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: November 25, 2022

Squallis Puppeteers celebrates its 25th anniversary and Nora Christensen & Shawn Hennessey talk about that history with us. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com Thursdays at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Squallis Puppeteers has existed for twenty-five years and has always been dedicated to handmade and homespun. We have been making puppets, performing, and teaching children (and adults) in Louisville, Kentucky since 1997.

In 2003, Squallis Puppeteers Inc. became a nonprofit 501c-3 organization.

Our mission is to use the art of puppetry to free imaginations, create fantastic characters, and tell the stories that are important to our community.

Squallis is recognized as a positive and important part of the Louisville community, telling stories that challenge viewers to think, while reflecting values of citizenship, empathy, and collaboration.

Squallis has two full-time staff, Nora Christensen and Shawn Hennessey, who conduct most of the educational programs and two-person performances.

Artists Talk With LVA: October 6, 2022

This week Matt Weir from Falls Art Foundry and David & Terri Sierra talk about participating in the 2022 Open Studio Louisville. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com Thursdays at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA. Falls Art Foundry is Oct. 15 and the Sierras are both Oct. 15 & 22.

Matt Weir is a contemporary sculptor and artist known for his monumental works in stone, bronze, and mixed media. He graduated Cum Laude with a BFA from the University of Louisville Hite Art Institute with minors in Humanities and Art History in 2004. Throughout his time in school, he was busily apprenticing with a diverse set of professional artists, studios, and a bronze art foundry. Matt’s time associated with Bright Foundry lasted for approximately 15 years. In 2016 Bright Foundry closed permanently and he co-organized a team to succeed it as Falls Art Foundry, located in the Portland neighborhood as an essential resource to support the legacy of sculptural materials, methods, and education.

Matt Weir works in Louisville, Kentucky, where he grew up and has maintained a studio for the past 14 years. 

Creative Eyedias is an artist collaboration with art studios and an art gallery owned by Terri and David Sierra. Terri Sierra is a painter and photographer who founded Creative Eyedias in 2019, David is a painter.

Creative Eyedias is an encouraging and supportive space that would be owned by artists and run by artists, where artists are encouraged to create and art lovers can find art they love. It is located in Westport, Kentucky just a few miles upriver from Louisville..

Open Studio Louisville is October 15 & 22, 12 - 6 pm. Download the digital directory here.

Artebella On The Radio: September 23

Photographers Andrew Cenci & Scotty Perry are both exhibiting during the Photo Biennial and we will be talking with them on this week's show. Andrew's work will be at LVA & Scotty at fifteenTWELVE. Tune in to WXO X97.1 FM/Artxfm.com Thursday at 10 am.

Andrew Cenci is a photographic artist based in Louisville, KY. He uses photography to focus on the beauty of the every day through portraits, contemporary landscapes, and candid images. A self-taught photographer, working with traditional practices in order to create bodies of work with poetic sensibility. His photos highlight the beauty, joy, loneliness, and longing of the realities of everyday life. 

A Walk in the Park is available for viewing September 30 through November 7 with an Artist Talk on Saturday, October 9.

Scotty Perry is also a Louisville-based photographer and educator, He is a recipient of a Great Meadows Foundation, Artist Professional Development Grant, and has published the Here Book.

His exhibit, Here, is at fifteen TWELVE now through September 28.

Artebella On The Radio: July 30, 2020

On this week's broadcast we introduce you to LVA's new Executive Director, Kristian Anderson. Kristian comes to us from Salt Lake City, Utah where he was the Mayor’s Senior Policy Advisor for Arts and Culture.

Anderson has 15 years’ experience in the arts and culture sector, most recently as Senior Policy Advisor to the Mayor of Salt Lake City. In that role, he oversaw a variety of community, operational and political projects encompassing arts and culture as well as land use, urban design, economic development and more. Prior to his mayoral appointment, Kristian was for four years the Executive Director of the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art and Executive Director for the Association of Academic Museums and Galleries in Seattle.

He is the founder and host of “SLC Culture” – a weekly radio show highlighting arts, culture and social issues. Anderson earned his B.A. in History and Classical and Near Eastern Art and Archaeology at the University of Minnesota.  He also holds a Masters in Museum Studies from the University of Colorado and a Certificate of Academic Museum and Gallery Leadership from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. 

Anderson says, “I am exceptionally excited to be given the opportunity to lead Louisville Visual Art at this critical juncture.  Although these are uncertain times, no incoming leader could ask for a better team and engaged board, and I know that incoming board president Jake Theisen, the staff, and I will work tirelessly to bring the power of art, community, and education to every corner of Louisville.”

Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM, or stream on Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Keith Waits talk with artists and arts related people on LVA’s Artebella On The Radio..