitzer Gallery in New Albany beginning Nov. 18, 2023

Artists Talk with LVA: December 22, 2022

Imuzi Ryzoncity Thompson and Autumn McKay Lindsey talk about their exhibits at 1512 Creative Compound's The Common Gallery. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Imuzi Ryzoncity Thompson is a self-taught artist who was born in Manchester, Jamaica but is now based in Louisville KY. His exhibit, Birth Of An American Beast, is now on view at The Common Gallery at the 1512 Creative Compound.

Autumn McKay Lindsey is a ceramic artist whose newest exhibit, Return to the Beaten Path,is now on view at The Common Gallery at the 1512 Creative Compound.

Artists Talk with LVA: March 31, 2022

Bob Lockhart, Cedric Ballarati, & Lynn Duke join to speak about their new exhibit at Pyro Gallery opening April 1. Tune in to 97.1 FM/Artxfm each Thursday to hear Artists talk with LVA.

Bob Lockhart is an award-winning sculptor whose work is in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum of Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, the Indianapolis Art Museum, and many others. In addition, Lockhart's pieces have been commissioned by the Louisville Zoo, by numerous churches and schools, and by private collectors.

Cedric Ballaratti was educated in Architecture at Belgium Liege University and in photography at Belgium Liege Art Academy. His works have been exhibited in group and solo shows from 2007 and his first photography book “Terre de chiens” was released in 2019. He is currently living and working in Louisville, Kentucky.  

Lynn Duke was born in Tuscaloosa Alabama. After retiring from a long and successful career as a surgical nurse, she began studying with Laura Ross about 10 years ago and is now a ceramic artist at AA Clay Studios.

Friends: Bob Lockhart, Lynn Duke, Amber Thieneman, & Cédric Ballarati

April 1 - May 1 with reception April 3, 1-4 pm
Pyro Gallery, 1006 East Washington Street

Artebella On The Radio: December 23

Mary Carothers, new chair of the Hite Institute of Art & Design, & Kat Cox, the new Ceramics/Fiber instructor, join us this week to discuss new growth at U of L. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Keith Waits talk with artists.

Mary Carothers has been a professor at Hite Art Institute, Louisville, Kentucky since 1998 and is currently the Department Chair. Her artworks are often site-specific. Carothers’ collaborative project with Sue Wrbican , The Frozen Car (2008) was featured on the Discovery Channel, Floating Seeds (2013), juried by COD+A (Commission of Design and Architecture) received an international merit award and most recently, her sculptural commission Beneath the Surface was recognized by Americans for the Arts as one of 38 of the most outstanding public art projects created in 2015. Beneath the Surface was reinstalled permanently at Great Meadows Estate owned by Al Shands in 2016. 

Originally from Southern California, Kat Cox joined the Fine Arts faculty at University of Louisville in the middle of 2021. Previously, Kat was living and working in Northern California as an Art Lab Technician and Adjunct Professor. She is a 2019 graduate from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with her Masters of Fine Arts in Art focusing on ceramics. She received her Bachelors of Fine Arts from California State University Long Beach in the spring of 2015. She has worked in clay and fibers since a young age and uses both mediums within her work. Kat’s work has been exhibited at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, and The Epperson Gallery.