Artists Talk with LVA: December 28, 2023

Kentucky Shakespeare opens Kate Hamill's adaptation of Sense & Sensibility on January 6 and director Amy Attaway was live in the studio this week to tell us all about it. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Amy Attaway has been the Associate Artistic Director of Kentucky Shakespeare since 2016, after several summers directing with the company. She also serves as director/facilitator of Kentucky Shakespeare’s Shakespeare with Veterans.

Before that Amy was a Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director for 10 years of Theatre [502], a Louisville company dedicated to recent and relevant theatre, and she spent five seasons as Associate Director of the Apprentice/Intern Company at Actors Theatre of Louisville.

Amy is a graduate of the University of Evansville and lives in Louisville with her fantastic husband and daughter and a growing menagerie of rescued pets.

Artists talk with LVA: December 21,2023

Clarity Hagan is a writer, director, actor, and generous spirit in the Louisville theatre community. She was live in the studio this week to talk about all of the many projects she is involved in. Tune in to WXOX 97.1/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

In Louisville, Clarity Hagan has worked as a stage manager with Kentucky Shakespeare, a playwright with the Derby City Playwrights, a company member with Looking for Lilith, and as an educator with Drama by George, the Louisville Nature Center, Looking for Lilith Theater Company, and Actors Theatre of Louisville. Their play The Moth and the Masked Man was independently produced in November 2022. They are one of the founding members of three witches shakespeare, a queer, feminist theatre company focused on innovative classical theatre,  and adapted and directed their spring 2023 production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Artists talk with LVA: December 14,2023

Shauntrice Martin is just one artist featured in "Perspectives: 35 African American Artists" at Moremen Gallery. (Kenyatta Bosman, who took this picture at the opening, is another). Shauntrice will be in the studio live this week talking about that, her curatorial efforts, and recent trips to Senegal. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists talk with LVA.

Shauntrice is a Black/Choctaw contemporary artist & curator loving in Kentucky. She was the inaugural Speed Art Museum Artist-In-Residence and Louisville Visual Art (LVA) Curatorial Fellow. Shauntrice's museum solo exhibition "Something in the Water" was featured at the Speed Art Museum 2021-22. Most recently, she curated a permanent exhibit entitled "Sweet Fire" with Play Cousins Collective in the Historic Lyles Mall.  Her exhibit at the Muhammad Ali center, We Don’t Wither, featured seven local artists.

"Perspectives 2023" showing December 8 through January 28 is a group show of works by over 30 black artists from Louisville and the surrounding region. Filling the entire gallery space, this exhibition highlights the depth, talent and diversity of the artists’ perspectives. Work includes paintings, sculpture, photography and installations. This exhibit offers a profound exploration of the artists' unique perspectives, their diverse voices, and the impact they have on the art world.​

Artists Talk with LVA: November 30, 2023

Louisville Visual Art is proud to announce an upcoming exhibition at LVA Gallery, "A Thousand Words", by Lance G. Newman II. The opening reception is Friday, 5-7 pm, but first Lance will join us in the studio live to talk about his work. Tune into WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Lance G. Newman II has an artistic practice that is varied, multifaceted and interdisciplinary. Twenty years of poetry writing and performing; Ten years of theater and acting; five years of visual artistry; and several published articles. These various forms of expression have all contributed to an artist that is truly a “jack of all trades and master of none, but better than the master of one.” Warmly known as ‘Mr. SpreadLove,’ he seeks to affect the world in a positive way.

Lance G. Newman II - A Thousand Words 

November 27, 2023 through February 3, 2024,

Opening Reception December 1, 5 - 7 pm

Artists Talk with LVA: November 16, 2023

Michael Coppage speaks with us about his installation Ancestral Memories (The Rotunda of the Ancestors), a series of photographic murals created in partnership with Louisville Visual Art and Mural Arts Philadelphia. Ancestral Memories is on permanent display in the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Michael Coppage is originally from Chicago, Ill and now resides in Cincinnati Ohio. He studied at Memphis College of Art and obtained a BFA degree with an emphasis in sculpture. He continued his education and obtained an MFA degree from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) with an emphasis in sculpture and mixed media.

In October he unveiled his installation Ancestral Memories (The Rotunda of the Ancestors), a series of photographic murals created in partnership with Louisville Visual Art and Mural Arts Philadelphia. Ancestral Memories (The Rotunda of the Ancestors) is on permanent display in the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage.