Kentucky College of Art + Design graduating seniors KeVon Dunbar, Kylie Hill, Alyx McClain, & Colin Shay join us this week, Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 1 to hear Artists Talk with LVA.
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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.
Artists Talk with LVA: March 10, 2022
LVA Honors is right around the corner and this week we talk with two of the people being recognized in 2022: Visual Art Teacher Janet Britt and Legacy recipient William M. Duffy. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Keith Waits talk with artists.
A graduate of Hanover College, Janet Clements Britt obtained a Masters in Art Therapy at the University of Louisville. A door opened for an art educator at St. Francis School in Goshen and she walked through. In many ways her young students became her teachers and together they grew. Nineteen years later, Louisville Visual Art became her second home and for the past 12 years she has worn many hats.
She’s taught CFAC classes, summer camps, directed enriching projects in many public schools through the TAG grant program, led art groups for children living at St. Joseph Children’s Home through Open Doors and is currently teaching K-6th Holy Trinity Clifton Campus students.
In meeting each child where they are, Janet gives her students quality materials, lots of love, and continues to grow with them!
William M. Duffy is a lifelong resident of Louisville, KY. He earned a BFA in Painting at the Louisville School of Art in Anchorage, KY. Duffy has primarily devoted his creative energy to producing poignant paintings, silkscreen prints, and drawings that conveyed his African ancestry, his personal experiences within African-American culture, and the elemental experiences of humanity that connect us all.
Best described as small yet monumental, Duffy’s figurative and abstract sculptures have won numerous purchase and merit awards in exhibitions throughout the United States and have been purchased by several private, corporate, and public collections In 2021 he worked with IDEAS X-Lab, Louisville, KY (On the Banks of Freedom Slave Memorial Stone Benches-2021).
In February 1997, he received an official commendation from the Board of Education for "sharing his outstanding artistic gifts with students and staff in the Jefferson County Public Schools". In the beginning of 2018, Duffy was one of the first artists to be awarded Imagine Greater Louisville 2020 grants, one for his "Portraits of Pride" project, working with the West End School students on paper collages.
Celebrate with us at LVA Honors – a unique annual event in celebration of individuals that have made a significant impact in our community. March 24, 2022 from 5PM – 7PM, Art Sanctuary at 1433 S Shelby St, Louisville, KY 40217