Artebella On The Radio: September 30

Esther Callahan is the 2021 Great Meadows Critic-in-Residence. We had a blast talking to her this week halfway through her residency. You won't want to miss this interview so tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM or stream on Artxfm.com Thursday at 10 am.

Esther Callahan is an African American independent curator, arts organizer, and feminist scholar with roots in Minnesota. Over the past 20+ years in the Twin Cities, she has created and co-created various platforms for cultural production rooted in interrogating the impact of racial and gender equity. She is the former Co-Director of the Emerging Curators Institute, a Minnesota-based nonprofit designed to build the individual practices of emerging curators from diverse backgrounds. In 2018-2019 she was Curatorial Fellow at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (Mia), where she co-founded the Curatorial Advisory Committee—embracing all departments in Mia, including facilities, accounting, and visitor information—which has been adopted at Mia and other museums to help inform Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion practice in curatorial work. 

And LVA is excited to announce that Esther has agreed to conduct the next entry in our Artist Resource Series in October. Look for the date and how to register to be announced SOON!

Artebella On The Radio: January 9, 2020

Alonzo Ramont, Shaquille Towns & Marcus Fischer joined Keith in the studio to talk and sing about Choir Boy from Pandora Productions, which opens January 10. The result was an insightful discussion of inclusion in Louisville and Southern Indiana theatre. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM, or stream on Artxfm.com at 10am each Thursday to hear Keith Waits talk to to artists about their work.

Alonzo Ramont is Owner and Artistic Director of Redline Performing Arts. He is also the Executive Pastor of All Nations Worship Assembly Louisville. Alonzo's experience as Spotlight Theatre Camp Director, Asst. Director of Early Childhood Education at the Jewish Community Center of Louisville, Artistic Director at SC Theatre and New Albany Riverstage Productions. He recently appeared in Beauty and the Beast and directed Dreamgirls, both at CenterStage at JCC.

Shaquille Towns studied at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York. he has appeared in Hairspray, A Raisin In The Sun, and in Dreamgirls at CenterStage at JCC.

Marcus Fischer has worked with CenterStage at JCC, TheaterWorks of Southern Indiana, Kentucky Black Repertory Theatre, and Faithworks Studios.

Choir Boy by Tarell Alvin McCraney with Guest Director: Alonzo Ramont

Race and sexuality collide with the gravity of history at the Charles R. Drew Prep School for Boys is dedicated to the creation of strong, ethical black men. The sweet harmonies of spirituals and gospel unite the fractious voices of the young men but when they raise their voices in unison, they offer a glimpse of a world in which the cruelty that can divide and destroy is dissolved in a graceful order.

January 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25 @ 7:30 pm; 12 @ 2:30 & 19 @ 5:30 pm