Artists Talk with LVA: September 7, 2023

The 2023 Louisville Photo Biennial begins this week and Kevin Rose Schultz opens an exhibit at LVA on Sept. 8 while Carol Henry opens her show at Rhonda Goodall Gallery. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com on Thursdays at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Kentuckiana artist Kevin Rose Schultz works out of her studio, created by her husband, in Floyds Knobs, Indiana. Schultz’s love of art began early. In her formative years, she spent a lot of time with her grandmother, who was an avid quilter, seamstress, and crafter.  While in grade school, her mother was also beginning her home studies in painting and design. These early family role models made a lasting impression.

She taught visual arts for eighteen years in public high schools and was awarded the Art Educator of the Year Award from the Art Education Association of Indiana in 2014. She retired in 2019 but continues teaching her passion through the LVA Children’s Fine Art Classes and offers workshops locally.

Schultz currently enjoys working in photography and fibers with a focus on cyanotypes and eco-printing.  She has shown her work in national and international juried exhibitions and has works in public and private collections. 

Illuminating the Past opens September 8 at LVA Gallery and runs through November 3

Naturing is a solo exhibition of the photographic kind by Carol Henry that also opens September 8 at The Goodall Gallery

The photo-based artist who spent most of her career in California explores her relationship with nature as a muse, including human nature. A recent resident of the Bluegrass state, she includes several images made with local plant life and our treasured limestone-filtered water.

Artists Talk with LVA: August 31, 2023

Mural of Jon 2BUCK Brown by Often Seen Rarely Spoken

The 2Buck Invitational for Mural Artists will be on Sept. 8 & 9, so Cody Hicks, Ben McLeod, & Trey Waterberry will join us this week to discuss the annual event and Jon “2BUCK” Brown, one of the founders who passed away in 2015. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Artists Talk with LVA: August 24, 2023

LVA staff members Grant Johnson & Kristian Anderson will be in the studio this week to talk about LVA's past, present, & future. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Kristian Anderson has 18+ years’ experience in the arts and culture sector, including as Senior Policy Advisor to the Mayor of Salt Lake City. Prior to that, 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 was the founder and host of “SLC Culture” – a weekly radio show highlighting arts, culture and social issues.

For the past 3 years he was the Executive Director of LVA where he achieved fiscal stability and growth during a time when a global pandemic brought unprecedented challenges to all non-profit arts organizations. He oversaw the first phase of renovations for the LVA facility in Portland, which focused on bringing the building up to code and giving it greater accessibility, developed the Artist Resource Series providing advice and instruction for practicing adult artists, and in partnership with artist and donor Clare Hirn initiated the Curate Purchase and Inspire (CPI) program designed to foster curatorial practice and install permanent exhibits of art purchased from local artists in community non-profits. 

Grant Johnson is Strategic Communications Coordinator for LVA. He holds an MFA in Printmaking from West Virginia University, and a BA in Religion from Williams College. His work life includes 13 years’ experience teaching all studio art disciplines, art history, film, and art education at the college level. He has also worked as a freelance graphic designer, in online retail, and in a variety of sales and management positions.

A working artist, Grant’s studio practice focuses on commissioned oil portraits, but also includes sculpture, video, printmaking, and drawing.

Grant’s passions for writing and for LVA’s mission find additional purpose in his role as the organization’s in-house Grants Administrator. His lifelong commitment to promoting the value of visual art and art education has never been more at home than it is at LVA.

Artists Talk with LVA: August 17, 2023

Cynthia Kelly Overall is a Bardstown, Kentucky artist well known for her oil paintings depicting rural landscapes and pastoral scenes. Her work holds an unmistakable luminosity and technical application reminiscent of Old Dutch masterworks with just a hint of a Kentucky accent.

She received her B.A. from the University of Kentucky, and her Master of Art and Master of Fine Art Degrees from the famed Rosary Graduate School of Fine Art in Florence, Italy.

Following two shows at the Villa Schifanosa in Florence, Cynthia returned to the United States, where she has exhibited in New York, Morehead State University; Frankfort, Kentucky; Atlanta; and at The Midwest Museum of American Art; and various other galleries throughout the United States.

Overall’s latest work focuses her attention to Dutch Golden Age Still Lifes, a popular movement that emerged in the 17th century during the Dutch Golden Age. 

Cynthia Kelly Overall's Fifty-One Shades of Gray...Still Life in the Dutch Manner. Open at Wheelhouse Art with a reception this Friday, August 18, 6:00 - 8:00 pm. There will be a gallery talk with the artist at 7:00 pm. The exhibition continues through September 30, 2023.

Artists Talk with LVA: August 10, 2023

The 2023 Louisville Fringe Festival will be Aug. 17-27 at LVA so we invited some of the artists in to talk: Yoko Molotov, Zac Hoogendyk, and Roxell Karr of Camera Lucida. Tune in to WXOX 97.1/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Yoko Molotov- Wilderness Years installation through LVA

Yoko is a Louisville, Kentucky-based multimedia artist specializing in transgressive, gender-fluid comics, art, poetry, and performances. Molotov has exhibited work at Land of Tomorrow in Louisville and Lexington, Sheherazade Gallery in Louisville, and the Carnegie Center for Art and History in New Albany, Indiana. As a musician, Molotov performs in projects such as Harpy, WEEK, and meat mama.

Zac Hoogendyk - Shotz! and DCP plays: Over My Dead Body.

Zac is a Louisville-based actor, writer, and director. He holds an MFA from the Case Western Reserve University and The Cleveland Play House. In the last few years, he climbed Kilimanjaro, ran his first marathon, and got married. One of those was much easier than the other two. He is a proud member of AEA.

Camera Lucida is Jon Silpayamanant & Roxell Karr  - Closing Night

Roxell Karr is a multi-media artist residing in the greater Louisville, KY area. His main focus is on live interactive video projections performed with dancers, musicians, and performance artists. He works with a wide variety of analog, digital, and optical sources to create his artwork.

He has worked with new music ensembles such as Ensemble / Parallax, the Mothership Ensemble, and the November Group; dance troupes such as Blue Moves, the Moving Collective, and members of the Louisville Ballet; theatrical groups Teatro Tercera Llamada, El Delirio, Looking for Lilith and the Kentucky Opera.